세례, 입교, 유아세례 문답서 영문

[Isaac Lee]

Part 2 Baptism/ Confirmation Catechism

Chapter1 Qualifications for Baptism/ Confirmation catechumens

1. Q. Who is eligible for baptism?

A. 1) Those who have been attending church faithfully for more than 6 months after pre-baptism catechism,

2) And believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior

2. Q. Who is eligible for infant baptism?

A. Any child under 2 years of age, on of whose parents is a baptized believer

3. Q. Who is eligible for confirmation catechism?

A. 1) Those who received infant baptism,

2) Are over 14 years of age, and have personally confessed their faith

Chapter2 The Bible

4. Q. How can we know God?

A. 1) Through his creation (General Revelations; Psalms 19:1-2, Romans1:20)

2) Through his Word, the Bible (Special Revelations; 2Timothy 3:14-17)

5. Q. What is the Bible?

A. It is the Word of God, which is accurate, inerrant, and written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12).

6. Q. What are the major divisions of the Old Testament?

A. 1) The Law (The Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Levities, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)

2) History (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Ester)

3) Poetry (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiates, and the Song of Songs)

4) Prophecy (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi)

7. Q. What are the major divisions of the New Testament?

A. 1) Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)

2) History (Acts)

3) Letters (Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians,

Ephesians,Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2

Tessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon,

Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John,

and Jude)

4) Prophecy (Revelation)

Chapter3 The works and attributes of God

8. Q. Who is God?

A. God is Spirit (John 4:24), and he is the Creator, Redeemer, and Judge.

9. Q. What did God create?

A. He created all things in the universes out of nothing by his word alone.

10. Q. What did God command after he had created man?

A. He commanded them to fill the earth and to rule over the earth and all creatures (Genesis 1:28).

11. Q. How does God reign over his creation?

A. He reigns according to his good will with wisdom and power (Psalms36:6, 103:19).

12. Q. What did God predestine before the creation of the world?

A. He chose us in Jests Christ for salvation (Ephesians 1:4-5).

13. Q. What are the attributes that belong only to God?

A. 1) He exists in and of himself (Self-existence; Psalms 115:3, Exodus3:14).

2) He never changes (Immutability; James 1:17,

Hebrews 6:17).

3) He is perfect (Perfection; Psalms 18:30, 19:7).

4) He is eternal (Eternality; Nehemiah 9:5, Peter 1:11).

5) He knows everything (Omniscience; 1Chronicles

28:9, John 2:25).

6) He is all-powerful (Omnipotence; Isaiah 9:6,

2Corinthians 6:18).

14. Q. What are the moral attributes of God?

A. 1) Holiness (1Peter 1:16, Levities 11:44)

2) Righteousness (Romans 3:26, Exodus 9:27)

3) Truthfulness (Romans 15:8, Psalms 146:6)

4) Goodness (Matthew 20:15, Psalms 34:8)

Chapter4 Satan's temptation and man's sin

15. Q. How did the first man Adam commit sin?

A. 1) He had free-will to either obey or disobey,

2) But he was tempted by the serpent (Satan),

3) And committed sin by disobeying God's Word.

16. Q. Was there anyone without sin after Adam's fall?

A. No, not even one (Romans 3:10).

17. Q. Into what state did the fall bring mankind?

A. 1) The fall brought mankind into a state of sin and misery apart from God.

2) Man became subject to death under God's wrath and curse,

3) And became totally corrupt and incompetent(Genesis 3:8, Romans5:14).

18. Q. What kinds of sin are there?

A. 1) The original sin that Adam committed

2) The actual sins that Adam's descendants commit

personally

19. Q. What are some specific actual sins?

A. 1) Internal sins like pride, jealousy, hatred, and evil desires (Jeremiah 17:9)

2) External sins like deceit, theft, adultery, and murder (Matthew15:19)

20. Q. What is the only hope for man who is destined for destruction?

A. 1) By repenting and believing in Jesus Christ (Mark

1:15)

2) To be saved from eternal destruction (Acts 16:31)

Chapter5 The works of Jesus and His accomplishment of salvation

21. Q. How was Jesus conceived?

A. 1) He was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary

2) By the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18)

22. Q. What are the two natures of Jesus Christ?

A. 1) Since he is truly God and truly man,

2) He has both deity and humanity,

3) And these two natures are united in the one person

of Jesus Christ.

23. Q. What are deity and humanity?

A. 1) Deity refers to the divine nature,

2) And humanity refers to the human nature.

24. Q. How is the humanity of Jesus different from ours?

A. 1) He is of the same nature as we are,

2) But is without sin (Hebrews 4:15, 1John 3:5).

25. Q. What are the names of Jesus' 12 disciples?

A. They are Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip,

Bartholomew, Tomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, and Judas Iscariot (Matthew10:2-4).

26. Q. What are the three offices of Jesus Christ?

A. 1) Prophet (John 6:14)

2) Priest (Hebrews 10:21)

3) King (Revelation 19:16)

27. Q. How did Jesus execute the office of Prophet?

A. 1) He taught the will of God,

2) Testified against the sin of the world,

3) And proclaimed God's judgement and salvation.

28. Q. How did Jesus execute the office of Priest?

A. 1) He offered himself once for all to be the

reconciliation for our sins as our eternal High Priest (Hebrews 9:28),

2) And makes continual intercession for us (Hebrews 7:25)

29. Q. How did Jeuss execute the office of King?

A. 1) He reigns over the world and preserves it,

2) And overcomes all his enemies.

30. Q. What is the state of Christ's humiliation?

A. 1) Incarnation

2) Obedience to the Law

3) Suffering

4) Death on the cross

5) Burial

31. Q. What is the state of Christ's exaltation?

A. 1) Resurrection

2) Ascension

3) Reigning at the right hand of God

4) Coming again to judge the world at the end of the

age

32. Q. What are the books that record the earthly ministry of Jesus?

A. The four Gospel: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

33. Q. How did Jesus accomplish salvation?

A. 1) By becoming man,

2) Preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God for 3

years,

3) Obeying the Law,

4) Dying on the cross,

5) Rising again from the dead on the third day,

6) And ascending into heaven, he accomplished

salvation.

34. Q. How should save believers live?

A. 1) They should live for Jesus,

2) Share the gospel,

3) And obey the Word of God.

Chapter6 The works of the Holy Spirit and the believer's salvation

35. Q. How does our salvation begin?

A. It begins with the predestination of God and the calling of the Holy Spirit.

36. Q. What does the Holy Spirit help us understand?

A. He helps us understand the Word of God, and our sin and misery.

37. Q. By whom are we born again?

A. By the Holy Spirit (John 3:5)

38. Q. How does the Holy Spirit regenerate us?

A. Through the Word of God (1Peter 1:23)

39. Q. What is true repentance?

A. 1) Under the conviction of the Holy Spirit,

2) Sinners repent of their sins

3) And comes to Jesus.

40. Q. What are the three elements of repentance?

A. 1) Intellectual element: recognition of sin (Romans

3:20)

2) Emotional element: sorrow for sin (James 4:9-10)

3) Volitional element: coming to Jesus (Romans 2:4)

41. Q. What are the means of grace of the Holy Spirit?

A. 1) The Word

2) The Sacraments

3) Prayer

42. Q. How can a sinner be justified?

A. 1) By the grace of God

2) Through faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:16,

Romans 3:26)

43. Q. What is sanctification?

A. 1) It is the gracious and continual work of the Holy Spirit,

2) And involves cleansing of sinners,

3) Daily renewal,

4) And enabling for good works (1Thessalonians 5:23).

44. Q. What is the order of a believer's salvation?

A. 1) Calling

2) Regeneration

3) Repentance

4) Faith

5) Justification

6) Adoption

7) Sanctification

8) Perseverance of the saints

9) Glorification

Chapter7 The church and the believer's church life

45. Q. What is the church?

A. 1) It is the assembly of God's people,

2) The body and kingdom of Christ,

3) And the temple of the Holy Spirit.

46. Q. Is there more than one church?

A. 1) The church, which is the body of Christ, is one.

2) But there are many local churches, which are

members of the body of Christ.

47. Q. What is the earthly church and what is the heavenly church?

A. 1) The earthly church refers to the church that is

working out her salvation on earth.

2) The heavenly church refers to the church that is singing the song of victory in heaven.

3) Both the earthly and heavenly churches are one in Christ.

48. Q. What is the Visible church and what is the invisible church?

A. 1) The visible church refers to the community of those who confess their genuine faith and their children.

2) The invisible church refers to the community of believers chosen by God.

49. Q. What are the three marks of the church?

A. 1) Right preaching of the Word (1John 4:1-3)

2) Right administration of the sacraments (1Corinthians 11:23-29)

3) Right exercise of church discipline (1Corinthians 5:1-5)

50. Q. Why should the church exercise church discipline?

A. TO maintain and increase the holiness of the church (Titus 3:10-11)

51. Q. What is the relationship between Jesus and the

church?

A. 1) Jesus is the head of the church,

2) The source of all authority,

3) And the Lord who governs the church by the Word and Spirit.

52. Q. What are the three spiritual authorities of the church?

A. 1) Teaching authority: the authority to guard the truth and hand it down (2Timothy 1:13)

2) Governing authority: the authority to administer all the affairs of the church in a right and orderly manner (1Corinthians 14:33)

3) Serving authority: the authority to look after the poor and the sick (Acts 6:1-6)

53. Q. What is Presbyterian government?

A. 1) It is a serving government based on the authority of Christ.

2) It is a democratic government where the members of a local church have the authority to elect elder who constitute the session that exercises governing authority.

54. Q. What are the governing bodies of the Presbyterian government?

A. They are the session of a local church, the presbytery, and the synod, and the general assembly.

55. Q. To which denomination and presbytery does our church belongs?

A. It belongs to the OO presbytery of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea.

56. Q. What are the organizations of our church?

A. They are the congregational meeting, the session, and the officers meeting.

57. Q. What is the name of our senior pastor, and what is his role in our church?

A. 1) His name is OOO.

2) He represents and shepherds the church,

3) And leads the congregational meeting, the session, and the officers meeting.

58. Q. What are the things we should abstain from and strive for on the Lord's Day?

A. 1) We should abstain from ordinary employments or business, worldly amusements, worries of this life, and vulgar speech.

2) We should strive for worship, evangelism, Bible study, prayer, reading devotional books, and

compassionate works like visiting the sick.

59. Q. For whom should we pray before the worship service?

A. We should prepare for the worship service by praying for ourselves and for other, especially for the pastor who teaches and preaches the Word.

60. Q. What are the proper attitudes for the worship serivce?

A. 1) We should abstain from talking for the service of any other distracting behaviors,

2) And concentrate on worship with a reverent

attitude.

61. Q. What are the contents of the public prayer offered during the worship service?

A. 1) Giving glory to God

2) Giving thanks to God for his grace

3) Genuine repentance

4) Asking for God's grace and blessing

5) Praying for the family, church, country, and world

6) Closing the prayer in the name of Jesus

62. Q. How should believers use their material possessions?

A. Since all material possessions are given by the Lord, we should generously use them for his good work.

63. Q. What should believers support financially?

A. We should wholeheartedly support all the areas of church ministry and finance.

64. Q. How are offerings to be given?

A. 1) They should include tithes and tahnk offerings (Malachi 3:10),

2) And be given wholeheartedly with thankfulness.

65. Q. What are the duties of believers?

A. 1) To attend worship services and meetings

2) To participate in church affairs

3) To be financially responsible for the work of the

Lord

4) To obey the teachings of the Bible

5) To obey the church constitution

66. Q. What are the rights of (baptism/confirmed) believers?

A. 1) Church membership

2) The right to make a petition, request, and appeal

according to the church constitution

3) The right to vote and toe run for an election

according to church regulations

Chapter8 The end of human history and the second coming of Christ

67. Q. How dose our life on earth end?

A. With physical death

68. Q. What is physical death?

A. 1) The separation of the soul from the body

(Ecclesiates 12:7, James2:26)

2) The end of physical life (Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiates

3:1-2)

69. Q. Why does man die?

A. Because of sin (Romans 6:23)

70. Q. What is believers' death?

A. 1) It is not a punishment,

2) But a way for the soul to depart from the body and be with God(1Corinthians 15:55-57).

71. Q. Where does man go after death?

A. 1) The wicked, who are cursed, go to hell (Psalms 9:17, Luke 16:23)

2) Believers, who are saved, go to heaven (Luke 23:43).

72. Q. What are heaven and hell?

A. 1) Heaven is the blessed place where God, angels, and believers dwell.

2) Hell is the place where the devil, demons, and

unbelievers are punished.

73. Q. What happens to the body after death?

A. 1) It returns to dust,

2) But will be reunited iwht the soul when Jesus

Christ comes again.

3) Believers will be raised to the resurrection of life,

whereas unbelievers to the resurrection of

judgement (John 5:28-29).

74. Q. When will be the end of human history?

A. At the time of Christ's Second Coming.

75. Q. What will take place before the Second Coming?

A. 1) Global evangelization (Matthew 24:14)

2) Israel's conversion (Romans 11:25-29)

3) The Great Apostasy and the Great Tribulation

(Matthew 24:12, 2Timothy 3:1-7)

4) The appearance of the Antichrist (1John 2:18)

5) Sings and wonders including wars, famines,

earthquakes, and sign from heaven (Matthew

24:29-30)

76. Q. When is the Second Coming of Christ?

A. 1) No one can know the time and date (Matthew

24:36),

2) But he is surely coming at God's appointed time,

3) And the time is near (James 5:9).

77. Q. In what manner will Christ return?

A. 1) physically,

2) Visibly (Acts 1:11),

3) And gloriously (2Thessalonians 1:10)

78. Q. What are the purposes of Christ's Second Coming?

A. To give eternal rewards to believers, but eternal

punishment to unbelievers (Romans 2:6-8)

Chapter9 Baptism and the Lord's Supper

79. Q. What is a sacrament?

A. 1) It is an ordinance instituted by Christ under the New Testament.

2) The two sacraments of the New Testament are

baptism and the Lord's Supper.

80. Q. What does baptism symbolize?

A. It symbolizes the cleansing of sins.

81. Q. With that is one baptized?

A. With water

82. Q. What are the different modes of baptism?

A. 1) They are sprinkling, pouring, and immersion.

2) These are all symbolic rites and have no difference in their essence.

3) The Presbyterian Church administers baptism by

sprinkling.

83. Q. What do believers profess through baptism?

A. 1) Forgiveness of sins

2) Union with Christ

84. Q. What does baptism singify?

A. 1) It is a sign of the forgiveness of sins and union with Christ.

2) It signifies that we have become the people of God's eternal New Covenant and have been sealed with the Holy Spirit.

3) Therefore, we are baptized once in our lifetime.

85. Q. Who can be baptized?

A. 1) Those who believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of

God,

2) Accept him as their Savior, and confess their faith

publicly.

86. Q. Who can administer baptism?

A. Pastors who are called to be ministers of God

87. Q. What kinds of baptism are there?

A. Water baptism and Spirit baptism (John3:5)

88. Q. What is Spirit baptism?

A. It is the Holy Spirit's seal upon believer's repentance of sin, with in Jesus as their Savior and Lord, and adoption as God's children.

89. Q. What is water baptism?

A. It is a baptism that a pastor administers with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

90. Q. How are these two baptisms related?

A. Water baptism that is administered in the name of Jesus Christ confirm‎s Spirit baptism.

91. Q. Why should we be baptized?

A. 1) It is Jesus's command (Matthew 28:19, Acts 10:48),

2) And testifies about the assurance of salvation.

92. Q. What is the Lord's Supper?

A. 1) By eating bread and drinking wine,

2) We remember the death of Jesus.

3) The Lord's Supper is a sign of the communion with Christ who is present (1Corinthians 11:23-25).

93. Q. What are the effects of the Lord's Supper?

A. 1) It strengthens believer's faith,

2) Helps them experience God's presence,

3) And confirm‎s their unity in Christ.

94. Q. Who administered the Lord's Supper for the first time?

A. Jesus did for the first time (Matthew 26:26-29).

95. Q. When was it administered for the first time?

A. On the night before Jesus was crucified (Matthew 26:17-18)

96. Q. What are the elements of the Lord's Supper?

A. Bread and wine

97. Q. What des bread signify?

A. The body of Jesus

98. Q. What does wine signify?

A. The blood of Jesus

99. Q. Until when will the Lord's Supper be observed?

A. After the death of Jesus until his Second Coming (1Corinthians11:26)

100. Q. Who can participate in the Lord's Supper ?

A. Confirmed believers and baptized believers

101. Q. Who cannot participate in the Lord's Supper?

A. 1) Those who have sinned but not repented

2) Those whom the church has forbidden to take the Lord's Supper

102. Q. What should believers do when the elements of the Lord's Supper are distributed?

A. They should meditate, give thanks, and pray in

quietness.

103. Q. What is family worship?

A. It is a time when a believer's family gathers to pray,

read the Bible, and give praise and worship to God.

104. Q. When should believers go to church?

A. They should actively attend early-morning prayer meetings, Sunday worship services, Wednesday prayer meetings, and other church meetings.

105. Q. How should believers devote themselves for the growth of the church?

A. They should faithfully serve the church with their prayers, service, time, and material possessions as the grace they received.

106. Q. For what purpose did God choose us?

A. 1) To make us be holy and blameless before him

2) To make us be adopted as his children according to the good pleasure of his will

3) To make us praise and proclaim his glorious grace (Ephesians 1:4-6, 1Peter 2:9)

Chapter10 Bible education and missionary work

107. Q. Who needs Bible education?

A. All believers (2Timothy 3:16)

108. Q. What are the effects of Bible study?

A. 1) We may know God and ourselves better,

2) We may be equipped to be the man of GOd,

3) We may be equipped to do good works (2Timothy 3:17)

109. Q. How should we study the Bible?

A. 1) We should read the Word with all eagerness,

2) And examine the Scriptures daily (Acts 17:11).

110. Q. Is the Bible a matter of private interpretation?

A. No, it is not a matter of any private interpretation (2Peter 1:20)

111. Q. How did Jesus evangelize?

A. 1) He went throughout all the towns and villages,

2) Healed the sick,

3) And preached the gospel (Matthew 9:35).

112. Q. How did the apostles evangelize?

A. They did not cease preaching the gospel anytime or anywhere (Acts 5:42)

113. Q. What is evangelism?

A. To preach Jesus Christ to people so that they may believe in him (John 3:16)

114. Q. What should we pray for in regard to evangelism?

A. That God may open to us a door for the Word (Colossians 4:3)

115. Q. To whom should we preach the gospel?

A. To all nations (Luke 24:47) and to every creature under heaven (Mark 16:15, Colossians 1:23)

Chapter11 Things to be memorized, trusted and observed

116. Q. What is the prayer that Jesus taught us?

A. The Lord's Prayer

117. Q. What is the summary of the apostles' faith?

A. The Apostles' Creed

118. Q. What is God's moral law?

A. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-7)

119. Q. Recite the Ten Commandments.

A. And God speak all theses words, saying,

I [am] the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

II) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of anything] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

III) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting and fourth [generation] of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

IV) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep in holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the Lord they God: [In it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: For [in] six days the Lord made haven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

V) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

VI) Thou shalt not kill.

VII) Thou shalt not commit adultery.

VIII) Thou shalt not steal.

IX) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

X) Thou shalt not covet they neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's. (Exodus 20:1-17, KJV)