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- Question 1. Who is the first and best being? Answer.
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- God is the first and best being. Question 2.
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- What is the chief end of man? Answer. Man's chief end is to glorify
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- God and to enjoy Him forever. Question 3.
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- How do we know there is a God? Answer. The light of nature in man and the works of God plainly declare that there is a
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- God, but His Word and Spirit only do effectually reveal Him unto us for our salvation.
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- Question 4. What is the Word of God? Answer. The scriptures of the
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- Old and New Testaments being given by divine inspiration are the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
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- Question 5. How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God? Answer. The Bible evidences itself to be
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- God's Word by the heavenliness of its doctrine, the unity of its parts, its power to convert sinners and to edify saints, but the
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- Spirit of God only, bearing witness by and with the scriptures in our hearts, is able fully to persuade us that the
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- Bible is the Word of God. Question 6.
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- May all men make use of the scriptures? Answer. All men are not only permitted, but commanded and exhorted to read, hear and understand the scriptures.
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- Question 7. What do the scriptures principally teach? Answer. The scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God and what duty
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- God requires of man. Question 8. What is
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- God? Answer. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.
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- Question 9. Are there more gods than one? Answer. There is but one only, the living and true
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- God. Question 10. How many persons are there in the
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- Godhead? Answer. There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the
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- Son and the Holy Spirit and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory.
