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Fundamentals of Faith
Lesson No. 2:
“What Is the
Church?”
by Ron Clayton
Revised 1986
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1. Genesis 2:16, 17; 3:6, 7, 22-24
Yes No Did Adam and Eve die physically immediately after they ate the forbidden fruit?
Yes No Did Adam and Eve die spiritually after they ate the forbidden fruit?
— Death is:
A. ceasing to exist
B. a separation
2. Isaiah 59:1, 2
What separates us from God?
What causes spiritual death?
True False Spiritual death is a separation of our souls from God because of sin.
3. Romans 6:23; 5:12
What passed upon all mankind?
True False The punishment for sin is death — both physical and spiritual.
4. Ephesians 2:13-18
Who can reconcile us to God from the separation of sin?
5. Luke 19:10
True False Although Christ is concerned about our physical needs, He is primarily concerned about our spiritual well-being.
True False Christ came to enable mankind to be in a right relationship with God again.
6. Romans 5:6-9
True False God gave His Son to die as a payment for our sins.
True False Jesus died for our sins when mankind was good morally.
Yes No Can we be saved by any means (agency) other than the blood of Jesus Christ?
7. Hebrews 10:1-4
True False The sacrifice of the blood or animals took away the sins of those who lived under the Law of Moses.
True False The basic problem with the Law of Moses was that it did not have the cure for sin.
8. Galatians 3:16, 19
— The Law of Moses was to last until the seed should come. The seed referred to in this passage is:
A. the Ten Commandments
B. Jesus Christ
C. the church
Yes No Did God ever intend for the Law of Moses to be a permanent law?
9. Galatians 3:23-25
Yes No Was the Law of Moses God’s way of preparing people for the coming of the Christ?
10. Galatians 2:16, 21
True False We are justified (saved) by the works of the Law of Moses.
True False We are justified (saved) by faith in Jesus Christ.
Yes No If the Law of Moses could save men from sin, did Jesus need to die on the cross for our sins?
11. Galatians 3:10-14
— The righteous man shall live by:
A. faith in Christ Jesus
B. the Law of Moses
C. his own moral code
Yes No Can anyone be saved today by keeping the Law of Moses?
12. Colossians 2:14 (Ephesians 2:15)
True False All men are subject to the Law of Moses today.
True False The Law of Moses was nailed to the cross when Christ died.
13. Matthew 16:15-18
What did Jesus build?
True False Jesus built 300 different kinds of churches (religious groups or denominations).
True False The church Jesus built was not and is not a denomination.
True False Peter is the founder of the church we read about in the New Testament.
True False The rock upon which Jesus built His church is the fact that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
14. Ephesians 1:7
True False The purchase price for our redemption from sin is the blood of Christ.
True False We are saved by the blood of Christ when we obey the will of God.
15. Acts 20:28
What did Jesus purchase with His blood?
Yes No Is there a connection between the church and salvation from sin?
What is the connection (link) between the church and salvation from sin?
True False Those who obey God and thus are saved by the blood of Christ make up (compose) the church of Christ.
True False The church saves us from sin.
16. John 3:16 (Hebrews 9:22)
Yes No Since Christ gave Himself for all men, does that mean that all men will be saved eternally?
What did Jesus do when God gave Him to die for the sins of the world?
17. Ephesians 5:25
Yes No Since Christ gave Himself for the church, is there a connection between the church and salvation from sin?
What is the connection (link) between the church and salvation from sin?
Yes No Since Christ gave Himself for the church, can we be saved from sin without being a member of His church?
True False The church is the saved from sin.
18. Colossians 1:18
Yes No Is the church the same as the body of Christ?
How many bodies does Christ have?
19. Ephesians 5:23
True False Christ is the Savior of the body, which is His church.
Yes No Are all of the saved also members of Christ’s church?
Yes No Is it correct to conclude that the church is the saved?
What is Christ going to save other than (in addition to) the saved?
What is Christ going to save other than (In addition to) the church?
Yes No Can we be saved without being a part of that which is the saved (the church)?
20. Acts 2:36-38, 41, 47
To what were these obedient believers (disciples) added?
Yes No Did they have a choice as to which church (religious group) they would become members?
Yes No Do we have a choice of churches (religious groups) today, if we follow God’s way as found in the Bible?
21. 1 Corinthians 12:12, 13, 20
How many churches (religious groups) did God establish, and thus accept as pleasing to Him?
Yes No Is God’s church a denominational (sectarian) group?
— Christ’s church is made up of various:
A. religious groups (denominations)
B. Individual Christians
22. Colossians 1:13, 14
True False Deliverance from sin puts one into the kingdom of God.
True False The kingdom of God is one way of describing the church Jesus built.
Yes No Did the kingdom of God exist in the first century when Paul wrote to the Christians at Colossae?
23. 1 Timothy 3:15 (Hebrews 10:19-21)
Yes No Is the church the same as the household (family) of God?
How many households (families or churches) does God have?
Yes No Can we be God’s spiritual children if we aren’t in His spiritual family?
Yes No Does God have any spiritual children outside His one and only spiritual family?
24. Hebrews 5:8, 9
Yes No Is God going to save anyone who is not obedient to His will?
Yes No Are we obeying God if we are (or become) members of some religious group (denomination) instead of the one church that God established?
Yes No Are we part of God’s saved people if we are members of some religious group (denomination) instead of the one church Jesus bought with His blood?
25. John 14:15
True False We show our love for God by doing what He tells us to do.
True False We can show our love for God by doing just a part of His will.
Yes No Are we showing our love for God if we refuse to be members of the one church for which Jesus died?