Reformed Free Publishing Association
The RFPA blog editor, Rev. Martyn McGeown, enjoys teaching the creeds in his capacity as pastor of Providence PRC. To that end, he has written a series of quizzes for our blog readers, to test readers' knowledge of the Canons of Dordt. Try them out, test yourselves and your friends and family, and may the questions spur you on to familiarize yourselves with the confessions.
Today, we continue with Heads Three/Four.
Find questions 1 through 25 here.
Quiz 10 on Canons Heads Three/Four
- True or false: The natural operation of man’s will—to choose good and reject evil—remains unhindered by sin.
- True or false: After the fall man is a beast or a devil without any understanding or will.
- True or false: The light of nature that man still possesses is able to bring man to conversion and salvation.
- True or false: Man is incapable of using the glimmerings of natural light in things natural and civil.
- True or false: The Christian Reformed Church in defense of common grace appealed to Canons 3-4:4 to teach that, although man is totally depraved and cannot do spiritual good, he can still do civil good.
- True or false: The Christian Reformed Church’s appeal to Canons 3-4.4 is correct.
- True or false: Unbelieving man holds, or suppresses, the truth of God in unrighteousness.
- True or false: Unbelieving man wholly pollutes the glimmerings of natural light left to him after the fall.
- True or false: The role of the decalogue (the law of God) is to convince or convict man of his sin.
- True or false: The law of God demands obedience, but does not impart strength to the sinner to obey.
- True or false: The Ten Commandments point out a remedy from sin and death.
- True or false: By the law of God man can be delivered from the curse and obtain saving grace.
- True or false: The gospel is the means by which God is pleased to save men whether they believe or not.
- True or false: God performs salvation by the operation of the Holy Spirit through the gospel of Christ.
- True or false: The will of man is not corrupted, but only hindered by the irregularity of the affections.
- True or false: Unregenerate man can still hunger and thirst after righteousness.
- True or false: God is ready to reveal Christ unto all men if they are willing to use the light of nature aright.
- True or false: By using the natural gifts left him after the fall man can gain evangelical or saving grace.
- True or false: In the Old Testament God revealed the gospel with few exceptions to the Jews only.
- True or false: In the New Testament God reveals the gospel to every human being without exception.
- True or false: God has revealed the gospel to us because we, rather than others, deserve to know Christ.
- True or false: It is possible for an unregenerate person to offer to God the sacrifice of a contrite spirit.
- True or false: Since God does not desire the salvation of all, he is not serious when he calls men to faith.
- True or false: If a reprobate sinner came to Jesus in true faith and repentance, God would reject him.
- True or false: God is pleased that those who are called by the gospel should come to him.
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Find the answers to these questions here. For more quizzes and other reader activities, visit the RFPA blog next week!
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Martyn McGeown is a pastor in the Protestant Reformed Churches. He is also the editor of the RFPA blog and the author of multiple RFPA publications.
