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VOLUME TWO: WHO LOVES YOU?
Catechism Q&A plus Scripture! |
| TRACK 1 | Q&A 54 What is meant by the atonement? What is meant by the atonement? Christ satisfied God's justice by His suffering and death as a substitute for sinners, for sinners. |
| Rom. 3:25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonements] through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished. |
| TRACK 2 | Q&A 55-57 What does God the Father guarantee in the covenant of grace? To justify and sanctify all those for whom Christ died. How does God justify you? God forgives all my sins and accepts me as righteous through Christ. How does God sanctify you? God makes me more and more holy in heart and conduct. |
| Heb. 8:10 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. |
| TRACK 3 | Q&A 58-60 What must you do to be saved? I must repent of my sin , believe in Christ, in Christ as my Savior. How do you repent of your sin? I must be sorry for my sin, and hate and forsake it. Why must you hate and forsake your sin? Because sin displeases God, because in displeases God. |
| Acts 16:31 "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." John 6:47 I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. |
| TRACK 4 | Q&A 61 What does it mean to believe in Christ? What does it mean to believe in Christ? To trust (to trust) in Christ (in Christ) alone (alone) for my salvation. |
| 2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Is. 30:15 This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength |
| TRACK 5 | Q&A 62-63 Can you repent and believe in Christ by your own power? No. I cannot repent and believe unless the Holy Spirit changes my heart, changes my heart. How can you get the help, how can you get the help of the Holy Spirit? God has told us to pray, God has told us to pray, God has told us to pray, God has told us to pray for the Holy Spirit's help, Spirit's help. |
| John 3:3-5 Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Luke 11:13b …How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" |
| TRACK 6 | Q&A 64-67 How long ago did Christ die? About two thousand years ago. How were sinners saved before Christ came/ By believing in the promised Messiah. Before Christ came, how did believers show their faith? By offering the sacrifices God required. What did these sacrifices represent? Christ, the Lamb of God, who would come to die for sinners. Christ, the Lamb of God, who would come to die for sinners. How long ago did Christ die? About two thousand years ago. |
| John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" |
| TRACK 7 | Q&A 68-69 How many offices does Christ fulfill as the promised Messiah? How many offices does Christ fulfill as the promised Messiah? Christ fulfills three offices. What are they? The offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king. How many offices does Christ fulfill as the promised Messiah? How many offices does Christ fulfill as the promised Messiah? |
| John 6:14 This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world! Heb. 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. John 18:37 "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." |
| TRACK 8 | Q&A 70-75 How is Christ your prophet? Christ teaches me the will of God. How is Christ your priest? Christ died for my sins, and continues to pray for me. How is Christ your king? Christ rules over me, the world and Satan, and he defends me. Why do you need Christ as your prophet? Because I am ignorant by nature. Why do you need Christ as your priest? Because I am guilty of breaking God's law. Why do you need Christ as you king? Because I am weak and Helpless. Because I am weak and helpless. |
| Deut. 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you, from among their brethren; and I will pour my words in his mouth, and he shall seek to them all that I command him Heb. 9:24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Eph. 1:22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. |
| TRACK 9 | Q&A 76 -77 How many commandments did God give on Mount Sinai? Ten commandments. Why should we obey the Ten Commandments? Because God is our Creator, Savior and King, Creator, Savior and King. Creator, Savior and King, Creator Savior and King. |
| Ex. 32:15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. Deut. 10:4 The LORD wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. |
| TRACK 10 | Q&A 78-81 What do the first four commandments teach? What it means to love and serve God. What do the last six commandments teach? What it means to love and serve my neighbor. What, what do the Ten Commandments teach? To love God with all my heart, with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself. Who is your neighbor? Every-everybody is my neighbor. Every-everybody is my neighbor. |
| Matt. 22:36 - 40 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. "All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." |
| TRACK 11 | Q&A 82-83 Is God pleased with those who love and obey him? Yes. God says, I love them that love me." Is God displeased with those who do not love and obey him? Yes. God is angry with the wicked every day, Yes. God is angry with the wicked every day. Is God pleased with those who love and obey him? Yes. God says, "I love them that love me." |
| Jn. 14:21 "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." Heb. 3:10 That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.' |
| TRACK 12 | Q&A 84-85 What is the first commandment? The first commandment is, "You shall have no other gods, no other gods before me." What does the first commandment the first commandment teach you? To worship the true God, and him only. |
| Ex. 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me. Matt. 4:10 Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.' |
| TRACK 13 | Q&A 86 What is the second commandment? The second commandment is "you shall not make for yourself a carved image - any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them, you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, For I the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations, of those who hate Me of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments, of those who love Me and keep My commandments." "For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, For I the Lord your God am a jealous God." |
| Ex. 34:14 Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. |
| TRACK 14 | Q&A 87 What does the second commandment teach you? What does the second commandment teach you? To worship God only as He commands, to worship God only as He commands, and not to worship God by using statues or pictures, to worship God only as He commands, to worship God, only as He commands... What does the second commandment teach you? What does the second commandment teach you? |
| I Jn 5:21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| TRACK 15 | Q&A 88-89 What is the third commandment? The third commandment is… What is the third commandment? The third commandment is, "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain." What does the third commandment teach you, teach you? What does the third commandment teach you, teach you? To treat God's name, word and works with reverence. To treat God's name, word and works with reverence. What is the third commandment? The third commandment is… What is the third commandment? The third commandment is, "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain, in vain." |
| Matt. 6:9 " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name…" |
| TRACK 16 | Q&A 90-91 What is the fourth commandment? The fourth commandment is "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work, you shall do no work;: In it you shall do no work, you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within you gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it, therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." What does the fourth commandment the fourth commandment teach you? What does the fourth commandment, the fourth commandment teach you? To work six days and keep the Sabbath day holy. To work six days and keep the Sabbath day holy. What is the fourth commandment? The fourth commandment is "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." |
| Ex. 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Lev. 19:30 'Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD. |
| TRACK 17 | Q&A 92-94 What day of the week is the Christian sabbath? What day of the week is the Christian Sabbath. The first day of the week called the Lord's Day? Why is it called the Lord's Day? Because on that day the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Because on that day the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead. How should you keep the Lord's day? How should you keep the Lord's day? I should rest from my daily work and faifhfully worship God. I should rest from my daily work and faithfully worship God." |
| Jn 20:19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" Is 58:13 - 14 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way, and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken. |
| TRACK 18 | Q&A 95-96 What is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, "Honor your father and your mother, your father and your mother, "What is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, "Honor your father and your mother, your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you." What does the fifth commandment, the fifth commandment teach you? To love and obey my parents, and all others that God appoints over me. What does the fifth commandment, the fifth commandment teach you? To love and obey my parents, and all others that God appoints over me; that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord you God is giving you, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you." |
| Eph. 6:1 - 3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." Col. 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord. |
| TRACK 19 | Q&A 97-98 What is the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment is "You shall, you shall not murder, you shall, you shall not murder." What does the sixth commandment, the sixth commandment teach you? Not to take anyone's life unjustly and not to sin when I am angry." What is the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment is "You shall, you shall not murder, you shall, you shall not murder." |
| Deut. 5:17 You shall not murder. Eph. 4:26 In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry |
| TRACK 20 | Q&A 9-100 What is the seventh commandment? The seventh commandment is "You shall not commit adultery, you shall not commit adultery." What does the seventh commandment, the seventh commandment teach you? What does the seventh commandment, the seventh commandment teach you? To be pure in heart, language and conduct, and to be faithful, faithful in marriage." What is the seventh commandment? The seventh commandment is "You shall not commit adultery, you shall not commit adultery." |
| Rom. 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. |
| TRACK 21 | Q&A 101-102 What is, what is the eighth commandment? The eighth, the eighth commandment is...What is, what is the eighth commandment? The eighth, the eighth commandment is… "You shall not steal, you shall not steal." What does, what does the eighth commandment, the eighth commandment teach you? What does, what does the eighth commandment, the eighth commandment teach you? Not to take anything that belong to someone else. What is, what is the eighth commandment? |
| Deut. 5:19 You shall not steal. |
| TRACK 22 | Q&A 103-104 What is the ninth commandment? The ninth commandment is "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." What does the ninth commandment, the ninth commandment teach you? Never to lie, but to tell the truth at all times, never to lie, but to tell the truth at all times. |
| Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil. Eph. 4:25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. |
| TRACK 23 | Q&A 105-106 What is the tenth commandment? The tenth commandment is " You shall not covet your neighbors house; you shall not covet your neighbors wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbors." What does the tenth commandment teach you? What does the tenth commandment teach you? To be content with whatever God chooses, whatever God chooses to give me. |
| Phil. 4:11 - 13 I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. |
| TRACK 24 | Q&A 107-108 Can you keep the Ten Commandments, the Ten Commandments perfectly? No. Since the fall of Adam, the only One who has been able to do this is Jesus. Of what use are the Ten Commandments, the Ten Commandments to you? They teach me what is pleasing, what is pleasing to God, and how much I need a Savior. Can you keep the Ten commandments, the Ten commandments perfectly? No. Since the fall of Adam, the only One who has been able to do this is Jesus. |
| James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. Rom. 8:3 - 4 God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. |