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THEOLOGIA QUIZ

JUSTIFICATION & SALVATION

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A. Repentance to life involves endeavoring to

  1. believe real hard that you’re saved.
  2. reject infant baptism.
  3. stop watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  4. walk with God in all the ways of his commandments.

B. What is necessary so that no sinner may expect to be forgiven unless he does it?

  1. Only believing that Jesus is Lord and God raised him from the dead.
  2. Reading the Bible every morning before breakfast.
  3. Promising never to disco dance.
  4. Repentance to life.

C. Without the practice of true holiness by a Christian, what will result?

  1. He won’t be a credible witness of God’s grace.
  2. He will be able to make lots of money on the Trinity network.
  3. He will continue watching TNT’s Witchblade because they know drama.
  4. He will never see the Lord.

D. In addition to accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace, saving faith includes what other general acts?

  1. No other acts; this is just a subtle attempt to deny the Protestant Doctrine of sola fide the article by with the Church stands of falls, and if you were any kind of real Reformed Pastor you would have repeated that
    article in Latin the way the nice people at ModernReformation do it.
  2. Tipping no less than 15% no matter what the service was like.
  3. Only attending churches where the preacher has law and gospel, in that order, in every sermon.
  4. Believing to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word, for the authority of God himself speaking therein; and acting differently upon that which each particular passage thereof contains; yielding obedience to the commands, trembling at the threats, and embracing the promises of God for this life, and that which is to come.

E. When are the elect justified in God’s sight?

  1. From eternity; because God loved them and regarded them in Christ so that they have always been righteous in his sight.
  2. From the moment Jesus died on the cross and made satisfaction for their specific sins so that there is no longer any just cause for them to be under God’s wrath.
  3. Not until after 1516 because before that no one believed in justification as a forensic verdict received by faith alone and therefore, all “Christians” from the time of the Apostles until Luther, were nothing more than a pack of damned pagans.
  4. At the time the Holy Spirit applies Christ to them.

F. Does God continually forgive the sins of those he has justified?

  1. That is not possible because justification forgives all sins: past, present, and future.
  2. Only as long as they renew their subscription to the White Horse Inn or until they subscribe to the Reformation & Revival Journal.
  3. Normally, but not N. T. Wright’s.
  4. Yes.

G. List out the ordo salutis.

  1. Justification, Adoption, Sanctification.
  2. Justification, Sanctification, Adoption.
  3. I don’t know about Sanctification and Adoption but if you don’t put justification first you’re gonna burn.
  4. There is no order in that sense: Union with Christ gives you Justification, Sanctification, and Adoption; and Justification, Sanctification, and Adoption are simply manifestations of our union with Christ.

H. What three things are required of us that we may escape God’s wrath and curse, which we deserve because of our transgression of the law of God?

  1. Faith, faith, and faith.
  2. Required? Christ fulfilled the conditions of the covenant. Solo Christo! Here I stand!
  3. Faith, Repentance, and listening to the White Horse Inn regularly unless providentially hindered.
  4. Repentance toward God, faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, and the diligent use of the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation.

I. What is a sacrament?

  1. A sacrament is a symbolic act meant to bring to mind a doctrinal truth.
  2. An empty gesture.
  3. A rite in the Roman Catholic Church.
  4. A means by which Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are applied to believers, and thus an effectual means of salvation.

J. Is God in covenant with the Church as he was with the nation Israel?

  1. No, the nation of Israel included many who were not predestined to eternal life but God’s new covenant is with the elect only in distinction from Israel.
  2. No, this is the dispensation of grace where God no longer threatens covenant members with the possibility of being punished as Covenant breakers.
  3. No, the book of Hebrews is in error.
  4. Yes, The preface to the ten commandments still applies to us and it teaches us that God is a God in covenant, as with Israel of old, so with all his people; who, as he brought them out of their bondage in Egypt, so he delivers us from our spiritual thralldom; and that therefore we are bound to take him for our God alone, and to keep all his commandments.

ANSWER KEY
For Questions A & B:Westminster Confession of Faith
Chapter 15

II. By it, a sinner, out of the sight and sense not only of the danger, but also of the filthiness and odiousness of his sins, as contrary to the holy nature, and righteous law of God; and upon the apprehension of his mercy in Christ to such as are penitent, so grieves for, and hates his sins, as to turn from them all unto God,[3] purposing and endeavoring to walk with him in all the ways of his commandments.[4]

3. Ezek. 18:30-31; 36:31; Isa. 30:22; Psa. 51:4; Jer. 31:18-19; Joel 2:12-13; Amos 5:15; Psa. 119:128; II Cor. 7:11; I Thess. 1:9

4. Psa. 119:6, 59, 106; II Kings 23:25; see Luke 1:6

III. Although repentance be not to be rested in, as any satisfaction for sin, or any cause of the pardon thereof,[5] which is the act of God’s free grace in Christ;[6] yet it is of such necessity to all sinners, that none may expect pardon without it.[7]

5. Ezek. 16:61-63; 36:31-32; Isa. 43:25
6. Hosea 14:2, 4; Rom. 3:24; Eph. 1:7
7. Luke 13:3, 5; Mark 1:4; Acts 17:30-31

For Question C:

Westminster Confession of Faith
Chapter 13

I. They, who are once effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart, and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through the virtue of Christ’s death and resurrection,[1] by his Word and Spirit dwelling in them:[2] the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed,[3] and the several lusts thereof are more and more weakened and mortified;[4] and they more and more quickened and strengthened in all saving graces,[5] to the practice of true holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.[6]

1. I Thess. 5:23-24; II Thess. 2:13-14; Ezek. 36:22-28; Titus 3:5; Acts 20:32; Phil. 3:10; Rom. 6:5-6
2. John 17:17, 19; Eph. 5:26; Rom. 8:13-14; II Thess. 2:13
3. Rom. 6:6, 14
4. Gal. 5:24; Rom. 8:13
5. Col. 1:10-11; Eph. 3:16-19
6. II Cor. 7:1; Col. 1:28, 4:12; Heb. 12:14

For Question D:

Westminster Confession of Faith
Chapter 14

II. By this faith, a Christian believeth to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word, for the authority of God himself speaking therein;[5] and acteth differently upon that which each particular passage thereof containeth; yielding obedience to the commands,[6] trembling at the threatenings,[7] and embracing the promises of God for this life, and that which is to come.[8] But the principal acts of saving faith are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace.[9]

5. II Peter 1:20-21; John 4:42; I Thess. 2:13; I John 5:9-10; Acts 24:14
6. Psa. 119:10-11, 48, 97-98, 167-168; John 14:15
7. Ezra 9:4; Isa. 66:2; Heb. 4:1
8. Heb. 11:13; I Tim. 4:8
9. John 1:12; Acts 15:11, 16:31; Gal. 2:20; II Tim. 1:9-10

For Question E:

Westminster Confession of Faith
Chapter 9

IV. God did, from all eternity, decree to justify all the elect,[11] and Christ did, in the fullness of time, die for their sins, and rise again for their justification:[12] nevertheless, they are not justified, until the Holy Spirit doth, in due time, actually apply Christ unto them.[13]

11. Rom. 8:29, 30; Gal. 3:8; I Peter 1:2, 19-20
12. Gal. 4:4; I Tim. 2:6; Rom. 4:25
13. Eph. 2:3; Titus 3:3-7; Gal. 2:16; cf. Col. 1:21-22

For Question F:

Westminster Confession of Faith
Chapter 9

V. God doth continue to forgive the sins of those that are justified;[14] and, although they can never fall from the state of justification,[15] yet they may, by their sins, fall under God’s fatherly displeasure, and not have the light of his countenance restored unto them, until they humble themselves, confess their sins, beg pardon, and renew their faith and repentance.[16]

14. Matt. 6:12; I John 1:7, 9; 2:1-2
15. Rom. 5:1-5, 8:30-39; Heb. 10:14; cf. Luke 22:32; John 10:28
16. Psa. 32:5; ch. 51; 89:30-33; Matt. 26:75; Luke 1:20; I Cor. 11:30, 32

For Question G:

Westminster Larger Catechism

Q69: What is the communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ?

A69: The communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is their partaking of the virtue of his mediation, in their justification,[1] adoption,[2] sanctification, and whatever else, in this life, manifests their union with him.[3]

1. Rom. 8:30
2. Eph. 1:5
3. I Cor. 1:30

For Question H:

Westminster Larger Catechism

Q153: What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us by reason of the transgression of the law?

A153: That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to us by reason of the transgression of the law, he requireth of us repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ,[1] and the diligent use of the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation.[2]

1. Acts 16:30-31; 20:21; Matt. 3:7-8; Luke 13:3, 5; John 3:16, 18
2. Prov. 2:1-5; 8:33-36

For Question I:

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Q91: How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

A91: The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them;[1] but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of his Spirit in them that by faith receive them.[2]

1. I Cor. 3:7
2. I Peter 3:21

Q92: What is a sacrament?
A92: A sacrament is an holy ordinance instituted by Christ, wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented,[1] sealed, and applied to believers.[2]

1. Gen. 17:10
2. Rom. 4:11

For Question J:

Westminster Larger Catechism

Q33: Was the covenant of grace always administered after one and the same
manner?

A33: The covenant of grace was not always administered after the same manner, but the administrations of it under the Old Testament were different from those under the New.[1]

1. II Cor. 3:6-9

Q34: How was the covenant of grace administered under the Old Testament?

A34: The covenant of grace was administered under the Old Testament, by promises,[1] prophecies, [2] sacrifices,[3] circumcision,[4] the passover,[5] and other types and ordinances, which did all foresignify Christ then to come, and were for that time sufficient to build up the elect in faith in the promised Messiah,[6] by whom they then had full remission of sin, and eternal salvation.[7]

1. Rom. 15:8
2. Acts 3:20, 24
3. Heb. 10:1
4. Rom. 4:11
5. I Cor. 5:7
6. Heb. ch. 8-10; 11:13
7. Gal. 3:7-9, 14

Q35: How is the covenant of grace administered under the New Testament?

A35: Under the New Testament, when Christ the substance was exhibited, the same covenant of grace was and still is to be administered in the preaching of the word,[1] and the administration of the sacraments of Baptism [2] and the Lord’s Supper;[3] in which grace and salvation are held forth in more fulness, evidence, and efficacy, to all nations.[4]

1. Mark 16:15
2. Matt. 28:19-20
3. I Cor. 11:23-25
4. II Cor. 3:6-9; Heb. 8:6, 10-11; Matt. 28:19

Q101: What is the preface to the ten commandments?

A101: The preface to the ten commandments is contained in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.[1] Wherein God manifesteth his sovereignty, as being JEHOVAH, the eternal, immutable, and almighty God;[2] having his being in and of himself,[3] and giving being to all his words [4] and works:[5] and that he is a God in covenant, as with Israel of old, so with all his people;[6] who, as he brought them out of their bondage in Egypt, so he delivers us from our spiritual thralldom;[7] and that therefore we are bound to take him for our God alone, and to keep all his commandments.[8]

1. Exod. 20:2
2. Isa. 44:6
3. Exod. 3:14
4. Exod. 6:3
5. Acts 17:24, 28
6. Gen. 17:7; Rom. 3:29
7. Luke 1:74-75
8. I Peter 1:15-18; Lev. 18:30, 19:37

Q166: Unto whom is Baptism to be administered?

A166: Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, and so strangers from the covenant of promise, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him,[1] but infants descending from parents, either both, or but one of them, professing faith in Christ, and obedience to him, are in that respect within the covenant, and to be baptized.[2]

1. Acts 2:38; 8:36-37
2. Gen. 17:7, 9; Gal. 3:9, 14; Col. 2:11-12; Acts 2:38-39; Rom. 4:11-12;
11:16; I Cor. 7:14; Matt 28:19; Luke 18:15-16



4 Comments »

  1. Mark,
    You said,
    “nevertheless, they are not justified, until the Holy Spirit doth, in due time, actually apply Christ unto them.” [quoted rather]

    My question is in regards to this nasty word “apply”. Here is an excerpt from an email to me from a Headmaster of a school to which I applied for instructor:

    http://postdeliberatuslux.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/stevie-wonder-said-it-best/

    What do you think?

    Comment by BlackNTanInTheAM — February 9, 2008 @ 5:13 pm

  2. “believe real hard that your saved.”

    Should that be “you’re” ?

    Comment by Kevin Craig — March 28, 2008 @ 12:57 pm

  3. Kevin: Absolutely. I fixed it. Thanks.

    Comment by jhorne — March 28, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

  4. Great quiz. But hey, while I’m here, I just can’t help myself … Yes, like other reformed commentators above, I, too, am a compulsive proofreader/editor/corrector/nitpicker, so … In question F, answer 3, I suggest you either drop the “‘s” from “N. T. Wright’s” or add “the sins of” to the question. Grace & peace, AKH

    Comment by Alan K Hunt — June 19, 2008 @ 4:31 pm

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