QUESTION #21 How were Adam and Eve different from everything else that God had made? ANSWER God made Adam and Eve in his own image. SCRIPTURE Genesis 1:26-27   QUESTION #22 How can we see God’s image in Adam and Eve? ANSWER God gave them rule over his creation. They could understand what is true.…

QUESTION #23 What did God give Adam and Eve other than bodies? ANSWER God gave them souls* that will never die. SCRIPTURE Genesis 2:7; Deuteronomy 6:5; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Matthew 16:26   QUESTION #24 Do you have a soul* as well as a body? ANSWER Yes, I have a soul* that will never die. SCRIPTURE Zechariah 12:1; Acts 7:59; 2 Corinthians…

QUESTION #25 What were Adam and Eve like when God made them? ANSWER God made them holy* and happy. They lived with God in the garden he made for them. SCRIPTURE Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 2:25; Psalm 8:4-8   QUESTION #26 What did God require of Adam and Eve? ANSWER God required them to trust him and…

QUESTION #27 Did Adam and Eve obey God and remain holy* and happy? ANSWER No, they did not obey. They chose to sin against God. SCRIPTURE Genesis 3:6-8   QUESTION #28 What is sin*? ANSWER Sin is when we do not do what God tell us to do. And when we do what God forbids.…

QUESTION #30 What was the sin* of our first parents? ANSWER They ate the fruit that God told them not to eat. SCRIPTURE  Genesis 2:16-17; Genesis 3:6   QUESTION #31 Who tempted them to sin*? ANSWER The Devil* tempted Eve and she gave the fruit to Adam. SCRIPTURE Genesis 3:1-5; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Revelation 12:9   In…

QUESTION #32 What happened to the world when our first parents sinned? ANSWER God spoke a curse upon the ground. And death came into the world, just as God had warned* them. SCRIPTURE Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 3:16-17   QUESTION #33 What happened to our first parents when they sinned? ANSWER God cast Adam and Eve out…

QUESTION #35 Did God leave the world under a curse? Did he leave people in their sin? ANSWER No, God chose to rescue them. God promised to send a Saviour*. SCRIPTURE Matthew 1:21; John 3:16-17; 1 John 4:14   After Adam* and Eve* sinned*, they tried to hide from God. But people can not hide from God.…

QUESTION #36 What is a covenant*? ANSWER A covenant is a serious promise between two or more persons.   QUESTION #37 What covenants did God make with the people of Israel*? ANSWER God promised to make Abraham’s family into a great nation. He promised to bless all the nations through Abraham. God gave Moses the…

QUESTION #38 What are the ten commands? ANSWER The ten commands are the words that God gave Moses for the people of Israel*. God himself wrote the ten commands on two stone tablets. SCRIPTURE Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:10   QUESTION #39 What are those commands? ANSWER 1. Do not put any other gods ahead of me.…

QUESTION #40 What is the first command? ANSWER The first command is: Do not put any other gods ahead of me. SCRIPTURE Exodus 20:3; Isaiah 45:5-6   QUESTION #41 What does the first command teach? ANSWER The first command teaches us to worship* God only. SCRIPTURE Psalm 44:20-21; Matthew 4:10; Revelation 22:8-9   The ten commands are the…