Lesson 7: The Calling Of God

What does real love principally involve?
The keeping of God’s commandments.
Volunteering to perform good works.
Love of friends and hatred of enemies.
Condoning willful human disobedience.

What does partaking of the tree of life symbolize?
Access to eternal life in God’s Kingdom.
A good and healthy life here in the flesh.
Only the ultimate destiny of physical Israel.
Only the ultimate destiny of the 144,000 of Revelation.

What was the problem with the first or old covenant?
A failure to include the Gentiles in its terms.
Israel’s disobedience to God.
The harshness of the biblical law.
A serious structural fault in the covenant itself.

Who has received God’s calling now?
The secular world.
All religious people.
The universe.
The firstfruits.

When will the firstfruits of God ultimately receive the Abrahamic promises?
At the time of the first resurrection.
When will the firstfruits of God ultimately receive the Abrahamic promises?
At the end of the Millennium.
They already have them.

Why do we need the new covenant?
So the laws of God will be in our hearts.
To cancel out the terms of the law.
To obtain better and more humane biblical laws.
To exclude Israel as one of the parties.

God invites us to make a covenant with Him by:
Agreeing to His pre-established terms and conditions.
Employing lawyers to sort out the fine print.
A popular vote of the local congregation
Determining what we want out of it.

What conditions does God impose for the receiving of the Holy Spirit?
Joining the denomination of one’s choice.
Simply accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior.
Repentance and obedience.
Immediate renouncing of all worldly goods.

What was Abraham promised?
Inheritance of the whole world.
A place in heaven.
Everything except the land where Sodom once was.
Only the land of Palestine.

Who really initiates a true Christian calling?
God the Father Himself.
The angels.
The Church.
Other Christians.

Which patriarch were many of God’s earliest promises of national greatness and spiritual reward made?
Methuselah.
Abel.
Enoch.
Abraham.

What is the Church, as defined in the Bible?
All those who attend church services.
All who profess Christ with or without obedience.
The members of the body of Christ.
A building where people meet.

Who is the living head of God’s Church?
Jesus Christ.
The Pope.
The leading minister.
The Dalai Lama.

How do we know God wants a relationship with up?
His Son died for us.
All of the above.
He sent His Son for us.
He first loved us.

What phrase best describes the relative size of the Church?
A big house for all beliefs.
The little flock.
Many denominations joined together.
The universal congregation.

What basic characteristic of Abraham brought God’s favor?
His devotion to his nephew Lot.
Obedience to all of God’s laws.
An exceptional understanding of genealogy.
Tireless study of the oral law.

Abraham was promised:
Salvation by works only.
None of the above.
Salvation which combines faith with works.
Salvation by grace only.

How do you know you are being called to salvation?
You like religious people of all faiths.
God is opening your understanding to His spiritual purpose.
You finally see basic goodness in all people.
You have a good feeling in your heart about it.

What book is the first Messianic prophecy of the Bible found?
Matthew.
Malachi.
Genesis.
Isaiah.

What is the basic biblical order of the steps to salvation?
Repentance—water baptism—the receiving of God’s Spirit.
Witnessing to others—baptism—receipt of the Holy Spirit.
Penance followed by baptism on behalf of others.
Penance—water baptism—the receiving of the Holy Spirit.

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