Final Exam

Match each Bible reference with the description of its contents.

Which of the following beliefs of Gnosticism was corrected in the Apostles’ Creed?

Name the theologian who made the following statement regarding creeds, speaking especially of the Nicene Creed: “These words which you have heard are in the divine Scriptures scattered up and down: but thence gathered and reduced into one, that the memory of slow persons might not be distressed; that every person may be able to say, able to hold, what he believes.”

The word “Trinity” is neither in the Bible nor in the Apostles’ Creed.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the lesson’s teaching about the authority of the Apostles’ Creed?

What are the three statements that introduce each main section of the Apostles’ Creed? Mark each correct answer.

Which of the following “links of chain” are infallible according to the lesson?

Which of the following statements best reflects the view expressed in the lesson?

What is the best summary of the meaning of the term “simplicity” when used in reference to God?

Which aspect of God’s role as Father is especially manifested when He answers prayer and disciplines us?

What are the three principle meanings of “father” when the term is used in Scripture in reference to God? Mark each correct answer.

When we speak of the distinct roles of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in what sense are we speaking of the Trinity?

Match the meaning of each term used to describe God’s authority over creation.

Which of the following religions are monotheistic? Mark each correct answer.

What is the best summary of the meaning of the term “singularity” when used in reference to God?

Match the meaning of each term.

According to the lesson, in His ascension, Jesus completed the work of atonement begun on the cross.

Which of the following is most accurate, as taught in the lesson?

Which of the following best describes the New Testament concept of “Hades”?

Which of the following are reasons given in the lesson that made it necessary for Jesus to become a man? Mark each correct answer.

What does it mean that Jesus was our “penal substitute”?

Which of the following phrases are included in the Apostles’ Creed? Mark each correct answer.

The Scriptures always uses the phrase “son of God” to refer to divinity.

According to the lesson, after the miraculous conception of Jesus by the Holy Spirit, the process of Jesus’ birth continued in the same way as all human babies.

The Bible teaches that to save us, the Holy Spirit causes us to be __________.

Which view of spiritual gifts is expressed in the following comment?: “The gift of tongues was given only for the time of the first century apostles.”

Match each Bible reference with the description of its contents.

In the “economic” sense of the Trinity, what does it mean to call the Holy Spirit the “third” person?

According to the lesson, which of the following constitute biblical evidence of the divinity of the Holy Spirit? Mark each correct answer.

Match each kind of grace with its corresponding example.

Which of the following best reflects the teaching of the lesson on how the grace of the Holy Spirit works in the life of a believer?

There is only one miracle mentioned in the Apostles’ Creed as being realized particularly by the Holy Spirit. What is it?

How did the Protestant churches understand the “catholicity” of the church at the time of the Reformation?

What does it mean to be “in Christ”? Mark each correct answer.

According to the lesson, the Old Testament believers had basically the same relationship with God as the New Testament believers.

How does the lesson interpret Hebrews 10:29?

When did the Church start, according to the lesson?

Which of the following have traditionally been considered “means of grace”? Mark each correct answer.

Which statement best summarizes the teaching of the lesson regarding the use of the Old Testament law today?

Which statement best expresses the relationship between the Old Testament people of God and the New Testament people of God, according to the lesson?

In Matthew 18:17, Jesus refers to the existing Jewish synagogue congregations as __________.

Which of the following aspects of our salvation are mentioned in the Apostles’ Creed? Mark each correct answer.

What is the best guarantee that believers will be resurrected?

Match each Bible reference with the description of its contents.

What are the consequences of sin and the Fall, according to the lesson? Mark each correct answer.

According to the lesson, human death is normal.

In the intermediate state, our souls will be free from the dominion of sin.

What is the MEANS of our forgiveness?

According to the lesson, the Bible does not make a clear distinction between the “soul” and the “spirit” of man.

Which of the following are aspects of saving faith? Mark each correct answer.