First Catechism #43-54 [August]

Here are Q&A #43-56 of the First Catechism, published by Great Commission Publishing. We have catechism booklets available for our church's families. Talk with Pastor Dan, or the church office, to get your copy. Here are the questions for August [July #35-42; June #25-34; May #14-24; April #1-13].

August 8
Q.43 - Can anyone be saved through the covenant of life?
A. No. No one can be saved through the covenant of life.

Q.44 - Why can't anyone be saved through the covenant of life?
A. Because all have broken it and are condemned by it.

Q.45 - How did you break the covenant of life?
A. Adam represented all people, and so I fell with Adam in his first sin.

Q.46 - How, then, can you be saved?
A. By the Lord Jesus Christ through the covenant of grace.

August 15
Q.47 - Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace?
A. His elect people.

Q.48 - How did Christ fulfill the covenant of grace?
A. Christ obeyed the whole law for his people, and then suffered the punishment due for their sins.

Q.49 - Did Jesus ever sin?
A. No. He lived a sinless life.

August 22
Q.50 - How could Christ suffer?
A. Christ, the Son of God, became a man so that he could obey and suffer in our place.

Q.51 - For whom did Christ obey and suffer?
A. For all whom God the Father gave to Christ.

Q.52 - What kind of life did Christ live on earth?
A. A life of obedience, service and suffering.

Q.53 - What kind of death did Jesus die?
A. The painful and shameful death of the cross.

August 29
Q.54 - What is meant by atonement?
A. Christ satisfied God's justice by his suffering and death as a substitute for sinners.