This year one of our family goals is to memorize the answers to 52 questions put together by the Redeemer Presbyterian Church and TGC in The New City Catechism flip book from Truth For Life. Using the kid’s answers for simplicity, I’m looking forward to learning these in 2023! #MondayMemorization
That we are not our own but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Savior Jesus Christ.
God is the creator and sustainer of everyone and everything. He is eternal, infinite, and unchangeable in his power and perfection, goodness and glory, wisdom, justice, and truth. Nothing happens except through him and by his will.
There are three persons in the one true and living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are the same in substance, equal in power.
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.
God created all things by His powerful Word, and all His creation was very good; everything flourished under His loving rule.
We glorify God by enjoying Him, loving Him, trusting Him, and by obeying His will, commands, and law.
Personal, perfect, and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves. What God forbids should never be done and what God commands should always be done.
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below – you shall not bow down to them or worship them. 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.
First, that we know and trust God as the only true and living God. Second, that we avoid all idolatry and do not worship God improperly. Third, that we treat God’s name with fear and reverence, honoring also his Word and works.
Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in public and private worship of God, rest from routine employment, serve the Lord and others, and so anticipate the eternal Sabbath. Fifth, that we love and honor our father and our mother, submitting to their godly discipline and direction.
Sixth, that we do not hurt, or hate, or be hostile to our neighbor, but be patient and peaceful, pursuing even our enemies with love.
Seventh, that we abstain from sexual Immorality and live purely and faithfully, whether in marriage or in single life, avoiding all impure actions, looks, words, thoughts, or desires, and whatever might lead to them. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else, nor withhold any good trom someone we might benefit.
Ninth, that we do not lie or deceive,
but speak the truth in love.
Tenth, that we are content,
not envying anyone or resenting what
God has given them or us.
God perfectly?
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.
Kid’s Answer:
Since the fall, no human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly.
Bible Reference: Romans 3:10-12
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.
Kid’s Answer:
No, but because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve we are all born in sin and guilt unable to keep God’s law.
Bible Reference: Romans 5:12
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. The law also teaches and exhorts us to live a life worthy of our Savior.
Kid’s Answer:
That we may know the holy nature of God, and the sinful nature of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior.
Bible Reference: Romans 3:20
Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law-resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation.
Kid’s Answer:
Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, not being or doing what he requires in his law.
Bible Reference: 1 John 3:4
Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator for our hope and happiness, significance and security.
Kid’s Answer:
Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator.
Bible Reference: Romans 1:21 and 25
No, every sin is against the sovereignty, holiness, and goodness of God, and against his righteous law, and God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them in his just judgment both in this life, and in the life to come.
Kid’s Answer:
No, God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them both in this life, and in the life to come.
Bible Reference: Ephesians 5:5-6
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.
Kid’s Answer:
Yes, God reconciles us to himself by a Redeemer.
Bible Reference: Isaiah 53:10-11
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.
Kid’s Answer:
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bible Reference: 1 Timothy 2:5
One who is truly human and also truly God.
Kid’s Answer:
One who is truly human and also truly God.
Bible Reference: Isaiah 9:6
That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.
Kid’s Answer:
That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin.
Bible Reference: Hebrews 2:17
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