Baptist Catechism (1693)
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41. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
At the resurrection believers, being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged, and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed, both in soul and body, in the full enjoyment of God to all eternity.
1 Corinthians 15:43 KJV Read in context
43It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
Matthew 25:23 KJV Read in context
23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Matthew 10:32 KJV Read in context
32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
1 John 3:2 KJV Read in context
2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV Read in context
12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Thessalonians 4:17–18 KJV Read in context
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
42. But what shall be done to the wicked at their death?
The souls of the wicked shall, at their death, be cast into the torments of hell, and their bodies lie in their graves, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day.
Luke 16:23–24 KJV Read in context
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Acts 2:24 KJV Read in context
24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Jude 5, 7 KJV Read in context
5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
1 Peter 3:19 KJV Read in context
19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Psalm 49:14 KJV Read in context
14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
43. What shall be done to the wicked, at the day of judgment?
At the day of judgment the bodies of the wicked, being raised out of their graves, shall be sentenced, together with their souls, to unspeakable torments with the devil and his angels for ever.
John 5:28–29 KJV Read in context
28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Matthew 25:41, 46 KJV Read in context
41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
2 Thessalonians 1:8–9 KJV Read in context
8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
44. What is the duty which God requireth of man?
The duty which God requireth of man is, obedience to his revealed will.
Micah 6:8 KJV Read in context
8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
1 Samuel 15:22 KJV Read in context
22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
45. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law.
Romans 2:14–15 KJV Read in context
14For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Romans 10:5 KJV Read in context
5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
46. Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.
Deuteronomy 10:4 KJV Read in context
4And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
Matthew 19:17 KJV Read in context
17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
47. What is the sum of the ten commandments?
The sum of the ten commandments is, to love the Lord our God, with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbour as ourselves.
Matthew 22:37–40 KJV Read in context
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
48. What is the preface to the ten commandments?
The preface to the ten commandments is in these words; I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 20:2 KJV Read in context
2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
49. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us?
The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us that because God is the Lord, and our God and redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his commandments.
Luke 1:74–75 KJV Read in context
74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
1 Peter 1:15–19 KJV Read in context
15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
50. Which is the first commandment?
The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:3 KJV Read in context
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
King James Version (1769 text), public domain. Text from eBible.org and the CrossWire Bible Society.