Q. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?

A. 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.

2 Tim. 3:16; Eph. 2:20; 1 John 1:3-4

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The Shorter Catechism

Q2: The Word of God

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?

A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.

1 Cor. 10:31; Rom. 11:36; Ps. 73:25-28

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Q1: The Chief End

Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?

A. There is but one only, the living and true God.

Deut. 6:4; Jer. 10:10

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Q5: One True God

Q. 6. How many persons are there in the Godhead?

A. 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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Q6: The Godhead

Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?

A. 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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Q7: The Decrees of God

Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?

A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

Ps. 148:8; Isa. 40:26; Dan. 4:35; Acts 4:24-28, Rev. 4:11

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Q8: Creation & Providence

Q. 9. What is the work of creation?

A. 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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Q9: The Work of Creation

Q. 10. How did God create man?

A. 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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Q10: Man

Q. 11. What are God’s works of providence?

A. God’s works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.

Ps. 145:17; Ps. 104:24; Isa. 28:29; Heb. 1:3; Ps. 103:19; Matt. 10:29-31

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Q11: The Works of Providence

Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?

A. 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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Q12: When God Had Created Man

The Shorter Catechism arranged for the modern ear.