Colorado School of English Christian Doctrine Questions Chapter 10 and 11 from the book Called to Believe: A Brief Introduction to Christian Doctrine: A Br

Colorado School of English Christian Doctrine Questions Chapter 10 and 11 from the book Called to Believe: A Brief Introduction to Christian Doctrine: A Brief Introduction to Doctrinal Theology.Steven P. Mueller

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QUESTION 1

In Scripture, the “Holy Spirit” is

a. a vague or generic force.

b. a thing or an object.

c. power, energy, and emotion.

d. a divine person.

QUESTION 2

The work of the Holy Spirit includes: (Choose all that apply)

a. Revealing Christ to us.

b. Dying on the cross to save us.

c. Giving physical life.

d. Giving spiritual life.

e. Sanctification.

f. Sitting at the right hand of the Father.

g. Granting spiritual gifts.

h. Granting the fruits of the Spirit.

i. Returning to judge the world.

QUESTION 3

Before Christ or conversion to Christianity, Scripture describes a person as:

a. Morally good.

b. Spiritually dead.

c. Alive in Christ.

d. Spiritually neutral.

QUESTION 4

Faith, in scriptural terms, is a human work.

True

False

QUESTION 5

Faith, in scriptural terms, includes knowledge, assent, and trust.

True

False

QUESTION 6

Faith is a matter of God’s working in us to establish and maintain a relationship with him.

True

False

QUESTION 7

Faith merely receives what God has worked for us; it does not achieve or earn forgiveness.

True

False

QUESTION 8

The object of saving faith is:

a. Material things.

b. Our own abilities.

c. God’s law.

d. Jesus, the substance of all Scripture.

QUESTION 9

Which of these are biblical images for conversion? (Choose all that apply)

a. Being awakened from death.

b. Blindness and sight.

c. God’s reconciliation with us.

d. An invitation.

QUESTION 10

The textbook makes clear that there are only two efficient causes for our conversion: God the Holy Spirit and his life-imparting word. We cannot convert ourselves.

True

False

QUESTION 11

While the Holy Spirit gives us faith, he does not help us to preserve and maintain that faith.

True

False

QUESTION 12

In a broad sense, sanctification means:

a. God’s declaration that a sinner is righteous for the sake of Christ.

b. The working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of people.

c. An inward spiritual transformation of a believer.

d. None of the above.

QUESTION 13

In a narrow sense, sanctification means:

a. God’s declaration that a sinner is righteous for the sake of Christ.

b. The working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of people.

c. An inward spiritual transformation of a believer.

d. None of the above.

QUESTION 14

While we cannot do anything for ourselves in justification, in sanctification we can speak of working with the Holy Spirit.

True

False

QUESTION 15

Through the gifts of the Spirit, God equips us to be the people of God he intends us to be.

True

False

QUESTION 16

A good work must conform to God’s will, be done from faith, and proceed from a love of God.

True

False

QUESTION 17

An adiaphora is a thing that is neither commanded nor condemned in Scripture.

True

False

QUESTION 18

The Christian….

a. will perfectly conform to God’s pattern of life in this world.

b. will be perfectly sanctified and holy in this life.

c. will be free from sin in this life.

d. will experience a continuing struggle with sin in this life.

QUESTION 19

Christians will strive for the good things of God because they are grateful to the God who loves us.

True

False