Baptist Catechism Questions 10-12: God's Decrees in Creation

Q. 11. How doth God execute his decrees?
A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

Q. 12. What is the work of creation?
A. The work of creation is God's making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.1

Q. 13. How did God create man?
A. God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.1

I. GOD EXECUTES HIS DECREES IN THE WORKS OF CREATION. (Q.11)
A. God Creates all things in order to fulfill His decrees to gather all things. (Q.12)

1. He Creates from nothing (Hebrews 11:3).
2. He Creates all Things (Genesis 1).

B. God Creates Man in His own image (Q.13).

1. He Creates Man to be Holy, Righteous, and in the Knowledge of God.
2. He Creates Man to be a helper in gathering all things to Himself.
3. He Creates Man to be uniquely able to commune with Himself.
4. He Creates Man again after the fall, again able to be gathered to Himself in Holiness, Righteousness, and Knowledge.