Westminster Shorter Catechism #9-#13

   #9

1.  Question: What is the Work of Creation?
2.  Answer: The work of creation is, God making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the     space of six days, and all very good.

 #10

1.  Question: How did God create man?
2.  Answer: God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

 #11

1.  Question: What are God’s works of providence?
2.  Answer: God’s works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures and all their actions.

 #12 

1.  Question: What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was Created?
2.  Answer: When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.

 #13 

1.  Question: Did our first Christian parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
2.  Answer: Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.

 Recommended Sermons

1.  WSC #9: The Theatre of God’s Glory, by Rev. Shane Sapp [Text: Hebrews 11:3 (Audio)]
2. WSC #10: How Did God Create Man? By Rev. Paul A Backhurst [Text: Genesis 1:26-28 (Audio)]
3. WSC #11-13: God’s Good Providence, by Dennis Prutow [Text: Ephesians 1:11,12 (Audio)]