Lesson 4 - The Battle For Holiness

Question 1

1. What is one of the essential and absolute attributes of God’s divine nature?

Answer 1

Holiness

Question 2

2. Since God is so set apart in His holiness, what does it necessitate?

Answer 2

That God has to be opposed to all sin of any kind

Question 3

3. List two (2) complimentary aspects of holiness:
   a.
   b.

Answer 3

a. Withdrawing from something

b. Withdrawing unto something

Question 4

4. When Paul refers to holiness, he does not refer only to culture, but …?

Answer 4

He takes us all the way back to creation (the original state)

Question 5

5. List three (3) types of sanctification:
   a.
   b.
   c.

Answer 5

a. Positional sanctification
b. Experiential sanctification
c. External sanctification

Question 6

6. List the three (3) parts of a human being:
   a.
   b.
   c.

Answer 6

a. Spirit (eternal part)
b. Soul or mind (unique, individual part)
c. Body (physical or outward part)

Question 7

7. Explain the spirit’s relationship to God in a:
   a. Spiritually dead person – ____________
   b. Spiritually alive person – ____________

Answer 7

a. The spirit is alienated from God because of sin

b. The spirit is back in fellowship with God because of salvation

Question 8

8. How can a person’s mind be renewed?

Answer 8

Through the presence of God, the Word of God, fellowship with other believers, and church attendance and participation

Question 9

9. What does not destroy the law of sin, but overcomes it?

Answer 9

The law of the Spirit

Question 10

10. While a person can obtain salvation without understanding or immediately experiencing many areas of Christian maturity, they cannot maintain their salvation without what?

Answer 10

A desire to grow in God