CHMN 201 Quiz 1

CHMN 201 Quiz 1

1. According to Gutierrez (Introduction), “The Mind of Christ is an incomprehensible mystery.”
2. Gutierrez says in Chapter Four, “If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, I want to encourage you not to ever utter the word “____” without thinking of this beautiful verse [Phil.2:8].”
3. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Three), “’Anything and everything’ that matters to a person should…”
4. According to Gutierrez (Introduction), Which one of the following options is NOT one of the reasons listed in the paragraph that follows this question, “Why aren’t more people living their lives according to the Mind of Christ?”
5. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), part of putting humility into practice is to do self-examination regularly.
6. According to Gutierrez (Appendix – Figure 1 – Chart of Philippians 2:1-11), which verses comprise the “Three-fold Mindset – Described (Descriptive)?”
7. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Four), “When the Holy Spirit inspired the Word of God, He chose to use the word “cross” more often than any other word to describe Jesus’ sacrifice because God wanted us to remember that our precious Lord spared no embarrassment, no guilt, and no shame as he sacrificed His life for the sin of the world!”
8. According to Gutierrez (Chapter One), “In fact, if you were to read all of Paul’s letters in the New Testament (Romans – Philemon; thirteen letters total) and count how many times you come across this word [mind], you would find it only twenty-three times. What is even more interesting is that _____ of those occurrences are found in this little four-chapter Book of Philippians!”
9. According to Gutierrez (Chapter One), “Philippians 2:5 says, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” When Paul penned this verse in his own language, he chose an interesting word for “mind.” The word mind here means “_____” or “
10. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “Remember, it is not the _____ that make a response reflect the attitude of humility; it is always the _____ behind the
11. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Three), “Admittedly, you can perform a singular act that resembles selflessness, but you cannot brand yourself as a selfless person unless your life is characterized by a heart attitude that _____
12. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Three), “The Mind of Christ is cultivated when you actively meditate on the teaching of Philippians 2:2-4, confess with your heart any sin, and carefully follow all of the Biblical directives about cultivating _____, _____, and
13. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “Pride is a weapon that enjoys destroying people’s lives. Pride plays no favorites. Pride will turn on you just as quickly as it clung to you upon your summoning it to be your partner in ministry. Pride will destroy your ministry!”
14. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “If [conceit and selfish ambition] are resident in you, there is no way you should believe that you are living according to Biblical humility and you are subsequently unable to live out the Mind of Christ.”
15. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Five), “If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, my prayer for you is that your words would not merely be perfunctory acts of liturgy, but rather…”
16. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “It is not weakness to acknowledge the daily safeguards that you must implement in order to protect you from your flesh – it is wisdom!”
17. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Five), “The amount of praise that you offer to God should be weightier so that, in comparison, it should utterly “tip the scales” in favor of
18. According to Gutierrez (Appendix – Figure 1 – Chart of Philippians 2:1-11), which verses comprise the “Rationale?”
19. According to Gutierrez (Appendix – Figure 1 – Chart of Philippians 2:1-11), which verses comprise the “Transition?”
20. According to Gutierrez (Appendix), what is the problem with searching for the specific teaching of the Mind of Christ in verses six through eight? The problem is …”
21. “If the believer desires to live out the Mind of Christ, he must…”
22. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “The Enemy of Humility is _____.”
23. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Four), “The Apostle Paul penned Philippians 2:6-8 in order to provide…”
24. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “God will sustain you with His encouragement that is neither empty nor fleeting by informing you of _____ _____!”
25. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Three), “In some circumstances you may want to inquire of your friend’s situation. But remember that selflessness bears a responsibility to support your friend in spiritual change and not to only fulfill your desire to help.”
26. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Four), Which one of the following options is NOT one of “the three ways in which Jesus stripped Himself of His Majestic Glory and humbled Himself?”
27. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Five), “We compromise the Biblical balance that is presented in scripture if we find ourselves praising man and attributing to him a level of greatness that rivals the greatness of God rather than ushering due praise to the God Who gave that man the abilities he has.”
28. According to Gutierrez (Introduction), “The mind of Christ is a general, ambiguous cliché that cannot be specifically defined and thus hard to apply and explain.”
29. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Four), “There is no reason why church congregations cannot brave any storm, so long as all the people involved are living out the Mind of Christ.”
30. According to Gutierrez (Chapter One), “It brings honor and glory to God when we love one another – Unity of Affection – because…”
31. According to Gutierrez (Appendix), “Regardless if, in your own human thinking, you rationalize that His way will not work out for the best, you need to at the outset purpose in your heart to obey God no matter how tempted you are to turn away from His teaching.”
32. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Five), “True, God-honoring praise requires a heart that first has acknowledged its _____ and _____ for Jesus alone to cleanse it from unrighteousness.”
33. According to Gutierrez (Chapter One), “When the Bible instructs you to “Let this mind be in you,” it is implying that if you want to have the Mind of Christ you must also change your thinking.”
34. According to Gutierrez (Chapter One), “Circumstances can _____ change a heart. Circumstances can put great or little pressure on the decision maker, but they only provide the environment in which a change of heart takes place.
35. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “So, in order to keep our minds humble and protected from becoming “holier than thou,” we should consider our time interacting with others as a privilege and an honor – but there still needs to be a level of reverential respect between you and the church member – especially if you are a pastor!”
36. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “It is hard to know why the Lord allows some to continue in their pride as they live their lives and even minister as Christian leaders. But be assured of this truth: …”
37. According to Gutierrez (Preface), “The Book of Philippians teaches that the reader who desires to know the Mind of Christ must first know…”
38. According to Guiterrez (Chapter One), “Unity of Purpose means that, amid the many diverse personalities and skill sets of the people within our churches and ministries, we need to make sure we maintain _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ that we are involved in church work or a Christian ministry.”
39. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Three), selflessness is a continual, constant act of focusing in on the interests of others.
40. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Two), “Self-promoters eventually reveal themselves to everyone because the ones who desire to promote themselves begin to deceive themselves in believing that they are better disguisers of their motives than they really are!”
41. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Four), “Any theological teaching that is able to be abstracted from Philippians 2:6-8 is a mere by-product to the main point of these verses!”
42. According to Gutierrez (Chapter Five), “The point is that true, God-honoring praise requires words!”
43. According to Gutierrez (Appendix – Figure 1 – Chart of Philippians 2:1-11), which verses comprise the “Result/Reward?”
44. According to Gutierrez (Chapter One), “We can blame our circumstances for a lack of spirituality.”
45. According to Gutierrez (Chapter One), Which one of the following options is NOT one of the three “Actions” that comprise the “Unity Checklist?”
46. List and explain the three phases that provide our three-fold Unity Checklist.