FOR THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD
A Catechism for the Household
Simple questions and answers — the kind that have been said aloud in Christian homes for many centuries. Read with the children at the table. Read alone in the morning.
Q. 1
Who made you?
A. God made me.
— Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
Q. 2
What else did God make?
A. God made all things — the heavens, the earth, and all that is in them.
— Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
Q. 3
Why did God make you and all things?
A. For His own glory.
— Revelation 4:11 (KJV)
Q. 4
How can you glorify God?
A. By loving Him and doing what He commands.
— John 14:15 (KJV)
Q. 5
Why ought you to glorify God?
A. Because He made me and takes care of me.
— Psalms 100:3 (KJV)
Q. 6
Are there more gods than one?
A. There is only one God.
— Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV)
Q. 7
In how many persons does this one God exist?
A. In three persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
— Matthew 28:19 (KJV)
Q. 8
What is God?
A. God is a Spirit, and has not a body like ours.
— John 4:24 (KJV)
Q. 9
Where is God?
A. God is everywhere.
— Psalms 139:7 (KJV)
Q. 10
Can you see God?
A. No; but He always sees me.
— Proverbs 15:3 (KJV)
Q. 11
Does God know all things?
A. Yes; nothing can be hidden from Him.
— Hebrews 4:13 (KJV)
Q. 12
Can God do all things?
A. Yes; God can do all His holy will.
— Jeremiah 32:17 (KJV)
Q. 13
Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
A. In the Bible alone.
— 2 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)
Q. 14
Who wrote the Bible?
A. Holy men were taught by the Holy Spirit to write it.
— 2 Peter 1:21 (KJV)
Q. 15
Who were our first parents?
A. Adam and Eve.
— Genesis 2:7,22 (KJV)
Q. 16
Of what were our first parents made?
A. God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve from the body of Adam.
— Genesis 2:21–22 (KJV)
Q. 17
What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
A. He gave them souls that could never die.
— Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
Q. 18
Have you a soul as well as a body?
A. Yes; I have a soul that can never die.
— Matthew 10:28 (KJV)
Q. 19
How do you know that you have a soul?
A. Because the Bible tells me so.
— Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
Q. 20
In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
A. He made them holy and happy.
— Ecclesiastes 7:29 (KJV)