Catechism for Young Children · Question 62 of 145
How did they show their faith?
A.By offering sacrifices on God’s altar.
What does this answer mean?
Old Testament believers showed their faith by offering sacrifices on God's altar, as God had commanded. Their sacrifices were acts of trust and obedience. Question 63 explains what those sacrifices pointed to. Abel, Noah and Abraham all offered sacrifices to God.
What can we ask our children?
- How did Old Testament believers show their faith?
- Who told them to offer sacrifices?
- Can you remember someone in the Bible who built an altar?
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.