First Principles
Multiple-choice exercise
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Choose the correct answer for each question.
If we love God, what will we do?
- We will obey Him.
- We will love Him in return - with or without obedience.
- We will join the church.
Whom does God desire to save?
- Only certain people whom He predestined to be saved before creating the world.
- Everyone.
- No one.
Did Jesus receive all authority (power) in heaven and on earth before His ascension into heaven?
- No.
- Yes.
- Jesus received all authority over the church, but Satan retained power over the earth.
Do we live under Christ's law today?
- People on earth will live under Christ's law after the rapture.
- No.
- Yes.
Are Christ's commands revealed in the New Testament?
- All of Christ's commands are revealed in the New Testament.
- Many of Christ's commands are revealed in the New Testament.
- Only the apostle's commands are revealed in the New Testament.
Do we live under the Ten Commandments today?
- Yes.
- No.
- Yes, but only in spirit.
Is there more than one correct interpretation of God's word?
- We cannot totally understand God's word; therefore, there are many different interpretations.
- Yes.
- No.
Can we be saved by doing what seems right?
- Yes, but only if we want to go to heaven.
- Yes.
- No.
What did the apostle Paul do when he allowed himself to be guided by his conscience?
- He obeyed God.
- He disobeyed God.
- He did his best to obey God and was usually successful.
Will the majority of people live in obedience to God and be saved?
- No.
- Yes.
- Most people will be saved, but they have not perfectly obeyed God.
Once a person is saved, can he be lost?
- No, a person who is lost has never really been saved.
- Yes.
- Yes, but only if he commits an unforgivable sin.
How are we saved?
- Grace only.
- Faith only.
- By grace, through faith, in obedience to Jesus Christ.
Who, in the Bible, prayed a prayer of faith to receive Jesus into his heart and be saved?
- No one.
- Everyone.
- Everyone who was saved.
God's grace and salvation are in Christ (1 Tim. 1:14; 2 Tim. 1:9; 2:1, 10). How do we enter into Christ?
- We enter into Christ when we believe that Jesus is God's Son.
- We enter into Christ upon faith, repentance, and receiving Jesus into our heart.
- We are baptized into Christ.
What are we told to do to be saved?
- Believe, repent, confess, be baptized for the remission of sins, and remain faithful by holding fast to the gospel (i.e., Christ).
- Believe, repent, confess our sins, and pray a prayer of faith receiving Jesus into our heart.
- Nothing.
What is the purpose of baptism?
- Baptism is an obedient act. We should be baptized, but we do not have to be baptized to be saved.
- We are baptized to be saved.
- Baptism is the outward sign of having been saved.