Test of Doctrine

  1. Are the Holy Scriptures or the majority of teachers what is the deciding factor that makes doctrine correct (2 Timothy 3:16,17)? ___The Holy Scriptures ___Majority of teachers
  2. Are the notes in a study Bible inspired, like the actual Scriptures? ___The notes are inspired ___The notes can be wrong
  3. Is the commentator who wrote the notes fallible, and would those notes reflect the wrong views of the commentator(s) if they are wrong?
  4. Are religious creeds and confessions man-made and, therefore, possibly in error? ___Yes ___No
  5. If a creed, confession, synod, denomination, etc. is contradicted by Scripture, should we reject it? ___Yes ___No
  6. According to Psalm 119:99-100, does Scriptural insight and understanding come from degrees in theology or by meditating in the Scriptures? ___Having an earned degree ___Meditating in Scripture
  7. Many with earned degrees contradict each other and themselves, does this further prove spiritual understanding must come from another way? ___Yes ___No
  8. The Bereans were commended for being teachable and willing to change, according to Scripture as they searched to prove what Paul stated was correct (Acts 17:11,12). ___True ___False
  9. Would you consider yourself teachable like the Bereans, a disciple who is always learning? ___Yes ___No
  10. If you discovered that you were wrong about any teaching of the Bible, would you change? ___Yes ___No




    11. (The Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11-32)

  11. Does the father call the Prodigal Son dead and lost when he was sexually immoral (Lk. 15:24,32 cf. v. 30)? ___Yes ___No
  12. Was what the father spoke about, the son's death, was the death physical? ___Yes ___No
  13. If the son was not physically dead, then was he spiritually dead? ____Yes, it can only be spiritual death ___No, it doesn't have to be spiritual death
  14. Then, if the prodigal was dead according to the father, was he alive before he was spiritually dead? (Lk. 15:24,32)? ___Yes ___No
  15. Then we can say, the prodigal while he was with the father was his son and was alive, then at some point after leaving, the son became spiritually dead and lost through sin as the word again indicates? ___Yes ___No
  16. Did the son leave on his own accord or did someone pluck him out of the Father's hand (Jn. 10:28)? ___Yes ___No
  17. Does the father still love the son while he is spiritually dead and gone from him? ___Yes ___No
  18. Did the Father's love, faithfulness or keeping power prohibit the Prodigal's sinful behavior or eliminate the consequences of his behavior? ___Yes ___No
  19. Did the father let him, of his own free will, walk out on him which led to his dead and lost condition, and spending his inheritance in riotous living? ___Yes ___No
  20. Is the promise of safety in Jn. 10:28 seen differently when we read verse 27 for more context which says it is for those who are following Jesus? ___Yes ___No
  21. The Prodigal Son was a son before he left, and while he was gone when he spent all he had in riotous living he was loved by the father and still a son, yet is he savedas a son forever, or eternally secure since the father called him lost and dead? ___Yes ___No
  22. When Paul writes about salvation, does he speak about it from a here and now thing or does he speak from an eschatological perspective refering specifically to the day of the Lord, and looking back at Calvary as the day Christ paid for man's sins which we accept by faith, and faith looks forward to the day of the Lord, the hope of the Blessed Lord spending eternity with Him? ___Here and now ___Eschatological, by faith looking for our Blessed Hope
  23. Are Christians sealed unto the day of redemption or saved unto the day of redemption (Eph. 4:30)? ___Sealed unto the day ___Saved unto the day
  24. Is being sealed unto the day of redemption an absolute guarantee of entering the kingdom of God? Consider those who left their position in Christ: Prodigal Son, Demas, Judas etc. ___Yes ___No
  25. In Hebrews 13:5 we have the promise never to forsake us, did the father leave or forsake the prodigal or did the prodigal leave and forsake the Father? ___the Father left ___the Prodigal left
  26. If we reject God will he reject us (Deuteronomy 32:15 cf. v. 19)? ___Yes ___No
  27. We show we reject God by the fruit or evidence in our lives, our attitudes that lead to not living holy lives (1 Thessalonians 4:7,8). ___True ___False
  28. What causes spiritual death, could they be the things that defile a man (Matthew 15:18-20)? ___Yes ___No
  29. Did the prodigal son spiritually die because God made him sin or did he chose on his own to sin because he had the lusts in his heart, the sin nature of man (James 1:13-15) ___Had the sin nature ___God made him sin
  30. "... The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you," 2 Chron. 15:2. What condition must we meet for God to forsake us? We must decide to f______ Him.
  31. We have phrases that we hear today, the phrases "once saved always saved" (OSAS), "once in grace always in grace", "eternally secure", or "once a son always a son", can you find them anywhere in the Bible. ___Yes ___No
  32. According to 1 Cor. 6:9,10 and Rev. 21:8, if a person becomes adrunkard, a sexually immoral person, a greedy person or a liar, is he considered unsaved, regardless whether he was at one time a son or daughter of God with no exceptions? ___Yes ___No
  33. Is all homosexuality sinful, according to 1 Cor. 6:9,10; Rom. 1:27; Gen. 19:4,5 cf. Jude 7 and Lev. 20:13? ___Yes ___No
  34. When a homosexual repents or any other person for that matter, can he stay in his sin and still have repentance even if he says that he loves Jesus and believes in Him with all his heart? ___Yes ___No
  35. By simple definition, is a person sexually immoral if he/she is presently sexually immoral, regardless of a past commitment to the Lord Jesus? ___Yes ___No
  36. Is it wrong teaching that would tell someone they can be sexually immoral, and still be secure in their relationship with Jesus Christ? ___Yes ___No
  37. Is wrong teaching merely wrong or is it considered false teaching and heresy according to Scriptures when it is prevalent and leading people astray? ___Wrong Teaching ___False Teaching and Heresy
  38. Whether by direct or indirect teaching, is such an implication heretical telling people that they are okay with their sin (1 Corinthians 6:9,10; Revelation 21:8)? ___Yes ___No
  39. If the OSAS teaching were true, there would be saved sexually immoral people and unsaved sexually immoral people. However, the Bible only mentions the sexually immoral and states that such a person is wicked, won't inherit the kingdom of God and will, therefore, be thrown into the lake of fire (1 Corinthians 6:9,10; Galatians 5:19-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:7,8; Revelation 21:8). Will God sentence the sexually immoral to Gehenna for eternity? ___Yes ___No




    40. (The Parable of the Sower, Matthew 13:3-23; Luke 8:5-15; and Mark 4:3-20)

  40. According to Jesus, do some people believe for a while then cease believing (Luke. 8:13)? ___Yes ___No
  41. Where was the seed planted (Luke 8:12)? ___dirt ___the heart
  42. When the seed is stolen from the first recipient, is there any growth that takes place? ___Yes ___No
  43. Who steals the seed that was planted (Luke 8:12)? ___God ___The Devil
  44. Could you say that falling away, which these same people experience in this parable, be equated to the plant dying? ___Yes ___No
  45. Did they have an initial belief (or faith) that produced a plant or life? ___Yes ___No
  46. Since the seed, the Word of God, was received in the heart, was this life spiritual, as it was produced by the word of God and came as a result of their own personal faith, a choice? ___Yes ___No
  47. The second person received the Word with gladness, and grew quickly, was it a plant or life that grew as a result of the Word in the heart? ___Yes ___No
  48. Was it persecution over the word of God which caused this type of person, who was spiritually alive, to fall away or die? ___Yes ___No
  49. Can it be fairly concluded that persecution is a test that will cause some true Christians to apostatize and die spiritually? ___Yes ___No
  50. What is the reason that the person is destroyed by the persecution (Mark 4:17)? ___the devil ___no root
  51. Since the ground is the heart, the Word of God is the seed, and the produce is a plant or spiritual life, what would be the root? ___Deep mineral grabbing tentacles ___Studying the Word of God that produces a solid maturity
  52. Is studying and allowing the Word of God, the seed, to produce life a choice? ___Yes ___No
  53. If the answer is yes, then is the root growing deep enough to withstand persecution a choice also? ___Yes ___No
  54. According to the Bible, what should make us strong (Acts 20:32)? ___Persecution ___Word of God
  55. When Saul of Tarsus was persecuting the church, was the church destroyed or built up by that persecution (Acts 8:3)? ___Destroyed ___Built up
  56. So if we see people who are destroyed by persecution and we see people who are edified and built up by persecution, can we safely conclude that it is a choice? ___Yes ___No
  57. Did Jesus say many will turn away from the Christian faith at the end of the age because of persecution (Matthew 24:9,10)? ___Yes ___No
  58. Does the standing firm to the end, as mentioned in Mathew 10:22, refer to disciples of Christ remaining faithful to Jesus during persecution, without disowning him or is it to unbelievers who don't know Him? ___Disciples ___Unbelievers
  59. Since Jesus did teach, "He who stands firm to the end will be saved", should we seriously take His admonition (Matthew 10:22)? ___Yes ___No
  60. Did Jesus say enduring to the end was necessary for salvation or for getting some reward, position in the kingdom, or fellowship with God? ___For salvation ___For reward, position, fellowship
  61. Would Jesus have been kidding or exaggerating in regards to our need to endure to the end for salvation's sake? ___Yes ___No
  62. Do you believe what Jesus taught concerning the seed that was sown on thorny ground, that the cares of this world, and the lust for riches killed the life in the plant? ___Yes ___No
  63. Do you believe that the plant was spiritually dead and unable to bear any fruit despite looking like a plant that was alive (Luke 8:14)? ___Yes ___No



    64. (False prophets and false teachers, 2 Peter 2:20-22)

  64. Did the false prophets and teachers about whom Peter wrote of escape the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? ___Yes ___No
  65. Did they know the way of righteousness before they were entangled in sin for the second time? ___Yes ___No
  66. Would the reason that it would be worse for them at judgment be because they knew the truth and walked away from it returning to the pig sty and their old sin? ___Yes ___No
  67. Balaam is a prophet who went mad and walked away from God back to the diviner's riches in the world. Does it say that God talked with him and spoke through him (Numbers 22-24)? ___Yes ___No
  68. Can it be safely said that Balaam knew the way of righteous and walked away from it? ___Yes ___No
  69. According to Matthew 21:32 is Jesus the way of righteousness, as implied by Matthew 3:11 cf. John. 1:29-34? ___Yes ___No
  70. Do false teachers and false prophets turn their backs on the sacred command? ___Yes ___No
  71. Were they at one time washed when they knew the way of righteousness and escaped the corruption of the world by knowing Jesus Christ? ___Yes ___No
  72. At repentance when we are born again, are we washed in Jesus' blood (1 Corinthians 6:11; Revelation 7:14)? ___Yes ___No
  73. Could the false teachers and false prophets of whom Peter wrote have been washed in anything other than Jesus' blood? ___Yes ___No
  74. Did they leave the straight way (2 Peter 2:15), also called in verse 21 the way of righteousness? ___Yes ___No
  75. Could the reason that Peter says not to have known the way of righteousness, be because they knew the way of righteousness? ___Yes ___No




    76. (Losing or Leaving your gift)

  76. Is it possible to lose (KJV) or forfeit (NIV) your soul, according to Jesus (Mark 8:36)? ___Yes ___No
  77. Are disciples of Christ likened unto salt that can lose its saltiness to the point that it is no longer good for anything (Luke 14:33-35)? ___Yes ___No
  78. If the commission tells the disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, does it mean that we will be subject to the same Words of Christ that He spoke directly to His disciples, and if we lose our saltiness then we are no good as well? ___Yes ___No
  79. Is it possible for a real Christian to believe in vain (1 Corinthians 15:2)? ___Yes ___No
  80. Does Paul teach the true gospel of grace to the Corinthian church? ___Yes ___No
  81. In Corinth, were they Christians and as such washed in the blood of Christ (1 Corinthians 1:2-8)? ___Yes ___No
  82. Is Paul speaking to the Christians in his Epistle or unbelievers, and so he warns them that they can believe in vain? ___Yes ___No
  83. Do we need to hold firmly to Paul's message to be saved and not believe in vain (1 Corinthians 15:2)? ___Yes ___No
  84. Does Jesus teach that sin affects a person's relationship with Him, and from entering the kingdom (Matthew 13:41,42; Mark. 9:43-48; John. 5:29; Revelation 2:10,11; 3:16)? ___Yes ___No
  85. In the aforementioned passages, did the Lord limit sin that would prevent our entrance into the kingdom to unbelief? ___Yes ___No
  86. What must we do to enter the rest that is promised in God and that Christ makes the born again person (Hebrews 3:14)? ___Nothing, we're fine ___Hold fast the same way we began
  87. What does sin do to belief in Christ (Hebrews 3:13)? ___Harden and deceive the heart ___Nothing to the believer
  88. Did the Lord Jesus teach, "... anyone who says, you fool' will be in danger of the fire of hell" (Matthew 5:22)? ___Yes ___No
  89. If OSAS was true, would Jesus teach this passage to anyone, including those already saved? ___Yes ___No
  90. Did Paul repeatedly warn true Christians that certain sinful activities would cause them to "not inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 6:9,10; Galatians 5:19-21; 6:8; Ephesians 5:5-7)? ___Yes ___No
  91. Is sin, therefore, still an issue under the grace of the New Covenant? ___Yes ___No
  92. Did Paul write the Epistle to the Romans and the Epistle to the Galatians? ___Yes ___No
  93. The when Paul wrote Galatians 5:19-21 he did know that "neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation" could separate the Galatian Christians from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, as stated in Romans 8:38,39? ___Yes, he knew that ___No, he didn't know that
  94. Is it, therefore, possible that he understood Romans 8:38,39 to mean a Christian is unconditionally and eternally secure in the light of Gal. 5:19-21? ___Yes ___No, because he would not contradict himself
  95. Was Paul a grace teacher in the truest sense ___Yes ___No
  96. Did Paul fight against legalism (Galatians 5:2-4)? ___Yes ___No
  97. Could such a warning as issued in Galatians 5:21 be legalistic if it was similarly spoken directly to real Christians today? ___Yes ___No
  98. Was Paul contradicting his freedom in Christ message by teaching Galatians 5:19-21? ___Yes ___No
  99. Peter wrote, "Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God" (1 Peter 2:16). Under the Apostle Peter's freedom message, does he make okay or license occasional acts of getting drunk or being sexually immoral, as some OSAS proponents say is permissible? ___Yes ___No
  100. Does it follow then, if someone teaches a freedom or liberty message that condones sin or says in any way it is okay that he is teaching falsely and should be openly refuted? ___Yes ___No
  101. Does the true Biblical grace or liberty message mean: You believe on Christ, then go do whatever you want? ___Yes ___No
  102. Are God's commands burdensome (1 John 5:3)? ___Yes ___No
  103. "Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, each of them will turn from his wicked way; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin" (Jeremiah 36:3, NIV). Does a warning of judgment, according to this verse, aid a person to turn from evil? ___Yes ___No
  104. Would the people of Judah have been at a disadvantage if they didn't hear the aforementioned warning? ___Yes ___No
  105. Similarly, was it advantageous for Christians to hear Paul's repeated warning of the possibility of them still "not inheriting the kingdom of God," as cited in Galatians 5:19-21? ___Yes ___No
  106. Did Paul seem concerned that he might discourage any Christian, even the new converts, to the point where they might give up by this type of repeated warning? ___Yes ___No
  107. If one teaches against sin, isn't this in line with Paul's teachings, and therefore an edifying message of hope and life in Christ? ___Yes ___No
  108. Should all true grace teachers be issuing this same type of warning today? ___Yes ___No
  109. Have you ever heard an OSAS teacher issue the same type of warning to Christians? ___Yes ___No
  110. Is it an impossibility for them to do so? ___Yes ___No
  111. Isn't the common message of OSAS peace in God, love of God, and all is well with my soul? ___Yes ___No
  112. Doesn't it stand to reason that Paul's teaching about grace, sin and the like is different than the OSAS message, since they don't warn as Paul did in Galatians 5:19-21? ___Yes ___No
  113. Though a warning is alarming when we first hear it, it is always advantageous to be warned, because it alerts us to a real danger. Regarding this advantage, aren't all people who listen to OSAS teaching at a major spiritual disadvantage, for this type of warning of not inheriting the kingdom of God will never be issued to a Christian and will even be flatly denied? ___Yes ___No
  114. The Apostle Paul wrote, "This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe," Romans 3:22. The Greek reveals that the word believe used here is a continuous tense. If one does not continue in this belief, would he then meet this God-given condition for final salvation? ___Yes ___No
  115. Did Paul believe that a true Christian could fall away from grace (Galatians 5:4)? ___Yes ___No
  116. Is falling away from grace equated with Christ being of no value at all to the person previously born again (Galatians 5:2)? ____Yes ___No
  117. Could such a person still be born again if Christ is of no value to him? ___Yes ___No
  118. Did Paul believe we could surrender our relationship by accepting a wrong salvation message, that is, a wrong message about justification (Galatians 5:2-4)? ___Yes ___No
  119. Is it logical for the OSAS proponent to accuse the other side of teaching a works salvation, since Paul, the grace teacher, obviously taught in opposition to their view (Romans 2:7; 8:13; 11:19-23; 1 Corinthians 6:9,10; 15:2; Galatians 5:2-4; 5:19-21; 6:8,9; 1 Timothy 3:6; etc.)? ___Yes ___No
  120. Did the Apostle John teach that beli eving certain false doctrine could cause the Christian not to remain in Christ (1 John 2:24; 2 Jn. 9)? ___Yes ___No
  121. Will raging fire consume the enemies of God (Hebrews 10:27)? ___Yes ___No
  122. Were Christians God's enemies before they were saved (Romans 5:10)? ___Yes ___No
  123. Is it possible for a Christian to "become an enemy of God" again (James 4:4)? ___Yes ___No
  124. In light of James 4:4, Hebrews 10:27, and Romans 5:10, could the Holy Spirit inspired writers of the Bible have believed in OSAS? ___Yes ___No
  125. What did the teaching of Hymenaeus and Philetus do (2 Timothy 2:17,18)? ___Built Faith __Destroyed Faith
  126. Were they destroying the faith of Christians by their teaching (2 Timothy 2:17,18)? ___Yes ___No
  127. Can false doctrine destroy faith? ___Yes ___No
  128. Therefore as Christians, does it matter what we believe? ___Yes ___No
  129. Did Paul hesitate to cite the names of false teachers (2 Timothy 2:17,18)? ___Yes ___No
  130. What did Paul say happened to the faith of Hymenaeus and Alexander (1 Timothy 1:19,20)? ___All was okay ___Their faith was shipwrecked
  131. What did Paul tell Timothy to hold to so he wouldn't likewise shipwreck his faith (1 Timothy 1:19,20)? (1) __________________ (2) ________________
  132. Since Timothy was truly saved, then did Paul believe a Christian could shipwreck his faith? ___Yes ___No
  133. Paul was in a shipwreck on his way to Rome (Acts 27:27-44). The ship he was in was broken to pieces (vv. 41,44). The implication is, that ship was beyond recovery. Paul used this same kind of description to describe what could possibly happen to the faith of a real Christian like Timothy's. ___True ___False
  134. Did Paul teach that Hymenaeus and Alexander were never really saved to begin with, since they shipwrecked their faith? ___Yes ___No
  135. According to 1 Timothy 1:19,20, is it Scriptural or unscriptural to do so? ___Scriptural ___Unscriptural
  136. Does James 5:19,20 teach a Christian can wander from the truth? ___Yes ___No
  137. Is it possible for a Christian brother to become a sinner by wandering from the truth (James 5:19,20)? ___Yes ___No
  138. Can that person return to God and get his sins forgiven? ___Yes ___No
  139. Will that act of repentance save his soul from death (James 5:19,20, KJV)? ___Yes ___No
  140. Some OSAS teachers have stated that James didn't write to Christians, is this another lie to substantiate their position? ___Yes ___No
  141. Did Paul personally know of some younger Christian widows who turned from their dedication to Jesus and started to follow Satan (1 Timothy 5:11-15)? ___Yes ___No
  142. Do you think if some present-day OSAS proponents would have observed these same younger, Christian widows that Paul referred to, they would have, unlike Paul, concluded that those women were never really saved to begin with? ___Yes ___No
  143. Did Paul personally know of some Christians who were eager for money and consequently wandered from the Christian faith (1 Timothy 6:10)? ___Yes ___No
  144. Did Paul contradict his own grace message when he stated the possibility of a young convert falling through the sin of pride into the same condemnation as the devil (1 Timothy 3:6)? ___Yes ___No
  145. Is it possible that such a recent convert or candidate for overseer would then be unsaved? ___Yes ___No
  146. What is the devil's condemnation (Revelation 20:10)? ___Heaven ___Lake of Fire
  147. If someone teaches contrary to the devil going to the Lake of Fire and a recent convert going to the lake of fire, would they be correct? ___Yes ___No
  148. Did Paul ever say the seal of the Holy Spirit would prevent such a new convert, as mentioned in 1 Timothy 3:6, from falling under the same condemnation as the devil? ___Yes ___No
  149. Did Paul say that God's sovereignty, love, faithfulness or keeping power for that convert would prevent him from falling under the same condemnation as the devil? ___Yes ___No
  150. Did Paul ever say that Jesus' intercession, as mentioned in Hebrews 7:25, would prevent the recent convert from falling under the condemnation of the devil? ___Yes ___No
  151. Did Paul believe that because that new convert was one of the elect, he could not possibly fall under the condemnation of the devil? ___Yes ___No
  152. Did Jesus teach that fruitless Christians are in danger of being "thrown into the fire and burned" (John 15:1-6)? ___Yes ___No
  153. Could the subjects of verse 6 be only unbelievers, since the word used was clean (v. 3), which is the same term used in John 13:10 for forgiven? ___Yes ___No
  154. What did Jesus teach about lukewarm Christians or Laodiceans in (Revelation 3:15,16)? ___Vomited out of His mouth ___They're okay
  155. Would Jesus tell the Laodiceans that they must repent if He didn't mean it? ___Yes ___No
  156. Did Jesus teach that we must be faithful "to the point of death" to receive the crown of life and not get hurt by the second death (Revelation 2:10)? ___Yes ___No
  157. Who is raised in the resurrection of life (Revelation 20:4-6)? ___All ___Committed people to Jesus who reign with Him
  158. Who will be at the resurrection of the dead, the second death (Revelation 20:12-15) ___Those in the Book of Life ___Those NOT in the Book of Life
  159. Is the second death the same thing as the lake of fire (Revalation 21:8)? ___Yes ___No
  160. Therefore, must a Christian be faithful till the point of death to escape the lake of fire? ___Yes ___No
  161. All who inherit the kingdom of God receive the crown of life. We know this since the crown of life is promised to those who truly love God (James 1:12) and those who truly love God will inherit the kingdom of God (James 2:5). The crown of life is, therefore, not something that only some Christians will receive, as taught by the OSAS teachers. ___True ___False
  162. Since we must be faithful to death to get the crown of life, then we must also be faithful to death to be an overcomer and inherit the kingdom of God. ___True ___False
  163. Did the Lord Jesus teach that unforgiveness in the heart of a Christian can negate his own forgiveness from God (Matthew 18:21-35)? ___Yes ___No
  164. What were the disciples given as a commision (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:46-49; John 21:21-23; Acts 1:4-8)? ___Teach the things He taught them ___I'll tell you later
  165. Was Jesus dead and His blood shed when He taught His disciples what He desired to reveal to them? ___Yes ___No
  166. Did Jesus teach His disciples that what He said to them was invalid because He wasn't dead yet? ___Yes ___No
  167. Can we eliminate the teaching from Jesus on the basis that it was given before the cross? ___Yes ___No
  168. Did Jesus teach, "You must be born again" before he went to the cross (John 3:7)? ___Yes ___No
  169. Did Jesus teach if we are ashamed of him, he'll likewise be ashamed of us (Luke. 9:26)? ___Yes ___No
  170. Did Jesus teach if we disown him before men, he'll likewise disown us before the Father (Matthew 10:33, NIV) and the angels (Luke 12:9, NIV)? ___Yes ___No
  171. Is it possible for some oneto still be saved, if Jesus disowns him/her? __Yes ___No
  172. Can some one be disowned if they were never owned in the first place? ___Yes ___No
  173. Would it be possible for Jesus to disown us if we were never owned by him first through being born again? ___Yes ___No
  174. Can a Christian disown Christ (Matthew 26:34; John 18:25,27)? ___Yes ___No
  175. Did Peter deny Jesus three times? ___Yes ___No
  176. While some OSAS proponents in our day would say if you ever disown Christ, you thereby prove you were never really saved to begin with, didn't Jesus say in John 13 that Peter was clean from the His Word, and this clearly refutes the OSAS position? ___Yes ___No
  177. Did Jesus give that threat/warning of disowning his disciples in Matthew 10:33 if they would disown him for some hidden reason, or because it was a real danger that could befall even the truly saved? ___Hidden reason ___Real danger for the truly saved
  178. Isn't the teaching of Paul a confirmation of this truth of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 10:33 (2 Timothy 2:12)? ___Yes ___No
  179. Does the if used in 2 Timothy 2:12 show a real possibility of such occurring. ___Yes ___No
  180. Is God faithful to His Word and impending warnings (2 Timothy 2:13)? ___Yes ___No
  181. Could Paul who is the teacher of grace have been teaching legalism or bondage or an unwarranted fear in 2 Timothy 2:11-13? ___Yes ___No
  182. Was Paul aware of the teachings of Jesus, and did he know Jesus gave Matthew 10:33 before the cross? ___Yes ___No
  183. Did Paul want Christians to be afraid regarding their spiritual relationship with God (Romans 11:20,21)? ___Yes ___No
  184. Was Paul a "little dictator", and would he try to create fear in people (2Timothy 1:7)? ___Yes ___No
  185. May we conclude that one is either in this healthy fear or in a dangerous arrogance regarding their security (Romans 11:20-23)? ___Yes ___No
  186. In light of Romans 11:20,21, did Paul, with his grace message, dangerously over-emphasize the assurance doctrine as some are today? ___Yes ___No
  187. Does 1 John 5:12,13 say we can know we will go to heaven after we die or we can know at this moment that we have a present-tense possession of eternal life if we are believing and have the Son? ___Know we will go to heaven ___Know at this moment we have a present-tense possession of eternal life if we are believing and have the Son
  188. Does a Christian reap what they sow, when we sow to the Spirit we reap eternal life, but when we sow to the flesh we reap judgment (Galatians 6:8,9)? ___Yes ___No
  189. Does sin separate us from God (Isaiah 59:2)? ___Yes ___No
  190. Does God decide at some point that the person in sin and is backsliding has reached a point where He divorces Himself (Jeremiah 3:8)? ___Yes ___No
  191. Can sin separate the true Christian from God to the point where he dies spiritually and misses the kingdom of God (Romans 8:13; Luke 15:24,32; Galatians 5:19-21; 6:8)? ___Yes ___No
  192. Paul declared that if a Christian lives according to the sinful nature he will definitely die (Romans 8:13). Can this death be physical death, which would imply that if we would not live according to the sinful nature we would not die physically? ___Yes, it's physical death ___No, it can't be physical death
  193. Must the die in Romans 8:13 be spiritual death, as it is a direct result of sin and shows what happened to the Prodigal who died spiritually (Luke 15:24,32)? ___Yes ___No
  194. Is it possible to die spiritually if you were never first alive spiritually? ___Yes ___No
  195. Given the understanding at this point, doesn't the Bible teach responsibility for the Christian under true grace (Colossians 3:5; 1 Timothy 5:22; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 John 5:21; etc.)? ___Yes ___No
  196. Can such a teaching regarding human responsibility be a violation to true grace? ___Yes ___No
  197. Did Jesus say we must obey his commands to remain in his love (John 15:10)? ___Yes ___No
  198. Hebrews 5:9 reads, "... he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him." Eternal salvation is given to those who obey God. ___True ___False
  199. The unbelieving are not the only ones who will end up in the lake of fire (Revelation 21:8). ___True ___False
  200. The Bible ends with a warning to Christians, that their share in the holy city (New Jerusalem) can potentially be removed (Revelation 22:18,19). ___True ___False
  201. If such were an impossibility, this warning would be false and, therefore, the Lord and the Bible would be lying. ___True ___False
  202. If Revelation 22:19 is a valid warning, then can OSAS be true? ___Yes ___No
  203. If a Christian during the reign of the Antichrist yields to the heavy pressure of the time and receives the mark of the beast and worships his image, what will be his/her eternal future state (Matthew 25:1-12; Revelation 14:9-12)? ___Heaven ___Hell
  204. Does this passage contradict OSAS? ___Yes ___No
  205. While eternal life, for a Christian, is a present possession (1 John 5:12,13), is eternal life also a hope (Titus 3:7), yet to be reaped (Gal. 6:8,9) in the age to come (Mark. 10:30) for only those who persist in the faith, and don't grow weary and give up (Galatians 6:9)? ___Yes ___No
  206. Must a real, Bible-defined Christian "hold firmly till the end" the confidence he had at first to share in Christ (Hebrews 3:14)? ___Yes ___No
  207. Do OSAS teachers openly declare this truth? ___Yes ___No
  208. Do the OSAS teachers contradict the Scriptures in Hebrews 3:14 ? ___Yes ___No
  209. Did Paul, the true grace teacher, write: "Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey -- whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?" (Rom. 6:16). ___Yes ___No
  210. Does true grace teaching promote holy living (Titus 2:11,12)? ___Yes ___No
  211. Do many of the false grace teachers teach lasciviousness and a license that promotes immorality (Jude 4)? ___Yes ___No
  212. In your opinion, is holy living or immorality promoted by the OSAS teachings that go out across the United States? ___Holy living ___Immorality
  213. Following David's adultery, manipulation, murder, and cover-up of his sin, he repented and wrote Psalm 51. Did David ask to have a right spirit restored and for the Lord not to take His Spirit away, and to cleanse him restoring the joy of salvation? ___Yes ___No
  214. In your opinion, is holy living or immorality promoted by the teaching that David's sins of adultery and murder did not negate his salvation? ___Holy living ___Immorality
  215. In your opinion, is holy living or immorality promoted by the teaching under OSAS that if a formerly saved person commits suicide, he will go to heaven? ___Holy living ___Immorality
  216. Given much research on suicide, has it not been proven that one thinks about it and decides to carry it out over many days and months of planning? ___Yes ___No
  217. If suicide is really premeditated self-murder which isn't a passion of the moment sin, then the attitude behind it is sinful and deceptive, and therefore many other sins exist as well? ___Yes ___No
  218. If suicide is a person's opinion that there is no way out, there is no hope, then can that person actually have Jesus who is the Blessed Hope, and can that person be trusting in Him? ___yes ___No
  219. Will all murderers go to the lake of fire (1 John 3:15; Revelation 21:8)? ___Yes ___No
  220. Do some OSAS teachers openly declare the possibility of a Christian being an alcoholic? ___Yes ___No
  221. Do some OSAS teachers openly declare the possibility of a Christian being a homosexual? ___Yes ___No
  222. Do some OSAS teachers openly declare the possibility of a Christian being an adulterer? ___Yes ___No
  223. Do some OSAS teachers openly declare the possibility of a Christian being a gossipper etc.? ___Yes ___No
  224. Is such a license for immorality? ___Yes ___No
  225. If one denies that a particular teaching is a license for immorality, does that mean it is not a license for immorality? ___Yes ___No
  226. Is the view that David's sins did not negate his salvation a part of the OSAS doctrine? ___Yes ___No
  227. Sometimes some of the more moderate OSAS proponents unwittingly imply that David was never really saved, since he committed sins of adultery and murder. ___True ___False
  228. Can a truly saved person afterwards become an idolater (1 Corinthians 10:7)? ___Yes ___No
  229. Will all idolaters go to the lake of fire (Revelations 21:8)? ___Yes ___No
  230. Can OSAS be true since people once saved can afterwards become idolaters and end up in the lake of fire? ___Yes ___No
  231. Are Jesus' disciples saved (Matthew 12:49,50; Luke 14:26-33)? ___Yes ___No
  232. Was the Apostle Judas Iscariot a disciple of Christ at an early point (Matthew 10:1,2)? ___Yes ___No
  233. Was he the same kind of disciple as the rest of the Twelve (Matthew 10:1,2)? ___Yes ___No
  234. Are Jesus' disciples his spiritual family (Matthew. 12:49,50)? ___Yes ___No
  235. Did Judas Iscariot cast out demons, did he heal the sick, did he do signs and wonders as the other disciples who were sent? ___Yes ___No
  236. There was one who was rebuked for casting out demons in Jesus' name, and the Lord corrected the rebuker saying that that person was on the same team and believing the same as He taught. Also we are told that a sinner can not do miracles. Therefore only a "saved" person can do miracles? ___Yes ___No.
  237. Then can we conclude that the Apostle Judas Iscariot was once saved because of the miracles that he did? ___Yes ___No
  238. Is Judas called "The Son of Perdition", and did Judas go to hell after he committed suicide (Mark 14:21; John 17:12)? ___Yes ___No
  239. If you think that Judas was never saved to begin with, how was he chosen by Jesus to hold the highest office in the church, that of apostle (Luke 6:12-16 cf. 1 Corinthians 12:28)? ___He was obviously saved ___I don't know
  240. Since Judas was once saved, but afterwards betrayed Jesus and went to hell after his death, can OSAS be true, since it only takes one Scriptural example of a person ever saved who later becomes unsaved to disprove OSAS? ___Yes ___No
  241. Is one a murderer by a single act of murder (Numubers 35:16)? ___Yes ___No
  242. . Is there a disclaimer clause for a person previously saved in Numbers 35:16 or anywhere else in Scripture? ___Yes ___No
  243. In the natural, we as heirs receive our inheritance when the giver dies. This, however, is not so in the spiritual! To receive our inheritance of the kingdom we must overcome (Revelations 21:7). ___True ___False
  244. Totally unlike in the natural, when a person gets saved he changes his spiritual family and ceases being a child of the devil. In light of this truth, is it safe to reason from the natural to the spiritual as frequently done by OSAS proponents? ___Yes ___No
  245. The Apostle Paul wrote: "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ" (Colossians 2:8). Can it be misleading, then, to reason from the principles of this world such as is frequently done by OSAS teachers? ___Yes ___No
  246. If "once a son always a son" was Scripturally sound, then would it be impossible to get saved, since all unsaved people are sons of the evil one (Matthew 13:38)? ___Yes ___No
  247. Can OSAS be true in either of its two forms? ___Yes ___No
  248. Is OSAS a glorious truth as some call it, or a myth that promotes unholy living and that needs to be boldly addressed and openly refuted as never before? ___Glorious truth ___Myth that promotes unholy living and that needs to be boldly addressed and openly refuted as never before.
  249. The Apostle John wrote, "This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother" (1 John 3:10). According to true grace teaching, is it possible for us to know who the Christians are and who the unsaved are by their behavior? ___Yes ___No
  250. Is there observable evidence of saving grace (Acts 11:23)? ___Yes ___No
  251. If one accepts OSAS, is this ability to know one's spiritual family through behavior denied by the OSAS carnal Christian teaching that a carnal Christian lives indistinguishably from a lost person? ___Yes ___No
  252. Since 1 John 3:10 (and other verses) teach that we can know if one is saved or not by one's behavior, but this is flatly denied by OSAS teaching, is it possible for OSAS to be from the same spiritual source as 1 John 3:10 and these other Scriptures? ___Yes ___No
  253. The very first message taught after Adam's creation was that we will not die spiritually through sin (Genesis 3:4). The original teacher of this type of message is ___God ___The devil
  254. Can we conclude that this liberal teaching of the serpent is the true OSAS message found in Scripture and seen as ungodly, and not what OSAS teachers say about it? ___Yes ___No
  255. Did the first OSAS message produce godly behavior in even or sinful behavior? ___Godly ___Sinful
  256. Is it true that Eve didn't die spiritually until after she heard, through a false teaching, that she would not die spiritually through sin? ___Yes ___No
  257. Eve gave to Adam to eat and he sinned also. Did Adam die spiritually when he sinned? ___Yes ___No
  258. Was Adam made perfect by God and without sin's nature in him? ___Yes ___No
  259. Was Adam a son of God before he sinned (Luke 3:38)? ___Yes ___No
  260. Did God give his warning in Genesis 2:17 to a real son of God? ___Yes ___No
  261. What contributed to Eve's behavioral change, and her decision to disobey God? __The OSAS message ___God's grace
  262. Does the type of message that would state you cannot die spiritually through sin promote sin? ___Yes ___No
  263. Did the OSAS message contribute to Adam's sin as he heard it from the serpent and Eve? ___Yes ___No
  264. Can a son of God die spiritually through sin, according to Scripture? ___Yes ___No
  265. Was that same warning hypothetical or was it cited in reference to a very real danger that could occur? ___Hypothetical ___Very real danger
  266. If one accepts the teaching today that a Christian can't die spiritually through sin, is he dangerously deceived as Eve was immediately before she died spiritually? ___Yes ___No
  267. Since the devil, our spiritual enemy, was so successful with the type of message as recorded in Genesis 3:4, does it make sense he would still be using it today to destroy souls? ___Yes ___No
  268. According to the Bible, are teachers who proclaim sound doctrine or teachers who proclaim false doctrine divisive (Romans 16:17; Jude 19)? ___Teachers proclaiming truth ___Teachers proclaiming falsehood
  269. Are teachers who change the grace of God into a license for immorality divisive (Jude 4 cf. v. 19)? ___Yes ___No
  270. Should teachers who change the grace of God into a license for immorality be in spiritual office as shepherds (Jude 12)? ___Yes ___No
  271. Is it a serious thing to be the cause of a little one who believes in Jesus to sin (Matthew 18:6; Mark. 9:42)? ___Yes ___No
  272. Can one's teaching be the cause of another sinning (Genesis 3:4)? ___Yes ___No
  273. Is it safer and better to believe in a false security or the disturbing truth? ___False security ___Disturbing truth
  274. Paul asked a question about grace, then answered it. He wrote, "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! . . ." (Romans 6:1,2, NKJV). For OSAS proponents to cite this passage to downplay the seriousness of sin or to teach that grace allows for continuous sin is a gross distortion of the word of God. ___True ___False
  275. Romans 5:5 states God poured out his love into a Christian's heart, but can sin make love grow cold (Matthew 24:12,13)? ___Yes ___No
  276. At the point of justification, we have peace with God (Romans 5:1), but can we afterwards be at enmity with God again (James 4:4)? ___Yes ___No
  277. Jesus taught we can pass from spiritual death to spiritual life (John 5:24), but did he also teach we can pass from spiritual life to spiritual death (Luke 15:24,32)? __Yes ___No
  278. Does OSAS teaching result in some strange interpretations of Scripture that can't possibly be correct? ___Yes ___No
  279. Can you understand why many Christians, who firmly believe we are saved at the moment of a trusting and submitting faith in Jesus Christ, do not believe in OSAS and openly speak out against it for the sake of truth and souls? ___Yes ___No
  280. Are you such a Christian? ___Yes ___No
  281. What should you do?

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