Week 1-- starts January 6
Q
1:
Who made you?
A:
God.
Q
2:
What else did God make?
A:
God made all things.
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Week 2-- starts January 13
Q
3:
Why did God make you and all things?
A:
For his own glory.
Q
4:
How can you glorify God?
A:
By loving him and doing what he commands.
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Week 3-- starts January 20
Q
5:
Why are you to glorify God?
A:
Because he made me and takes care of me.
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Week 4-- starts January 27
Q
6:
Is there more than one true God?
A:
No. There is only one true God.
Q
7:
In how many Persons does this one true God exist?
A:
In three Persons.
Q
8:
Name these three Persons.
A:
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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Week 5-- starts February 3
Q
9:
What is God?
A:
God is a Spirit and does not have a body like men.
Q
10:
Where is God?
A:
God is everywhere.
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Week 6-- starts February 10
Q
11:
Can you see God?
A:
No. I cannot see God, but He always sees me.
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Week 7-- starts February 17
Q
12:
Does God know all things?
A:
Yes. Nothing can be hidden from God.
Q
13:
Can God do all things?
A:
Yes. God can do all his holy will.
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Week 8-- starts February 24
Q
14:
Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
A:
In the Bible alone.
Q
15:
Who wrote the Bible?
A:
Chosen men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Q
16:
Who were our first parents?
A:
Adam and Eve.
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Week 9-- starts March 2
Q
17:
How did God create man?
A:
God created man, male and female, after his own image.
Q
18:
Of what were our first parents made?
A:
God made Adam's body out of the ground and Eve's body out of a rib from Adam.
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Week 10-- starts March 9
Q
19:
What else did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
A:
He gave them souls that will last forever.
Q
20:
Do you have a soul as well as a body?
A:
Yes. And my soul is going to last forever.
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Week 11-- starts March 16
Q
21:
How do you know your soul will last forever?
A:
Because the Bible tells me so.
Q
22:
In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
A:
He made them holy and happy.
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Week 12-- starts March 23
Q
23:
What covenant did God make with Adam?
A:
The covenant of life.
Q
24:
What is a covenant?
A:
A relationship that God establishes with us and guarantees by his word.
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Week 13-- starts March 30
Q
25:
In the covenant of life, what did God require Adam to do?
A:
To obey God perfectly.
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Week 14-- starts April 6
Q
26:
What did God promise in the covenant of life?
A:
To reward Adam with life if he obeyed God perfectly.
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Week 15-- starts April 13
Q
27:
What did God threaten in the covenant of life?
A:
To punish Adam with death if he disobeyed God.
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Week 16-- starts April 20
Q
28:
Did Adam keep the covenant of life?
A:
No. He sinned against God.
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Week 17-- starts April 27
Q
29:
What is sin?
A:
Sin is any lack of conformity to, or transgression of, the law of God.
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Week 18-- starts May 4
Q
30:
What is meant by lack of conformity?
A:
Not being or doing what God requires.
Q
31:
What is meant by transgression?
A:
Doing what God forbids.
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Week 19-- starts May 11
Q
32:
What does every sin deserve?
A:
The wrath and curse of God.
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Week 20-- starts May 18
Q
33:
What was the sin of our first parents?
A:
Eating the forbidden fruit.
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Week 21-- starts May 25
Q
34:
Who tempted Adam and Eve to this sin?
A:
Satan tempted Eve first, and then he used her to tempt Adam.
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Week 22-- starts June 1
Q
35:
How did Adam and Eve change when they sinned?
A:
Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable.
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Week 23-- starts June 8
Q
36:
Did Adam act for himself alone in the covenant of life?
A:
No. He represented the whole human race.
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Week 24-- starts June 15
Q
37:
What effect did the sin of Adam sin have on you and all people?
A:
We are all born guilty and sinful.
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Week 25-- starts June 22
Q
38:
How sinful are you by nature?
A:
I am corrupt in every part of my being.
Q
39:
What is the sinful nature that we inherit from Adam called?
A:
Original sin.
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Week 26-- starts June 29
Q
40:
Can anyone go to heaven with this sinful nature?
A:
No. Our hearts must be changed before we can believe in Jesus and go to heaven.
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Week 27-- starts July 6
Q
41:
What is this change of heart called?
A:
The new birth, or regeneration.
Q
42:
Who can change a sinner's heart?
A:
The Holy Spirit alone.
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Week 28-- starts July 13
Q
43:
Can anyone be saved through the covenant of life?
A:
No. No one can be saved through the covenant of life.
Q
44:
Why can't anyone be saved through the covenant of life?
A:
Because all have broken it and are condemned by it.
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Week 29-- starts July 20
Q
45:
How did you break the covenant of life?
A:
Adam represented all people, and so I fell with Adam in his first sin.
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Week 30-- starts July 27
Q
46:
How, then, can you be saved?
A:
By the Lord Jesus Christ through the covenant of grace.
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Week 31-- starts August 3
Q
47:
Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace?
A:
His elect people.
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Week 32-- starts August 10
Q
48:
How did Christ fulfill the covenant of grace?
A:
Christ obeyed the whole law for his people, and then suffered the punishment due for their sins.
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Week 33-- starts August 17
Q
49:
Did Jesus ever sin?
A:
No. He lived a sinless life.
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Week 34-- starts August 24
Q
50:
How could Christ suffer?
A:
Christ, the Son of God, became a man so that he could obey and suffer in our place.
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Week 35-- starts August 31
Q
51:
For whom did Christ obey and suffer?
A:
For all whom God the Father gave to Christ.
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Week 36-- starts September 7
Q
52:
What kind of life did Christ live on earth?
A:
A life of obedience, service and suffering.
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Week 37-- starts September 14
Q
53:
What kind of death did Jesus die?
A:
The painful and shameful death of the cross.
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Week 38-- starts September 21
Q
54:
What is meant by the atonement?
A:
Christ satisfied God’s justice by his suffering and death as a substitute for sinners.
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Week 39-- starts September 28
Q
55:
What does God the Father guarantee in the covenant of grace?
A:
To justify and sanctify all those for whom Christ died.
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Week 40-- starts October 5
Q
56:
How doesGod justify you?
A:
God forgives all my sins and accepts me as righteous through Christ.
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Week 41-- starts October 12
Q
57:
How does God sanctify you?
A:
God makes me more and more holy in heart and conduct.
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Week 42-- starts October 19
Q
58:
What must you do to be saved?
A:
I must repent of my sin and believe in Christ as my Savior.
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Week 43-- starts October 26
Q
59:
How do you repent of your sin?
A:
I must be sorry for my sin, and hate it and forsake it.
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Week 44-- starts November 2
Q
60:
Why must you hate and forsake your sin?
A:
Because sin displeases God.
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Week 45-- starts November 9
Q
61:
What does it mean to believe in Christ?
A:
To trust in Christ alone for my salvation.
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Week 46-- starts November 16
Q
62:
Can you repent and believe in Christ by your own power?
A:
No. I cannot repent and believe unless the Holy Spirit changes my heart.
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Week 47-- starts November 23
Q
63:
How can you get the help of the Holy Spirit?
A:
God has told us to pray for the Holy Spirit's help.
Q
64:
How long ago did Christ die?
A:
About two thousand years ago.
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Week 48-- starts November 30
Q
65:
How were sinners saved before Christ came?
A:
By believing in the promised Messiah.
Q
66:
Before Christ came, how did believers show their faith?
A:
By offering the sacrifices God required.
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Week 49-- starts December 7
Q
67:
What did these sacrifices represent?
A:
Christ, the Lamb of God, who would come to die for sinners.
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Week 50-- starts December 14
Q
68:
How many offices does Christ fulfill as the promised Messiah?
A:
Christ fulfills three offices.
Q
69:
What are they?
A:
The offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king.
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Week 51-- starts December 21
Q
70:
How is Christ your prophet?
A:
Christ teaches me the will of God.
Q
71:
How is Christ your priest?
A:
Christ died for my sins and continues to pray for me.
Q
72:
How is Christ your king?
A:
Christ rules over me, world and Satan, and he defends me.
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Week 52-- starts December 28
Q
73:
Why do you need Christ as your prophet?
A:
Because I am ignorant by nature.
Q
74:
Why do you need Christ as your priest?
A:
Because I am guilty of breaking God’s law.
Q
75:
Why do you need Christ as your king?
A:
Because I am weak and helpless.
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