Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #9-13

      #9 

Question: What is the Work of Creation?

 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 

Question: How did God create man?

Answer: God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

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Question: What are God’s works of providence?

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

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Question: What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was Created?

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.

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Question: Did our first Christian parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?

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)]