The Baptist Catechism

01/15/2026

Greeting fellow saints and other followers:

Effective today January 15, 2026, this page is now being utilized for the website BaptistCatechism.org and will continue to promote the Baptist Catechism and biblical truths, but under new ownership. We give our thanks to the previous page owner graciously transitioning the page to us.

Please stay tuned for future updates and content.

Blessings in Christ!

12/04/2024

join us at this conference

The Deep South Founders conference will meet in Brandon, MS, January 30 – February 1, 2025 and focus on The Gospel, and the Extent Thereof, article 20 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. Speakers: Dr. Joe B. Nesom After early careers as a singer, then as a professor of English Literatu...

07/03/2023

Q: 5. How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God?
A: The Bible evidences itself to be God’s Word by the heavenliness of its doctrine, the unity of its parts, its power to convert sinners and to edify saints; but the Spirit of God only, bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in our hearts, is able fully to persuade us that the Bible is the Word of God.
(1 Cor. 2:6,7,13; Ps. 119:18, 129; Acts 10:43, 26:22; Acts 18:28; Heb 4:12; Ps. 19:7-9; Rom. 15:4; John 16:13,14; 1 John 2:20-27; 2 Cor. 3:14-17)

07/02/2023

Q: 4. What is the Word of God?
A: The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, being given by divine inspiration, are the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
(2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16,17; Isaiah 8:20)

07/01/2023

Q: 3. How do we know there is a God?
A: The light of nature in man, and the works of God, plainly declare that there is a God; but His Word and Spirit only, do effectually reveal Him unto us for our salvation.
(Rom. 1:18-20; Psalm 19:1,2; 2 Tim. 3:15; 1 Cor. 1:21-24; 1 Cor. 2:9,10)

06/30/2023

Q: 2. What is the chief end of man?
A: Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.
(1 Cor. 10:31; Psalm 73:25-26)

06/29/2023

Q: 1. Who is the first and best of beings?
A: God is the first and best of beings.
(Isaiah 44:6; Psalm 8:1; 97:9)

06/28/2023

Q: 118. What does the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
A: The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, Amen,” teaches us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in our prayers to praise Him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to Him; and in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, AMEN.
(Matt. 6:13; Dan. 9:18,19; 1 Chron. 29:11-13; 1 Cor. 14:16; Phil. 4:6; Rev. 22:20)

06/27/2023

Q: 117. What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A: In the sixth petition, which is, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,” we pray that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are tempted.
(Matt. 6:13; 26:41; Ps. 19:13; 1 Cor. 10:13; John 17:15)

06/21/2023

Q: 116. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
A: In the fifth petition, which is, “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,” we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by His grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.
(Matt. 6:12; Ps. 51:1,3,7; Mark 11:25; Matt. 18:35)

06/20/2023

Q: 115. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
A: In the fourth petition, which is, “Give us this day our daily bread,” we pray that of God’s free gift, we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life and enjoy His blessing with them.
(Matt. 6:11; Prov. 30:8,9; 1 Tim. 6:6-8; 4:4,5)