Doctrine III Test 2

Question 1

Doctrine 10

Answer 1

We believe that it is the privilege of all believers to be wholly sanctified, and that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Question 2

Verse Doctrine 10 comes from

Answer 2

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Question 3

1. Holiness is For All Believers:

Answer 3

Holiness is not an optional extra for some believers, but is available to all who accept Jesus as Lord.

Question 4

2. Holiness is the will and work of God

Answer 4

It is God’s intention that human beings will be holy (1 Peter 1:16 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Question 5

3. Holiness is a Human Choice

Answer 5

God will not make people holy against their will. Holiness, like salvation, must be freely chosen.

Question 6

4. Holiness is Restoring the image of God:

Answer 6

Holiness is concerned with a restoration of wholeness and full humanity.

Question 7

5. Holiness is Separation for the purposes of God

Answer 7

The root meaning of the biblical words used to describe holiness suggests separation.

Question 8

6. Holiness has Ethical and Social Consequences:

Answer 8

Holiness stresses the ethical and social consequences of salvation. It focuses on the grace of God as a costly grace which calls for changed attitudes, motivation and lifestyle as we begin to reflect the character of God in our daily living.

Question 9

7. Holiness is not sinlessness:

Answer 9

Temptation is part of the human condition, but, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we can successfully resist temptation and not sin. However, we cannot say that those who are sanctified cannot, or will never, sin.

Question 10

Hebrew: qodesh –

Answer 10

to be cut off, or separated. Something or someone is holy if they are set apart for, and dedicated to, the service of God.

Question 11

Greek: Hagiasmos –

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sometimes translated as ‘sanctification,’ denotes the notion of being set apart for God

Question 12

Greek Hosiotes –

Answer 12

This is to do with qualities of life. It signifies being righteous and pure before God, both inwardly and in our actions.

Question 13

St. Paul’s reference to “the flesh” –

Answer 13

my desire to have my way.

Question 14

Hesed –

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Unfailing love – The passionate, undying devotion of a superior to an inferior especially when undeserved.

Question 15

Right

Answer 15

God will do what is right in every circumstance even when its not to his advantage

Question 16

True

Answer 16

God is true to his word; dependable

Question 17

Just

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God’s divine order for human behavior

i.e. To be slothful is biblically, to be unjust

Question 18

1. To be holy we must share

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his character

Question 19

2. What God commands

Answer 19

God provides

Question 20

3. It is necessary not only to avoid the acts of sin

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but the disposition of sin – what Wesley and the bible call enmity with God.”

Question 21

4. There is a crisis and a process in sanctification

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and neither should be dismissed at the expense of the other.”

Question 22

5. A pure heart is not delivered from

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weakness and fallibility