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Section 1 – Our Relationship to God
- Who made you?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What else did God make?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3 - Why did God make you and all things?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - How can you glorify God?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Why ought you to glorify God?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3
Section Review
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Section 2 – Who Is God?
- Are there more gods than one?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - In how many persons does this one God exist?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What are the Persons of the Godhead?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What is God?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Where is God?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Can you see God?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - Does God know all things?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - Can God do all things?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - Who wrote the Bible?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
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Section 3 – Mankind
- Who were our first parents?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Of what were our first parents made?
Notes, Leaflet - What did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - Have you a soul as well as a body?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - How do you know that you have a soul?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
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Section 4 – The Covenant of Works
- What is a covenant?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What covenant did God make with Adam?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What was Adam bound to do by the covenant of works?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What did God promise in the covenant of works?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What did God threaten in the covenant of works?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Did Adam keep the covenant of works?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
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Section 5 – Sin
- What is Sin?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3 - What is meant by want of conformity?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is meant by transgression?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What was the sin of our first parents?
Notes, Leaflet - Who tempted them to this sin?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What befell our first parents when they had sinned?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3 - Did Adam act for himself alone in the covenant of works?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What effect had the sin of Adam on all mankind?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is that sinful nature which we inherit from Adam called?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What does every sin deserve?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
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Section 6 – The Covenant of Grace, 1
- Can any one go to heaven with this sinful nature?
Notes, Leaflet - What is a change of heart called?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Who can change a sinner’s heart?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Can any one be saved through the covenant of works?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Why can none be saved through the covenant of works?
Notes, Leaflet - With whom did God the Father make the covenant of grace?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What did Christ undertake in the covenant of grace?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
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Section 7 – The Covenant of Grace, 2
- Did our Lord Jesus Christ ever commit the least sin?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - How could the Son of God suffer?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is meant by the Atonement?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What did God the Father undertake in the covenant of grace?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is justification?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is sanctification?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - For whom did Christ obey and suffer?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What kind of life did Christ live on earth?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What kind of death did Christ die?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2
Section Review
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Section 8 – Salvation
- Who will be saved?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What is it to repent?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What is it to believe or have faith in Christ?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Can you repent and believe in Christ by your own power?
Notes, Leaflet - How can you get the help of the Holy Spirit?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - How long ago is it since Christ died?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - How were pious persons saved before the coming of Christ?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - How did they show their faith?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What did these sacrifices represent?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
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Section 9 – The Offices of Christ
- How many offices has Christ?
(64) Worksheet Symbols - What are they?
(64 & 65) Notes, Leaflet - How is Christ a prophet?
(66) Notes, Leaflet - How is Christ a priest?
(67) Notes, Leaflet - How is Christ a king?
(68) Notes, Leaflet
(64-68) Worksheet Base, Worksheet Answers
(66-68) Worksheet Supplies - Why do you need Christ as a prophet?
(69) Notes, Leaflet - Why do you need Christ as a priest?
(70) Notes, Leaflet - Why do you need Christ as a king?
(71) Notes, Leaflet
(69-71) Worksheet , Worksheet Answers
Section Review
Review Questions, Review Answers
Section 10 – The Ten Commandments, 1
- How many commandments did God give on Mount Sinai?
- What are they sometimes called?
(72 & 73) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What do the first four commandments teach?
(74) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What do the last six commandments teach?
(75) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the sum of the ten commandments?
(76) Notes, Leaflet - Who is your neighbor?
(77) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Is God pleased with those who love and obey him?
(78) Notes, Leaflet - Is God displeased with those who do not love and obey him?
(79) Notes, Leaflet
(78 & 79) Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2
Section Review
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Section 11 – The Ten Commandments, 2
- What is the first commandment?
- What does the first commandment teach us?
(80 & 81) Notes, Leaflet - What is the second commandment?
- What does the second commandment teach us?
(82 & 83) Notes A, Leaflet A, Notes B, Leaflet B, Worksheet - What is the third commandment?
- What does the third commandment teach us?
(84 & 85) Notes A, Leaflet A, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3, Notes B, Leaflet B, Worksheet - What is the fourth commandment?
(86) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What does the fourth commandment teach us?
(87) Notes, Leaflet,Worksheet
(80-87) Worksheet - What day of the week is the Christian Sabbath, and how should it be spent?
(88-89) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Why is it called the Lord’s day?
(90) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
Review Questions and Answers – Younger, Review Questions and Answers – Older
Section 12 – The Ten Commandments, 3
- What is the fifth commandment,
- What does the fifth commandment teach us?
(91 & 92) Notes A, Leaflet A, Worksheet A, Worksheet A Answers, Notes B, Leaflet B, Worksheet B - What is the sixth commandment,
- What does the sixth commandment teach us?
(93 & 94) Notes A, Leaflet A, Worksheet A, Notes B, Leaflet B, Worksheet B - What is the seventh commandment,
- What does the seventh commandment teach us?
(95 & 96) Notes, Leaflet - What is the eighth commandment,
- What does the eighth commandment teach us?
(97 & 98) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the ninth commandment,
- What does the ninth commandment teach us?
(99 & 100) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the tenth commandment?
(101) Notes, Leaflet - What does the tenth commandment teach us?
(102) Notes , Leaflet
(101 & 102) Worksheet - Can any man keep these ten commandments perfectly?
(103) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Of what use are the ten commandments to us?
(104) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
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Section 13 – The Lord’s Prayer
- What is prayer?
(105) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - In whose name should we pray?
(106) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What has Christ given us to teach us how to pray?
- Repeat the Lord’s Prayer.
(107, 108) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - How many petitions does it contain?
(109) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the first petition?
- What do we pray for in it?
(110, 111) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the second petition?
- What do we pray for in it?
(112, 113) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the third petition?
- What do we pray for in it?
(114, 115) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the fourth petition?
- What do we pray for in it?
(116, 117) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What is the fifth petition
- What do we pray for in it?
(118, 119) Notes, Leaflet - What is the sixth petition?
- What do we pray for in it?
(120, 121) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet
Section Review
Review Questions, Review Answers
Section 14 – The Sacraments
- How many sacraments are there,
- What are they?
- Who appointed these sacraments?
- Why did Christ appoint these sacraments?
(Q122-125) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What sign is used in baptism?
- What does this signify?
(Q126-127) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - In whose name are we baptized?
(Q128) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Who are to be baptized?
- Why should infants be baptized?
- Does Christ care for little children?
- To what does your baptism bind you?
(Q129-132) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is the Lord’s Supper?
- What does the bread represent?
- What does the wine represent?
- Who should partake of the Lord’s Supper?
(Q133-136) Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2
Section Review
Review Questions, Review Answers
Section 15 – The Last Things
- Did Christ remain in the tomb after his crucifixion?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Where is Christ now?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - Will he come again?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What becomes of men at death?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - Will the bodies of the dead be raised to life again?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What will become of the wicked in the day of judgment?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 - What is hell?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What will become of the righteous?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet - What is heaven?
Notes, Leaflet, Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2
Overall Review
- Sections 1-3 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Sections 4-5 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Sections 6-8 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Section 9 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Sections 10-11 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Section 12 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Section 13 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Section 14 Review
Review Questions, Review Answers - Section 15 Review
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