WSC #1

Question 1

Q1. Q. What is the chief end of man?

Answer 1

A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

Question 2

Q2. Q. What rule has God given to direct us how to glorify and enjoy him?

Answer 2

A. The Word of God, which consists of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how to glorify and enjoy him.

Question 3

Q3. Q. What do the Scriptures principally teach?

Answer 3

A. The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.

Question 4

Q4. Q. What is God?

Answer 4

A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

Question 5

Q6. Q. How many persons are there in the Godhead?

Answer 5

A. There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.

Question 6

Q7. Q. What are the decrees of God?

Answer 6

A. The decrees of God are his eternal plan, according to the purpose of his will, by which, for his own glory, he has foreordained whatever comes to pass; /yet in such a manner as to be in no way the author of sin./