God & Creation
There are three persons in the one true and living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
How many persons are there in God?
We glorify God by enjoying him, loving him, trusting him, and by obeying his will, commands, and law.
How can we glorify God?
What Does God Require in the First, Second, and Third Commandments?
That we know and trust God as the only true and living God.
That we avoid all idolatry and do not worship God improperly.
That we treat God’s name with fear and reverence, honoring also his Word and works.
What is Sin?
Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, not being or doing what he requires in his law.
God is the creator and sustainer of everyone and everything.
What is God?
Obedience. That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.
What does the law of God require?
That we keep the Sabbath to rest and serve the Lord.
That we love and honor our father and our mother, submitting to their godly discipline and direction.
What Does God Require in the Fourth and Fifth Commandments?
What is Idolatry?
Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator for our hope and happiness, significance and security.
That we are not our own but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Savior Jesus Christ.
What is our only hope in life and death?
Since the fall, no mere human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly, but consistently breaks it in thought, word, and deed.
Can Anyone Keep the Law of God Perfectly?
What Does God Require in the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Commandments?
That we do not hurt or hate our neighbor.
That we live purely and faithfully.
that we do not steal
No, God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them both in this life, and in the life to come.
Will God Allow Our Disobedience and Idolatry To Go Unpunished?
God created us male and female in his own image to know him, love him, live with him, and glorify him. And it is right that we who were created by God should live to his glory.
How and why did God create us?
Did God Create Us Unable to Keep His Law?
No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God’s law.
What Does God Require in the Ninth and Tenth Commandments?
that we do not lie or deceive, but speak the truth in love.
That we do not envy anyone or resent what God has given them
Is There Any Way to Escape Punishment and Be Brought Back into God’s Favor?
Yes, to satisfy his justice, God himself, out of mere mercy, reconciles us to himself and delivers us from sin and from the punishment for sin, by a Redeemer.
God created all things by his powerful Word, and all his creation was very good; everything flourished under his loving rule
What else did God create?
Since No One Can Keep the Law, What Is Its Purpose?
That we may know the holy nature and will of God, and the sinful nature and disobedience of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior.
What is the Law of God Stated in the Ten Commandments?
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony. You shall not covet.
Who is the Redeemer?
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.