Baptist Faith & Message Catechism

A New Baptist Catechism

Based on the Baptist Faith and Message[1]

Instructions:  A catechism is a simple summary of what we believe using questions and answers.  They have been used throughout church history for instructing Christians.  This catechism is based on the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.  It is recommended that both the answer and the corresponding Scripture be learned and memorized.  May God bless you as you use this to grow in your knowledge and love of Jesus.  May God also bless you as you help others to do the same.  For an easy to print version please click HERE.

What God Loves and Hates

There is much the Bible reveals about those things that bring God pleasure and conversely his anger.  God has the attribute of personhood and is therefore emotional.  His emotions, though are right and are always in right proportions.  In what not be wrong to say that God's joy and hatred are beautiful.  Moreover when we worship God or when we seek to live wisely one method is to learn what He hates and what He loves and prayerfully seek to adopt these outlooks for our own.  What follows is a rough but likely helpful list of what God delights in and what He hates from both the Psalms and Proverbs.