19. Can you explain what the Trinity is?
A. The Trinity is the teaching that God exists in three eternal, simultaneous, co-equal persons known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
20. Has God always been God?
A. Yes, God has always been God. Psalm 90:2 says, "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."
21. Can you tell anyone what some of the attributes of God are?
A. He knows all things (1 John 3:20). He is all powerful (Jeremiah 32:17,27). He is everywhere (Psalm 139:7-12). He is holy (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8).
22. Is Jesus going to return or not?
A. Yes, Jesus is going to return. Acts 1:10-11 says, "And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."
23. Did Jesus bare our sins in His body on the cross or not?
A. "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." 1 Peter 2:24.
24. What is salvation?
A. Salvation is the saving of a sinner from the righteous judgment of God. When someone appeals to God and seeks forgiveness in Jesus, his sins are forgiven. He is cleansed. His relationship with God is restored, and he is made a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17). All of this is the work of God, not man. Salvation is a free gift (Romans 6:3).
25. What is sin?
A. Sin is anything that is contrary to the law or will of God. For example: if you lie, you have sinned. Why? Because God has said not to lie (Exodus 20:16). If you do what God has forbidden, then you have sinned. In addition, if you do not do what God has commanded, you sin (James 4:17).
26. What is damnation?
A. The righteous judgment of God upon a sinner where the sinner is cast out of the presence of God into Hell for ever. (Matthew 25:46).
27. What is hell?
A. Hell is the future place of eternal punishment of the damned including the devil and his fallen angels. See Matthew 11:23; 16:18; Acts 11:27; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Revelation 1:18; 6:8).
28. What is heaven?
A. Heaven is the dwelling place of God and for those who go there a place of everlasting joy in the presence of our Saviour. See Matthew 23:34-37; Luke 10:20; and Revelation 22:2,20-27.
29. Is the Bible inspired or is it a good book full of good moral stories?
A. The Bible is inspired and inerrant in the original documents. See 2 Timothy 3:16.
30. What are the first five books of the Old Testament, also called the Pentateuch?
A. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
31. How many books are in the Bible?
A. There are sixty-six books in the Bible: thirty-nine books in the Old Testament, twenty-seven in the New Testament.
32. Were Adam and Eve real people or not?
A. Yes, they were real individuals. (Genesis chapters 2 and 3)
33. What is the biblical reason that Adam and Eve cast out of the Garden of Eden?
A. They disobeyed God by eating of the forbidden fruit (Genesis 3).
34. Is the devil a real being?
A. Yes, he is a real being, a fallen angel. "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." Jude 9. (see also Revelation 12:9).
35. What are some of the qualifications of an elder?
A.
- Must be above reproach (Titus 1:6; 1 Timothy 3:2)
- Husband of one wife (Titus 1:6; 1 Timothy 3:2).
- Household must be in order with children who believe (Titus 1:6 ;1 Timothy 3:4).
- Have a good reputation (1 Timothy 3:7).
- Able to exhort (teach) sound doctrine (Titus 1:9; 1 Timothy 3:2).
- Able to refute false teaching (Titus 1:9).
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