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Originally Posted by SemperFideles |
I do like it. But this one is shorter and more basic. It fits on two sides of an 8.5 by 11 sheet of printer paper for easy manageability.
This is the other side for older children:
Q. 44. How many sacraments are there? A. Two, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
Q. 45. What is the Lord’s Supper? A. A sign and seal of the new covenant.
Q. 46. What is Christ’s command in it? A. That we eat His flesh and drink His blood.
Q. 47. How do we do this? A. By the eating of bread and drinking of wine.
Q. 48. What are we doing in this? A. We remember the sacrifice of Christ.
Q. 49. Is Christ present in the sacraments? A. Yes, He is present to build our faith.
Q. 50. Is He inside the bread and the wine? A. No, they remain bread and wine.
Q. 51. Do we really partake of His body and blood? A. Yes, our souls do spiritually.
Q. 52. Who should partake of the Lord’s Supper? A. Only true believers.
Q. 53. What is good about Jesus’ birth? A. He was born of a virgin.
Q. 54. Why is this good? A. He is not a son of Adam, but the Son of God.
Q. 55. What does this mean? A. He was born without sin to be our Savior.
Q. 56. What is special about Jesus’ life? A. He only did the good, and never sinned.
Q. 57. Did Jesus really have to die for sins? A. Yes, only his death could save us.
Q. 58. Why was Jesus buried? A. To show that He really was dead.
Q. 59. Why was He resurrected? A. To prove He really is Christ, without sin.
Q. 60. What is justification? A. To be declared righteous before God.
Q. 61. What is righteousness? A. To have no sin and always do the good.
Q. 62. How are you justified? A. By grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
Q. 63. What is grace? A. God’s love toward me even though I don’t deserve it.
Q. 64. What is the great exchange? A. Christ took my sin and gave me His goodness.
Q. 65. When did this happen? A. When He died on the cross.
Q. 66. When were you justified? A. When I first believed in Christ.
Q. 67. What do you believe? A. That Christ saved me and rose bodily from the dead.
Q. 68. What is sanctification? A. Becoming more and more like Christ everyday.
Q. 69. How? A. The Holy Spirit helps me to live for Christ and die to sin.
Q. 70. Do God’s people still sin? A. Yes, we fight daily against our own sin.
Q. 71. What is Christ’s promise therein? A. If we confess our sins, He will forgive us.
Q. 72. What is confession? A. When we admit our sins to God in prayer.
Q. 73. Can we ever lose our salvation? A. No.
Q. 74. Why do we pray? A. To thank Him for grace and call on Him in our distress.
Q. 75. How does God want us to pray? A. We must pray according to His will.
Q. 76. What is His will? A. The Ten Commandments and all His commands.
Q. 77. What should we pray for? A. We must pray for everything we need.
Q. 78. Can you love God by yourself? A. No. I must be a member of the local church.
Q. 79. What is the church? A. The people whom God elected.
Q. 80. What is election? A. That God chose us before the world began.
Q. 81. Why did God choose you? A. Not for any good in me, but because He is God.
Q. 82. But don’t you choose to believe? A. No, faith is an irresistible gift from God.
Q. 83. Did God elect every person in the world? A. No, only His bride, the church.
Q. 84. Is everyone in the church elect? A. No. Some do not have true faith.
Q. 85. Does Christ shun the non-elect? A. No. All men in Adam shun Christ.
Q. 86. When will we see our Lord Jesus Christ? A. When we die or when He returns.
Q. 87. Why do we die? A. To stop sinning, go to our Lord, and enjoy Him forever.
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