Catechism (Who, What, Why, and How)

Catechism for Young children

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1. Who made you?
God.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
(ESV)

2. What else did God make?
God made all things.

John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
(ESV)

3. Why did God make you and all things?
For His own glory.

1 Corinthians 10:31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
(ESV)

4. How can you glorify God?
By loving him an doing what He commands.

John 14:15
If you love me, you will obey what I command.
(NIV)

5. Why ought you to glorify God?
Because He made me and takes care of me.

1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
(NIV)

Jesus Loves Me

(Stanzas 1 -2)
Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong.

Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tels me so.

Jesus love me, He who died, heaven’s gates to open wide;
He will wash away my sin, let His little child come in.

Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tels me so.

The Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

The Shorter Catechism

1. What is the chief end of man?
Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

1 Corinthians 10:31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
(ESV)

Psalm 73:24-26
²⁴You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
²⁵Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
²⁶My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(ESV)

John 17:22-24
²²The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, ²³I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. ²⁴Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
(ESV)

2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.

Galatians 1:8-9
⁸But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
(ESV)

Isaiah 8:20
To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
(ESV)