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20 Cards in this Set
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What is the chief end of man?
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Man’ s chief end is to glorify God, (1 Cor. 10:31) and to enjoy him for ever.
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What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
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The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, (2 Tim. 3:16) is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him. (1 John 1:3–4)
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What do the scriptures principally teach?
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The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man. (2 Tim. 1:13, 2 Tim. 3:16)
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What is God?
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God is a Spirit, (John 4:24) infinite, (Job 11:7–9) eternal, (Ps. 90:2) and unchangeable, (James 1:17) in his being, (Exod. 3:14)wisdom, (Ps. 147:5) power, (Rev. 4:8) holiness, (Rev. 15:4) justice, goodness, and truth. (Exod. 34:6–7)
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Are there more Gods than one?
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There is but One only, the living and true God. (Deut. 6:4, Jer. 10:10)
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How many persons are there in the Godhead?
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There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory. (1 John 5:7, Matt. 28:19)
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What are the decrees of God?
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The decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass. (Eph. 1:4,11, Rom. 9:22–23)
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How doth God execute his decrees?
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God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
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What is the work of creation?
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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. (Gen. 1, Heb. 11:3)
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How did God create man?
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God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures. (Gen. 1:26–28, Col. 3:10, Eph. 4:24)
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What are God’ s works of providence?
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God’ s works of providence are, his most holy, (Ps. 145:17) wise, (Ps. 104:24, Isa. 28:29) and powerful preserving, (Heb. 1:3) and governing all his creatures, and all their actions. (Ps. 103:19, Matt. 10:29–31)
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What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?
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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 the pain of death. (Gal. 3:12, Gen. 2:17)
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Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
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Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God. (Gen. 3:6–8,13, Eccl. 7:29)
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What is sin?
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Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. (1 John 3:4)
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What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
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The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein thy were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit. (Gen. 3:6)
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Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first disobedience?
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Since the covenant was made not only for Adam but also for his natural descendants, all mankind sinned in him and fell with him in his first disobedience.
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What happened to man in the fall?
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Man fell into a condition of sin and misery.
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What is sinful about man’s fallen condition?
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The sinfulness of that fallen condition is twofold. First, in what is commonly called original sin, there is the guilt of Adam’s first sin with its lack of original righteousness and the corruption of his whole nature. Second are all the specific acts of disobedience that come from original sin.
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What is the misery of man’s fallen condition?
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By their fall all mankind lost fellowship with God and brought His anger and curse on themselves. They are therefore subject to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.
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Did God leave all mankind to die in sin and misery?
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From all eternity and merely because it pleased Him God chose some to have everlasting life. These He freed from sin and misery by a covenant of grace and brought them to salvation by a redeemer.
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