Here are 26 multiple choice questions. Check the answer which best reflects your understanding of the teaching of the Biblical Reformed faith. The Reformed Confessions and your Pastor, can help.
1. In deciding a religious question we should use the Bible
(a) along with established Church practices
(b) merely as it relates to my heart
(c) as the only infallible rule
(d) along with the new truth that the Holy Spirit reveals to me
2. The authority of the Bible depends upon...
(a) the testimony of the Church
(b) how it becomes truth to me
(c) God Himself
(d) the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking directly to me
3. The Scriptures are sufficient
(a) along with the pronouncements of the Church
(b) as each individual heart discovers its own personal truth
(c) as God adds to the Scriptures through continuing prophecy
(d) for everything necessary for His glory and man's salvation
4. The best way to interpret the Bible
(a) is how it speaks to my heart
(b) by accepting the established teaching of the Church
(c) by using one passage of Scripture to interpret difficult passages
(d) by asking the Holy Spirit to audibly speak to me
5. In eternity past
(a) God could see who would trust Christ and therefore elected them
(b) God elected his Church but not individuals
(c) God decided to save specific individuals
(d) God was not totally sure what was going to happen
6. People are not all saved because
(a) they simply refuse to accept the salvation that Christ died to
secure for them
(b) God chose to pass them by with His electing grace
(c) they simply do not obey the law
(d) they do not receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit
7. When someone throws dice
(a) God has no idea how they will come up
(b) God knows how they will come up but has nothing to do with it
(c) God has decreed how they will come up
(d) God has control of big things and events but not small ones
8. Man was created
(a) with an inclination toward evil
(b) in total innocence having a free will
(c) with no real free will
(d) with no possibility of falling into sin
9. God's Effectual Call upon a sinner
(a) can be resisted
(b) can not be reisted
(c) brings salvation if the person actually decides to be willing to do
the right things
(d) causes him to call back to God in the same fashion
10. A person is justified
(a) if he accepts Christ and keeps doing right
(b) by faith alone
(c) if he accepts the Sacraments
(d) if he has been baptized in the Holy Spirit and speaks in tongues
11. After salvation
(a) we must ask forgiveness for every sin to stay saved
(b) we must continue to be faithful to the Church and accept the
sacraments to stay saved
(c) we must contine to be filled with the Holy Spirit to be saved
(d) we can not lose our salvation
12. Saving Faith comes
(a) by doing the right things
(b) as we seek to cooperate with prevailing Grace offered to all
(c) is a gift of God's grace
(d) can come and go according to my will
13. Good works
(a) contribute to salvation
(b) contribute to sanctification
(c) are not a part of every saved person's life
(d) are only to be directed to other believers
14. It is possible to have an Assurance of Salvation
(a) as an infallible persuasion in the heart
(b) only if you are one of the greatest saints
(c) but it can come and go as can your salvation
(d) is certain wether a person obeys the Lord or not
15. The Law of God
(a) was a covenant of works to Old Testament Israel
(b) continues to be a perfect rule of righteousness perpetually
binding upon every man
(c) must be obeyed by the Christian to merit salvation
(d) can be kept perfectly by the power of the Holy Spirit
16. Christian Liberty involves freedom
(a) from having to keep the law of God
(b) from having to keep the ceremonial rituals of the Old Testament
(c) of speech
(d) from the state's interference in the affairs of the Church
17. We are to worship God
(a) only with that which is explicity taught in Scripture
(b) in every way not specifically condemned by Scripture
(c) with whatever is an aid to devotion
(d) with complete freedom of expression
18. The Civil Government
(a) should be subservient to the church
(b) should be entirely neutral in spiritual matters
(c) should be submissive to God
(d) is a necessary evil
19. The Visible Church
(a) never existed before the New Testament Era
(b) is a sociological community for the good of humanity
(c) is only made up of professing believers alone
(d) is made up of believers and their children
20. The Sacraments
(a) are the actual means of salvation
(b) are merely symbols to remind us of the sacrifice of Christ
(c) exhibit and seal spiritual grace to believers
(d) are only found in the New Testament
21. Baptism
(a) saves a child
(b) seals spiritual blessings
(c) is a symbol for professing believers only
(d) is properly administered by immersion
22. In the Lord's Supper
(a) a real Sacrifice is offered
(b) a mere symbol is exhibted
(c) Christ is really present spiritually
(d) we are saved from our sins
23. The biblical form of church goverment is based upon
(a) the rule of ordained clergy
(b) the rule of the congregation
(c) the rule of representative councils
(d) the rule of the state
24. The Resurrection of the Dead
(a) will include all men at the last day
(b) will involve two resurrections
(c) will involve three resurrections
(d) is a merely spiritual metaphor used in the Bible
25. After Death
(a) we go immediatly into the presence of God
(b) our soul sleeps until resurrected
(c) we live on in the hearts and feelings of those who remember us
(d) we may have to enter purgatory
26. The Reformed Confessions teach
(a) a present reign of Christ as king
(b) a nonmilitant Christ
(c) a literal thousand year reign of Christ in Palestine
(d) the reign of a supreme pontiff
Answers
1 C
2 C
3 D
4 C
5 C
6 B
7 C
8 B
9 B
10 B
11 D
12 C
13 B
14 A
15 B
16 B
17 A
18 C
19 D
20 C
21 B
22 C
23 C
24 A
25 A
26 A