150 Questions Scripturally Answered
150 Questions Scripturally Answered
150 Questions Scripturally Answered
| 1. God made me. (Gen 1:27: Job 33:4) | 2. God made all things. (Gen 1:1-31; Deut 10:14; Neh 9:6; John 1:3) | 3. God made me and all things for His own glory. (1 Chro 16:28; Rom 11:36; I Cor 6:20; 10:31) | |
| 4. Nobody made God. (Psalm 90:2) | 5. No. God has always been. (Psalms 90:2; 93:2; Revelation 4:8) | 6. No, God lives forever. (Psalm 90:2) | |
| 7. I can glorify God by loving Him and doing what He commands.' (Micah 6:8; John 15:8; I John 5:3) | 8. I ought to glorify God because He made me and takes care of me. (Psalms 117:1-2; 146:5-10) | 9. No, there is only one God. (Isaiah 45.6, 18, 21-22; 1 Timothy 2:5) | |
| 10. God exists in three persons. (Matthew 3:1617; 28:19; 11 Corinthians 13:14) | 11. The three persons of God are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19) | 12. God is a spirit and does not have a body like man. (John 4:24) | |
| 13. God is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable. (Psalms 139:710; 90:2; Malachi 3:6) | 14. God is everywhere. (II Chronicles 2:6; Psalm 139:7-12; Proverbs 15:3) | 15. No, I cannot see God, but He always sees me. (Jeremiah 23:23-24; John 1:18) | |
| 16. Yes, nothing can be hidden from God. (Job 34:21; Ezekiel 11:1) | 17. Yes, God can do all His holy will.' (Matthew 19.26) | 18. I learn how to love and obey God in the Bible alone. (Deuteronomy 30:11-16; Joshua 1:8) | |
| 19. Holy men who were taught by the Holy Spirit wrote the Bible. '(II Peter 1:21) | 20. Adam and Eve were our first parents. (Genesis 2:7, 18-22; 3:20) | 21. God made the body of Adam out of the dust of the ground and formed Eve from the body of Adam.' (Genesis 2:7, 21-22) | |
| 22. God gave them souls that could never die. (Genesis 2:7) | 23. Yes, I have a soul that can never die. (Ecclesiastes 12:7; Mark 8:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:23) | 24. God tells me so in Genesis 2:7, And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Genesis 2:7) | |
| 25. God made them holy and happy. (Genesis 1:2731) | 26. A covenant is an agreement between two or more persons. (Genesis 9:11-17; Psalm 105:8-11) | 27. Adam was required to obey God perfectly. (Genesis 2:15-17) | |
| 28.. No, Adam chose to disobey God. (Genesis 3:6) | 29. No, Adam's sin made all men lose communion with God, become sinful in nature, and subject to God's wrath. (Romans 5:14; 6:23; Ephesians 2:3) | 30. . Adam's punishment was death and separation from God, (Genesis 3:17-24; Romans 5:12) | |
| 31. Sin is the transgression of the law of God. (I John 3:4) | 32. Transgression is failing to do what God commands and doing what God forbids. (I Chronicles 10:13; Psalm 25:6-7; Matthew 15:3-6) | 33. Satan is an evil spirit who is the enemy of God and all Christians. (Matthew 13:39; Luke 22:3; John 8:44; 1 Peter 5:8) | |
| 34.Yes, Satan was once one of God's greatest angels. (Isaiah 14:12-15) | 35. Satan's name was Lucifer. (Isaiah 14:12) | 36. Lucifer became jealous of God and wanted to be as great as He, so God cast him out of heaven, (Isaiah 14:12-15; Revelation 12:7-9) | |
| 37. Lucifer is now called Satan or the Devil. (Luke 10:18; 1 John 3:8; Revelation 12:9) | 38. God is stronger. (I John 3:8; 4:4) | 39. No, Satan always wants people to do the opposite of what God wants them to do. (I Chronicles 21:1; John 8:44; Ephesians 6:11-12, 16) | |
| 40. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the fruit that God told them not to eat. (Genesis 2:17; 3:6) | 41. Satan tempted Eve, and she gave the fruit to Adam. (Genesis 3:1-6) | 42. Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable. (Genesis 3:8-24) | |
| 43. Because of Adam's sin, all mankind lost fellowship with God, received a sinful nature, and began to do evil. (Romans 5:12) | 44. Our corrupt nature is called original sin. (Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12) | 45. Every sin deserves the wrath and curse of God. (Genesis 2:17; Psalm 89:30-32; Galatians 3:10) | |
| 46. The only Saviour of men is the Lord Jesus Christ, who being the eternal Son of God, became man and so is both God and man in two natures and one person. (John 14:6; Acts 4:12) | 47. No one can enter heaven unless his heart is changed. (John 3:3, 16; 5:24; 14:6; Acts 4:12) | 48. This change of heart is called regeneration. (Ezekiel 36:26-27; Titus 3:5-6) | |
| 49. The Holy Spirit can change a sinner's heart. (Titus 3:5) | 50. My heart is changed by the Holy Spirit because of the grace of God shown in the work of Christ. (Titus 3:4-7) | 51. Grace is God's kindness to us when we deserve punishment. (Deuteronomy 7:6-9; Romans 3:22-24; 5:1-8, 19-21; Ephesians 2:8-9) | |
| 52. The work of Christ is to keep perfectly the law of God and to suffer the punishment due for our sins. (11 Corinthians 5 21; Philippians 3:10; Hebrews 5:89; 9:11-14; 10:11-22) | 53. No one can be saved by his own works. (Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7) | 54. No, Christ was holy, sinless, and undefiled. (Isaiah 53,9; II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15; 7:26; 1 Peter 2:21-23) | |
| 55. Christ, the Son of God, became man that He might obey and suffer in our nature. (Romans 5:1-21; Philippians 2:7-8; 3:10; Hebrews 2:9; 5:8-9) | 56. The atonement is Christ's satisfying divine justice by His sufferings and death in the place of sinners. (Romans 5:8-1 1) | 57. God regenerates, justifies, and sanctifies those who believe in Christ. (I Corinthians 6:11; Galatians 2:16; Titus 3:5-7; Hebrews 2:9-11) | |
| 58. Justification is God's forgiving me and treating mejust as if I had never sinned. (Romans 3:24-25; 8:1; II Corinthians 5:19, 21) | 59. I am justified by faith in the work of Christ and on the grounds of His righteousness. (Acts 13:34; Galatians 2:16; Romans 3:25-28) | 60. Sanctification is God's making me holy in heart and behavior. (I Corinthians 6:11, 19-20; Ephesians 1:3-4,4,22-24; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; II Timothy 2:1921; Hebrews 13:12, 2!) | |
| 61. The two parts of sanctification are dying to sin and living to righteousness. (Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:5; Romans 8:13) | 62. Christ obeyed and suffered for sinners. (Romans 5:8) | 63. Christ died the painful and shameful death of the cross. (Luke 23:33-38; Galatians 3:13; Philippians 2:8) | |
| 64. Whoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved. (Isaiah 55:7; Luke 13:3; 24:47; John 3:16; 6:47) | 65. To repent is to be sorry for sin and to hate and forsake it because it is displeasing to God. (II Chronicles 7:14; II Corinthians 7:9) | 66. Faith in Christ is trusting in Him alone for salvation. (Romans 3:22-25; Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9; Hebrews 12:2) | |
| 67. No, I cannot repent and believe in Christ without the help of God's Holy Spirit. (John 3:5-6; 16:7-Il; I Corinthians 2:9-12; Titus 3:5) | 68. Yes, for lie says in Mark 10:14, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God." (Mark 10:14) | 69. Christ died more than 1,900 years ago. | |
| 70. People were saved by believing in a Saviour to come. (Hebrews 11:13) | 71. People showed their faith by offering sacrifices on God's altar. (Hebrews 11:4) | 72. The sacrifices represented Christ, the Lamb of God, Who was to die for sinners. (John 1:29, 36; hebrews 9:11-14) | |
| 73. Christ has three offices. (Acts 3:22; Hebrews 5:5-6; Revelation 19:16) | 74. Christ's offices are prophet, priest, and king. (lsaiah 9:6-7; Luke 4:18; Acts 3:22; Hebrews 4:14-15; 5:5-6; Revelation 19:16) | 75. Christ teaches us the will of God. (Luke 4: 18; John 15:15) | |
| 76. Christ died for our sins and pleads with God for us. (Romans 3:26; Hebrews 7:25-27; 9:14, 28) | 77. Christ rules over us, defends us, and will establish Ills Kingdom on earth. (Psalm 27:1-5; Isaiah 33:22; 1 Corinthians 15:25) | 78. God gave ten commandments. (Exodus 20:1-17) | |
| 79. They are called the Decalogue. | 80. The first four commandments teach our duty to God. (Exodus 20:1-11; Matthew 22:37-38) | 81. The last six commandments teach our duty to our fellowmen. (Exodus 20:12-17; Matthew 22:39) | |
| 82. The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love God with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself. (Matthew 22:37-40) | 83. All my fellowmen are my neighbors. (Luke 10:25-37; Galatians 6:10) | 84. Yes, for He says in Proverbs 8:17, "1 love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me." (Proverbs 8:17) | |
| 85. Yes, for lie says in Psalm 7:11, "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day." (Psalm 7:11) | 86. The first commandment is "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3) | 87. The first commandment teaches us to worship God alone. (Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 26:17; Matthew 4:10) | |
| 88. The second commandment is "Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." (Exodus 20:4-6) | 89.The second commandment teaches us to worship God in a proper manner, and to avoid idolatry. (Exodus 20:23; Deuteronomy 6:13-18; 12:30-32) | 90. The third commandment is "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." (Exodus 20:7) | 91.The third commandment teaches us to reverence God's name, Word, and works. (Psalms 29:2; 107:2122; 138:2; Revelation 15:34) | 92. The fourth commandment is "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy." (Exodus 20:8-11) | 93. The fourth commandment teaches us that one day of the week is God's special day. (Leviticus 19:30; Deuteronomy 5:12) |
| 94. Christians worship on the first day of (he week, called the Lord's Day. (John 20:19-26; Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 16:1-2) | 95. On that day Christ rose from the dead. (Matthew 28:1-6; Mark 16:1-6; Luke 24:1-6; John 20:1-9) | 96. The Lord's Day should be spent in prayer and praise, in hearing and reading God's Word, and in doing good to our fellowman, (Leviticus 23:3; Psalm 92:1-2; Isaiah 58:13; Luke 13:10-13; Acts 15:21; 16:13; 17:2) | |
| 97. The fifth commandment is "Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." (Exodus 20:12) | 98. The fifth commandment teaches us to love and obey our parents. (Romans 13:1; Ephesians 6:1-3) | 99. The sixth commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." (Exodus 20:13) | |
| 100. The sixth commandment teaches us to avoid anger and injury to others. (Genesis 9:6; Matthew 5:22; Galatians 5:15; 1 John 3:15) | 101. The seventh commandment is "Thou shalt not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14) | 102. The seventh commandment teaches us to be pure in heart, language, and conduct. (I Corinthians 7:2; Ephesians 4:29; 5:3-4) | |
| 103. The eighth commandment is "Thou shalt not steal." (Exodus 20:15) | 104. The eighth commandment teaches us to respect the property of others and to be honest and industrious. (Provet bs 20:4; Romans 12:11, 17; Ephesians 4:28; H Thessalonians 3:10-12; 1 Timothy 5:8) | 105. The ninth commandment is "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." (Exodus 20:16) | |
| 106. The ninth commandment teaches us to tell the truth. (Proverbs 14:5; Zechariah 8:16; 1 Peter 3:16) | 107. The tenth commandment is "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." (Exodus 20:17) | 108. The tenth commandment teaches us to be content with what we have. (I Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:26; Philippians 4:11; Hebrews 13:5) | |
| 109. They teach us our duty and show us our need of a Saviour. (Deuteronomy 29:29; Joshua 1:7-8; Galatians 3:21-26; James 2:10) | 110. Prayer is thanking God for what He has done and asking Him for things which He has promised to give. (Psalm 10:17; John 16:23; Philippians 4:6; 1 John 5:14) | 111. We should pray only in the name of Christ, our intercessor. (John 16:23) | |
| 112. Christ has given us the Lord's Prayer. (Matthew 6:9-13) | 113. "Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." (Matthew 6:9-13) | 114. There are six petitions in the Lord's Prayer. (Matthew 6:9-13) | |
| 115. The first petition is "Hallowed be thy name." (Matthew 6:9) | 116. We pray that God's name may be honored by us and all men. (Psalms 67:1-3; 145:1-13; Isaiah 64:1-2; Romans 11:36; II Thessalonians 3:1) | 117.The second petition is "Thy kingdom come." (Matthew 6:10) | |
| 118. We pray that the gospel may be preached in all the world, and believed and obeyed by us and all men, and that God's Kingdom may be established on earth. (Psalms 67:1-3; 68:1; Romans 10:1; 11 Thessalonians 3:1; Revelation 22:20) | 119. The third petition is "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10) | 120. We pray that men on earth may serve God as the angels do in heaven. (Psalms 103:20-22; 119:34-36; Acts 21:14) | |
| 121. The fourth petition is "Give us this day our daily bread." (Matthew 6:11) | 122.We pray that God would give us all things needful for our bodies and souls. (Proverbs 10:22; 30:8; I Timothy 4:4-5) | 123. The fifth petition is "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." (Matthew 6:12) | |
| 124. We pray that God would pardon our sins for Christ's sake and enable us to forgive those who have injured us. (Psalm 51:1; Matthew 6:14-15; 18:21-22, 35; Luke 11:4; Romans 3:24-25) | 125. The sixth petition is "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." (Matthew 6:13) | 126. We pray that God will keep us from being tempted and will keep us from sin when we are tempted. (Psalms 19:13; 51:10, U; Matthew 26:41; 1 Corinthians 10:13) | |
| 127. An ordinance is a way of remembering Christ's death and resurrection. (Romans 6:3-10; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) | 128. There are two ordinances in the Bible. (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) | 129. The two ordinances are Baptism and the Lord's Supper. (Matthew 26:26-28; 28:19) | |
| 130. The Lord Jesus Christ appointed them. (Matthew 26:2628; 28:18-19) | 131. Christ appointed these ordinances to distinguish His disciples from the world and to comfort and strengthen them. (Acts 2:38-41; Romans 6:4) | 132. The sign used in Baptism is water. (Matthew 3:6, 11, 14-17) | |
| 133. Baptism is an outward sign of our union with Christ and our decision to follow Him. (Romans 6:3-l1; Galatians 3:27) | 134. We are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19) | 135. The Lord's Supper is a remembrance of Christ's death for us on the cross and a looking forward to His return. (Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) | |
| 136. All those who have trusted Christ as their Saviour and are living for Him may partake of the Lord's Supper. (1 Corinthians 11:28, 29) | 137. The elements used in the Lord's Supper are bread and the fruit of the vine. (Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-25) | 138. The bread symbolizes Christ's body which was crucified for us, and the cup symbolizes His blood which was shed for us. (Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:17-20) | |
| 139. No, Christ rose bodily from the tomb on the third day alter His death. (Matthew 16:21; 28:1-6; Romans 6:4; I Corinthians 15:3-4) | 140. Christ is in heaven, interceding for us. (Acts 1:9; Ephesians 1:1921; Hebrews 4:14-16-,7:25) | 141. Yes, Christ has promised to return to take us to be with Him. (John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11) | |
| 142. No one knows when Christ will return. (Matthew 24:42, 50; 25:15) | 143. The Second Coming consists of the Rapture and the glorious appearing. (I Corinthians 15:51-52; Revelation 19:11-16) | 144. At the Rapture Christ will bring to life all Christians who have died, change those who are living, and give them an incorruptible body.' (1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17) | |
| 145. Christ will return to earth, remove all the wicked, and establish His Kingdom. (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation 19:11-16) | 146. The body returns to dust, and the soul goes either to heaven or hell. (Genesis 3:19; Romans 6:23) | 147. The wicked shall be cast into the lake of fire. (Psalm 9:17; Revelation 20:11-15) | |
| 148. Hell is a place of dreadful and endless torment. (Matthew 25:41, 46; Mark 9:43; Luke 16:19-26; Revelation 20:10, 13-15) | 149. The righteous shall be taken to heaven. (Matthew 5:11-12; 25:46; John 10:28; 14:1-3; Colossians 3:4) | 150. Heaven is a glorious and happy place, where the saved shall be forever with the Lord. (John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 7:15-17; 21:3-4, 22-27; 22:1-5) |