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Doctrine:  Repentance
 
True and False, Yes and No Questions without answers
1-4) Repentance is not possible without the Holy Spirit. True or False?

2-5) The deceitfulness of sins blinds a person from seeing his own sinfulness. True or False?

3-9) If a person is willing and sincere about doing good, he or she can actually, within themselves, overcome sin and do that good. True or False?

4-10) Man was created with a natural inclination toward sin. True or False?

5-20) Initial repentance must be followed by baptism and the laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit. True or False?

6-21) Repentance is a one-time event. True or False?

7-22) When a person repents of sin, he or she knows perfection. True or False?

8-23) When you repent before God, He promises to forgive your sins but not to forget them. True or False?

9-24) One of the best ways to come to understand God's laws is through the practical experience of obeying those laws. True or False?

10-25) If one should fall away from the Salvation Process and reject God, there is no longer a repentance unto salvation. True or False?
 
Fill in the Blank and Other Questions without answers
1) 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

2) In the act of repentance, who takes the first action?
a] the sinner
b] God

3) Repentance is...
a] an emotion
b] a process
c] a conscious act

6) 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
man sees his sin
man asks forgiveness
God forgives the sinner
His slate is now clean

c]
Man sins
God shows person his sin
Man seeks and is granted forgiveness
No further action required.

7) According to Jeremiah 17:9, the most deceitful thing is _______ [what?]

8) 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

11) 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

12) 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.

13) 2-part question:
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?

14) Which equations are true?
a] Godly sorrow = repentance
b] worldly sorrow = salvation
c] worldly sorrow = death
d] Godly sorrow = perfection

15) Who or what leads us to repentance?
a] our sins
b] our conscious
c] God
d] the ministry of the church

16) 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

17) What verse lists the 7 attributes of Godly sorrow?
a] Romans 12:2
b] 1 John 3:4
c] 2 Corinthians 7:11
d] 2 Timothy 2:25

18) Which chronological sequence is correct?
a] baptism...repentance...salvation
b] salvation...repentance...baptism
c] repentance...baptism...salvation

19) 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

26) Which of the following are true?
Repentance is...

a] a gift
b] requires the Holy Spirit
c] a miracle
d] will eventually work in the lives of billions of people.
 
 
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