Irresistible Grace Quiz - Questions
1) In the Bible, what is the meaning of the word, grace?
a. Unmerited favor
b. Smooth, flowing movement
c. A stay of execution
d. Charm
2) What does irresistible grace mean?
a. That all men find God's grace a very attractive idea
b. That those God has chosen cannot thwart God's purposes to save them
c. Something else
3) Who should be called to come to Christ?
a. No-one - they will come anyway
b. No-one - they won't come anyway
c. Everyone
d. Only a select few
4) What will be the invariable response to this outward call unless God intervenes?
a. Men are free to decide whether they respond or not
b. All men can only resist this call by nature
c. Men cannot resist this call - once they receive it they will be saved
5) What must God do to make the outward Gospel call effective?
a. He must work in men's hearts, making them alive so they can respond - this is known as the inward or effectual call.
b. There is nothing He can do - He respects our right to decide
c. He must give extra incentives to make Christianity more appealing
6) Does this mean we are puppets - that God makes us believe when we don't want to?
a. Yes - God is all powerful and He overrides our wills to perform His own
b. No - God would never intervene like this - it's up to us to decide what we want to do with our lives
c. No - God works in us to free our wills that were bound in sin and rebellion. Then we come freely and willingly to Christ
d. God works in different ways in different people - some don't need Him to do this, others do
7) Did Christ speak in support of this doctrine in Scripture?
a. No - it's just an opinion dreamed up by a particular group of Christians
b. Yes - in several places
8) Who in the Bible illustrates this doctrine for us?
a. Paul - saved out of hardened rebellion while on the road to Damascus
b. Lydia - whose heart God opened so she could respond to Paul's message
c. Lazarus - who could not have resisted Christ's summons from the grave, because He was dead!
d. All of these
9) Why must this doctrine be true?
a. It can't be true
b. Although it seems to be taught in the Bible, I don't think God is like that
c. Because if it were not so, there could be no salvation and God's Word, His will and His power would not be infinite. In short, He wouldn't be God any more.
10) Can Anyone Resist God's Saving Work?
a. No, no-one can resist the effectual call of God
b. Yes, we can resist God and He is powerless to do anything about it
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