Practical Test

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Romans 3:10,23

I am a Sinner who has offended God

What Tells Us How God Will Judge Mankind

The Bible

To sin means

To Miss the Mark / to “err”

Many People Believe They Will Make it to Heaven based on

Good Works

What is Romans 3:10,23 a quote from?

Psalm 14:1-3

Everyone has fallen short of God’s standards. What does God measure his standards on?

Perfection. You are either Perfect or not.

There is not a single person who understands. What does it mean by understanding?

God has found no one on earth who understands the truth. Nobody is wise enough to see how perfect God is.

The truth is that:

God seeked for us first while we were still sinners.

What is unprofitable?

Useless or Spoiled

Romans 6:23

My sin will result in Eternal Death

What are wages?

payments you receive on work completed

Important about this payment for services rendered

All people receive the same wage no matter how much sin they commit

Why do we receive the same wage no matter how much sin has committed?

Everyone dies

What are wages?

Something you earn while working

What is a gift?

Something freely given without work

Ephesians 2:8-9 summarizes:

Earning salvation is forbidden because it is impossible

Romans 5:8

God Sacrificed Jesus in my place

What does Demonstrate mean?

Introduce or exhibit

What is an exhibition?

Something set forth to show. This item is supposed to draw attention

Romans 10:9-10,13

If I have faith in Jesus God will save me

What is the clearest declaration in the bible of what you must do to be saved?

Romans 10:9-10,13

To confess with the mouth and believe in the heart are

not two different things, but they are manifestations.

What does true faith do?

Produces a response

A changed heart is a change

in desires and behavior.

What is evidence of a changed heart?

Good Works are the evidence of a changed heart. Good works can not save you.

What does “the Lord Jesus” mean in Romans 10:9?

Jesus is Lord

What is Acts 4:10-12 about?

The bible is exclusive when it comes to who will be saved.

Why is the resurrection a necessary part of the Gospel?

Without the resurrection everything a Christian believes is in vain!

What does whoever mean in Romans 10:9?

All mankind including Jesus since he is part man and part God.

Romans 8:1

My Guilt is forever removed

What has been removed in Romans 8:1?

Condemnation. As we all are sinners

What is the law referred in Romans 8:1?

The Law of Moses.

What is so great about the Law of Moses?

It has became the source of condemnation from mankind since we can not keep Gods word perfectly.

What is Condemnation?

A penalty issued by a judge during the sentencing process.

What is the penalty for mankind?

Death. Both Physical and Spiritual

Mankind will not have a spiritual death because of

Christ’s payment on the cross.

Verses that talk about Christ’s payment

Genesis 3:17-19, Ephesians 2:1-13

Why would a believer in Christ not pay for the rebellion against God? (Revelation 1:5, 7:14)

The believer is in Christ Jesus. He is washed by God’s blood and clothed in a clean robe.

What is Eternal Security?

States that salvation cannot be lost by an individual. Once a person is saved, God keeps their salvation Secure

A Believer is Not Secure

Arminianism

Scriptures to support Arminianism:

Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:26-31, Revelation 3:5

A believer is secure

Calvinism

Scriptures to support Calvinism:

John 6:39, John 10:28, Peter 1:3-5

Major religious groups that believe in Arminianism:

Roman Catholicism, Lutheran, Most Pentecostal Churches; Assemblies of God is the largest

Major Religious groups that believe in Calvinism

“Bible” Churches, Independent Churches, Reformed/Presbyterian Churches, Baptist Churches

What does the Bible seem very clear about?

The truly born-again believer cannot lose salvation.

What passage teaches that we were “chosen in him?”

Ephesians 1:4

What passage teaches that believers are “sealed with the holy spirit of promise?”

Ephesians 1:13

What does it mean by Chasten?

Discipline

While a believer may fall in sin

God will always work to bring that believer in a right relationship with Him.

While Eternal Security is an objective fact, assurance of salvation is

subjective

internal witness of the Holy Spirit

Romans 8:16

Fruits of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

A Continuation in the faith:

I John 2:23

A desire and drive to be obedient to Christ’s commands

1 John 2:4-6

True assurance is received when it is based on

power and promises of God, not upon man’s ability to please God with his actions

Good works are the

result of a regenerated heart, not means to gain Eternal life.

God says without faith

It is impossible to please HIm

What is the greatest demonstration of God’s love for us?

Offering Jesus as a sacrifice

God Sacrificed Jesus

While he was our enemy

Which book and chapter emphasizes the importance of the believing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

1 Corinthians 15

Why was Jesus a perfect sacrifice for humanity?

Jesus was both God and Man

Which of the following phrases from Romans 8:1 is a technical term that indicates that, even though we are soiled by sin, God is able to see us as being completely clean?

We are “in” Christ Jesus

Who is ultimately responsible to keep a person saved?

God

______ Is a fact taught in the Scriptures, but ____, depends on how a person feels

Eternal Security; Assurance

The true purpose of “chastening” is

to restore a proper relationship

Which comes first in regards a person’s salvation: good works, or repentance and a regenerated heart?

repentance and a regenerated heart comes first

True assurance is received when it is based upon the ____ and ____ of God, not upon man’s ability to Please God with his actions

Power; Promises

According to Hebrews 6:4-6, if a person were to “fall away” from the faith, what, according to the text, if understood as Arminians Do, must be also true?

Salvation for this person could not be restored. They are now eternally lost.