Catechism Memory for November 16

Junior High Memory

1 John 10:28 - I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Heidelberg Catechism

29Q. Why is the Son of God called “Jesus” meaning “savior”

A. Because He saves us from our sins, and because salvation is not to be sought or found in anyone else

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the fourth commandment?

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8)

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

All desecration of the day of holy rest, either by secular labor and amusement or by idleness and neglect of divine worship.

3. Is all work, then, prohibited on the sabbath?

No, acts of worship, charity, and necessity are allowed and commended by the example of our Savior.

4. How is the sabbath to be kept holy?

By acts of public and private worship, by devotional reading and meditation, by godly conversation and works of Christian charity.

5. What is another purpose for the Lord’s Day?

To prepare us for the eternal sabbath in heaven.

Catechism Memory for November 9

Junior High Memory

27Q. What do you understand by the providence of God?

A. Providence is the almighty and ever present power of God by which God upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty—all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but by his fatherly hand.

28Q. How does the knowledge of God’s creation and providence help us?

A.We can be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature will separate us from his love.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the third commandment?

You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain. Exodus 20:7

2. What is meant here by the Name of God?

Everything by which God makes Himself known to us.

3. What does God require of us in this commandment?

That we treat God’s Name as holy.

4. In what cases are Christians allowed to swear by the Name of God?

When the magistrate requires an oath for the maintenance of justice.

Catechism Memory for November 2

Junior High Memory:

Matthew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Heidelberg Catechism

22Q. What then must a Christian believe?

A. All that is promised to us in the gospel, a summary of which is taught to us in the articles of our catholic and undoubted Christian faith.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the third commandment?

You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain. Exodus 20:7

2. What is meant here by the Name of God?

Everything by which God makes Himself known to us.

3. What does God require of us in this commandment?

That we treat God’s Name as holy.

4. In what cases are Christians allowed to swear by the Name of God?

When the magistrate requires an oath for the maintenance of justice.

Catechism Memory for October 26

Junior High Memory:

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)

Q21: What is true faith?

A.True faith is a sure knowledge by which I hold as true all that God has revealed to us in his Word. It is also a wholehearted trust that God has freely granted to me forgiveness of sins.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the second commandment?

You shall not make for yourself a carved image. (Exodus 20:4)

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

The use of pictures or images of God in our worship.

3. What are the different parts of God-honoring worship?

The reading of the Holy Scriptures, the preaching of the gospel, prayer and praise, and the administration of the sacraments according to God’s instructions.

4. Why does God give us this command?

Because God cares not only about who we worship but also how we worship.


Catechism Memory for October 19

Junior High Memory:

Acts 4:12- And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Q13. Can we make payment ourselves?

A. Certainly not, actually we increase our debt every day.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the second commandment?

You shall not make for yourself a carved image. (Exodus 20:4)

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

The use of pictures or images of God in our worship.

3. What are the different parts of God-honoring worship?

The reading of the Holy Scriptures, the preaching of the gospel, prayer and praise, and the administration of the sacraments according to God’s instructions.

4. Why does God give us this command?

Because God cares not only about who we worship but also how we worship.

Catechism Memory for October 12

Junior High Memory:

Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned,

Q10.Will God permit such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished?

Answer: Certainly not. He is terribly angry with the sin we are born with as well as our actual sins. God will punish them by a just judgment both now and in eternity.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the first commandment?

You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:3)

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

All idolatry or creature worship.

3. What is idolatry?

Worshipping something that is not God as if it were God.

4. What does God require in this commandment?

That we find our highest joy in Him.

Catechism Memory for October 5

Junior High Memory:

Q6: Did God create man so wicked and perverse?

A. No. God created man good and in his own image.

Q7: Then where does man’s corrupt nature come from?

A.From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the first commandment?

You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:3)

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

All idolatry or creature worship.

3. What is idolatry?

Worshipping something that is not God as if it were God.

4. What does God require in this commandment?

That we find our highest joy in Him.