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The New City Catechism
for Kids
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The New City Catechism for Kids
Copyright © 2018 by The Gospel Coalition and Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Published by Crossway 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, Illinois 60187
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This publication was made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the publisher and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.
Cover design: Matt Wahl & Micah Lanier
First printing 2018
Printed in China
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-6129-0
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Crossway Books.Title: The new city catechism for kids.Description: Wheaton : Crossway, 2018.Identifiers: LCCN 2017048083 | ISBN 9781433561290 (tp)Subjects: LCSH: Presbyterian Church—Catechisms—English—Juvenile
literature. | Reformed Church—Catechisms—English—Juvenile literature. | Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism—Juvenile literature.
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The New CityCatechismfor Kids
W H E A T O N , I L L I N O I S
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52 Questions& Answersfor Our Hearts& Minds
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Part 1
God, Creation & Fall, Law
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Question 1
What is our only hope in life
and death?
Answer
That we are not our own but belong to God.
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Question 2
What is God?
Answer
God is the creator of everyone and everything.
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Question 3
How many persons are there
in God?
Answer
There are three persons in one God: the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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Question 4
How and why did God create us?
Answer
God created us male and female in his
own image to glorify him.
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Question 5
What else did God create?
Answer
God created all things, and all his
creation was very good.
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Question 6
How can we glorify God?
Answer
By loving him and by obeying his commands and law.
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Question 7
What does the law of God require?
Answer
That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind,
and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.
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Question 8
What is the law of God stated
in the Ten Commandments?
Answer
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall
not make for yourself an idol. You shall not
misuse the name of the Lord your God.
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Honor your father and your mother. You shall not
murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall
not steal. You shall not give false testimony. You
shall not covet.
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Question 9
What does God require in the first,
second, and third commandments?
Answer
First, that we know God as the only true God.
Second, that we avoid all idolatry. Third, that we
treat God’s name with fear and reverence.
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Question 10
What does God require in the
fourth and fifth commandments?
Answer
Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in
worship of God. Fifth, that we love and honor our
father and our mother.
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Question 11
What does God require in the sixth,
seventh, and eighth commandments?
Answer
Sixth, that we do not hurt or hate our neighbor.
Seventh, that we live purely and faithfully. Eighth,
that we do not take without permission that
which belongs to someone else.
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Question 12
What does God require in the
ninth and tenth commandments?
Answer
Ninth, that we do not lie or deceive. Tenth, that
we are content, not envying anyone.
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Question 13
Can anyone keep the law of
God perfectly?
Answer
Since the fall, no human has been able to keep
the law of God perfectly.
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Question 14
Did God create us unable to keep
his law?
Answer
No, but because of the disobedience of Adam
and Eve, we are all born in sin and guilt, and
unable to keep God’s law.
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Question 15
Since no one can keep the
law, what is its purpose?
Answer
That we may know the holy nature of God,
and the sinful nature of our hearts; and thus
our need of a Savior.
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Question 16
What is sin?
Answer
Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he
created, not being or doing what he requires
in his law.
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Question 17
What is idolatry?
Answer
Idolatry is trusting in created things rather
than the Creator.
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Question 18
Will God allow our disobedience
and idolatry to go unpunished?
Answer
No, God is righteously angry with our sins
and will punish them both in this life, and in
the life to come.
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Question 19
Is there any way to escape
punishment and be brought
back into God’s favor?
Answer
Yes, God reconciles us to himself by
a Redeemer.
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Question 20
Who is the Redeemer?
Answer
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Part 2
Christ, Redemption, Grace
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Question 21
What sort of Redeemer
is needed to bring us back
to God?
Answer
One who is truly human and also truly God.
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Question 22
Why must the Redeemer be
truly human?
Answer
That in human nature he might on our behalf
perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the
punishment for human sin.
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Question 23
Why must the Redeemer be
truly God?
Answer
That because of his divine nature his
obedience and suffering would be perfect
and effective.
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Question 24
Why was it necessary for
Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
Answer
Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us
from the power and penalty of sin and bring
us back to God.
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Question 25
Does Christ’s death mean all
our sins can be forgiven?
Answer
Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully
paid the penalty for our sin, God will remember
our sins no more.
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Question 26
What else does Christ’s
death redeem?
Answer
Every part of fallen creation.
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Question 27
Are all people, just as they
were lost through Adam,
saved through Christ?
Answer
No, only those who are elected by God and
united to Christ by faith.
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Question 28
What happens after death
to those not united to Christ
by faith?
Answer
They will be cast out from the presence of God,
into hell, to be justly punished, forever.
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Question 29
How can we be saved?
Answer
Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his
substitutionary atoning death on the cross.
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Question 30
What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Answer
Receiving and resting on him alone for
salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.
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Question 31
What do we believe by true faith?
Answer
We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven
and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and
was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he
rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and
is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
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Question 32
What do justification and
sanctification mean?
Answer
Justification means our declared
righteousness before God. Sanctification
means our gradual, growing righteousness.
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Question 33
Should those who have faith in
Christ seek their salvation through
their own works, or anywhere else?
Answer
No, everything necessary to salvation is
found in Christ.
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Question 34
Since we are redeemed by grace alone,
through Christ alone, must we still do
good works and obey God’s Word?
Answer
Yes, so that our lives may show love and
gratitude to God; and so that by our godly
behavior others may be won to Christ.
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Question 35
Since we are redeemed by grace
alone, through faith alone, where
does this faith come from?
Answer
From the Holy Spirit.
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Part 3
Spirit, Restoration, Growing in Grace
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Question 36
What do we believe about
the Holy Spirit?
Answer
That he is God, coeternal with the Father
and the Son.
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Question 37
How does the Holy Spirit
help us?
Answer
The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin,
and he enables us to pray and to
understand God’s Word.
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Question 38
What is prayer?
Answer
Prayer is pouring out our hearts to God.
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Question 39
With what attitude should
we pray?
Answer
With love, perseverance, and gratefulness.
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Question 40
What should we pray?
Answer
The whole Word of God directs us in
what we should pray.
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Question 41
What is the Lord’s Prayer?
Answer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your
name, your kingdom come, your will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us
today our daily bread. And forgive us our
debts, as we also have forgiven our
debtors. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
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Question 42
How is the Word of God to be
read and heard?
Answer
With diligence, preparation, and prayer;
so that we may accept it with faith and
practice it in our lives.
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Question 43
What are the sacraments
or ordinances?
Answer
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
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Question 44
What is baptism?
Answer
Baptism is the washing with water in
the name of the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit.
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Question 45
Is baptism with water the
washing away of sin itself?
Answer
No, only the blood of Christ can cleanse
us from sin.
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Question 46
What is the Lord’s Supper?
Answer
Christ commanded all Christians to eat
bread and to drink from the cup in
thankful remembrance of him.
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Question 47
Does the Lord’s Supper
add anything to Christ’s
atoning work?
Answer
No, Christ died once for all.
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Question 48
What is the church?
Answer
A community elected for eternal life and
united by faith, who love, follow, learn
from, and worship God together.
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Question 49
Where is Christ now?
Answer
Christ rose bodily from the grave on the
third day after his death and is seated
at the right hand of the Father.
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Question 50
What does Christ’s
resurrection mean for us?
Answer
Christ triumphed over sin and death so
that all who trust in him are raised to new
life in this world and to everlasting life in
the world to come.
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Question 51
Of what advantage to us is
Christ’s ascension?
Answer
Christ is now advocating for us in the
presence of his Father and also sends
us his Spirit.
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Question 52
What hope does everlasting
life hold for us?
Answer
That we will live with and enjoy God
forever in the new heaven and the
new earth, where we will be forever
freed from all sin in a renewed,
restored creation.
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