MASTERY TEST #2: Foundations of Christian Life

Name:

1. Your ______________ is what integrates your WILL (your intentions), your MIND (your thoughts and feelings, your values and conscience), and your BODY (your face, body language, and actions) into a single life.

2. “If your soul is healthy, no external circumstance can destroy your life. If your soul is unhealthy, no external circumstance can redeem your life.”

3. The secret to a strong relationship with God starts with

4. What will happen if you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior?

5. Your identity in Christ depends on?

6. What does it means "You are not of this world"?

7. We were made in the image and likeness of God. So that makes us .... Select all that apply

8. What does Genesis 1:27 says? (Close Bible)

9. “Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven—only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.”

10. Lordship is a continuous relationship

11. Believers must ____________ Him as both Lord and Savior of their lives.

12. J. Oswald Sanders, in his book In Pursuit of Maturity, wrote: “The true index of Christian maturity is not the possession of the gifts of the Spirit, but the ________________ of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22—23).

13. The signature of saving faith is to not surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ. The definitive test of whether a person belongs to Christ is a willingness to bow to His divine authority.

14. Love of one’s own life is often the greatest hindrance to full commitment and loyalty to Christ. The willingness to forsake everything, including physical life if necessary, for the sake of Christ indicates the spirit of true discipleship, and therefore the spirit of a person who is destined for heaven and eternal life in God’s presence.

15. Since Jesus Christ is the Lord of our lives, it follows that all that we are and have must be utilized for the accomplishment of His plan and purposes.

16. The key to living the Christian life is to have a life centered on ourselves.

17. When we say that Jesus is our Lord, it means that He is the higher authority to whom we submit.

18. The key to a victorious Christ-committed living is walking in the Spirit. Believers need not live in spiritual defeat which is characterized by being powerless and fruitless.

19. Faith is a one-shot deal—have faith, be saved, end of story.

20. One priest said that the opposite of Faith is not doubt. The opposite of Faith is Certainty.

21 - 23. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are bestowed on the (21) _______________ (the church). They are for the (22) __________________of the whole body, not merely for the (23) ________________________ or enrichment of the individual members possessing them.

24. Sweet fruit is produced by our sinful nature.

25. “As humans we have two great spiritual needs. The first is ___________________, which God has made possible by sending His son into the world to die for our sins. Our second need, however, is for goodness, which God also made possible by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell within us.” -BILLY GRAHAM

26. Worship is not just about singing songs during Sunday services. False worship is our proper response to who God is and to what He has done and will do in and for us.

27. We are already righteous in God’s eyes and we are no longer slaves to our sinful nature. But there is a continuous conflict between the Spirit within us and our sinful nature while we are still in this body. Every believer has the indwelling power of God’s own Spirit to do battle with his own weak and sinful nature, in order that he may not do the things that please his sinful nature. This is one reason why we need to walk in the Spirit daily.

28. A mark of a true follower of Christ is his deep love for God’s Word. It is in Scriptures that the believers find all that they need in living victoriously the Christian life. They must search for the truth of God’s word, meditate on it and live it out in power of the Spirit.

29. Humility is the grace of God, the work of myself and the life of Jesus as well. Not only does God helps us to be humble, He also grants us with another grace, which is the humble life of Jesus, so that we may cultivate and manifest the life of humility.

30. Walking in the spirit requires that we prepare for the spiritual battle we must face on this earth. The believers must be armed and ready for the struggle which occurs in the spiritual realm and must be won with spiritual weapons. What is the use of SHOES?

31. Satan fights with lies, and sometimes his lies sound like truth; but only believers have God’s truth, which can defeat Satan’s lies.

32. Satan wants to make us doubt God, Jesus, and our salvation. It protects our mind from doubting God’s saving work for us.

33. There are times when we need to take the offensive against Satan. When we are tempted, we need to live in the Spirit of God’s Word.

34. What we see are Satan’s attacks in the form of insults, setbacks, and temptations. It protects us from Satan’s flaming arrows. With God’s perspective, we can see beyond our circumstances and know that ultimate victory is ours.

35. Satan often attacks our heart—the seat of our emotions, self-worth, and trust.