COGWA Doctrine Defense

Question 1

What is our belief statement on Baptism?

Answer 1

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Water baptism by immersion after repentance pictures the forgiveness of sin, the burial of the old man and the beginning of a new life in Christ. Through prayer and the laying on of hands following baptism, repentant believers receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and become part of the spiritual Body of Jesus Christ. By yielding to and being led by the Holy Spirit, those who have repented and been baptized experience a true change in life, attitude and way of thinking.

Question 2

Baptism is symbolic of three specific events that must happen to us as they also happened to Jesus Christ. What are they?

Answer 2

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Death, burial, and resurrection. Col 2:12-13: Romans 6: 3-13

Question 3

What is our status with God the Father immediately after baptism?

Answer 3

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We are completely forgiven of all our past sins. Luke 24:47

Question 4

What must occur immediately after our baptism?

Answer 4

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We receive the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands by a Minister of Jesus Christ. 1 Tim. 4:14; 2 Tim. 1:6

Question 5

Baptism shows God our_________?

Answer 5

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Total surrender Romans 6:18

Question 6

God illustrated the concept of baptism through two major events recorded in the Old Testament. They are________

Answer 6

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The Flood and the Crossing of the Red Sea

Question 7

John the Baptist was preaching a message of________

Answer 7

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Repentance from sin. Luke 1:77

Question 8

The Greek word translated into the English word “baptism” literally means to______

Answer 8

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To immerse or to plunge into

Question 9

The Greek word translated into the English word “baptism” literally means to______

Answer 9

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To immerse or to plunge into

Question 10

Why is total immersion baptism the only valid method of baptism?

Answer 10

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It’s the only method that symbolizes death, burial, and resurrection

Question 11

What are the three requirements for baptism?

Answer 11

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Repentance, belief, and maturity to fully understand what you are doing

Question 12

What is the result of baptism and the receiving of God’s Holy Spirit?

Answer 12

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A changed life leading to spiritual growth; the promise of eternal life Romans 8:10-11

Question 13

What is our belief statement on the Sabbath?

Answer 13

The seventh day of the week is the Sabbath of the Lord our God, and on this day humans are commanded to rest from their labors and worship Him. Established and blessed by God at creation, the seventh day of the week begins at sunset on Friday and continues until sunset on Saturday. The Sabbath is an identifying sign and a perpetual covenant between God and His people. True Christians follow the example of Jesus Christ, the apostles and the New Testament Church in observing the seventh-day Sabbath

Question 14

Where is the earliest known mention of the Sabbath Day?

Answer 14

Gen. 2:3: “Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made”.

Question 15

Where do we see God instructing the freed Israelites about how to observe the Sabbath Day prior to the delivery of the 10 Commandments?

Answer 15

Exodus 16:23: “Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ Verse 29: “See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath”.

Question 16

How does God want us to view the command to keep the Sabbath?

Answer 16

As a delight. Isaiah 58:13 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight.”

Question 17

For what specific purpose did God give the Sabbath command to Israel, His model nation?

Answer 17

As a sign to identify His people. Ezekiel 20: 12; “Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them”.

Question 18

Why were Israel and Judah punished with captivity?

Answer 18

For breaking the Sabbath and idolatry. Ezekiel 20

Question 19

What did Jesus teach the people about His authority to teach the people about how to observe the Sabbath?

Answer 19

He is Lord of the Sabbath, and the Sabbath was made for man. Matthew 12:8; Mark 2:27-28

Question 20

Does the Bible expressly say that Jesus kept the 7th Day Sabbath?

Answer 20

Throughout the Gospel accounts, we read about Jesus doing good and even healing on the Sabbath Day. He went to the synagogue to teach on the Sabbath Day Luke 13:10: “Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath”.

Question 21

Did the Apostle Paul set the example of teaching both Jews and Gentiles on the Sabbath Day?

Answer 21

Acts 13: 42: “So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.” Verse 44: “On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.”

Question 22

Did Paul gradually abandon the Sabbath in favor of teaching on Sunday?

Answer 22

No, it was his custom to teach every Sabbath Acts 17:2: “Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures.’ Acts 18:4: “And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks”.

Question 23

Will the 7^th Day Sabbath as well as all of God’s Holy Days or annual Sabbaths, be enforced in every nation during the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ on Earth?

Answer 23

Yes, the Sabbath and all of God’s commandments will be the Law of the land in the Millennium. Isa. 66: 23: “And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.” Zech. 14: 16 “And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”