Westminster Shorter Catechism Quiz: Questions 7 to 8

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They are His eternal purpose, by which He has foreordained whatever events or things happen.

Things happen that God has not decreed.

Things happen differently than God has decreed.

The decrees of God are eternal.

God purposes or decrees things now besides what He has purposed from all eternity.

Changes in creatures motivate a change in God’s purposes.

Changes in creatures cause a change in God’s purposes.

God, from all eternity, by an unchangeable decree, has foreordained those changes in creatures.

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God has foreordained all things for His own glory.

Things happen that do not serve to glorify God.

Things happen that were not intended by Him for that purpose.

God was moved to make decrees by things outside of Himself.

God was moved to make decrees only according to the counsel of His will.

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The work of creation is an execution of God’s decrees.

The works of providence are an execution of God’s decrees.

God causes some things to happen in His providence that was not previously decreed.

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