Catechesis

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 10

How did God create man?

Scripture

  1. Genesis 1:27 [1]
    So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (ESV)
  2. Revelation 4:11 [1]
    “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” (ESV)
  3. Colossians 3:10 [2]
    and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. (ESV)
  4. Ephesians 4:24 [2]
    and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (ESV)
  5. Genesis 1:28 [3]
    And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (ESV)