Q.7. In how many persons does this one God exist?
A. In three persons.

Q.8. Who are they?
A. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Q.6. Are there more gods than one?
A. No; there is only one God.

Q. Doth God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
A. God doth not leave all men to perish in the estate of sin and misery, into which they fell by the breach of the first covenant, commonly called the covenant of works; but of his mere love and mercy delivereth his elect out of it, and bringeth them into an estate of salvation by the second covenant, commonly called the covenant of grace.

Q. With whom was the covenant of grace made?
A. The covenant of grace was made with Christ as the second Adam, and in him with all the elect as his seed.

(Questions XXX and XXXI of the Westminster Larger Catechism.)

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.

Q.5. Why ought you to glorify God?
A. Because he made me and takes care of me.

Q.1. Who made you?
A. God made me.

Q.2. What else did God make?
A. God made all things.

Q: Are there more Gods than one?
A: There is but one only, the living and true God.

Q: How many persons are there in the God head?
A: There be three persons in the Godhead, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; although distinguished by their personal properties.

Q: What are the personal properties of the three persons in the God head?
A: It is proper to the Father to beget the Son, and to the Son to be begotten of the Father, and to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son from all eternity.

Q: How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father?
A: The scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto them such names, attributes, works, and worship, as are proper to God only.

(Questions VIII, IX, X and XI of the Westminster Larger Catechism.)

Q: What do the scriptures make known of God?
A: The scriptures make known what God is, the persons in the Godhead, his decrees, and the execution of his decrees.

Q: What is God?
A: God is a Spirit, in and of himself infinite in being, glory, blessedness, and perfection, all-sufficient, eternal, unchangeable, incomprehensible, every where present, almighty, knowing all things, most wise, most holy, most just, most merciful, and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

(Questions VI and VII of the Westminster Larger Catechism.)

Q: What do the scriptures principally teach?
A: The scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.

(Question V of the Westminster Larger Catechism.)

Q: What is the word of God?
A: The holy scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the word of God, the only rule of faith and obedience.

Q: How doth it appear that the scriptures are the word of God?
A: The scriptures manifest themselves to be the word of God, by their majesty and purity; by the consent of all the parts, and the scope of the whole, which is to give all glory to God; by their light and power to convince and convert sinners, to comfort and build up believers unto salvation: but the Spirit of God bearing witness by and with the scriptures in the heart of man, is alone able fully to persuade it that they are the very word of God.

(Questions III and IV of the Westminster Larger Catechism.)

Q: How does it appear that there is a God?

A: The very light of nature in man, and the works of God, declare plainly that there is a God; but his Word and Spirit only do sufficiently and effectually reveal him unto men for their salvation.

(Question II of the Westminster Larger Catechism.)

Q: What is the chief and highest end of man?
A: Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him forever.

(Question I of the Westminster Larger Catechism.)

Q: What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s prayer teach us?
A: The conclusion of the Lord’s prayer (which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever, Amen) teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him. And, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.

(Question CVII of the Westminster Shorter Catechism)

Q: What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A: In the sixth petition, (which is, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,”) we pray, That God would either keep us from being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are tempted.

(Question CVI of the Westminster Shorter Catechism)

Q: What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
A: In the fifth petition (which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors) we pray, That God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.

(Question CV of the Westminster Shorter Catechism)

Q: What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
A: In the fourth petition, (which is, “Give us this day our daily bread,”) we pray, That, of God’s free gift, we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them.

(Question CIV of the Westminster Shorter Catechism)