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Westminster Shorter Catechism Quiz: Questions 7 to 8

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#1. What are the decrees of God? (Q7)

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#2. What are the decrees of God? (Q7) cont.

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#3. How does God carry out his decrees? (Q8)

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Questions based on John Wallis’ 1648 work A Brief and Easy Explanation of The Shorter Catechism.

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WSC Q. 7.
What are the decrees of God?


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The decrees of God are his eternal plan, according to the purpose of his will, by which, for his own glory, he has foreordained whatever comes to pass; /yet in such a manner as to be in no way the author of sin./
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(A) INTRODUCTORY

Provision of Redemption

  • Questions 1 to 3: Life's Purpose and Holy Scripture
  • (B) WHAT WE ARE TO BELIEVE ABOUT GOD

  • Questions 4 to 6: The One and Triune God
  • Questions 7 to 8: God's Eternal Plan
  • Questions 9 to 10: Creation
  • Questions 11 to 12: Providence
  • Questions 13 to 19: Sin in the Human Race
  • Question 20: God's covenant of Grace
  • Christ The Mediator

  • Questions 21 to 22: The Person and natures of the Mediator
  • Questions 23 to 26: The three offices of Christ
  • Question 27: Christ's state of humiliation
  • Question 28: Christ's state of exaltation
  • Application of Redemption

  • Questions 29 to 31: God's Effective Call
  • Question 32: Benefits in this life
  • Question 33: Justification
  • Question 34: Adoption
  • Question 35: Sanctification
  • Further Benefits

  • Question 36: In this life
  • Question 37: At death
  • Question 38: At the resurrection
  • (C) THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN / duty of the redeemed

  • Questions 39 to 40: The Moral Law
  • Questions 41 to 42: Brief Summary
  • Questions 43 to 81: Exposition of the ten commandments
  • Questions 82 to 84: Transgression and Penalty
  • Question 85: God’s command in the gospel
  • Question 86: Faith
  • Question 87: Repentance Leading to Life
  • Question 88: The Means of Grace
  • Questions 89 to 90: The Word of God
  • Questions 91 to 93: The Sacraments
  • Questions 94 to 95: Baptism
  • Questions 96 to 97: The Lord’s Supper
  • Questions 98 to 99: Prayer
  • Questions 100 to 107: Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer