Exam

Question 1

• Continuance in salvation includes:

Answer 1

Faith (in Christ) (what I believe) and Fruit of obedience (how I live)

Question 2

• Relationship + Faithfulness =

Answer 2

Fruitfulness

Question 3

• Process of faithfulness

Answer 3

Obedience; action

Question 4

• Motivation of faithfulness

Answer 4

love

Question 5

• Expression of obedience

Answer 5

love

Question 6

• The 3 P’s of Fruit

Answer 6

o Personal – fruit of spirit
o Public – winning souls
o Permanent – lasting

Question 7

What is God’s part in continuance?

Answer 7

Regeneration and justification

Question 8

• What is our park in continuance

Answer 8

faith and obedience

Question 9

• Means and Methods of continuation

Answer 9

o	Prayer
o	Bible Study
o	Self-Denial
o	Spiritual Service
o	Spiritual Disciplines

Question 10

• Apostasy:

Answer 10

Rejection of Christ
Complete Rebellion
Final State

Question 11

• Backsliding:

Answer 11

o Turning away after salvation
o Deliberate act of the will
o Continual rebellion, not a one-time sin

Question 12

• Heresy

Answer 12

o False doctrine/belief

o Denial of Christian doctrine

Question 13

• Orthodoxy

Answer 13

o True/Right belief

Question 14

• Syncretism

Answer 14

o Combining faiths

o Adulteration of faith

Question 15

• Election

Answer 15

o God chooses to save some and not others

Question 16

• Foreknowledge

Answer 16

o Knowing beforehand who will choose God

Question 17

• Perseverance of the saints

Answer 17

o Continuing in faith after conversion

Question 18

• Predestination

Answer 18

o Certain people are chosen to be saved

Question 19

• Double Predestination

Answer 19

o Some chosen for eternal separation from God

Question 20

• Universal salvation

Answer 20

o Christ’s expiation is for all

Question 21

• Free Will

Answer 21

o God gives us the option to choose to serve Him

Question 22

• Prevenient Grace

Answer 22

o Grace before salvation through the Holy Spirit

Question 23

• Failure in Obedience =

Answer 23

Disobedience

Question 24

• Disobedience is:

Answer 24

o Deliberate

o Continual

Question 25

• Two types of disobedient sin

Answer 25

o Omission

o Commission

Question 26

• What causes Apostasy?

Answer 26

o	Continual yielding to temptation
o	Deliberate decision
	Rejection of Christ
	Rejection of discipline
o	Process of spiritual neglect
o	Self sufficiency

Question 27

• Apostasy consequences

Answer 27

o	Individual
	Loss of salvation
	Final Judgment
o	Community
	Stains testimony
	Affects faith of believers
	Damages cause of Christ

Question 28

• Antidote to backsliding/apostasy

Answer 28

o Persevere in commitment to Christ
o Proper perspective in temptation
o Promise of pardon

Question 29

• What is the proper perspective in temptation

Answer 29

o Christ understands
o Nature of temptation (perseverance)
o There is an escape

Question 30

• John Wesley’s Quadrilateral

Answer 30

o Reason
o Experience
o Scriptures
o Tradition

Question 31

Calvinism (John Calvin/Augustine) Belief

Answer 31

Total Depravation
-Incapable of choosing God
Unconditional Election
-God Chooses You
Limited Propitiation 
-Only for the elect
Irresistible Grace
-Can’t be refused 
Perseverance of the saints
-Cannot backslide

Question 32

Arminianism (Wesley/Jacob Arminius) Belief

Answer 32

Total Depravation
-Sinful, but redeemable
Conditional Election
-Free will to choose God
Unlimited Propitiation
-For anyone who believes
Prevenient Grace
-Free Will - Grace can be rejected
Conditional Perseverance
-Can backslide