SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts Introduction
True or false: Every Christian receives Spiritual Gifts.
Answer: True! 1 Corinthians 12:11 says; “All [Spiritual Gifts] are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.” The Holy Spirit has apportions to “each” believer spiritual gifts.
Evangelism
Open question: What were the four topics we taught on during our “End of Year Evangelism” focus?
Answer: God-Man-Christ-Response
Evangelism: Response
True or false: Faith does not involve repentance.
Answer: False: Faith demands repentance! Trusting in Christ will always result in a change of life.
SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts Introduction
Multiple choice: What is NOT a purpose of the Spiritual Gifts?
A) Building up the body of Christ.
B) Serving other believers.
C) The common good of other believers.
D) Helping others see our greatness.
Answer: D) Helping others to see our greatness. Our Spiritual Gifts are not for ourselves, but for the good of other believers!
SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts Introduction
Fill in the Blank: 1 Peter 4:10 says about Spiritual Gifts: “As each has received a gift, use it to __________ one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”
Answer: “serve.” We’re to use our gifts to serve other brothers and sisters in Christ!
SHAPE: Heart - What is your Holy Ambition?
True or false: When thinking about your holy ambition you should spend the majority of your time thinking about “how” you are going to accomplish this ambition?
Answer: False
Spiritual Gifts Part 3
Multiple Choice: One of our Spiritual Gifts received this definition: “the ability to be sent to another culture for ministry.” Which received this definition?
A) Evangelism
B) Apostle
C) Teaching
D) Knowledge
Answer: B) Apostle
Evangelism: Christ
True or false: Jesus is one of many paths a person can take to have a relationship with God.
Answer: False! Jesus is the only way to God. John 14:6 says; “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts Part 2
Multiple Choice: One of our Spiritual Gifts received this definition: “the ability to effectively communicate what the Bible says, what it means, and how followers of Jesus are to apply it to our lives.” Which gift received this definition?
A) Wisdom
B) Knowledge
C) Teaching
D) Leadership
Answer: C) Teaching
Evangelism: Man
Fill in the blank: Man was created in the _____________ of God.
Answer: Image – We were created to be like God and to be His representatives.
Evangelism: Christ
Open question: During our “Christ” lesson we looked at the tool “Gospel in 10 Words” to share the gospel. What are those 10 words?
Answer: Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead.
Answer: D) Service
Multiple Choice: One of our Spiritual Gifts received this definition: “the ability work joyfully and help practically wherever there is a need.” Which gift received this definition?
A) Hospitality
B) Faith
C) Mercy
D) Service
Answer: D) Service
Evangelism: Man
Fill in the blank: Sin is defined as lawlessness and ____________ against God.
Answer: Rebellion.
SHAPE: Heart - What is your Holy Ambition?
True/False: To have a holy ambition you must devote all of your time to that ambition
A) False
B) True
Answer: False
SHAPE: Heart - What is your Holy Ambition?
Multiple Choice: What was Paul’s holy ambition?
A) To see thousands of people be saved.
B) To take the gospel to the Jews
C) To preach the gospel where it has not been named
D) To preach the gospel in Rome
Answer: C) To preach the gospel where it has not been named
Biblical Theology: Covenants
Open Question: Name one person God establishes a covenant with in Scripture.
Answers: Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Israel, and the church.
SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts Part 2
Multiple Choice: One of our Spiritual Gifts received this definition: “the ability to lovingly welcome in others, especially outsiders.” Which gift received this definition?
A) Hospitality
B) Faith
C) Mercy
D) Service
Answer: A) Hospitality
Evangelism: God
Fill in the blank: We said you could share your testimony with a non-believing friend following a simple three part outline:
- Life before Jesus.
- _____________
- Life after Jesus.
Answer: What is the gospel?
Evangelism: Response
True or false: Salvation comes from faith in Jesus and your works in the church.
Answer: False! Salvation is not by works. It’s by faith alone in Christ alone.
SHAPE: Heart - What is your Holy Ambition?
Multiple Choice: To figure out your holy ambition you should:
A) Pray
B) Seek wisdom from older Christians
C) Think about the gifts/passions God has given you
D) Read the Bible
E) All of the above
Answer: E) All of the above
Evangelism: God
Fill in the blank: We summarized the God lesson in our Evangelism series with: God is ____________ and ___________.
Answer: God is great and glorious.
SHAPE: Personality
True or false: God created man in the image of man.
False: God created man in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27).
SHAPE: Natural Abilities
Open Question: Name two natural abilities.
Answer: Natural abilities include things like playing guitar, woodworking, painting or art, athletic abilities, or working with numbers.
Evangelism: Christ
Fill in the blank: In looking at what Christ did for us we looked at 1 Peter 3:18 which says; “For Christ also suffered once for _____________, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit…”
Answer: sins
Spiritual Gifts Part 3
Fill in the Blank: The “Cessationist” position on the more controversial Spiritual Gifts is defined as: “miraculous spiritual gifts ____________ when the apostles died and Scripture was complete.”
Answer: Ceased.
Evangelism: Man
True or false: Sin causes a broken relationship with God.
Answer: True! Our sin breaks a relationship with God that only the gospel can restore.
Evangelism: Response
Fill in the Blank: Repentance is a change of ____________ that leads to a change of life.
Answer: Repentance is a change of mind that leads to a change of life.
SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts Part 2
Multiple Choice: We defined Spiritual Gifts as “abilities empowered by the Holy Spirit for the purpose of building up __________ ____________.”
A) All people.
B) The church.
C) Lost people.
D) Spiritual children.
Answer: B) The church. Spiritual Gifts are given primarily to build up the local church you’re a part of!
SHAPE: Natural Abilities
Fill in the blank: A natural ability is the quality of being able to do something with ____________ or superior talent.
Answer: skill. Your natural abilities will set you apart from most!
SHAPE: Natural Abilities
True or false: We should use our natural abilities to earn God’s approval.
Answer: False! We should use our natural abilities for God’s purposes because Jesus died for us. Romans 12:1 says: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
SHAPE: Spiritual Gifts Part 2
Open Question: Which Spiritual Gift had the following definition? It is “the ability to know, lead, feed, and protect the “sheep” of God.”
Answer: Shepherding.
Evangelism: Response
Fill in the Blank: Repentance is a change of ____________ that leads to a change of life.
Answer: Repentance is a change of mind that leads to a change of life.
SHAPE: Emotional and Spiritual Health
True or false: We argued that emotional and spiritual health came from a positive mental attitude.
False: We argued that our “root leads to our fruit.” If we’re rooted in a proper trust in who God is and who we are we’ll be healthy.
Evangelism: God
Open Question: What did the atheist magician Penn Jillette challenge Christians do to in the introductory video?
Answer: If we believe in eternal heaven and eternal hell we must share the gospel!
Evangelism: Christ
Open question: Name one verse reference (from the lesson or otherwise) that specifies how Jesus is the only way to God the Father.
Answer:
John 14:6 – “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Acts 4:12 – “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Evangelism: Man
Multiple Choice: The penalty for sin is:
A) Probation
B) Death
C) Jail
D) Spanking
Answer: B) Death – Our sin results in both physical death and spiritual death.
Evangelism: God
Open Question: What is one passage of Scripture (either from the lesson or other) you might turn to in order to explain God to a non-believing friend?
Answer:
- Romans 11:33-36
- Genesis 1:1-5
- Deuteronomy 10:14
- Acts 17:24-25
SHAPE: Emotional and Spiritual Health
True or false: According to the lesson, we’re all unbelievers.
Answer: True! Even if you believe in Jesus, there’s ways your heart doesn’t fully trust what God’s word says about who God is and who you are.
Open Question: In High School Class, there are three things we’re equipping students to do. Name one of them.
Answer:
1) Grow in the gospel
2) Disciple others
3) Love the lost
Biblical Theology: Covenant
Fill in the blank: We said that Biblical Theology views the Bible as one ___________ and traces many ____________ through it.
Answer: It views the Bible as one “story” and traces many “themes” through it.
SHAPE: Natural Abilities
Open question: Name one place in Scripture where we see natural abilities used.
Answer: Answers might include...
- Paul as a tentmaker (Acts 18:1-3).
- Luke as a physician (Colossians 4:14).
- Workers rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls (Nehemiah)
- Craftsmen building the tabernacle (Exodus 31:1-11)
Evangelism: Christ
Fill in the blank: To fully share the gospel we must share who Jesus is. When looking at who Jesus is we focused on how he is fully ______________ and fully ______________.
Answer: Fully man and fully God.
Evangelism: Response
Open question: How would you explain “The Bridge” illustration to share the gospel?
Biblical Theology: Covenant
Multiple Choice: What did Covenants establish between the two parties?
A) A blood pact.
B) Fictive kinship.
C) Brotherly bonds.
D) Unification
Answer: B) Fictive kinship or “Fictional family.” Covenants made non-family into family so that you should treat each other like family.
SHAPE: Personality
Fill in the blank: Colossians 3:22 says that Christ died for us in order to present us ____________ and ____________.
Answer: “holy” and “blameless”
SHAPE: Emotional and Spiritual Health
True or false: We said that emotional and spiritual health flow from how our heart’s answer to three questions:
1) Who is God and what has He done?
2) Who am I?
3) How should I live?
Answer: True! We said that our “root” leads to our “fruit.” If we’re rooted in a proper trust in who God is and who we are we’ll be healthy.
Spiritual Gifts Part 3
Open Question: Name two of the more controversial Spiritual Gifts.
Answer: Apostles, healing, miracles, tongues, interpretation of tongues, discerning between spirits, prophecy.
Biblical Theology: Covenants
Open Question: Name one of the seven elements that are often contained in Biblical covenants.
Answer:
1) Introduction of the greater participant.
2) History of the relationship.
3) Requirement of obedience.
4) Blessings for obedience, curses for disobedience.
5) A promise and a sacrifice.
6) Conditional or unconditional.
7) Fulfilled in Jesus.