Exam Questions 1

Question 1

How many officers are there in the Baptist Church?

Answer 1

There are two officers in the Baptist Church. They are Pastor and Deacon.

Phil 1:1 says “Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Question 2

2. What are the five ways a person can be received into church membership?

Answer 2

A person can be received into the church membership by Letter, Statement (of Christian Experience) Baptism, Restoration or Watch Care.

Question 3

3. What is the Greek word for church (explain)?

Answer 3

The Greek word for the church is Ekklisia (Ecclesia) and it means Church meeting house, called out ones, Believers.

Question 4

4. Who is Jesus, the Christ? Explain his incarnate and pre-incarnate existence?

Answer 4

Jesus the Christ is the Son of the Living God. The Pre-incarnated Christ is has been defined as Emmanuel, God with us,

• Matthew 1:23 tell us; “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us”
• Is 9:6-7 speaks of his name as Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

The incarnate Christ is explained in John 1:14 where we find that “And the Word became flesh and dealt among us.”

This Hypostatic union between the pre-incarnate and incarnate denotes the “Fully God and Fully man” existence where divinity and humanity are reunited with the intent to bridge the divide that was created by the act of sin.

Question 5

5. The name “JESUS” emphasizes ________________ and the name “CHRIST” emphasizes ______________________.

Answer 5

The name “JESUS” emphasizes his human form, Savor and salvation and the name “CHRIST” emphasizes divine identity, the anointed one.

Question 6

6. Man is composed of three parts (trichotomy):

Answer 6

Body, Mind and Spirit.

Question 7

7. What is sin and evil, and where did they come from?

Answer 7

Sin

• anything that is contrary to the will of God.
• It can be thought of as missing the mark
• also as unbelief.

James 4:17; “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.”

Roman’s 1:28 speak of how because of God’s free will “they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;”

Evil is opposed to goodness of character, opposed to divine viewpoint, or opposed to divine good and it can be defined as a system of thinking that opposes divine truth either both in belief and behavior.

Mark 7:21-23 reads “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornication, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

The question of where did sin and evil come from is a controversial theological subject. Is 45:7 could be taken to mean that God created evil. “I formed the light and created darkness: I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.”

But God created evil not for the purpose to destroy that which is good but for the sake of punishing the wrong doers for their wickedness just as eternal damnation awaits evil doers.

• Job 21:30 says; “That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?”
• PS: 37:1-2 says Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”
• Matthew 23:33 says “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

God’s angles possessed the knowledge of good and evil. But Satan chose evil over good.

Ezk 28:11-19 speaks of this and the damnation that was pronounced upon Satan.

Adam and Eve became aware of good and evil, Gen 2:17 and as a result opened themselves up to death through sin.

Question 8

8. Define the following terms and cite scriptures where applicable: Prayer

Answer 8

A. prayer is sincere communication between God and man.

• Jesus Himself prayed in John 17:1 “These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:”
• Matt 6:6-9 “ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.”

Question 9

8. Define the following terms and cite scriptures where applicable: Stewardship

Answer 9

B. Stewardship. A steward is someone who is able to be responsible over that which God has entrusted to that individual. This could range anywhere from personal attributes and resources to the larger care of souls that have been entrusted to his / her care.

• Titus 1:7-9. “For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.”
• 1 Cor 4:1 “Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.”

Question 10

8. Define the following terms and cite scriptures where applicable: Tithe

Answer 10

C. The bible teaches that a tithe is 1/10 of a person’s annual earnings Mal 3:10

Question 11

8. Define the following terms and cite scriptures where applicable: Offering

Answer 11

D. That which we give freely to the work of the Lord. This can be more than just money as Romans 12-1 instructs us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice;

• Rom 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service”

Question 12

8. Define the following terms and cite scriptures where applicable: Spiritual Gifts

Answer 12

E. That which God bestows on believing Christians who have been filled with the Holy Spirit for the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry and for the edifying of the body of Christ

• Eph 4:11 “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;”

Question 13

8. Define the following terms and cite scriptures where applicable: Fruit of the Spirit

Answer 13

F. Gal 5:22 teaches that the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, and Temperance.

Question 14

9. How many books are in the bible? How many in each Testament?

Answer 14

There are 66 books of the bible. 39 in the Old Testament 27 in the New Testament

Question 15

10. How many divisions are in the Old Testament? What are they?

Answer 15

Law, History, Poetry and Prophecy

Question 16

11. How many divisions are in the New Testament? What are they?

Answer 16

Gospel, History, Epistles, and Prophecy

Question 17

12. Who is the author of the bible?

Answer 17

God is the author of the bible and it was communicated to and written by man through divine inspiration. John 1:1-2 says that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.”

Question 18

13. How many ordinances are there in the Baptist church?

Answer 18

There are two ordinances for the Baptist church. They are Baptism (Matt 28:19) and the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:23). Primitive Baptist have a 3rd ordinance which is foot washing John13.10-14

Question 19

14. What is the mission of the church?

Answer 19

Matthew 28:19-20 says “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

Thus the mission of the church is to seek and save the lost bring lost souls to Christ.

Question 20

15. What is salvation?

Answer 20

To be delivered from the penalty and consequences of sin.

• Acts 4:12. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
• Rom 5:9-10 “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
• Act 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Question 21

16. What is the GODHEAD? (cite scriptural support).

Answer 21

The God-Head is the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

• I John 5:7 “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
• Matt 3:16-17 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
• John 10:30 “I and my Father are one”

Question 22

17. What does the deity of Christ mean?

Answer 22

That Christ was fully man and fully God;

• John.1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
• John 17:22 “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one”
• I John .5:6-8 “6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.”

Question 23

18. Who is the founder and foundation of the church?

Answer 23

Matt 16:18 reveals that Jesus is the founder and foundation of the Church. It reads “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Question 24

19. What is baptism? Does baptism save? (Explain).

Answer 24

Baptism is nothing more than a mere expression of one’s salvation.

• It represents an outward expression of an inner change.
• Baptism in and of itself does not save a person. The denomination teaches immersion and not sprinkle.
• The Gospel of Mark 16:16 teaches that “he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” The very act itself is a statement and action of expressing faith in the salvation of God.

Question 25

20. Define the following terms: Repentance

Answer 25

A. To have a contrite heart.

• To repent is to turn away from sin and wrong doing.
• 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Question 26

20. Define the following terms: Faith

Answer 26

B. Conviction believing in gods promise. Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Question 27

20. Define the following terms: Justification

Answer 27

C. The act of being places on in right standing with God.

• Thus we are justified by God grace which is given to us through faith in Jesus Christ.
• Rom 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
• Our justification comes to us freely, because of the price that Jesus paid on our behalf. God extends this grace to sinners and is “just and the justifier to the one who has faith in Jesus Christ.
• Romans 3:24 “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”

Question 28

20. Define the following terms: Forgiveness

Answer 28

D. The Bible speaks voluminously on the topic of forgiveness. 3 scriptures that address God’s forgiveness towards us are as follows;

• 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
• Ephesians 1:7-10 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
• Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Question 29

20. Define the following terms: Atonement

Answer 29

E. Means to be at one with God. It is the result of the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross in our behalf.

• Leviticus 17:11 - For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.
• 1 Peter 2:24 - Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Hebrews 9:12 - Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].
• 1 John 2:2 - And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

Question 30

20. Define the following terms: Regeneration

Answer 30

F: Regeneration means new birth and is referenced by Paul’s letter

• 2 Cor 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
• The focus is on being born again as John 3:3 captures the words of Jesus saying “Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God”
• In verse John 3:7 records these words of Jesus, “Marvel not that I say unto thee, Ye must be born again.”
• And in Titus 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”

Question 31

21. How do you know that you are saved?

Answer 31

I know that I am saved because of God’s word and because of my faith in God through Jesus Christ. I accept what the Bible says in

• John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not parish, but have everlasting life.”
• And Romans 8:1-5 says that “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, n that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.”
• Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
• It’s not by works of righteousness which I have done, as the bible teaches in Titus 3:5, but it according to God’s mercy whereby which he saved me, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.
• And lastly I know that I am saved because the bible teaches in Eph 2:8-9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

Question 32

22. How do you know that you are called to preach?

Answer 32

I base my calling on the word of God and Divine inspiration.

• Eph 2:10 says that “For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus into Good Works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”
• Is 61:1 which says;
  
  • The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach the good tidings to the meek;
  • He has sent me to bind the broken-hearted
  • to proclaim liberty to the captives
  • and the opening of the prison to them that are bound
  • to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord
  • and the day of vengeance of our God
  • to comfort them that mourn;
  • to appoint unto them that morn in Zion,
  • to give unto them
    
    • Beauty for ashes
    • the oil of joy for mourning
    • the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness
  • that they might be called
    
    • trees of righteousness
    • the planting of the Lord
  • that he might be glorified

Question 33

1. How many officers are there in the Baptist Church?

Answer 33

There are two officers in the Baptist Church. They are Pastor and Deacon. Phil 1:1 says “Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: