The Church
These are the three primary means of grace which help Christians spiritually grow.
What are word, sacraments, and prayer?
Which is true about God:
a. There is one God, revealed in three Persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
b. There are three Gods, revealed in three Persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
c. There is one God, revealed in one Person: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
What is a. There is one God, revealed in three Persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit?
Which of these are biblical descriptions of the Holy Spirit?
a. Lion, sparrow, butterfly
b. Mist, ice, rain
c. Living water, advocate, wind
What is c. Living water, advocate, wind?
Jesus Christ is:
a. 100% God
b. 100% Human
c. 50% God & 50% Human
d. 100% God & 100% Human
What is d. 100% God & 100% Human?
Choose the most Biblical statement:
a. People are born good. The proof is babies are innocent.
b. People are born sinful. The proof is everybody dies.
c. People are born free. The proof is everybody has free will.
What is b. People are born sinful. The proof is everybody dies?
"Man shall not live by bread alone but by every ___ that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4)
What is word?
A sacrament is an outward symbol of a spiritual truth and the two sacraments that all churches practice are:
What are baptism and the Lord's Supper?
Belief in the Trinity is important because:
a. That is God's self-disclosure
b. That shows God is love
c. All of the above
What is c. All of the above?
One primary work of the Holy Spirit is to:
a. die on the cross.
b. rule over God's kingdom.
c. Bear witness about Jesus
What is c. Bear witness about Jesus?
The three offices of Christ are prophet, priest, and king. Christ's priestly office means:
a. he represents us before God.
b. he represents God before us.
c. he represents God's rule over us.
What is a. he represents us before God?
Why did God give the 10 Commandments?
a. For going to heaven.
b. For your good.
c. For you to be adopted.
What is b. For your good?
" Let the words of my mouth, and the ___ of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O LORD" (Psalm 19:14)
What is meditation?
Baptism is primarily about:
a. your faith
b. God's promise
c. tradition
What is God's promise?
The great mystery of providence is that:
a. God has no control over what people decide because of free will.
b. God is responsible for evil.
c. God works His will even through our intentional decisions.
What is c. God works His will even through our intentional decisions?
True or False: The Holy Spirit is one of God's greatest gifts that He only gives to some believers.
a. True
b. False
What is b. False?
Justification is a legal term that means:
a. do good
b. defend people
c. declare righteous
What is c. declare righteous?
What is the difference between all religions and Christianity?
a. There is no difference. We’re just different paths to the same God.
b. Religion is essentially good instructions. Christianity is essentially good news.
c. Religion says law is important. Christianity says law is not important.
What is b. Religion is essentially good instructions. Christianity is essentially good news?
"For by _____ you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8)
What is grace?
Baptism is the sign of God's covenant. Its Old Testament equivalent is this:
What is circumcision?
When the Bible says that God "regrets" (1 Samuel 15:11), that is an example of:
a. a contradiction
b. a mystery
c. an anthropomorphism
What is c. anthropomorphism?
Which is NOT true:
a. The Holy Spirit is a Person.
b. The Holy Spirit is an impersonal force.
c. The Holy Spirit is God.
What is b. The Holy Spirit is an impersonal force?
Propitiation means:
a. God’s wrath is appeased through sacrifice.
b. God takes away our sins.
c. God takes away our shame.
What is a. God’s wrath is appeased through sacrifice?
True or False: When Jesus returns, Christians will also be judged by what they did.
What is True?
"All Scripture is ____ out by God" (2 Timothy 3:16)
What is breathed?
Which statement is NOT true:
a. The Lord's Supper points back to Jesus' death.
b. The Lord's Supper points forward to Jesus' return.
c. The Lord's Supper nourishes our faith.
d. The Lord's Supper is only for those who are strong in faith.
What is d. The Lord's Supper should only be taken by those who are strong in faith?
What is true about God's decree:
a. It includes all of history.
b. It depends on man's free will.
c. It is still being written.
What is a. It includes all of history?
Which is biblical:
a. You must first have faith in order to be regenerated (i.e., born again).
b. You must first be regenerated in order to have faith.
What is b. You must first be regenerated in order to have faith?
God adopts us because:
a. we repent of our sins and obey the Bible.
b. we chose to believe in Jesus.
c. of God's free grace.
What is c. of God's free grace?
The reason people are condemned to hell is because:
a. they do not believe in Jesus
b. they disobey God's laws written on their hearts
c. they are not baptized
What is b. they disobey God's laws written on their hearts?
"Trust in the Lord with all your ___ and do not lean on your own understanding." (Proverbs 3:5)
What is heart?
When elders of one church meet, it is the session. When sessions from several churches meet it is called this
What is presbytery?
What is NOT true about God:
a. He is eternal
b. He is finite
c. He is sinless
What is b. He is finite?
Which is true:
a. The reason you are justified (i.e., declared righteous) is because you are being sanctified.
b. Sanctification is an ongoing process that only ends upon death.
c. Both justification and sanctification are ongoing processes.
What is b. Sanctification is an ongoing process that only ends upon death?
Who bears witness that we are children of God?
a. Fellow Christians
b. Our parents
c. The Holy Spirit
d. Ourselves
Who is c. The Holy Spirit?
There are two kinds of sin: the sin of commission and the sin of __
What is the sin of omission?
"I can do all things through ___ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13)
What is Christ?
Which are church members not responsible for:
a. Sunday worship
b. Tithing
c. Witnessing the gospel to others
d. Joining fellowships
e. Getting married
What is e. Getting married?
Predestination means:
a. God chose to save us because we first believed.
b. God chose to save us because of His grace.
c. God chose to save us because we first chose him.
What is b. God chose to save us because of His grace.
Sanctification depends on:
a. your will power
b. your good works
c. the Holy Spirit
What is c. the Holy Spirit?
Which is true:
a. Expiation removes wrath from God.
b. Expiation removes sin from God.
c. Expiation removes sin from us.
What is c. Expiation removes sin from us?
Which is true:
a. God adopted Israel before He gave them the 10 commandments.
b. God adopted Israel after He gave them the 10 commandments.
What is a. before?
"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the ___ of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21)
What is righteousness?
What is one biblical term for the Church?
a. Social network
b. Club
c. Body of Christ
d. Building
What is c. Body of Christ?
"LORD" in all caps is an English translation of what special name in Hebrew?
What is Yahweh?
Assurance of salvation means:
a. once you're an adopted child of God, you can never be unadopted.
b. you can only be sure of your salvation if you live obediently.
c. you never have doubts about your salvation.
What is a. once you're an adopted child of God, you can never be unadopted?
Which is true about Glorification (i.e., finally becoming perfected children of God):
a. It can happen before Jesus returns.
b. It happens when Jesus returns.
c. It never happens.
What is b. It happens when Jesus returns?
This is the only unforgivable sin in the Bible
What is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ___ but have eternal life." John 3:16
What is perish?