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Multiple Choice Questions

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1. The Bible teaches that those who do NOT keep Christ's commandments

a. are not true Christians.
b. are a minority of professing Christians.
c. are to be excused on the grounds that Christ's commandments are impractical in this age.
d. are backsliders.

2. Which is a basic characteristic of practical and progressive sanctification?

a. sinless perfection.
b. continuing obedience.
c. unbroken victory.
d. deep introspection.

3. To refrain from doing things frowned upon by the  culture which surrounds us is

a. not necessarily an evidence of sanctification.
b. quite evidently one proof that we are living sanctified lives.
c. merely to emphasize the negative side of sanctification.
d. a mandatory requirement of true sanctification.

4. What place does separation have in our sanctification? It

a. has no place at all since it is entirely negative and such prohibitions as  "taste not, touch not, handle not" have no part in vital Christianity.
b. is a great imperative which should govern all Christian relationships but it really has no direct link with sanctification.
c. is the negative side of sanctification and is commanded so that we might be liberated from things displeasing to God thus making the positive side of sanctification possible.
d. relates more to salvation than to sanctification for until a person is willing to give up his sins he cannot be saved at all.

5. When a Christian has learned to abstain from places, practices and pleasures which hinder his growth in the Christian life, he has

a. discharged all his obligations Godward.
b. arrived at a plateau of sanctification reached by only a relative few.
c. yet to "put on" certain virtues and be made like the Lord Jesus in a positive way.
d. to maintain ceaseless watchfulness lest he slip back into his old way of life and be guilty of apostasy.

6. The believer is said to be "alive unto God" and this makes it potentially possible for him to be sanctified in life. This truth is invariably linked with

a. the immaculate conception of the Lord Jesus Christ.
b. the spotless, sinless humanity of the Lord Jesus.
c. the vicarious, efficacious and substitutionary death of Christ.
d. the glorious, triumphant resurrection of Christ.

7. The failure of Christians to appropriate God's provision for holy living is described in this lesson as

a. a tragedy.
b. one of the greatest sins a Christian can commit.
c. an indictment of the church for its failure to teach the whole truth of the Gospel.
d. sad commentary on the smugness of twentieth century Christianity.
e. Laodicean laxity of life.

8. The term Paul uses to describe the new nature and the ability for holy living given to every Christian as part of his salvation is

a. the new man.
b. the new birth.
c. the new life.
d. the new orthodoxy.
e. the new and living way.

9. The specific sin for which a believer may need cleansing and the specific virtue which may need enablement will

a. always correspond exactly with the needs of other Christians.
b. vary greatly from one believer to another.
c. depend on how far the believer has been successful in conquering evil habits in his own strength.
d. only be revealed to that believer through prayer and fasting.

10. The enablement for holy living is found in

a. ourselves.
b. prayer.
c. Christ.
d. all the above.
 

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