Portland Church of God - Affiliated with the Intercontinental Church of God and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association
 
Doctrine:  Sin
 
True and False, Yes and No Questions with answers
1-5] By the law one can identify sin.  True or False?  (True)

2-7] Christ came to do away with the law and commandments.  True or False? 
(False)

3-8] Christ came to amplify the law of God to include the spirit and intent of the law. True or False? 
(True)

4-9] According to amplified law, hating your brother is the moral equivalent of murder.  True or False?
(True)

5-11] The power of sin is universal.  It permeates every nation, every race and every citizen.  True or False?
(True)

6-12] The recognition of the full reality of the almost omnipresent problem of sin in one's life is the first step toward – indeed it's the major part of – the solution to the problem. True or False?
 (True)

7-13] God defines His way of life by His law.  True or False? 
(True)

8-15] If a person believes in his or her mind that a certain action is a sin, even though it cannot be shown to be a sin in the Bible, then, to this person it is a sin.  True or False? 
(True)

9-16] Sins of omission are still sins.  True or False?
 (True)

10-17] Not helping the poor or needy when one is able to do so (in time, effort or money), it is a sin.  True or False?
 (True)

11-18] When we experience temptation, this too is sin.  True or False? 
(False)

12-19] When we experience temptation, we should feel guilty.  True or False? 
(False)

13-21] Spiritually speaking all sins are equal.  True or False?
 (True)

14-22] God originated sin to test man.  True or False? 
(False)

15-26] Sin blinds and deceives the sinner to the reality of God's truth.  True or False?
 (True)

16-27] Forgiveness of sin by God is only possible by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  True or False?
(True)

17-28] Repentance must be earned through obedience to God.  True or False? 
(False, it is a gift of God)

18-29] Repentance is a one-time action.  Once one repents, he repents for all past and future sin.  True or False? 
(False)

19-30] Repentance must be done on a daily basis.  True or False? 
(True)

20-31] There is no condemnation to them in the Spirit (the Salvation Process).  True or False? 
(True)

21-32] Jesus Christ is our mediator and intercessor before God.  True or False? 
(True)

22-33] God knows that all of mankind will eventually repent of sin.  True or False? 
(False)

23-34] One who refuses to repent of sin or rejects God's forgiveness of sins has committed the unpardonable sin.   True or False? 
(True)

24-35] God is not willing that any should perish.  True or False? 
(True)

25-37] God's primary plan is to reproduce Himself.  True or False? 
(True)

26-38] To do this [God reproducing Himself] God gave mankind the right and capacity to make their own choices and to guide their own actions, thoughts and lives. True or False? 
(True)

27-39] God has given man the right and capacity to do evil.  True or False? 
(True)

28-40] God did this [question 39] so man would learn the futility of doing evil.  True or False? 
(True)

29-41] When God forgives us our sins, He forgets them.  He wants us to do the same.  True or False?
(True)

30-42] God's forgiveness of sins defeats Satan's plan to turn man from God.  True or False?
(True)
 
Fill in the Blank and Other Questions with answers
 
1] Sin is the transgression of the ___ [what?]   (law)

2] God will gladly forgive sin...
a) upon repentance
b) acceptance of the shed blood of Christ
c) baptism
d) all of the above              
   (d)

3] Complete this verse from 1 John 5:17:

All ______________ is sin.   
(unrighteousness)

4] From Romans 5:13 we learn that sin cannot be imputed where there is no ___ [what?] 
(law)

6] If one ultimately experiences the second death in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:15) will it be because of...
a) sin
b) law             
(a)

10] Probably the most insidious of sins is...
a) murder
b) adultery
c) self righteousness
d) covetousness                      
(c)

14] According to Romans 14:23, Whatsoever is not of _____ is sin [of what?] 
(faith)

20] Which of the following statements are true?
a) Jesus experienced temptation
b) sins don't just happen but are the result of a process
c) all sins begin with a thought
d) the sins process ends in the death of the sinner
e) all statements are true                                                   
 (e)

23] Sin originated in...
a) God
b) the world
c) Satan
d) man                  
     (c)

24] Sin entered the world by...
a) God
b) Satan
c) man                      
  (c)

25] Sin can be ...
a) by commission
b) by omission
c) individual
d) national
e) affecting self
f) affecting others
g) all of the above                
   (g)

36] According to Hebrews 9:22, there is no forgiveness of sin without the ________ of _____.
(shedding, blood)
 
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