The New City Catechism
Category 1
Category 1
One who is truly human and also truly God.
What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God? (Question 21)
Question 1
What is our only hope in life and death?
God is in all places at all times and is always with His people.
Where is God?
Jeremiah 17:7
What is: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord." ?
Jeremiah 17:7
What is: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord," ?
That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin.
Why must the Redeemer be truly human? (Question 22)
Question 2
What is God?
Yes, God cannot lie or ever be wrong, so we can trust whatever He has said.
Can God be trusted?
2 Corinthians 7:10
What is: "For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death." ?
2 Corinthians 7:10
What is: "For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death." ?
That because of his divine nature his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective
Why must the Redeemer be truly God? (Question 23)
Question 3
How many persons are there in God?
When we sin, we should feel sorry that we have disobeyed God and want to turn from our sin because we love Him.
How should we feel when we sin?
John 3:17
What is: "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." ?
John 3:16
What is: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God.
Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? (Question 24)
Question 4
How and why did God create us?
Idolatry is a sin of the heart in which we love and value something else.
What is idolatry?
Acts 4:12
What is: "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." ?
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."
Yes, because Christ's death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God will remember our sins no more.
Does Christ's death mean all our sins can be forgiven? (Question 25)
Question 5
What else did God create?
Repentance is turning away from sin and turning to Jesus.
What is repentance?
Acts 3:19
What is: "Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out?"
Psalm 139:13-14
What is: "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."