Cite the best Biblical Passage

Question 1

The Bible’s teaching concerning itself

Answer 1

2 Timothy 3:16 “God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.”

Isaiah 40. “The grass withers and the flower fades, but the Word of the Lord remains forever.”

Question 2

The Trinity

Answer 2

Matthew 28 “baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

Question 3

The person and work of Christ (2 passages)

Answer 3

John 3:16

Luke 19 “Son of Man - seek and save the lost”

Question 4

Person and work of Holy Spirit (2 passages)

Answer 4

John 14: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

Ephesians 1: “Sealed with the promised Holy Spirit”

Question 5

Election

Answer 5

Ephesians 1: “Chose you before the foundations of the world…”

Question 6

Relationship of Law and Grace

Answer 6

Ephesians 2: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Question 7

Providence, with particular emphasis on the relationship between providence and sin.

Answer 7

Romans 9: “vessels of wrath prepared for destruction”

1 Corinthians 10: “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” - Dan says not a good one

Romans 11: In God’s plan, the disobedience of Israel has worked for the salvation of the gentiles.

Question 8

God’s hatred for sinners

Answer 8

Psalm 11: The Lord tests the righteous, but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

Question 9

Total depravity

Answer 9

Jeremiah 17: “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick; who can understand it?”

Question 10

Regeneration

Answer 10

2 Corinthians 5: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

Question 11

Saving Faith

Answer 11

Romans 10:9 “If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, you will be saved.”

Question 12

Repentance

Answer 12

2 Chronicles 7: “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Question 13

Justification

Answer 13

Galatians 2: Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ

Question 14

Adoption

Answer 14

Romans 8: By the Spirit, we cry “Abba, Father!”

Question 15

Faith and Works

Answer 15

Galatians 2: Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ

James 2: But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Question 16

Assurance of Salvation

Answer 16

1 John 5: Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

Question 17

Perseverance of the Saints

Answer 17

John 10: I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Philippians 1: God who began a good work in you will bring it to completion

Question 18

Second coming of Christ

Answer 18

Matthew 24: “He will send out his angels to gather his elect… But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only”

Question 19

Heaven and Hell

Answer 19

Romans 2: He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

Question 20

The purpose and work of the Church (2 passages)

Answer 20

Acts 2: And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, …

Ephesians 4: the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Question 21

Church Discipline

Answer 21

Matthew 18 - Go individually, then bring a few people, then take them to the assembly, then treat them as a non-believer.

Question 22

Baptism

Answer 22

1 Peter 3: Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Question 23

Prayer

Answer 23

Lord’s Prayer: Matthew 6 & Luke 11

Do not be anxious, but pray: Philippians 4

Question 24

Lord’s Supper

Answer 24

Matthew 26
Mark 14
Luke 22
John 13

• Bread represents the body of Christ broken for you. Wine represents the blood of Christ shed for the forgiveness of sins.

Question 25

Civil Government

Answer 25

Romans 13: Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.