Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: God the Father & Creation
Q. 1. Why did God make you?
Q. 2. What prevents your happiness in God?
Q. 3. What has God given to direct us how to be saved from sin?
Q. 4. Where is the good news of God’s Word summarized?
Q. 5. How many gods are there?
Q. 6. How many persons are there in God?
Q. 7. How did God make all things?
Q. 8. How did God create human beings?
Q. 9. Does God abandon his creation to chance or fortune?
Q. 10. If our good God made and governs all things, why is the world full of evil?
Q. 11. What is God’s predestined purpose for the world?
Chapter 2: Sin & the Law
Q. 12. In what condition are we born because of Adam’s sin?
Q. 13. What did God give to expose our sin and show us our need for a Savior?
Q. 14. What does God teach us in the preface to the Ten Commandments?
Q. 15. What is meant by the first commandment?
Q. 16. What is meant by the second commandment?
Q. 17. What is meant by the third commandment?
Q. 18. What is meant by the fourth commandment?
Q. 19. What is meant by the fifth commandment?
Q. 20. What is meant by the sixth commandment?
Q. 21. What is meant by the seventh commandment?
Q. 22. What is meant by the eighth commandment?
Q. 23. What is meant by the ninth commandment?
Q. 24. What is meant by the tenth commandment?
Q. 25. Have you perfectly kept all of God’s commandments, as his law and holiness requires?
Q. 26. What are the just consequences of our sin and rebellion?
Chapter 3: The Son of God & Redemption
Q. 27. Who is Jesus Christ?
Q. 28. What is the gospel?
Q. 29. How did God prepare the world for the coming of his Son?
Q. 30. How did the Son of God become human for us and for our salvation?
Q. 31. Why did Christ suffer and die on the cross?
Q. 32. Why did Christ descend to the dead?
Q. 33. Why was Christ raised from the dead?
Q. 34. Why did Christ ascend into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father?
Q. 35. Why will Christ come again to judge the living and the dead?
Chapter 4: The Holy Spirit & the Church
Q. 36. Who is the Holy Spirit?
Q. 37. Why was the Holy Spirit poured out at Pentecost?
Q. 38. What is the Church?
Q. 39. Where is the true Church visible on earth?
Q. 40. What authority does the Church have from Christ in matters of salvation?
Q. 41. Is everyone obliged to become a member of some particular local church?
Q. 42. To whom has Christ entrusted the government of the local Church?
Q. 43. What is a sacrament?
Q. 44. What is baptism?
Q. 45. Why has the Church baptized infants?
Q. 46. What is the Lord’s Supper?
Chapter 5: Justification and New Life
Q. 47. How can you be saved from sin and begin your new life in the Church?
Q. 48. What are repentance and saving faith?
Q. 49. Can anyone repent or believe without the help of the Holy Spirit?
Q. 50. What is justification?
Q. 51. If we are justified by faith alone, are good works unnecessary?
Q. 52. What is adoption?
Q. 53. What is sanctification?
Q. 54. What are the primary outward and ordinary means by which God gives his saving and sanctifying grace?
Q. 55. If you persevere in faith and holiness to the end, what benefits will you receive from Christ at death?
Q. 56. What benefits will the saints receive from Christ at the resurrection of the dead?
Chapter 6: The Word of God & Prayer
Q. 57. How should we read and hear the Word of God?
Q. 58. What is prayer?
Q. 59. What are we taught in the preface of the Lord’s Prayer?
Q. 60. What do we pray for in the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
Q. 61. What do we pray for in the second petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
Q. 62. What do we pray for in the third petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
Q. 63. What do we pray for in the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
Q. 64. What do we pray for in the fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
Q. 65. What do we pray for in the sixth petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
Q. 66. What are we taught in the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer?