Seeking Wholeness Quiz 4

 

Test your knowledge of spiritual warfare

Scriptures:

• Deuteronomy 18:9-13
• Ezekiel 18:19-22
• Ezekiel 18: 2-4
• 2 Corinthians 10:3-6
• Luke 22:31-32
• Mark 1:23-27
• 2 Corinthians 2:10-11
• Philipians 4: 11-14
• Genesis 41:8

Introduction

Over the past 5 years, we have been studying The concept of wholeness.  

We defined wholeness as 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”.  

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 explain the lessons or to comprehensively teach the issues discussed.

Quiz Topics:

1. Occult / Witchcraft
2. Seeking Other Spirits
3. Occult / Witchcraft
4. Generational Curses
5. Spiritual Warfare
6. Spiritual Warfare
7. Temptation
8. Unforgiveness
9. I Can Do All Things
10. Grief
11. Depression
12. Depression
13. Frightening Dreams

1 Occult / Witchcraft

Which of these practices did God warn the Israelites not to partake in?

1. Witchcraft
2. Calling on dead ancestors
3. Casting spells
4. Human sacrifice
5. All of the above

Deuteronomy 18:9-13

9 “When you enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, a soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead. 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord; and because of these detestable things the Lord your God is going to drive them out before you. 13 You are to be blameless before the Lord your God.

Variations of involvement with evil spirits:

From Cambridge International Dictionary:

• DIVINATION: the skill or act of saying or discovering what will happen in the future
• WITCHCRAFT: the activity of performing magic to help or harm other people.
• SOOTHSAYER: The ability to know and tell what will happen in the future.
• OMENS: a sign of how a future event will take place
• SORCERY:  a type of magic in which spirits, especially evil ones, are used to make things happen.
• SPELLS: spoken words which are thought to have magical power
• MEDIUM: a person who receives messages from people who are dead.
• A SPIRITIST: a consulter of spirits.
• NECROMANCER: One who calls up the dead

5. All of the above

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 4 (Curses)

2 Seeking Other Spirits

Why did the Israelites seek after other spirits instead of God?

1. Talk to the dead
2. Learn the future
3. For Protection
4. Imitating other nations
5. All of the above

5. All of the above

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 2 (Seeking After Spirits)

1. Talk to the dead - Saul/Samuel
2. Learn the future
3. Protection - golden calf
4. National peer pressure

3 Occult / Witchcraft

Occult practices are theories and practices involving a belief in and knowledge or use of supernatural forces or beings (outside of God).  Some of the practices include:

• Divination
• Astrology
• Blood sacrifice
• Spells and curses
• 
  

Why do people turn to these occult practices?

1. It’s part of their Culture
2. To gain love or a relationship
3. Monetary gain
4. God didn't answer them
5. All of the above

5. All of the above

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 2 (Seeking After Spirits)

4 Generational Curses

Ezekiel 18:19-22

19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live. 20 “The person who sins will die. A son will not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son’s guilt; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

In this passage, God is clarifying which fact to the Israelites?

1. You shouldn’t call on dead people even if they are prophets
2. You should not make any graven images of God
3. God does not put generational curses on us
4. When the Israelites prayed to idols, they were praying to demons
5. None of the above

3. God does not put generational curses on us

Ezekiel 18: 2-4

 2“What do you people mean by using this proverb about the land of Israel, saying,

‘The fathers eat sour grapes,

But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt’? 3As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “you certainly are not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore. 4Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

Some people had thought that the children would suffer from their parent’s sin.  God was clarifying that He no longer punishes children for their parent’s sin.

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare 5 (Generational Curses)

5 Spiritual Warfare

According to the Bible, which of these is not a goal of spiritual warfare?

1. As Christians we should make sure Satan is bound
2. Spread the gospel to the Nations
3. Confront arguments that contradict God’s word
4. To move towards sanctification
5. All of these are goals of spiritual warfare

1. As Christians we should make sure Satan is bound

2 Corinthians 10:3-6

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

From the lesson: Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare 6 (Spirits Influencing Nations)

6 Spiritual Warfare

Which of these statements does the Bible clearly state about spiritual warfare?

1. Demons are “fallen angels”
2. Satan fell before the creation of the earth?
3. Demons can’t say the name “Jesus”
4. There are instances where Satan asked God for permission before performing an “evil” act
5. All of the above

Luke 22:31-32

31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;

32 but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

Mark 1:23-27

23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 saying, “What business do you have with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are: the Holy One of God!” 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26 After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

• Demons can say the name of Jesus

4. There are instances where Satan asked God for permission before performing an evil act

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare 7 (Demons)

7 Temptation

Which of these sentences is true about temptation?

1. God won’t tempt you to sin
2. Examining the emotional pattern or cause/effect pattern leading up to you falling into temptation is a good strategy
3. Satan will try to tempt you to sin
4. The enemy wants to keep you operating in your flesh
5. All of the above

5. All of the above

Looking for the emotional or cause/effect pattern leading up to you falling into temptation is a good strategy

Example:

Do you always fall into a certain sin:

• When you’re stressed (e.g. coping mechanisms leading to sin)
• When you are depressed
• When it’s late at night
• When you want to impress people (e.g. lying)
• When you are on social media (e.g. coveting)
• 
  

From the lesson:

 Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 8 (Temptation | Accusation | Deception)

8 Unforgiveness

The Bible explicitly says that _____  gives Satan an advantage?

1. Unforgiveness
2. Gossip
3. False testimony
4. His pitchfork
5. None of the above

2 Corinthians 2:10-11

10 But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11 so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

1.  Unforgiveness

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 9 (Disagreements)

9 I Can Do All Things

Philipians 4:13 the verse that says “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” teaches us what?

1. God can work miracles
2. We can be content in all situations
3. God is all powerful
4. We have direct access to God
5. All of the above

Philipians 4: 11-14

11 Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. 14 Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my difficulty.

B. We can be content in all situations

The other statements may be true, but that is not the context of this verse.

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Spiritual Warfare - Part 9 (Disagreements)

10 Grief

What factors can contribute to how deeply a person will grieve after losing a loved one?

1. How many other stressful circumstances they’ve experienced recently
2. How much social support they have
3. How much control or responsibility they feel like they had in the situation
4. Predictability of the loss
5. All of the above

Everyone grieves differently so never say…

“I know how you feel…I lost my…”

5. All of the above

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Dealing With Grief

11 Depression

Some things that can contribute to you being depressed include:

1. Unhealthy diet
2. Hormonal Issues
3. Loss of job / finances
4. Living/working in an unsafe environment
5. All of the above

5. All of the above

From the lesson:  https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2023/04/dealing-with-depression.html

12 Depression

Which of these could have the same symptoms of depression:

1. Stress
2. Burn out
3. Pandemic melancholy
4. being down because of life factors
5. All of the above

5. All of the above

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Dealing With Depression - Part 2

13 Troubling Dreams

Which of these stories proves that all troubling dreams or nightmares are demonic and all dreams from God give you peace

1. Pharaoh's dream with Joseph
2. The cupbearer and the baker’s dream with Joseph
3. Nebechenezzer’s dream with Daniel
4. Joseph’s dream about ruling over his brothers
5. There are no examples in the Bible frightening dreams from demons (or Satan),  but there are dreams from God that troubled people

Genesis 41:8

 8Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent messengers and called for all the soothsayer priests of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his [d]dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.

People frightened by dreams from God

• Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 6-12)
• The Egyptian Pharaoh  (Genesis 41)

5. There are no examples in the Bible troubling dreams from demons (or Satan),  but there are dreams from God that troubled people

From the lesson:  Unchained Disciples : Dream interpretation

Instructor: Michael Leadon

Extra

Ephesians 4:25-26

25 Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts of one another. 26BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27and do not give the devil [t]an opportunity.