Beliefs Quiz

Statement

Yes

No

Answer

Comment

1. Good works are beneficial in helping a person obtain salvation.

( ) No - Ephesians 2:8-9

If good works were a requirement for obtaining salvation, then Jesus' life and death on the cross would not have any meaning, Also, salvation would not be a gift from God, and it would re-characterize the love God has for mankind and so recast the very nature of God.

2. Christ committed only a few sins during his entire life.

No - 2 Corinthians 5:21

3. Christ came to bring peace to the world.

No - Matthew 10:34-39

Though peace and harmony with God will be the ultimate result after the second coming of Christ, He clearly said that He had come to bring division.

4. God loves Christians, but also cares about non-Christians and wants them to become Christians and love them as well.

No - Ephesians 2:3-5, John 3:16

God loves everyone; God sent Christ so that people will have the opportunity to repent from sinfulness and live in a way that God approves of, and after this life to be able to live with the spirit of God in heaven.

5. All people born of man and woman are born having a sin nature, and so repentance from sinning is a requirement for becoming a follower of Christ.

( ) Yes - Romans 5:12, Acts 20:18-21

If man was born without sin then 1)there whould not seem to have been a need for God to create the second convenant with mankind and a need for Christ to come to earth and suffer and die for mankind's sake 2)man would be good like God, which is exatly the oposite of what Jesus said.

6. God is good, and through sincere study and devotion, over time Christians can become fairly close to, but never as good as God.

No - 1 John 1:5 + Romans 7:22-8:2

7. Jesus Christ was God incarnate in the flesh.

( ) Yes - Philippians 2:5-7

That Christ was God in the flesh is critical to properly understand his authority (i.e. dictionary meaning) to say and do the things that he did, and also indicates the lovie God has for mankind; that is, the lenghts that God would go to to offer a way of salvation to a fallen mankind.

8. Satan is almost as powerful as God, but Satan's moral values are opposite to God's moral values.

No - Philippians 2:9-11

Though this may appear to be the case in some movies or TV shows, Satan is not on the same level as God. Satan actually was angel who rebelled against God.

9. Christians can love some things of the world, but only if loving God is put first.

No - 1 John 2:15-16

10. Being vigilant against false teachers, brethren, and teachings.

Yes - Col. 2:8, Col. 2:18, Gal. 2:4-5, Jude 3-4

Since the dawn of Christianity there have been false teachers, and Christians have been told to be vigilant about them. Though some non-Christians may use examples of exposed false teachers to show how Christianity is not good or a is a sham, there are many more sincire and accurate teachers of the word of God than there are false teachers.

11. It is important to have fellowship with other believers on a regular basis.

Yes - Acts 2:42

The Bible tells Christians to gather together to worship God, and to share with, and support one another.

12. Not having prejudice against, or partiality towards, people because of their race or nationality.

Yes - Acts 10:34-35

This concept of God being impartial was a major influence in the ending of slavery in England and the U.S., and was the main justification for the Black civil rights movement in the U.S. that started in the 1950's.

13. There are no other gods besides God, who is in ultimate control of everything, including being the author of all basic human rights and moral values.

( ) Yes - 1 Timothy 1:17, James 1:17, Matthew 15:9

Disbelief in only one God who is in ultimate control of all, or belief that mankind and not (or not only) God can define basic human rights, and moral values would have severely negative repercussions on the unification and consistency of a person's version of the Christian belief system.

14. A Christian who engages in the practice (i.e. voluntary repeated action) of having sexual relations with someone that they are in love with but are not married to, usually does not have to be concerned about not going to heaven.

No - 2 Corinthians 12:21, 1 Thesolonians 4:3-5

This action is called a sin in various places in the Bible. For a Christian to know that it is considered sinful behavior, to then voluntarily repeatedly do this would seem to indicate that they love something of the world more than God, and/or outright to some degree have decided to rebel against God.

15. Christians are to support one another, regardless of their race, social status, or nationality.

Yes - Galatians 6:10 & 1 Thessalonians 5:11 + Acts 10:34-35

16. Divorce (not separation) for Christians for any reason besides sexual immorality, or abandonment by a non-Christian spouse is disapproved of in the Bible.

Yes - Matthew 19:9 + 1 Corinthians 7:15

17. Christians are to only marry other Christians.

Yes - 1 Corinthians 7:39

18. The Bible reveals God for Christians, but some other major world religions (e.g. Islam, Buddhism) also have similar ideas about God.

No - Ephesians 4:5-6 + Philippians 2::5-8

No other religion considers Christ as God incarnate in the flesh, which is critical for properly valuing and evaluating the things Christ said and did, as well as understanding the Christian view of salvation and the the loving nature of God. Most major religions have some ideas in common, but also they differ on a number of very important concepts and beliefs.