Westminster Shorter Catechism Put to Song

Question : Which is the fourth commandment? Answer: The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for i...

Question : What is the reason annexed to the third commandment? Answer: The reason annexed to the third commandment is that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape His righteous judgment. Tune Used: X You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Mi...

Question : What is required in the third commandment? Answer: The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works. Tune: I Like Bananas You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a public episo...

Question : What is required in the third commandment? Answer: The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works. Tune: Seize the Day (Newsies) You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a pub...

Question : Which is the third commandment? Answer: The third commandment is, 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. You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a public episo...

Question : What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment? Answer: The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God’s sovereignty over us, His propriety in us, and the zeal He hath to His own worship. Tune Used: Exalt the Lord You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.o...

Question : What is forbidden in the second commandment? Answer: The second commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in His Word. Tune Used: Phineas & Ferb Theme Song You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a publi...

Question : What is required in the second commandment? Answer: The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in His Word. Tune Used: Edelweiss (Sound of Music) You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church...

Question : Which is the second commandment? Answer: The second commandment is, 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; thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the ch...

Question : What are we specially taught by these words, before me, in the first commandment? Answer: These words, before me , in the first commandment teach us that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God. Tune Used: Hard Knock Life You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created...

Question : What is forbidden in the first commandment? Answer: The first commandment forbiddeth the denying, or not worshipping and glorifying, the true God as God, and our God; and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to Him alone. Tune Used: Farmer in the Dell You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pasto...

Question : What is required in the first commandment? Answer: The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God, and to worship and glorify Him accordingly. Tune Used: Old Superman Cartoon Theme Song You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://...

Question : Which is the first commandment? Answer: The first commandment is, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...

Question : What doth the preface to the Ten Commandments teach us? Answer: The preface to the Ten Commandments teaches us that because God is the Lord, and our God, and redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all His commandments. Tune Used: Fur Elise You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http...

Question : What is the preface to the Ten Commandments? Answer: 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." You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This...

Question : What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? Answer: 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 neighbor as ourselves. Tune Used: Be Like You (Jungle Book) You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman...

Question : Where is the moral law summarily comprehended? Answer: The moral law is summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments. Tune Used: Good Fruit (Rain for Roots) You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss thi...

Question : What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience? Answer: The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law. Tune Used: Skip to My Lou You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a public episode. If you w...

Question : What is the duty which God requireth of man? Answer: The duty which God requires of man is obedience to His revealed will. You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...

Question : What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection? Answer: At the resurrection, believers, being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity. Tune Used: London Bridge is Falling Down You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westmi...

Question : What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? Answer: The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves, till the resurrection. Tune Used: Whistle While You Work (Snow White) You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westmins...

Question : What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification? Answer: The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end. Tune Used: When You Wish Upon a Star...

Question : What is sanctification? Answer: Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness. Tune Used: Bulley in the Alley (Sea Shanty) You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowma...

Question : What is adoption? Answer: Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God. Tune Used: Cruella Deville (101 Dalmatians) You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/ This i...

Question : What is justification? Answer: Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein He pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone. Tune Used: The Ants Go Marching You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/ Created by: Pastor Michael B...