New City Catechism, Week 18 (Question 18)

Q: Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?

Children’s answer

A: No, God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them both in this life, and in the life to come

Adult/older children’s answer

A: No, every sin is against the sovereignty, holiness, and goodness of God, and against his righteous law, and God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them in his just judgment both in this life, and in the life to come.

Video explanation:

Song to assist with memorization:

Relevant Scripture to read:

Ephesians 5:5–6

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Children’s Activity (printable pdfs)

Younger Kids (pages 36 and 37)

There are no resources for older kids currently available for this lesson.

Special thanks to Del Rey Church for sharing their New City Catechism kid resources with us!

Devotional questions for individual/family/group discussion:

  1. Do you remember when you first felt some sort of conviction of sin?

  2. What does God’s anger about sin teach us about His character?

  3. What is the difference between God’s anger and your typical anger?

  4. If God wasn’t angry with sin, what kinds of things would we lose?

  5. How does the answer to this question help us to understand what Jesus came to do?

For an additional “deeper” dive into this question and answer, check out this video from Dr. Michael Allen (which a few of the above questions are based on):