Chapter 21 exam

Question 1

Living a fruitful life requires abiding in Christ

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Continually fighting for faith and against unbelief is the essence of

Answer 2

Perseverance

Question 3

What is needed to discern between genuine love and worldly love in applying God’s law to different situations?

Answer 3

Wisdom

Question 3

Justification is immediately accompanied by

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propitiation
regeneration
reconciliation

Question 4

Why does the Bible warn us about unbelief?

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to encourage true believers to persevere in their faith

Question 4

How does God keep believers so that they persevere?

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through the believers’ God empowered faith

Question 4

How do Christians relate to the Ten Commandments for sanctification?

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They should use wisdom to know how to apply them

Question 4

Imputation changes

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the legal standing of a person

Question 5

What is the best use of the doctrine of perseverance?

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To assure us that no matter how we live we have a sure salvation

Question 6

This doctrine binds together and embodies all the benefits of salvation

Answer 6

Union with Christ

Question 7

What benefits does a believer enjoy through his union in Christ?

Answer 7

Perseverance
Sanctification
Justification

Question 7

How can God justify the ungodly without being unjust

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God substituted a righteous representative for the sinner

Question 8

Which term describes the righteousness of Christ when applied to a sinner’s account?

Answer 8

Imputed

Question 9

Justification is by

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faith alone

Question 9

If a genuine believer continues in sin, he will lose

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rewards
Fellowship

Question 9

The biblical teaching of justification does not provide a license to sin because of

Answer 9

union with Christ

Question 10

Which term communicates the idea that Christ exchanged his righteousness for our sin debt?

Answer 10

imputed
credited
Counted

Question 11

Spiritual growth requires

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Our work of faith
God’s work of grace

Question 12

Only God’s __________opens a person’s heart to believe

Answer 12

grace

Question 13

We experience God’s grace through _______with Christ

Answer 13

union

Question 14

The doctrine of __________gives hope to the guilty because the guilty are declared righteous

Answer 14

justification

Question 14

As a person turns to God in faith, he turns from sin in__________.

Answer 14

repentance

Question 15

_________ is the most fundamental description of a Christian

Answer 15

in Christ

Question 15

Living a fruitful Christian life begins and ends with__________in Christ

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abiding

Question 16

The _______of Christ is lost if our good works contribute to our justification

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sufficiency

Question 17

If works contributed to justification at all, then the __________of God would be undermined

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Grace

Question 17

The daily process of growth includes

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renewing my mind practicing daily habits of growth trusting God in the circumstances of life

Question 18

What is God's part in our spiritual growth

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He works in so that we can work it out God is committed to our growth God is working for our growth

Question 18

The statement growth is not accomplished by trying hard but by trusting him means

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We work out what God works in

Question 19

According to Philippians 1:6, God usually finishes what he starts

Answer 19

False

Question 20

What should define the identity of the believer?

Answer 20

being in Christ

Question 20

You can think about your spiritual growth as giant remodeling project like the house in the movie The Money Pit

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True

Question 21

Three habits crucial to your spiritual growth are

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daily quiet time spent in the Word and prayer regular participation in a small group a weekly tithe to God

Question 21

When the Bible says a believer is dead in sin, it means

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Sin no longer has the power to force you to sin-- You have a choice You can no longer enjoy sin in the same way--you have changed

Question 22

How do I put off the old sin nature

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Faith in Jesus' death and resurrection

Question 23

How was righteousness credited to Abraham?

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by believing God's promises

Question 23

Which question does justification answer?

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How can a sinner be made right with God?

Question 24

What is the ground of justification?

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Jesus Christ

Question 24

How was Christ's resurrection important for our justification?

Answer 24

It indicated that God accepted Christ's death as full payment for sin

Question 25

Which term describes the process whereby we are made gradually into the image of Christ?

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Progressive sanctification

Question 25

Believers must identify themselves with Christ rather than with sin

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True

Question 26

The work of justification makes a person righteous in character

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False

Question 27

Believers rely for salvation on how much faith they have

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False

Question 28

Sanctification is the transformation of character

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True

Question 28

Being declared righteous and being made righteous are two separate things

Answer 28

True

Question 28

Working out your salvation is the same thing as working for your salvation

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False

Question 29

Someone who claims to know Christ but does not live a changed life is self-deceived

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True

Question 29

Christians should expect to mature to the point of sinless perfection so that they no longer struggle with temptation

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False

Question 30

All those who are justified are guaranteed a final and future salvation

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True

Question 30

Apostasy means a person has

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abandoned their religious beliefs

Question 30

The only was a Christian experiences victory is running __________ a position of victory in Christ

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From

Question 31

To reject religious beliefs

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Apostasy

Question 32

The practice of putting personal sin to death

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Mortification

Question 33

Credit

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an inheritance

Question 33

Sanctified

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holy set apart to God separated from sin

Question 34

In the New Testament God's people are set apart for God's honor and use

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False

Question 35

Sanctification is

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once and complete continual and progressive

Question 36

The term "In Christ" refers to a believer's _____________with Christ

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Spiritual union

Question 37

Before salvation I belonged to the devil

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True

Question 37

You have both a old nature and a new nature

Answer 37

True

Question 38

After salvation I belong to Christ

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True

Question 39

Due to the power of _____________ and the_________ I am no longer controlled by sin

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Death and resurrection

Question 40

Sanctification is by grace through faith in Christ

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True

Question 40

The believer will only be united with Christ in heaven

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False

Question 40

Biblical warnings about drifting from the faith lead us to a more zealous and sincere faith

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True

Question 40

Salvation is by grace through faith in Christ

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True

Question 41

The source of righteousness needed for salvation is external to believers

Answer 41

True

Question 42

The section of the book of Romans dealing with sanctification is

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Romans 6,7,8

Question 42

The old nature is the old way of thinking, perceiving and responding to life

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Christians have a duty to put on good works and put off evil, while relying on God through faith

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The quintessential passage on spiritual growth in the New Testament is found in Ephesians 4

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True

Question 45

According to Romans 12:1-2, the key to spiritual growth is behaving differently

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False

Question 45

you express faith concerning your old and new nature when you see yourself with a new power to overcome evil

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True

Question 45

Apostasy is the

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the abandonment of religious beliefs rejection of faith in Christ

Question 45

Images of our union with Christ include

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Vine and branches human body marriage between a man and woman the stones of a building

Question 45

Holiness means to be

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Separated from sin made holy

Question 46

While justification is a one time event never repeated, sanctification is a gradual, continual process

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True