ANSWERS TO ASSIGNMENTS FOR 1997

1. Isa. 53:4,5,6,8,10,11,12 (write out four verses).

2. Acts 4:10,12 (write out at least one verse).

3. Phil. 2:6-8 (write out at least two verses).

4. Rom. 3:20,28; Gal. 2:16; Tit. 3:5 (write out three verses).

5. Matt. 5:39-41,44,45 (write out two verses). Rom. 12:14,20,21 (write out both verses).

6. Matt. 22:14 (write out); 1 Pet. 1:2 (write out); Rom. 9:7,11,15,21-23 (write out at least two verses).

7. John 6:35,37,39,40,44,45, 47,51,54,58 (write out at least four of these verses).

8. Mark 9:24 (write out).

9. “Born again” means starting life all over again. It means counting as dead all of the “good” works that we thought were credited to our account with God; in their place, we trust in the more excellent work that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross for our sakes. Thus we begin a new life that has Christ rather than self as its entire focus.

10. Luke 7:42,47.

11. (a) Gal. 3:11,24. (b) To be justified by the law would mean that one would have to keep every part of the law in the smallest detail perfectly.

12. There are at least three reasons why it is important to preach the resurrection of Christ from the dead: (a) The resurrection shows that Jesus was exactly who He claimed to be, namely, the Son of God who came down from heaven and has return to heaven (John 3:13; 14:2). (b) The resurrection of His Son shows that God is totally satisfied with the work of atonement carried out by Jesus Christ on the cross for our sakes (1 Cor. 15:14,7). (c) The resurrection of Christ gives assurance to those of us who trust on Him for salvation that we too will be raised up in the last day (1 Cor. 15:22,23).

Special Assignment. God gave His only begotten Son to suffer, bleed, and die for sinners (John 3:16). (I have asked many people this question and the great majority give some other answer, such as, “God allowed me to wake up and see another day.” Try it on your acquaintances.)

13. 2 Cor. 7:1; 2 Tim. 2:21 (write out both verses).

14-1. Christ is the only begotten Son of God; He suffered from the hand of God; He suffered as the sinless sin-bearer; He experienced the wrath and judgment of God; He was forsaken by God; He suffered infinitely for our sins; He laid down His own life (include at least three of these points).

14-2. (a) Propitiation: Heb. 2:17; 1 John 2:2; 4:10 (write out one verse); substitution: Isa. 53:12: Rom. 4:24; 1 Pet. 2:24; 3:18 (write out one verse). (b) Propitiation has to do with the effects of Christ’s sufferings and death upon God, while substitution has to do with the effects of His sufferings and death upon us who believe. Propitiation is Christ satisfying all of the righteous claims of holy God against sinners, while substitution is Christ taking our place on the cross as the sin-bearer.

14-3. God could not have punished anyone but His own Son for our sins because the one being punished had to be both (1) sinless and (2) infinite; among all human beings to live on this earth, only God’s Son met both qualifications.

14-4. Saving faith is placing our trust for eternal salvation totally upon the Lord Jesus Christ and the work of atonement that He completed on the cross. Write out one of John 1:12; 3:16,18,36; etc.

14-5. Salvation from the penalty of sin: write out John 5:24, or Rev. 20:15, or similar verse. Salvation from the power of sin: write out Phil. 2:12 or Rom. 8:2. Salvation from the presence of sin: write out Heb. 9:28 or Rom. 8:23,2429; 1 John 3:2.

14-6. Eph. 1:4; 2 Thess. 2:13 (write out both verses).

14-7. Write out Eph. 6:17.

14-8. (a) Write out John 20:25 (Thomas) and Matt. 11:3 (John the Baptist). (b) We should take our doubts and questions to the Lord and to His Word, and perhaps to a mature and compassionate Christian friend.

14-9. We are forgiven when we are delivered from the penalty deserved by our sins; we are justified when we are pronounced “not guilty” or cleared of every sin charged against us.

14-10. We are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ; write out 1 Pet. 1:18,19 or Tit. 2:14 or Matt. 20:28. We have been redeemed from slavery to idols (Gal. 4:8), to heathen religions (Gal. 4:9), to sin (John 8:34; Rom. 6:6,16,17; Tit. 2:14), to lusts and pleasures (Tit. 3:3). (Write out at least one of these verses.)

14-11. We have to be saved by trusting in the finished work of Christ in order for God to view us as sanctified or holy. In order to be holy in our practice, we must be obedient to Jesus Christ and obey as He obeyed.

14-12. As children of God we enjoy a close relationship with our Father, and as sons of God we share an eternal inheritance with God’s Son.

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