Thursday, April 10, 2025

Seeking Wholeness Quiz 3

 

A quiz to test your knowledge of Biblical mental, emotional and spiritual health.


Scripture:

  • Ephesians 4:32
  • Matthew 18:15
  • 1 Peter 4:8
  • Proverbs 20:19
  • Proverbs 18:17
  • Proverbs 19:11
  • Philippians 4:6-7
  • Proverbs 29:25
  • Proverbs 16:27
  • Matthew 4:1-4
  • Matthew 4:5-6

Introduction

Over the past 5 years, we have been studying mental and emotional and spiritual health.  

Wholeness is about being _______ healthy

  • spiritually
  • emotionally
  • mentally

Free from oppression of

  • Our past
  • Bad thinking
  • Strongholds
  • The enemy

We’re talking about

  • dealing with life’s current stresses
  • being healed from experiences/wounds of the past

We’re promised eternal life

  • We’re also supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth

During this series, we’ve come up with a list of traits that define “Wholeness”.  These are the traits that we’re striving for to be emotionally, mentally, and spiritually healthy.

Traits of Wholeness

  • Honesty
  • Kindness
  • Behavior not influenced by external approval / validation
  • Living by values and principles
  • Setting Boundaries
  • Taking ownership of your responsibilities
  • Living with purpose and passion
  • Hope
  • Confidence
  • Not losing control of your emotions
  • Free from addictions
  • Addressing Conflict with truth and love
  • Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely
  • you “fight fair“
  • Not critical or Judgemental
  • Not jealous of others
  • Forgive those who have wronged you in the past
  • Know that you’re worthy of receiving love
  • Not afraid to fail
  • Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety
  • Selfless encounters with others
  • Not manipulating others trying to control their actions
  • You care about how others feel
  • Patient
  • Don’t give into peer/social pressure
  • Can communicate without antagonizing others
  • You can complain respectfully
  • Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for your own thoughts and feelings
  • Slow to anger
  • Not easily triggered
  • Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires
  • Can listen without reacting
  • Can respect others without having to change them
  • Able to negotiate solutions and take other people's perspectives into consideration
  • Give people room to make mistakes and not be perfect
  • Love God
  • Love your neighbor
  • Pray and spend time with God
  • You are led by the Spirit
  • Have faith in your salvation through Jesus

Seeking Wholeness Quiz

Here is a quiz that will measure what you learned in the Seeking Wholeness series.  This quiz is intended to test your comprehension after viewing the entire series.  It is not intended to fully summarize the lessons or to comprehensively teach the issues discussed.

Quiz Topics:

  1. Forgiveness
  2. Resolving Conflict
  3. Resolving Conflict
  4. Intrusive Thoughts
  5. Projection
  6. Intrusive Thoughts
  7. The Unforgivable Sin
  8. The Armor of God
  9. Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness
  10. Satan

1 Forgiveness

Forgiveness means

  1. Restoring the relationship
  2. Canceling the debt
  3. Getting the other person to admit to the wrong
  4. Getting an apology
  5. All of the above

B. Cancelling the debt

Forgiveness is erasing the debt

Reconciliation is restoring the relationship

Forgiveness isn’t fair

Forgiveness

Forgiveness means I don’t seek revenge

They don’t owe you

  • Money
  • An explanation
  • An apology
  • Gratitude

They don’t need to accept the blame

  • Don’t have to own up to their part

I don’t need you to see it from my perspective

If your forgiveness has conditions you haven’t forgiven yet

Reconciliation

The restoration of friendly relations

We are always supposed to forgive everyone

It’s not only if the victim is willing to reconcile

You can have forgiveness without reconciliation

Ephesians 4:32

 Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Reconciliation

Resolving Conflict

Which of these statements is true about relationships?

  1. Rick Warren said The number one determiner of success in a marriage is the ability to resolve conflict
  2. Healthy relationships have conflict
  3. If you fight all the time it might mean that you haven’t learned how to resolve conflict
  4. We should clarify our assumptions because they could be a misrepresentation of reality
  5. All of the above

5.  All of the above

Addressing Conflict

The number one determiner of success in a marriage is the ability to resolve conflict

—Rick Warren

When you don’t resolve your conflicts you’re putting thin layers of resentment between you and the other person

Sometimes you can help people be free of something if you confront them and not just let them keep getting by with it

Conflict is Necessary

Conflict is not a bad thing

if you don’t have conflict… You don’t have a real relationship

Healthy relationships are marked by conflict

Hard conversations are not fun… But they are not optional either

But if you fight all the time it also means that you haven’t learned how to resolve conflict

 3 Resolving Conflict

When you have conflict with another believer you should

  1. Seek the counsel from a pastor or seasoned Christian first instead of addressing them 1-on-1 to avoid misunderstandings.
  2. Expose the sins of other Christians in the church first so that everyone can know how to interact with that individual
  3. Renew your mind by not hearing their side of the story
  4. Overlook some offenses and not get angry quickly
  5. All of the above

Matthew 18:15

15 “Now if your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

Proverbs 20:19

One who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with a gossip.

Proverbs 18:17

The first to plead his case seems right, Until another comes and examines him.

Proverbs 19:11

A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense.

4 Overlook some offenses and not get angry quickly

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Resolving Conflict - Part 2

Intrusive Thoughts

What are some methods to help manage unwanted thoughts in your head?

  1. Walk in nature
  2. Pray
  3. Read the Bible
  4. Write your thoughts down
  5. All of the above

Philippians 4:6-7

6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Stanford Study

90 min walk in nature vs urban

Reduced neural activity in brain area linked to

  • mental illness
  • Depression

5 All of the above

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Intrusive Thoughts - Part 1

Projection

Scenario: you sent someone an email where you opened up and were vulnerable but they didn’t respond. Which of these thoughts is an example of “projection“?  

  1. My email went to their spam folder
  2. I wonder if they hate my idea
  3. I better go check that I sent it to the right email address
  4. They are probably busy
  5. All of the above

Projection is a defense mechanism where we assume others believe the negative thoughts that we have about ourselves

2.  I wonder if they hate my idea

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, But one who trusts in the LORD will be protected.

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Dealing With Rumination

Intrusive Thoughts

According to Rick Warren, The phrase “You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.”  (– Martin Luther)  means…

  1. We shouldn’t worry about how we are going to provide for ourselves in the future
  2. Christians should not wear hats in church
  3. If we take our thoughts captive we can prevent ourselves from having sinful thoughts
  4. You can’t keep the devil from suggesting thoughts, but you can choose not to dwell or act on them.
  5. Does not mean any of these

4. You can’t keep the devil from suggesting thoughts, but you can choose not to dwell or act on them.

Proverbs 16:27 (Living Bible)

27 Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece.

One strategy to combat intrusive thoughts is to stay busy with productive/kingdom activity

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Intrusive Thoughts - Part 2

The Unforgivable Sin

According to our study, the unforgivable sin is:

  1. Saying something sacrilegious about God or the Holy Spirit
  2. Repeatedly doing the same sins
  3. Being a believer but not a Christian
  4. Denying that the tongues spoken in charismatic churches are evidence of the Holy Spirit
  5. None of the above

3.  Being a believer but not a Christian

In Mark 3, we Jesus implies that the Pharisees had committed the unforgivable sin.  The context was that they were saying He was performing miracles through the power of Satan.

The unforgivable sin is being convinced that Jesus is the Messiah but still choosing not to accept Him as your saviour.  The Pharisees knew the signs and knew that Jesus had performed them.  

  • Satan is an example of this.

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Intrusive Thoughts - Part 3

8 The Armor of God

In Ephesians 6 (Armor of God), how does Paul tell us we should fight against spiritual warfare

  1. Speaking in tongues
  2. With truthfulness and faith
  3. Casting out demons
  4. With a physical sword
  5. All of the above

2. With truthfulness and faith

Ephesians 6

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12For our struggle is not against [f]flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14Stand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and having strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16[g]in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : The Armor of God - Part 1

9 Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness

The story of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness teaches us:

  1. Sometimes we face trials to prepare us for our purpose
  2. Fasting is a tool we can use for spiritual warfare
  3. Satan can attack you by offering you good things
  4. We can use scripture to fight against the devil
  5. All of the above

5. All of the above

Matthew 4:1-4

1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He [a]then became hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”  4 But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’”

Why did Jesus go into the wilderness?

  • To be tempted by the devil

Why did Jesus fast?

  • To prepare for temptation from the devil

Fasting is spiritual warfare

Satan’s Attack

How did Satan “attack” Jesus?

Sometimes the attack isn’t taking stuff away

  • It’s giving you opportunities

Why would satan offer you “good” things?

  • Distract you
  • Guide you away from your purpose
  • Make you prideful
  • Make you arrogant
  • Make you think you don’t need God

Temptation is one of the primary attacks from the devil

Jesus’ Response

How did Jesus respond to Satan’s “attack”?

  • With the Bible
  • Jesus always used the same weapon… “It is written“

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 1 (Satan)

10 Satan

Which does the Bible tell us about Satan?

  1. We should rebuke him
  2. He fell before the creation of the earth
  3. He tempted Eve with an apple
  4. He quoted scripture
  5. All of the above

Matthew 4:5-6

5 Then the devil *took Him along into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and he *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written:

‘HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS ORDERS CONCERNING YOU’;

and

‘ON THEIR HANDS THEY WILL LIFT YOU UP,

SO THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’”

4. He quoted scripture

From the lesson: Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 1 (Satan)