THE HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN SESSION "1. THE ASSEMBLY APPROVES THE "2. THE ASSEMBLY CONTINUES THE RECEIVE SUGGESTIONS AND MAKE SUCH RE- Copyright 1912 by the Trustees of the 4-13-54 Walter Schaff 109 The Intermediate Catechism Q. 1. What do we most need to know? A. We most need to know what God would have us believe and do. Q. 2. Where do we best learn what God would have us believe and do? A. We best learn what God would have us believe and do in the Bible. Q. 3. What is the Bible? A. The Bible is the Word of God, a collection of books, written by men who were guided by God to teach us about Himself and His will. Q. 4. How is the Bible divided? A. The Bible is divided into two parts: the Old Testament containing thirty-nine books and the New Testament containing twenty-seven books. Q. 5. What does the Bible teach about God? A. The Bible teaches that God is our Heavenly Father who made all things and rules over all in wisdom, righteousness and love. Q. 6. Is there more than one God? A. There is only one God, the true and living God; yet in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Q. 7. What does the Bible teach about A. The Bible teaches that it is God's will for us that we love Him with all our heart, soul, strength and mind; and that we love others as ourselves. 5962 131 (RECAP) Q. 8. What is sin? A. Sin is disobeying God or coming short of what He would have us be and do. Q. 9. How does God look upon sin? A. God looks upon sin with holy displeasure and great sorrow; and calls upon us all to repent, warning us of the consequences of sin. Q. 10. What are the consequences of sin? A. The consequences of sin are estrangement from God, increasing sinfulness in ourselves, injury to others, and the righteous judgments of God in time and in eternity. Q. 11. How has God provided for our salvation from sin? A. God, of His great mercy, has provided for our salvation from sin by the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. Q. 12. Who is Jesus Christ? A. Jesus Christ is God's eternal and onlybegotten Son who humbled Himself to become man, and so is God and man. Q. 13. How did Jesus Christ become man? A. Jesus Christ became man by being born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem of Judea, as it had been foretold; and His name was called Jesus, which means Saviour, because He was to save His people from their sins. Q. 14. How did Jesus Christ live on earth? A. Jesus Christ lived on earth a truly human life, with its joys and sorrows, tempted as we are yet without sin, always doing the will of God, and so setting us a perfect example Q. 15. How did Jesus Christ die? A. Jesus Christ died on the cross, the just for the unjust, that He might reconcile us to God and save us from our sins. Q. 16. When did Jesus Christ rise from the dead? A. Jesus Christ rose from the dead the third day after His burial and, after forty days, ascended into heaven. Q. 17. How will Jesus Christ come again? A. Jesus Christ will come again with power and great glory, and will judge us all according to our works. Q. 18. How do we receive Jesus Christ as our Saviour? A. We receive Jesus Christ as our Saviour by repentance and faith. Q. 19. What is it to repent? A. To repent is to be truly sorry for sin and to turn from it unto God for forgiveness, with sincere purpose to do God's will. Q. 20. What is faith in Jesus Christ? A. Faith in Jesus Christ is believing on Him and trusting Him as our own Saviour and Lord. Q. 21. How does God lead us to believe on Jesus Christ? A. God leads us to believe on Jesus Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, showing us that we are sinful, and disposing and enabling us to accept Him as He is offered to us in the Gospel. Q. 22. What is the work of the Holy Spirit in us who believe? A. The work of the Holy Spirit in us who believe is to give us hatred of sin and love of righteousness, knowledge of the truth, power |