Questions & Answers

#BC11 How doth God execute his decrees? God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
#WSC11 What are God’s works of providence? God’s works of providence are, his most holy wise and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.
#WLC11 How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father? The scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto them such names, attributes, works, and worship, as are proper to God only.
#HC11 But is God not also merciful? God is indeed merciful, but He is also just. His justice requires that sin committed against the most high majesty of God also be punished with the most severe, that is, with everlasting, punishment o...
#AOC11 Is not God therefore merciful? Yea, Verily he is merciful; but so, that he is also just: wherefore his Justice requireth that the same which is committed against the divine Majesty of God, should also be recompenced with extream, t...
#GC11 Why? Because we are unworthy that He should show His power in helping us, or employ His goodness toward us.
#BC12 What is the work of creation? The work of creation is God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.
#WSC12 What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created? When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.
#WLC12 What are the decrees of God? God’s decrees are the wise, free, and holy acts of the counsel of his will, whereby, from all eternity, he hath, for his own glory, unchangeably foreordained whatsoever comes to pass in time, especial...
#HC12 Since, according to God’s righteous judgment we deserve temporal and eternal punishment, how can we escape this punishment and be again received into favour? God demands that His justice be satisfied. Therefore full payment must be made either by ourselves or by another.
#AOC12 Seeing then by the just Judgment of God we are subject both to temporal and eternal Punishments, is there yet any way or means remaining whereby we may be delivered from these Punishments, and be reconciled to God? God will have his Justice satisfied: wherefore it is necessary that we satisfy either by our selves, or by another.
#GC12 What more then is required? That we be certain that He loves us, and desires to be our Father, and Saviour.
#BC13 How did God create man? God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
#WSC13 Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.
#WLC13 What hath God especially decreed concerning angels and men? God, by an eternal and immutable decree, out of his mere love, for the praise of his glorious grace, to be manifested in due time, hath elected some angels to glory; and in Christ hath chosen some men...
#HC13 Can we ourselves make this payment? Certainly not. On the contrary, we daily increase our debt.
#AOC13 Are we able to satisfy by our selves? Not a whit. Nay rather we do every day increase our debt.
#GC13 How do we know that? By His Word, in which He declares His mercy to us in Christ, and assures us of His love toward us.
#BC14 What are God’s works of providence? God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.
#WSC14 What is sin? Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
#WLC14 How doth God execute his decrees? God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will.
#HC14 Can any mere creature pay for us? No. In the first place, God will not punish another creature for the sin which man has committed. Furthermore, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God’s eternal wrath against sin and deliver ot...
#AOC14 Is there any creature in Heaven or in Earth, which is only a creature, able to satisfy for us? None. For first God will not punish that Sin in any other creature which man hath committed: and further, neither can that which is nothing but a creature sustain the wrath of God against sin, and del...
#GC14 Then the foundation for true reliance upon God is to know Him in Jesus? Christ [John 17:3] That is true.
#BC15 What special act of providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created? When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.
#WSC15 What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created? The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.
#WLC15 What is the work of creation? The work of creation is that wherein God did in the beginning, by the word of his power, make of nothing the world, and all things therein, for himself, within the space of six days, and all very good...
#HC15 What kind of mediator and deliverer must we seek? One who is a true and righteous man, and yet more powerful than all creatures; that is, one who is at the same time true God.
#AOC15 What manner of Mediatour then, and Deliverer must we seek for? Such a one verily as is very Man, and perfectly just, and yet in Power above all creatures, that is, one who also is very God.
#GC15 What then briefly is the substance of this knowledge? It is contained in the Confession of Faith used by all Christians. It is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, because it is a summary of the true faith which has always been held in Christ's Church, a...

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