Doctrines of Satan, Holy Spirit, and Man

Question 1

What are the 3 chapters that refers to Satan’s Fall?

Answer 1

Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, and Revelation 12

Question 2

What are the 5 chief sins of Satan?

Answer 2

1. Pride
2. Jealousy
3. Self-Will
4. Rebellion
5. Covetousness

Question 3

Why did God allow Satan to tempt man?

Answer 3

God allowed man to be given a choice in Eden because of His Sovereign decree that both angels and men should posses free will and His Sovereign wisdom in that He is able to bring greater good out of the events that have followed the Fall.

Question 4

What does the name Lucifer mean?

Answer 4

Light bearer or Shining one

Question 5

What does the title the Devil mean?

Answer 5

Slanderer

Question 6

What does the name Satan mean?

Answer 6

Adversary/enemy

Question 7

How does the Devil attempt to counterfeit God? (two answers)

Answer 7

1. By appearing as an angel of light
2. By inspiring and promoting his own counterfeit Bibles

Question 8

What are the 5 ways Satan perverts the Word of God?

Answer 8

1. He takes the Scriptures out of context
2. He makes sure the Scriptures are misinterpreted or misapplied
3. He encourages men to stress one side of doctrine and ignore the other side, ignoring all verses that challenge their position
4. He leads men to over stress certain doctrines
5. He leads men to under stress certain doctrines
   Satan is most successful with all five of these approaches when we are ignorant of the Scripture

Question 9

What are the 12 ways the Devil is the oppressor of God?

Answer 9

1. He attacks the family
2. He hinders the work of God
3. He afflicts men (physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and some sicknesses)
4. He blinds men to the truth of the gospel
5. He accuses Christians before the throne of God
6. He tempts men
7. He deceives men
8. He provokes wars
9. He stands against Israel—the chosen people of God
10. He casts doubt upon God’s Word
11. He changes or corrupts God’s Word
12. He completely denies God’s Word

Question 10

What are the 8 resources for battling Satan?

Answer 10

1. Staying in the Word
2. Staying in the Spirit
3. Staying in the Church
4. Staying in submissive surrender to the Lord
5. Staying in God’s presence
6. Staying in contrition (humble, repentance, and confession)
7. Staying out of the world
8. Staying out of situations that make provisions (give opportunities) to the flesh

Question 11

What are the 4 meanings of resisting the Devil?

Answer 11

1. Submit to God—Satan wants you to rebel
2. Draw nigh to God—Satan wants you distant from God
3. Humble yourself—Satan wants you proud
4. Confess and genuinely repent of sin—Satan wants you to deny your sin and continue in your sin

Question 12

What is the reference for the verse, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”?

Answer 12

1 Peter 5:8

Question 13

What is the reference for the verse, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”?

Answer 13

James 4:7

Question 14

What is the word for the Holy Spirit taking residence in the believing sinner and abiding within forever?

Answer 14

Indwelling

Question 15

When is the time of the Holy Spirit indwelling?

Answer 15

At the moment of salvation

Question 16

What is the benefit of the Holy Spirit indwelling?

Answer 16

It makes us the temple of God

Question 17

As the temple of God, we are called to what 3 things?

Answer 17

1. To purity
2. To recognize God’s ownership of our body and spirit
3. To glorify God in our body and spirit

Question 18

What is the word for the act of God whereby, by a second birth, he recreates the believing sinner and gives him a new nature as a child of God?

Answer 18

Regeneration

Question 19

When is the time of regeneration?

Answer 19

At the moment of salvation

Question 20

What are the benefits of regeneration? (5)

Answer 20

1. We die to sin and our old sin nature
2. We become a new creature in Christ Jesus with a new nature
3. We walk in newness of life
4. We become a child of God
5. We receive a new ability to overcome temptation and the world

Question 21

What is word for the act of God whereby he sets the Holy Spirit as a seal upon each believer for the purpose of keeping him until the completion of his salvation?

Answer 21

Sealing

Question 22

When is the time of sealing?

Answer 22

At the moment of Salvation

Question 23

What is the benefit of sealing?

Answer 23

Eternal security

Question 24

What is an earnest?

Answer 24

A deposit, a down payment pledging eventual complete, full, and final payment to come

Question 25

What is the act of God in outpouring the Holy Spirit upon believers for the purpose of appointing us as His servants, empowering us for His service, and enabling us to understand His scriptures?

Answer 25

Anointing

Question 26

What is a conscience, constant, and complete surrender to God's will and dependence upon the Spirit's power to live the Christian life—for the purpose of producing the fruit of souls, the fruits of empowered ministry, the fruit of victory over temptation, and the fruit of the Spirit?

Answer 26

The Filling of the Spirit

Question 27

What are the 4 reasons why non-Charismatic/Pentecostals believe that tongues have ceased?

Answer 27

1. Because 1 Corinthians 13:8 states that, "tongues…shall cease". 2. Because they were one of the sign gifts and the purpose of sign gifts ended with the completion of Scripture 3. Because they were revelatory gifts and the purpose of revelatory gifts ended with the completion of the revelation of Scripture 4. Because they were a sign of judgment upon unbelieving Israel. This judgment was completed in A.D. 70 and therefore, so was the purpose of tongues

Question 28

What is the reference for the verse, "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth"?

Answer 28

Acts 1:8

Question 29

What is the reference for the verse, "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh"?

Answer 29

Galatians 5:16

Question 30

What is the reference for the verse, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law"?

Answer 30

Galatians 5:22-23

Question 31

What is the reference for the verse, "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit"?

Answer 31

Ephesians 5:18

Question 32

What is the reference for the verse, "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his"?

Answer 32

Romans 8:9

Question 33

What is the view of the nature of the Fall of man that states: There was no sinful nature which was passed on from Adam. God only holds individuals responsible for their own sin. Adam set a terrible precedent and left a poor example, but that is all?

Answer 33

Pelegianism

Question 34

What is the view of the nature of the Fall of man that states: Man's holy nature has been weakened, but not removed and man is therefore still capable of living without sin. This view of man's nature always leads to theologians that include good works as part of obtaining or keeping salvation?

Answer 34

Arminianism (the most popular view)

Question 35

What is the view of the nature of the Fall of man that states: All men are born with a depraved sin nature and are therefore lost sinners from conception capable of true righteousness?

Answer 35

Augustinian view (the Biblical position)

Question 36

How big is the New Jerusalem?

Answer 36

1,400 miles long, high, and wide

Question 37

In comparison to a city on earth, how big is the New Jerusalem?

Answer 37

It is 15 times the combined surface of the entire earth, including both land and water area