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Multiple Choice Questions

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1. The final authority of the Lord Jesus

a. is a fundamentalist myth since all things are relative.
b. was unknown in primitive Christianity and is a Pauline concept superimposed upon the original concept of Jesus of Nazareth.
c. is not so final after all when we look at the way it is defied.
d. translate into practical terms the fact that "Christianity is Christ."

2. On such matters as the new birth, repentance, faith, love, sin, etc. the Bible

a. gives an uncertain sound since it has a different set of rules in the New Testament than those which appear in the Old Testament.
b. is very largely silent.
c. is adamant and unyielding.
d. speaks with unreasonable dogmatism totally unacceptable today.

3. Sometimes even the committed Christian will find himself

a. rejecting parts of the Bible.
b. resisting parts of the Bible.
c. perverting parts of the Bible.
d. doing all of the above.
e. doing none of the above.

4. When a non-Christian says that he is "doing his best"
and that he expects to get to heaven by his good works
he is

a. in effect calling God a liar.
b. expressing a commendable belief in himself.
c. in step with the spirit of the Bible which encourages good works.
d. voicing a popular religious sentiment which must have much to commend it since it is so popular and universally accepted.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the fundamental cornerstones of Christianity?

a. the Scriptures.
b. the Church.
c. the Person of Christ.
d. the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. 

6. In John 14:6 the Lord Jesus declared Himself to be
"the way, the truth and the life" and that

a. He ever lives to act as mediator for those who would come to God by Him.
b. it is impossible to come to God except by Him.
c. he who would come to God must believe that He is and that He is the rewarder of all those who diligently seek Him.
d. when we know the truth the truth will set us free.

7. Sin is described in the Bible as

a. "lawlessness" - because when a person sins he is behaving as though God had no claim upon him.
b. "an error of mortal mind" - since sin only exists in the mind and imagination.
c.  "weakness" - because it results from the imperfection of the human will.
d. "sickness" - because it can be cured with proper psychological and religious therapy. 

8. Which of the following are inseparable?

a. what God is and what we are therefore to be.
b. the Person of Christ, His deeds in history
and His Word.
c. a love for God and an obedience to His
Word.
d. all the above. 

9.  The power and grace of Biblical Christianity flows into our lives only when we

a. yield and obey.
b. try hard enough to make Christianity work.
c. give mental assent to divine truth.
d. fully understand the Bible.

10. The freedom promised by the Lord Jesus Christ is freedom from

a. want.
b. temptation.
c. sin.
d. is suffering.

What Do You Say?

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