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BE MY WITNESSES (ACTS 1:8) 1. What is an eyewitness? A) Someone who saw an event happen B) Someone who watched a recording of something C) Someone who read something firsthand D) Someone who can give a firsthand description of an event he/she saw E) Choices A & D 2. Who were eyewitnesses to ALL the events of our Lord Jesus Christ while He was on earth? A) The Pharisees D) St. Ambrose B) The disciples E) All of the above C) The Roman government 3. Provide a verse that shows that the disciples were eyewitnesses of our Lord Jesus. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. The disciples witnessed…. A) Our Lord’s ministry and service D) The ascension of our Lord into heaven B) The suffering and crucifixion of our Lord E) All of the above C) Our Lord after His Resurrection 5. Explain how the disciples ‘witnessed the work of the Holy Spirit. 1 _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. Christians who believe what the Fathers of the Church and what the Apostle preached are witnesses by ___________ A) Firsthand account D) Faith B) Hope E) Choices B & C C) Love 7. A person can witness for Christ through … A) Wearing a cross D) Memorizing lots of verses in the Bible B) Wearing religious t-shirts E) All of the above C) His/her behavior 8. What is the source of demonstrating the love of Christ through thoughts and actions? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. “That Christ may ___________ in your ___________ through ____________ “ (_____________ 3:17) 10. Explain what Colossians 1:27 means in terms of being witnesses for Christ. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2 _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 11. Salvation is 1) ________________________________________________________ AND 2) ________________________________________________________ 12. What is the difference between ancestral sin and personal sin? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 13. Mankind is delivered from the ancestral sin through… A) Repentance and B) Baptism D) Praying Confession C) Reading the Bible E) All of the above 14. The importance of baptism is to ____________ our life from _______________ sin. 15. Show from Romans 6 that during baptism, one must be fully immersed. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 16. The water in baptism is _______________ and renewal through baptism is both _________ and give _________ _______________ 3 17. When is one born again through the work of the Holy Spirit? A) After praying D) After the Unction of the Sick B) After baptism E) Choices B & D C) After Holy Matrimony 18. Why after renewal through baptism, believers still commit sins afterwards? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 19. “Do not _______ to one another, since you have put off the ____ ________ with his ________, and have put on the ____ man who is renewed in ______________ according to the _______ of Him who created him,” (Colossians 3: __-__) 20. Provide a verse that shows that the nature of man is renewed through baptism. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 21. What is the solution to being renewed after falling into personal sin? A) Baptism again D) Unction of the Sick B) Reading the Bible E) Choices A & B C) Repentance and Confession 4 22. Provide TWO verses to show that our Lord Jesus Christ gave the disciples (and therefore all the clergy) the authority to loosen the repentant person from their sins. 1) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 23. What are the steps for a person to be freed from personal sin? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 24. When repentance is true, what happens? A) The person stops sinning forever D) The person has no need of repentance B) The person is taken up to heaven like Elijah E) Choices A & C C) The Holy Spirit bears fruits in the person’s life 25. We can be witnesses for Christ on a personal level by working on our personal ____________ with Christ 26. What is the first step to working on our personal relationship with Christ? A) Seek virtues D) Attain the fruits of the Spirit B) Fight against temptation E) Choices B & C C) Avoid sinful lusts 5 27. How can we do what St. Paul says and ‘present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God’ (Romans 12:1)? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 28. We need ____________, ________________, and ________________ in order to avoid the temptations of the body and be a witness to the life of a Christian. 29. A true Christian shares their Christian values with their ___________ first. A) Neighbors C) Coworkers E) None of the above B) Household D) Friends 30. Each member of the house should bear witness for Christ through their _________ , _________, ________________, and unity. 31. Provide a verse that shows the importance of witnessing for Christ in our families. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 32. In your own words, what is an ambassador and why is important that he/she watches their behavior? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 33. What are three values of the world should Christians BE CAREFUL to NOT mix with? 1) __________________________________________ 2) __________________________________________ 3) __________________________________________ 34. Instead of committing the same sins as those around him/her, a true Christian …. A) Resists and warns the brethren against sin in pride B) Resists and warns the brethren against sin in love and hope and pride C) Resists and warns the brethren against sin in love and hope, without pride D) Watches and approves of the actions being done E) Does nothing 35. Read Romans 12 and find a verse that commands believers NOT to mix with the wrong values of the world. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 36. “Let your __________ so shine before _______, that they may see your ______ works and _________ your Father in ___________,” (Matthew 5: ______ ) 7 Joseph
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