Do You Have The Basic Idea About The Bible's Marriage Chapter?
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This quiz covers the 12th Basic in a series of twenty Bible studies. In Basic Twelve, Christian Marriage is introduced and explained. When completing this quiz, you may use any material from Basic Twelve. So, let's try out the quiz. All the best!
- 1.A "traditional" marriage based upon Bible standards would contain all but one of these basics. Which one is not a part of a Biblical Christian marriage?
- A.
The absence of parental responsibility
- B.
One man and one woman.
- C.
A covenant, not a contract.
- D.
Children with permanent, committed parents.
- E.
Time honored gender roles of father and mother.
- 2.Charles Colson, in his book “Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture” identified one of the main causes of the decline of marriage and the breakup of the family in America. This cause he exposed is
- A.
Families with its roots in the Bible.
- B.
The effect of worker mobility on the stability of the family.
- C.
The attacks on Christian values through pagan lies about marriage and the family.
- D.
Disunity in the Christian Church on the theology of marriage.
- E.
The effects of childless marriages on education.
- 3.According to Charles Colson the term 'worldview' means a system of beliefs and values based upon
- A.
One's reason for existence.
- B.
A person's purpose in life
- C.
One's values, achievements and behavior.
- D.
How one defines and applies answers A. B. and C.
- E.
All of these answers, A. B. C. and D.
- 4.In Basic Twelve, Drh agreed with Colson that this worldview behind Lie No. 2 is both anti-Bible and anti Christian because (Caution: read all possible answers carefully)
- A.
This view is right out of the Bible.
- B.
By using the concept of an informal contract instead of a marriage covenant, the supporters of this view invent ways to easily break the contract.
- C.
It is based upon the view that there is no God, and nothing is sacred, including wedding vows and marriage covenants.
- D.
None of the answers A. B. C, or E. is correct.
- E.
Both B and C are correct.
- 5.Mary Fairchild expands our definition of marriage and concludes that Eph. 5:22 to 26 does what?
- A.
Equalizes the role of husband and wife in the marriage covenant.
- B.
Eliminates from the definition of immorality the sins of self-centeredness, greed, wanting to control, and hatred,
- C.
Shows the marriage covenant illustrates a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church.
- D.
Says it is better to marry than to be sexually immoral
- E.
Commands that the husband exercises the role of submission to the wife.
- 6.Dr. Cole, in the article reviewed in Basic 12, defined fornication as
- A.
The sin of any sexual activity between a married man and someone other than his wife
- B.
The sin of any sexual activity between a married woman and someone other than her husband.
- C.
Any sexual activity.
- D.
The sin of any sexual activity between people who are not married.
- E.
None of the answers, A. B. C. or D. is correct.
- 7.Dr. Cole, in the article reviewed in Basic 12, defined adultery as
- A.
The sin of any sexual activity between a married man and someone other than his wife
- B.
Any sexual activity outside of marriage.
- C.
As a husband viewing pornography.
- D.
The sin of any sexual activity between people who are not married.
- E.
None of the answers, A. B. C. or D. is correct.
- 8.Lehman Strauss, in his writing called “Marriage, Abortion and Divorce” advised that Christians "should not marry merely for sexual gratification." Strauss called this a
- A.
Purpose
- B.
Precaution
- C.
Peril
- D.
Permanence
- E.
None of the answers, A. B. C. or D. is correct.
- 9.In 1 Peter 3:7 we are told that husband and wife in a Christian marriage are “heirs together of the grace of life.” Strauss defines grace as
- A.
The unwanted result of the marriage union.
- B.
A free gift from God to undeserving humans.
- C.
His desire that both husband and wife find pleasure in marriage.
- D.
Willing and able to change, to regulate and to correct one's behavior.
- E.
The marriage plan as it was changed by man.
- 10.Some religious leaders came to Jesus with a question. "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childlessly. The second and then the third married her, and in the same way, the seven died, leaving no children. Finally, the woman died too. Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?" (NIV) What was Jesus' reply?
- A.
"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children."
- B.
"The secrets of the kingdom of God have not been given to you."
- C.
"There is but one marriage. What God has joined together, let man not separate."
- D.
"Those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage."
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