Larger Catechism, week 1 « Daily Confession

Larger Catechism, week 1 « Daily Confession

Recommending all adult readers memorize Q.1-90 from the Westminster Larger Catechism. It has surely served me well through the years (of course, that's not to forego Q.91-196.) The Shorter Catechism should, of course, be in the blood and bones of all Churchmen, age 12 and up.

Larger Catechism, week 1
January 7, 2010
Q. 1. What is the chief and highest end of man?... See More
A. Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God,[1] and fully to enjoy him forever.[2]

Q. 2. How doth it appear that there is a God?
A. The very light of nature in man, and the works of God, declare plainly that there is a God;[3] but his word and Spirit only do sufficiently and effectually reveal him unto men for their salvation.[4]

Q. 3. What is the Word of God?
A. The holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Word of God,[5] the only rule of faith and obedience.[6]

Q. 4. How doth it appear that the Scriptures are of the Word of God?
A. The Scriptures manifest themselves to be the Word of God, by their majesty[7] and purity;[8] by the consent of all the parts,[9] and the scope of the whole, which is to give all glory to God;[10] by their light and power to convince and convert sinners, to comfort and build up believers unto salvation:[11] but the Spirit of God bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in the heart of man, is alone able fully to persuade it that they are the very word of God.[12]

Q. 5. What do the Scriptures principally teach?
A. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.[13]