Quiz

What is the first aspect of the image of God in man as taught in Lesson 2 of the course?

People of ancient religions venerated their idols because they thought that the gods themselves inhabited them.

The idols of people of ancient religions became substitutes for the gods themselves.

…In Isaiah 44, God mocked the use of idols by pointing out that a carpenter might craft an idol from the same wood he used to __________….

Scripture teaches that some false gods are actually ______ and others are purely imaginary.

In many cultures of the ancient Near East, kings were called ______ of the gods they served.

In a letter from the priest Adad-shumu-usur to King Esarhaddon, sometime between 681 and 669 B.C., Adad-shumu-usur wrote: “Man is the shadow of a god… But the king is the _____ of a god.”

What is the first thing Scripture says about humanity?

To be the image of God means that we are exact copies of God.

What is the difference between the words “image” and “likeness,” as used in Genesis 1:26?

Hebrews 1:3 says that Jesus is “the radiance of God’s glory and the _____ representation of his being.”

What is a “vice-regent”?

According to Genesis 1:27-28, what are the three aspects of man’s authority that he has received from God? Mark each correct answer.

The idea of Genesis 1 and 2 is that humanity was supposed to expand the borders of _______ until the entire planet was made into a dwelling fit for God to inhabit.

What is the second aspect of the image of God in man as taught in Lesson 2 of the course?

What are the three categories of attributes that human beings have in common with God, as focused on in the lesson? Mark each correct answer.

How does the lesson describe how our moral judgment has been affected by the Fall?

Adam and Eve were not capable of discerning between good and evil before eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

What does the word “naked” imply in Genesis 3:7?

How did eating the forbidden fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil increase Adam and Eve’s knowledge?

The Fall actually reduced man’s capacity for moral judgment.

The Fall made it harder for man to do things that please God, but man still has the ability if he is willing to make the effort.

According to the lesson, fallen man is totally unable to turn from his sins and to do what is pleasing in God’s sight, apart from the regenerating grace of God.

According to the lesson, one of the results of the Fall is that man has completely lost the image of God.

When does God begin to renew and restore the moral aspects of the image of God in a person?

Even unbelievers have the law of God in their minds and consciences.

Which of the following statements best describes the lesson’s teaching regarding how sin affected man’s rational abilities?

After the Fall, even unbelievers still have the rational capacity to know that God exists, and to recognize certain aspects of his invisible qualities and divine nature.

According to Calvin, fallen man has been so corrupted that he cannot know any aspect of the truth and he has no gifts to be admired.

One aspect of salvation is the process of restoring of our rational abilities.

Animals have a soul in the same sense that human beings do.

All creatures have a spiritual existence after their bodies die.

The lesson deals with three relationships that we have as images of God. What are they?

The lesson highlights three aspects of our covenant relationship with God that are specific to our role as his images. What are they? Mark each correct answer.

Historically, what happens eventually once people begin worshipping an image?

The lesson highlights two ways in which being God’s image impacts our relationships with other human beings. What are they?

Isaiah 42:1-4 says that the Messiah will bring _____ to the nations.

What is the “cultural mandate”?

The Bible teaches that we should treat animals humanely.