Multiple Choice 2

Question 1

Which is the best translation of Acts 2:38 below?

Answer 1

“Into” remission of sins

Question 2

How are we moved from the position of sinful to having sins remitted?

Answer 2

Baptism

Question 3

Does the resurrection just point to a future physical resurrection?

Answer 3

No, new life in the Spirit

Question 4

If not (see 117) how does Christ’s resurrection apply to us in this life?

Answer 4

The promise of New Life in the Spirit

Question 5

In what key verse does Peter set forth the salvation experience?

Answer 5

Acts 2:38

Question 6

What does Peter show in this passage (see 119)?

Answer 6

How to identify with death, burial, and resurrection of Christ

Question 7

How does one become theologically “hid in Christ?”

Answer 7

Repentance, Baptism, and Holy Ghost

Question 8

What is the difference between the titles “Holy Ghost” and “Holy Spirit?”

Answer 8

No difference

Question 9

The term Holy Ghost most frequently refers to what?

Answer 9

God’s activity among and in humanity

Question 10

What does the terms “baptized with the Holy Ghost” and “filled with the Spirit” mean?

Answer 10

Both describe the initial experience of receiving the Spirit of God to dwell in ones life

Question 11

Are these terms contradictory (see 124)?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

Can one be “filled with the Holy Ghost” after initial salvation?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

What does it mean for a saint to be “filled with the Spirit?”

Answer 13

The same as being baptized with the Holy Ghost

Question 14

What can the phrase “filled with the Spirit” mean according to Scripture?

Answer 14

To walk after the Spirit

Question 15

Is there a difference between the baptism of the Spirit and all Old Testament experiences with
God?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

How did the presence of God work with the OT saints?

Answer 16

“Moved on”

Question 17

What must we do after being baptized in the Spirit?

Answer 17

Seek to be renewed continually by submitting to the leading of the Spirit

Question 18

Is Spirit baptism a second or third “work of grace” or an experience after conversion?

Answer 18

No

Question 19

Does the witness of Church history hurt us as Apostolic Pentecostals?

Answer 19

No, help us

Question 20

What must all doctrines concerning salvation be based on?

Answer 20

Scripture

Question 21

What doctrinal bias of modern church historians might cause them misread Church history?

Answer 21

They interpret from the perspective of their own beliefs

Question 22

What doctrinal bias of ancient church writers may cause people today to misread history?

Answer 22

Distort or misinterpret the views of their doctrinal opponents

Question 23

Do all existing documents from antiquity reflect the views of the average believer of that time
period?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

What affect does the notion “History is written by the victors” have on the record of Church
history?

Answer 24

Many who opposed officially accepted doctrines were persecuted so that they had little opportunity to leave adequate written record for their beliefs.

Question 25

Does the fact that a document is old guarantee it is authentic?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

What did the leaders of the early post-apostolic era (A.D. 90-140) teach about baptism?

Answer 26

Immersion

Question 27

As other methods of baptizing were being developed what was the predominant and preferred mode even then?

Answer 27

Immersion

Question 28

What does the clear teaching of Church history show us?

Answer 28

Baptism was part of salvation, necessary to remit sins, and must be done by immersion

Question 29

Sanctification literally means?

Answer 29

To sanctify someone or something is to set that person or thing apart for the use intended by its designer

Question 30

Hagios or “saints” means

Answer 30

A person acknowledged as Holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death

Question 31

To be sanctified means?

Answer 31

Set apart as or declare holy; consecrate