Lesson 7: The Calling Of God

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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