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What is the doctrine of prevenient grace?
What is the doctrine of prevenient grace?
The doctrine of justification by faith is not a Biblical truth.
The doctrine of justification by faith is not a Biblical truth.
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What is the outcome of the combination of God's prior working and human response?
What is the outcome of the combination of God's prior working and human response?
Match the following statements with their corresponding Biblical references:
Match the following statements with their corresponding Biblical references:
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According to the passage, what is the danger of modern Christians?
According to the passage, what is the danger of modern Christians?
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The passage states that we can fully know God's personality in one encounter.
The passage states that we can fully know God's personality in one encounter.
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According to the passage, what is the essence of genuine religion?
According to the passage, what is the essence of genuine religion?
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The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the soul of the redeemed man is the ______________________ of New Testament religion.
The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the soul of the redeemed man is the ______________________ of New Testament religion.
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Match the following quotes with their corresponding authors:
Match the following quotes with their corresponding authors:
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The passage states that the moment of regeneration is the end of our pursuit of God.
The passage states that the moment of regeneration is the end of our pursuit of God.
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Moses' request to God was to show him:
Moses' request to God was to show him:
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According to the passage, the term 'accepting Christ' is found in the Bible.
According to the passage, the term 'accepting Christ' is found in the Bible.
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What is the result of not having an acute desire for God?
What is the result of not having an acute desire for God?
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According to the passage, God discovers Himself to ____________ and hides Himself from the wise and prudent.
According to the passage, God discovers Himself to ____________ and hides Himself from the wise and prudent.
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Match the following individuals with their characteristics mentioned in the passage:
Match the following individuals with their characteristics mentioned in the passage:
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According to the passage, our religious lives today are characterized by simplicity and a strong desire for God.
According to the passage, our religious lives today are characterized by simplicity and a strong desire for God.
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What is the author's main concern in seeking God?
What is the author's main concern in seeking God?
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The author recommends complicating our theology in prayer.
The author recommends complicating our theology in prayer.
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What is the spiritual principle learned from the story of Levi receiving no share of the land in Canaan?
What is the spiritual principle learned from the story of Levi receiving no share of the land in Canaan?
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The author of the quaint old English classic, The Cloud of Unknowing, recommends that we lift up our heart unto God with a _______________ of love.
The author of the quaint old English classic, The Cloud of Unknowing, recommends that we lift up our heart unto God with a _______________ of love.
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Match the following phrases with their meanings:
Match the following phrases with their meanings:
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What is the prayer of the author at the end of the passage?
What is the prayer of the author at the end of the passage?
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Study Notes
The Doctrine of Prevenient Grace
- Christian theology teaches that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man
- A work of enlightenment must be done within a sinful man before he can think a right thought of God
- The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him
The Pursuit of God
- The doctrine of justification by faith has been interpreted to bar men from the knowledge of God
- Faith may now be exercised without a jar to the moral life and without embarrassment to the Adamic ego
- The modern scientist has lost God amid the wonders of His world; we Christians are in real danger of losing God amid the wonders of His Word
The Nature of God
- God is a Person and, as such, can be cultivated as any person can
- God thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires, and suffers as any other person may
- God communicates with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills, and our emotions
The Interchange Between God and the Soul
- The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the soul of the redeemed man is the throbbing heart of New Testament religion
- This intercourse between God and the soul is known to us in conscious personal awareness
The Knowledge of God
- We are in little (our sins excepted) what God is in large
- Being made in His image, we have within us the capacity to know Him
- The moment the Spirit has quickened us to life in regeneration, our whole being senses its kinship to God and leaps up in joyous recognition
The Pursuit of God
- To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul's paradox of love
- The children of the burning heart will understand this holy paradox
- The experiential heart-theology of a grand army of fragrant saints is rejected in favor of a smug interpretation of Scripture
The Necessity of Desire
- Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people
- He waits to be wanted
- Too bad that with many of us He waits so long, so very long, in vain
The Simplicity of Finding God
- We must simplify our approach to Him
- We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few)
- We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood
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This quiz covers the Christian theological concept of prevenient grace, which holds that God must first seek a person before they can seek God. It explores the idea that a work of enlightenment must occur within a person before they can think rightly of God.
