Quiz on infants, baptism and the Church

Test yourself and others. The answers below. You can choose more than one. Good luck and enjoy! 

1. According to God’s Word children of Christians are:

a) small pagans

b) small disciples of Christ

c) spiritually homeless

d) atheists

e) Muslims

f) we-don’t-know-who

g) children are children, we shouldn’t ask such questions, I’m a little nervous when I hear such kind of questions

h) it’s a good question, it comes back to me very often, especially since I have my kids

2. According to the Bible children in the Church are:

a) guests

b) households

c) friends of Jesus’ family

d) intruders

e) our Brothers in Christ

f) for “invitation Jesus to their heart” in future

g) a small problem

h) Sunday School disciples

i) a little bit too loud

3. God in the Scripture calls them:

a) unbelievers

b) unbelievers with huge potential to be Christians

c) believers

d) pagans

e) participants of God’s Kingdom

f) participants of Kingdom of Darkness

g) Saints

h) neutral

i) God’s seed

j) God’s people

k) not God’s people

l) well-wishers of God’s Kingdom

m) His enemies

n) we don’t know, the Bible says nothing about that

4. God communicates with them, strengthens and ensures by:

a) Gospel music

b) Organ music

c) His Word and Sacraments

d) exorcisms

e) holy water

f) loudspeakers

g) God doesn’t communicate with somebody who can’t speak

h) just parents can speak to infants, God understands it doesn’t make sense

i) latin mass

5. According to Jesus’s words:

a) such is the kingdom of God

b) to such maybe will be Kingdom of God

c) whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it

d) whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as an adult will by no means enter it

e) we should make public ritual of dedication once in their life

6. God:

a) waits for conversion of children from Christian families at a Camp or Church evangelism

b) out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants has ordained strength

c) doesn’t understand anything from infants’ mouths

d) thinks kids disturb Him focus

e) treats words and songs of Christian kids as insincere

f) doesn’t treat small kids’ faith seriously

g) treats faith of Christian kids as example for adults

h) lets into His Kingdom only people in “conscious age”

7. In the New Testament we have description:

a) baptism of adults who were never baptized (in the name of Triune God) before 

b) baptism of adults who were baptized before as infants

c) rebaptism

d) baptism only regenerated and saved people

e) baptism of households

f) baptism of a child from Christian family on confession of his faith

g) telling testimony of conversion as a condition of baptism

h) voting of members of the Church before baptism

8. According to Lord Jesus’ words we should make disciples by:

a) leading our interlocutor to “pray of sinner”

b) street evangelism

c) baptism and teaching obedience of Jesus’ commandments

d) teaching obedience of Jesus’ commandments and baptism

e) raising up hand

f) participation in Christian meetings

g) reading theological books

9. Membership in the Church is:

a) permitted from the age of 12

b) permitted from the age of 7

c) just for conscious people

d) just for adult believers and teenagers

e) for adult believers and their household

f) not for infants and disabled people

g) for anybody who wants

h) engrafting to God’s family, body of Christ

i) engrafting to childless God’s family

j) signing up to the club of Jesus’ fans

Answers:

ad. 1.
b) small disciples of Christ - Mt 28:18-20, Lk 18:16, Eph 6:1, Col 3:20, Gal 3:27
h) it’s a good question, it comes back to me very often, especially since I have my kids

ad. 2. 
b) households – Eph 1:1; Eph 6:1  
e) our Brothers in Christ - Col 1:1-2; Col 3:20

ad. 3. 
c) believers - Eph 1:1,
e) participants of God’s Kingdom - Mk 10:14
g) Saints – 1 Cor 7:14  
i) God’s seed - Mal 2:15  

j) God’s people -  Lev 26:13

ad. 4. 
c) His Word and Sacraments – Mt 28:18-20; Acts 16:30-31, Gal 3:27-29;

ad. 5. 
a) such is the kingdom of God - Mk 10:14
c) whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it - Lk 18:17, Mk 10:15

ad. 6. 
b) out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants has ordained strength – Ps 8:2
g) treats faith of Christian kids as example for adults - Lk 18:16-17

ad. 7.
a) baptism of adults who were never baptized before in the name of Triune God - Acts 8:12; Acts 8:38
e) baptism of households - Acts 16:15

ad. 8.
c) baptism and teaching obedience of Jesus’ commandments - Mt 28:19-20

ad.9. 
e) for adult believers and their household - Gen 17:7, Acts 2:38-39; Eph 6:1-4

h) engrafting to God’s family, body of Christ – 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:27-29; Eph 6:1-4

Pawel Bartosik