20 Point Questions Flashcards
ACCORDING TO ECCLESIASTES 12:1, when should we begin to seek God?
In the days of our youth
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHAT DID PETER tell the people at Pentecost to do in order to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit?
Acts 2:38 “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
IN WHOSE name should Christians be baptized?
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit
DOES THE BIBLE claim to be inspired?
Yes. The words, “and God said,” or their equivalent, are found over 2,500 times in the Bible.
WHY SHOULD WE be careful about what we think?
Because we become what we think.
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHAT DOES James say we must do to keep from fooling ourselves?
James 1:22 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF THE “REVELATION” of Christ?
His return to earth to rule and reign for one thousand years following the Great Tribulation.
NAME five things that will not be found in heaven.
Tears Death Sorrow Pain Sin
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THE BIBLE IS OUR authoritative rule of faith and conduct?
The Bible has the right to command us in what we believe and what we do.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE BLOOD of Jesus to our salvation?
Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAME “Jesus”?
“The Lord is our Savior”
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHY is it important to memorize Bible verses?
Psalm 119:11 “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”
WHAT IS JESUS’ TITLE OF HUMANITY?
Son of Man
WHAT INSTRUCTIONS did Paul give Christians for getting along with other people?
Live in harmony
Do not be proud
Be willing to associate with people of low position
Do not be conceited
WHO ARE THE SAINTS?
Born-again Christians
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHAT POWER is there in united prayer?
Matthew 18:19 “If two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.”
WHO ARE THE THREE Persons of the Trinity?
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit
WHICH OF Jesus’ parables tells us that some who claim to be Christians will be unprepared for His return?
The Parable of the Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins
WHAT KIND of worship does God desire?
God desires us to worship in spirit and in truth.
FOR whom did God prepare hell?
The devil and his angels
WHO IS THE FOUNDATION of the Church?
Christ
WHAT IS THE ONLY sin which will not be forgiven?
Willfully and knowingly speaking evil against the Holy Spirit
WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT the conclusion of the Millennium?
Satan will be loosed from the bottomless pit, and Christ will completely conquer him and his followers.
JESUS SAID THE Holy Spirit would convict, or reprove the world of what three things?
Sin
Righteousness
Judgment
QUOTATION QUESTION. QUOTE THE VERSE OF ROMANS CHAPTER 12 that compares the church to a body.
Romans 12:5 “So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”
WHAT IS MEANT BY “ORIGINAL sin”?
Because Adam and Eve chose to sin, all people are born in sin and have the tendency to sin.
WHAT IS JESUS’ TITLE OF DIVINITY?
Son of God
WHY DOES THE Holy Spirit convict, or reprove, the world of sin?
Because the world failed to believe on Jesus
WHAT IS THE CHURCH?
A body of born-again people who have been called out from the world; who have faith in and give allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ
DOES THE HOLY Spirit dwell in every Christian?
Yes, the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts when we believe on Jesus.
QUOTATION QUESTION. QUOTE THE VERSE OF ROMANS CHAPTER FIVE which tells us the greatest proof of God’s love.
Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
WHAT IS THE DOCTRINE of Jesus’ incarnation?
God the Son became flesh and lived among us.
HOW DID GOD GIVE us the Bible?
The Holy Spirit inspired holy men, giving them both the truth and the words to write.
IN RELATIONSHIP to our salvation, what is meant by adoption?
All the privileges of being a child of God, including inheriting eternal life, are restored.
WHO WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN THE lake of fire?
All who refuse Christ as Savior and whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
QUOTATION QUESTION. QUOTE THE VERSE OF EPHESIANS chapter two which tells us how we are saved.
Ephesians 2:8 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.”
WHY DO CHRISTIANS worship on Sunday instead of the Sabbath?
Because Jesus fulfilled the Sabbath, we worship on the day of His resurrection.
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT GOD IS OMNIPRESENT?
God is everywhere at the same time.
FIRST John 3:4 contains what definition of sin?
Sin is disobedience to God’s commands.
WHAT DID THE prodigal son say to his father when he came back home?
“I have sinned against heaven and you and am no longer worthy to be your son.”
WHERE DID the devil come from?
The devil, or Satan, was an angel created by God whom God had to punish for trying to make himself greater than God.
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHAT DID JESUS SAY WAS THE GREATEST display of love?
John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
THE Holy Spirit guides Christians into what?
Truth
QUOTATION QUESTION. ACCORDING TO FIRST Thessalonians chapter five, when should a Christian thank God?
1 Thessalonians 5:18 “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
WHAT IS HEAVEN?
Heaven is the place of eternal joy which God is preparing for those who love Him and accept Jesus as their Savior.
WHAT IS THE MAIN theme of the Book of Hebrews?
That Jesus is a better priest between God and people than were the Old Testament priests.
WHAT HAPPENS to a Christian’s soul and spirit at death?
The Christian’s soul and spirit go immediately to be with Lord.
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHAT ARE the three great Christian virtues?
1 Corinthians 13:13 “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT GOD IS OMNISCIENT?
God is all-wise and all-knowing.
QUOTATION QUESTION. HAVE all people sinned?
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
WHY SHOULD A CHRISTIAN NOT marry a person who is not a Christian?
Because God’s Word says we should not be yoked with an unbeliever.
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT GOD IS OMNIPOTENT?
God is all-powerful.
QUOTATION QUESTION. HAS Jesus always been God?
John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
WHAT CHAPTER of the Bible is known as the “love chapter”?
1 Corinthians 13
WHAT HEBREW word is the same as the Greek word “Christ”?
“Messiah”
WHAT DID PAUL TELL TIMOTHY was true prosperity?
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
WHEN DID God first baptize believers in the Holy Spirit?
On the Day of Pentecost
WHO WROTE the first five books of the Bible?
Moses
WHAT WERE THE duties of the Old Testament priest?
To intercede with God for the people and offer sacrifices to atone for their sins.
WHO ARE THE FOUR major prophets?
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
WHAT PROPHECY did Isaiah make concerning Jesus’ power to heal?
He took our infirmities and carried our sicknesses.
WHY DID GOD instruct Joseph to call Mary’s son “Jesus”?
Because He would save His people from their sins.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE vicarious atonement?
Jesus took the punishment for our sins when He died on Calvary, and if we accept Him as Savior we will not have to be punished by God.
WHY DO WE believe that speaking with other tongues is the initial physical evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit?
Because it is the pattern of the New Testament Church
SINCE we are saved because of what Jesus did and not what we do, why should Christians do good works?
Because we are saved, we do good works to show our love for God.
AT the communion service, who is to judge who is worthy to partake?
Everyone should examine themselves.
WHAT DOES PAUL mean when he says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God?
People, by their own ability, cannot attain the righteousness of God.
WHY DID JESUS says it was necessary that He go away?
So that the Holy Spirit might come
WHAT WAS PROVEN by Jesus’ resurrection?
That Jesus was exactly who He claimed to be–Son of God, Savior and Lord
WHAT DOES JAMES instruct us to do if we are sick?
We should ask the elders to anoint us with oil and pray for God to heal us.
WHAT IS THE TITHE?
One-tenth of one’s income which belongs to God and should be given to the church to support its ministeries.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD “Christ”?
“The Anointed One of God”
WHO INTERCEDES for the Christian?
The Holy Spirit and Jesus
OVER how many different Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled by the life and death of Jesus?
300
QUOTATION QUESTION. HOW LONG will the Bible last?
Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
WHICH GOSPEL proves that Jesus is the Messiah by showing the fulfillment of many Old Testament prophecies?
Matthew