Unit 1 Shorter Catechism (Q/Q 1-11)

Q1 What is the chief end of man?

• Man's chief end is to praise God and worship him forever

• Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever

• Man's chief end is to obey God and follow him forever

• Man's chief end is to read the bible and pray

Q2 What rule has God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?

• The word of God, which is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him

• The word of God which is contained in the scriptures of the Old Testament is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him

• The word of God which is contained in the scriptures of the New Testament is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him

Q3 What do the Scriptures principally teach?

• The scriptures principally teach the joys of living in the world.

• The scriptures principally teach how man is to treat others and behave

• The scriptures principally teach how to the world has become corrupt because of sin.

• The scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, an what duty God requires of man.

Q4 What is God?

• God is unknown to me

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

• God is limited, mortal, changeable in his being.

• God cannot be defined nor described

Q5 Are there more Gods than one?

• There is no God.

• People can chose to believe in any God they they want to believe in.

• There is but one only, the living and true God.

• There are many Gods.

Q 6 How many persons are there in the Godhead?

• 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.

• There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, different in substance, unequal in power and glory.

• There is one person in the Godhead: the Father.

• There are two persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son

Q7 What are the decrees of God?

• The decrees of God are following our hearts.

• The decrees of God is for us to live our lives however we choose to live.

• The decrees of God are his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.

Q8 How does God execute his decrees?

• God executes his decrees in the work of creation and providence

• God executes his decrees one at a time.

• God executes his decrees though selected few individuals.

Q9 What is the work of creation?

• The work of creation is God's making all things of nothing by the word of his power in the space of SEVEN days- and all very good.

• The work of creation is God's making all things out of something that already existed in six days-and all very good.

• The work of creation is God's making all things of nothing by the word of his power in the space of SIX days- and all very good.

Q10 How did God create man?

• God created man male and female, after his own image in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

• God created man male and female do live our lives in the way we desire because we have dominion over the creations.

• God created man male and female, after his own image to teach what man is to believe concerning God and the duties God requires of man.