- Repentance is…
- a) acknowledging one’s sins
- b) resolving to obey God
- c) changing from wanting to do things your way to God’s way
- d) having your mind opened to see yourself in comparison to God and His Law.
- e) the first step toward reconciliation with God.
- f) essential for salvation
- g) all of the above
- In the act of repentance, who takes the first action?
- a) the sinner
- b) God
- Repentance is…
- a) an emotion
- b) a process
- c) a conscious act
- Repentance is not possible without the Holy Spirit. TRUE
- The deceitfulness of sins blinds a person from seeing his own sinfulness. TRUE
- Which of the following best demonstrates how repentance works in process.
- a) man sins; God shows the person his sin; man acknowledges his sin; man acts upon his sin, to overcome it.
- b) Man sins; God shows person his sin; man seeks and is granted forgiveness; No further action required.
- c) man sins; man sees his sin; man asks forgiveness; God forgives the sinner; His slate is now clean.
- According to Jeremiah 17:9, the most deceitful thing is THE HUMAN HEART.
- When a person repents he or she must compare themselves to:
- a) their better self
- b) Daniel, Job, Noah and the other biblical saints
- c) the ministry of the church
- d) God
- If a person is willing and sincere about doing good, he or she can actually, within themselves, overcome sin and do that good. FALSE
- Man was created with a natural inclination toward sin. FALSE
- Sin…
- a) cuts us off from God
- b) blinds us from our own sinfulness
- c) changes our minds from neutrality to enmity against God
- d) a and b
- e) all of the above
- Conversion is…
- a) God calling a person to repentance
- b) the Holy Spirit transforming our mind from carnal to spiritual
- c) being baptized
- d) being in regular attendance at Sabbath services.
- Who prayed, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.”In which Psalm do we read this prayer of repentance? DAVID; PSLAM 51
- Who or what leads us to repentance?
- a) our sins
- b) our conscious
- c) God
- d) the ministry of the church
- In repentance, we come to realize:
- a) our utter helplessness in fighting the sin process
- b) that what must be done is impossible by our own willpower
- c) that God must redirect and reshape our lives
- d) that we must acknowledge God, His will and His Laws in our lives
- e) c and d
- f) all of the above
- What verse lists the seven attributes of Godly sorrow?
- a) Romans 12:2
- b) 1 John 3:4
- c) 2 Corinthians 7:11
- d) 2 Timothy 2:25
- Which chronological sequence is correct?
- a) baptism…repentance…salvation
- b) salvation…repentance…baptism
- c) repentance…baptism…salvation
- An essential part of the repentance process is…
- a) having great human emotion and asking God forgiveness
- b) asking God for a repentant attitude of mind and forgiveness
- c) showing human remorsefulness and then asking God forgiveness
- Initial repentance must be followed by baptism and the laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit. TRUE
- Repentance is a one-time event. FALSE
- When a person repents of sin, he or she knows perfection. FALSE
- When you repent before God, He promises to forgive your sins but not to forget them. FALSE
- One of the best ways to come to understand God’s laws is through the practical experience of obeying those laws. TRUE
- If one should fall away from the Salvation Process and reject God, there is no longer a repentance unto salvation. TRUE
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