What Does God Demand of You?
Question 8: What does God demand of you? Answer: God demands that I be perfect in holiness, love, and integrity.
Matthew 5:48
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Question 8: What does God demand of you? Answer: God demands that I be perfect in holiness, love, and integrity.
Matthew 5:48
Question 7: What is God’s character like? Answer: God is perfect in holiness, love, and integrity.
Isaiah 6:1-8
Question 6: Is there more than One True God?
Answer: No, there is only one true God. He eternally exists as the Trinity, one God in Three Persons – the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father, Son, and Spirit are distinct Persons, but are one in being, power, and glory.
Deuteronomy 4:35, 39; 2 Corinthians 13:14
Question 5: Who is God?
Answer: God is the Infinite, Eternal, Sovereign Creator of everything.
Revelation 4:6-11
Question 4: What must I know to be part of God’s people?
Answer: To be part of God’s people I must know how great my sin is, how God has delivered me from my sin and misery through Christ, and how I can show my gratitude to God for delivering me and grow in my Christian life.
Ephesians 2:1-10
Question 3: What is the central message of the Bible?
Answer: The central message of the Bible is that God is bringing glory to Himself through the Person and work of Jesus Christ as He creates and redeems a people in whom He lives by His Spirit so that they will glorify and enjoy Him forever.
John 17
Question 2: Where do we learn how to glorify God and enjoy Him forever?
Answer: In His Word, the Bible.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
Question: Why did God create humans?
Answer: To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
1 Corinthians 10:31; Psalm 16:11
God’s Word is living and active, and it penetrates to our deepest recesses to expose and judge and to point us to Christ, our Great High Priest.
Jude 1:1-4
A life that is centered on glorifying God is full of joy, because God is supremely worthy and it is why we were created.
1 Corinthians 10:31; Psalm 16:11
It is the responsibility of every Christian to know, understand, guard, and pass the faith down to the next generation of believers.
2 Timothy 1:13-14
All the law is summarized in these two commandments: You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all of your mind; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34
God’s Law is holy, righteous and good – but we must use it properly, allowing it to define righteousness, convict us of sin, and point us to Christ.
1 Timothy 1: 7-8
God demands that I be perfect in holiness, love, and integrity – and He gives this to me through Christ.
Matthew 5
Catechism Question 16 Who is God? God is the Infinite, Eternal, Sovereign Creator of everything, perfect in holiness, love, and integrity. Listen to the teaching
To be part of God’s people I must know how great my sin is, how God has delivered me from my sin and misery through Jesus Christ, and how I can show my gratitude to God for delivering me. Ephesians 2:1-10 Reading: Titus 2:11-14 Listen to the teaching Look at […]
There is an overarching story to the whole of scripture that should affect every passage that we read. God is bringing glory to Himself through the Person and work of Jesus Christ as He creates and redeems a people who glorify and enjoy Him forever.
Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 19:3-6; Psalm 2:8-9; Revelation 5:2-14
There are many sections in the Bible, each with their own unique role, but they all point to Jesus and His work for us.
Luke 24:44
The Bible is the only infallible and inerrant rule of faith, sufficient for salvation and holiness. Other creeds and confessions may be helpful summaries, but must be tested by Scripture, which is the final authority.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
The Bible is the only infallible and inerrant rule of faith, sufficient for salvation and holiness. Other creeds and confessions may be helpful summaries, but must be tested by Scripture, which is the final authority.
Colossians 3:16
Where do we learn how to glorify God and enjoy Him forever? In His Word, the Bible.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Why did God create humans? To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
1 Corinthians 10:31; Psalm 16:11
Using a catechism is a tried and true method of receiving and passing on the faith once for all delivered to God’s people.
Jude 1:1-4
God calls His people to live with a multi-generational perspective, focusing on how the faith will be passed on to the generations to come.
Psalm 78:1-8