Lesson 8. Knowledge Review Questions

Lesson 8. The “Elementary Teachings of Christ” School is based on Hebrews chapter 6. These are seven elementary teachings in which the early Christian Church saw the foundation of the Christian faith.

Repentance from Dead Works

1. Give the dictionary definition of the Greek word “repentance” [metanoia].
2. What did John the Baptist preach? What central message did his preaching convey regarding sin?
3. How does “repentance” [metanoia] differ from ordinary remorse or confession?
4. List the consequences of sin that you know.
5. Why does one person receive punishment for their sins while another seems to get away with everything?
6. List the “dead works” (works of the flesh) described in Scripture.
7. What awaits those who have not repented of and abandoned dead works (works of the flesh)?
8. What personal conclusion have you drawn from this teaching?

Faith in God

1. Give the three main definitions of the Greek word “faith” [pistis].
2. Define the ancient Hebrew word “believed” used in Genesis 15:6.
3. Explain in greater detail the first meaning of the word “faith” [pistis].
4. Explain in greater detail the second meaning of the word “faith” [pistis].
5. Explain in greater detail the third meaning of the word “faith” [pistis].
6. What personal conclusion have you drawn from this teaching?

Water Baptism

1. Give the dictionary definition of the Greek word “to baptize” [baptizo].
2. Where did the concept of “Water Baptism” originate, and what was baptism like at the beginning?
3. What does Scripture say about “baptism in water”?
4. Name the three main meanings of “baptism in water.”
5. When and under what conditions can a person be “baptized in water”?
6. What personal conclusion have you drawn from this teaching?

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

1. Give the dictionary definition of the Greek word “to baptize” [baptizo].
2. What is the correct expression: baptism “with the Holy Spirit” or baptism “in the Holy Spirit”? Explain why.
3. Give the biblical basis for baptism in the Holy Spirit.
4. Three main ways of being baptized in the Holy Spirit.
5. Why does every Christian need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit?
6. What do the words “the guarantee of the Spirit” mean to you?
7. What personal conclusion have you drawn from this teaching?

Laying on of hands

1. List what happens through the laying on of hands.
2. Why is it important to lay hands on sick people when the opportunity exists?
3. Explain the meaning of “ordination into ministry.” What is its purpose?
4. According to Scripture, what happens at the moment of “ordination into ministry”?
5. Is there any danger in the laying on of hands?
6. Whom should not be ordained into ministry?
7. What personal conclusion have you drawn from this teaching?

The Resurrection of the Dead

1. What happens to a person after death?
2. Where do the righteous go after death?
3. Where are the bodies and souls of the righteous after death?
4. Where do the wicked go after death?
5. Where are the bodies and souls of the wicked after death?
6. Will all the dead be resurrected or not?
7. Who will be resurrected during the first resurrection?
8. Where will the Church of Christ be at that time?
9. What is known about the time of the first resurrection?
10. When will the second resurrection take place?
11. What will happen after the second resurrection?
12. What is the “second death”?
13. Who will be thrown into the lake of fire?
14. What personal conclusion have you drawn from this teaching?

Eternal condemnation

1. Which is correct: “eternal judgment” or “eternal condemnation”? Why?
2. Who will be subject to “eternal condemnation”?
3. Why are the people Jesus calls “goats” doomed to eternal torment?
4. What does “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” mean?
5. Describe the deeds of the lawless (unfaithful Christians) as the apostle Peter describes them in his epistle.
6. What does it mean to “cause one of these little ones to stumble”? Whom is Jesus talking about? Whom do these words of Jesus refer to?
7. Where in the Bible does it speak about the place of eternal condemnation?
8. What personal conclusion have you drawn from this teaching?

Source: The Bible, Hebrews chapter 6
Teacher: Dmitriy Leo