1. What is the Purpose of my life?
(NIV)
My purpose is to know God, love Him, enjoy Him and glorify Him.
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2. Who is God?
(NIV)
God is the Creator and holds everyone and everything together. He is holy and does not change.
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3. What is the Trinity?
(NIV)
The Trinity describes the truth that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one God.
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4. What is Creation?
(NIV)
Creation is God making everything out of nothing by His powerful Word.
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5. What is the Fall?
(NIV)
The first man and woman, Adam and Eve, listened to the Serpent’s lies and sinned, losing their perfect relationship with God.
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6. What is sin?
(NIV)
Sin is everything in thought, word and deed that is contrary to the will of God.
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7. How can people know how to please God if they are born sinful?
(NIV)
God’s Word shows us what pleases Him.
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8. Will God allow our sin to go unpunished?
(NIV)
No. Every sin offends God and must be punished.
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9. How is it possible to escape the punishment for our sin?
(NIV)
God sent Jesus the Redeemer to rescue us and take the punishment for our sin.
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11. Why is it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
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Jesus willingly died on the cross in our place to deliver us from the grip of sin, death and hell and to bring us back to God.
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12. Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
(NIV)
Only a perfect human being could pay for the sins of other human beings.
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13. Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
(NIV)
Because Jesus is God, He is infinite and holy. His blood can pay the penalty for an infinite number of sins.
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14. Is Jesus the only Savior?
(NIV)
Yes. No one can be saved except through faith in Jesus Christ.
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15. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
(NIV)
Faith is forsaking all other means of saving our souls and believing the Gospel taught in Scripture.
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16. Where does faith in Jesus Christ come from?
(NIV)
Faith in Jesus Christ is a gift from God through the Holy Spirit.
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17. What is grace?
(NIV)
Grace is God’s powerful kindness poured out on the undeserving.
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18. What does justification mean?
(NIV)
God declares a sinner righteous because of the perfect life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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19. Who is the Holy Spirit?
(NIV)
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity.
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20. How does the Holy Spirit help God’s children?
(NIV)
The Holy Spirit convicts God’s children of sin and gives them faith to believe and obey God.
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21. What does sanctification mean?
(NIV)
Sanctification is the Holy Spirit’s work of growing us in holiness to be like Jesus, who is perfectly righteous.
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22. Why do God’s children still sin?
(NIV)
God’s children are tempted to sin by their own sinful nature and by Satan.
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23. What defines or describes the providence of God?
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God’s providence means He wisely directs and permits all that happens in His creation.
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25. What is the BIble?
(NIV)
The Bible is God’s Truth, taught in words by the Holy Spirit to His prophets and apostles.
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26. What is the Church?
(NIV)
The Church is the community of God’s redeemed people, now and forever.
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28. Will Jesus return?
(NIV)
Yes! Jesus will return personally and physically, first to rule and reign in His kingdom and then to judge the world and Satan.
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29. What is eternal life?
(NIV)
Eternal life is God’s gift that comes from believing, knowing, and loving God and Jesus Christ.
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