Examination Questions: Round 3

Why was it necessary that Jesus be true God?

• He had to be God so that he could keep God’s Law perfectly and so that his death would be a sufficient payment for all our sins.

• He had to be God so that he could teach us how to live better lives.

• He had to be God to prove that he was worthy of all honor and glory.

• He had to be God so that he could control the universe and keep things in order.

What one word does the Bible use to describe the work that Jesus came to do?

• Salvation

• Redemption

• Restoration

• Resurrection

What is the picture behind that word “redemption”?

• A financial transaction where a price is paid for something valuable.

• The setting free of a slave—“buy back, ransom.”

• A family member stepping in to protect someone in danger.

• A promise made by a king to save his people.

What was the ransom price that Jesus paid to set us free from sin, death, and the devil?

• His own life

• His holy, precious blood.

• His perfect obedience to God’s Law.

• His deep love for humanity.

What does the Bible mean when it says that we are justified through the redemption that was in Christ Jesus?

• It means that we were declared “not guilty” of all our sins in the court of heaven.

• It means that we are made perfect in God’s eyes by our good works.

• It means that we no longer have to fear death.

• It means that Jesus forgives our sins and we can live however we want.

Because all of our sins have been forgiven through faith in Jesus, what will happen to us when we die, or if the Day of Judgment comes?

• We will cease to exist.

• We will be with God in heaven.

• We will be reincarnated into another life.

• We will live in a temporary paradise until we are judged.

When Jesus died on the cross, a great exchange happened. Recite a Bible passage that tells about God’s Great Exchange:

• 2 Corinthians 5:21, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

• John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.”

• Matthew 11:28, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

• Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

What great event proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that God accepted Jesus’ sacrifice for the sins of the world?

• Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist.

• Jesus’ resurrection from the dead on Easter.

• The miracles Jesus performed during his ministry.

• The testimonies of the disciples about Jesus.

Why do you believe that Jesus actually physically rose from the grave?

• The Bible clearly teaches it and there were many eyewitnesses of the resurrection.

• The resurrection was a spiritual event that only the disciples understood.

• The resurrection was a myth created by early Christians to explain the spread of the Gospel.

• The resurrection is a metaphor for the new life that Christians receive in Christ.

What promise does Jesus make to all Christian believers based on his own resurrection from the dead?

• All Christians will have a happy and prosperous life on earth.

• All Christians will rise from the dead.

• All Christians will be free from all suffering and pain.

• All Christians will be taken directly to heaven without judgment.