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Young People’s B ib le Catechism B y M rs . O rah G. B rooks — 1—
—13— Q. What should convince all men that God is love? A. “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). —14— Q. How was it that Jesus Christ could die as a substi tute for all men? A. He was “God manifest in the flesh” (1..Timothy 3:16). —15— Q. How was He born into the world? A. “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” “That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost” (Mat thew 1:23, 20). —16— Q. By what crowning miracle was the deity of Christ proven ? A. “Declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead” (Rom. 1:4). —17— Q. With what price, then, are all guilty sinners re deemed ? A. “With the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish, and without spot” (1 Peter 1 :19). ( f t 18— Q. Since the Son of God was perfect, and could not have died for His own sins, for whose sins must He have died? A. “Christ died for our sins, according to the Scrip- tures’| | ( 1 Corinthians 15 :3). —19— Q. How is the penalty for our sins taken care of by the righteous God? A. “The Lord hath laid on Him" [Jesus] the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6). — Q. Is this salvation for all, regardless of their attitude to God’s plan? A. “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” (John 1:12). —21— Q. What change then takes place, in the life of the one who receives Jesus as God’s appointed sacrifice for sin? A. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). —22—, . Q. How is this change brought to pass in the believer? A. “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according tp his mercy he saved life',' by the wash ing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Titus 3 :5). —23— Q. If a person is saved through the power of the Holy Spirit what kind of fruit will his life bear? A. , “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffer- — 20
Q. What is the only answer to the riddle of the universe? A. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). 2 — Q. How long has God existed? A. “Thy throne is established of o ld : thou art from ever lasting” (Psalm 93:2). —3— Q. How long shall God exist? A. “Thy years shall have no end” (Psalm 102:27). —4— ‘ Q. How great is God ? A. “Thou, even thou, art God alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshipeth thee” (Nehemiah 9:6). —5— Q. Is it possible to see God in His real personality ? A. “Whom no man hath seen, nor can see” (1 Timothy 6:16). —6— Q. What was the only way Deity could be manifested to man ? A. “The only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared Him” (John 1:18). —7— Q. For the purpose of revealing Himself to men, what three-fold form does the One God take ? A. “The Father, the Son and the Holy, Ghost” (Matthew 28:19). —8— Q. What is the only way man may come into fellowship with the living God? A. “Through Him, we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father” (Ephesians 2 :18). —9— Q. What does God know about us all ? A. “All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do” (Hebrews 4:13). —10— Q. What must be God’s attitude to all sin in mankind ? A. “Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wicked ness : neither shall evil dwell with thee” (Psalm 5 :4). - 1 1 - ^ - Q. How many have made themselves deserving of God’s wrath against sin, as the result of the sinful nature within fallen man? A. “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). 12 — Q. What provision did the righteous and loving God make for this condition of man? A. “God so loved the world that he gave his only be gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). — ! —
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