God & Creation
What is God?
God is the creator of everyone and everything.
What is sin?
Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world He created, not being or doing what He requires in His law.
What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
One who is truly human and also truly God.
What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.
What is prayer?
Prayer is pouring out our hearts to God.
How and why did God create us?
God created us male and female in His own image to glorify Him.
Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?
Since the fall, no human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly.
Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God.
What does justification mean?
Justification means our declared righteousness before God.
What is baptism?
Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
What else did God create?
God created all things and all His creation was very good.
What does the law of God require?
That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.
What else does Christ's death redeem?
Every part of fallen creation.
What does sanctification mean?
Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness.
What is the Lord's Supper?
Christ commanded all Christians to eat bread and to drink from the cup in thankful remembrance of him.
What is our only hope in life and death?
That we are not our own but belong to God.
Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose?
That we may know the holy nature of God, and the sinful nature of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior.
What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?
They will be cast out from the presence of God, into hell, to be justly punished, forever.
Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God's Word?
Yes, so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ.
What is the church?
A community elected for eternal life and united by faith, who love, follow, learn from, and worship God together.
How can we glorify God?
By loving Him and by obeying His commands and laws.
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.
Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?
No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith.
What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?
The he is God, coeternal with the Father and Son.
What hope does everlasting life hold for us?
That we will live with and enjoy God forever in the new heaven and the new earth, where we will be forever freed from all sin in a renewed, restored creation.