SDA Bible Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A spiritual message makes claims about Jesus. According to 1 John 4:1-3, what confession is central when testing the spirit behind it?
That Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
That Jesus was chiefly a political liberator
That Jesus delivered the law at Mount Sinai
That Jesus wrote the books of Moses
2. A teacher claims Christ’s return will be an event that the world cannot observe. Which detail in Revelation 1:7 most directly challenges that claim?
Christ holds seven stars
Every eye will see Christ when he comes with the clouds
The message is sent to seven churches
John receives the vision on Patmos
3. How does Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 connect obedience with accountability?
It says wisdom eliminates the need for commandments
It limits accountability to Israel’s civil rulers
It says only publicly visible actions matter
It calls people to fear God and keep his commandments because every work will be brought into judgment
4. An Israelite gathered twice as much manna on the sixth day. According to Exodus 16, why was this appropriate?
The next day was a Sabbath of rest
A portion had to be given to the priests
A yearly festival began that evening
Manna was supplied only every other day
5. Someone hears a persuasive new religious teaching and wants to follow the example of the Bereans in Acts 17. What should the person do?
Examine the Scriptures to see whether the teaching is true
Follow whichever view is held by the largest group
Wait for a dream that confirms or rejects it
Accept it because the speaker appears sincere
6. Which detail in the baptism of the Ethiopian official in Acts 8 most clearly shows that water was directly involved in the act?
Philip first met him in Jerusalem’s temple
Philip and the official went down into the water and came up from it
The official washed his hands beside the road
Philip poured water into a vessel before teaching him
7. What does the fourth commandment in Exodus 20 instruct God’s people to remember?
The new moon, to make it a day of fasting
The Passover, to observe it every month
The Sabbath day, to keep it holy
The Day of Atonement, to observe it each week
8. Which summary best preserves the relationship between salvation and good works in Ephesians 2:8-10?
Good works earn grace once enough of them are completed
Faith matters only when good works are impossible
Salvation and good works are unrelated subjects
People are saved by grace through faith, not by works, and are created in Christ for good works
9. In the first angel’s message of Revelation 14:6-7, what identifies the one whom people are called to worship?
He made heaven, earth, the sea, and the springs of water
He established the strongest kingdom on earth
He revealed the exact date of the final judgment
He appointed the first king of Israel
10. Which statement directly reflects Ecclesiastes 9:5?
The dead continue gaining knowledge
The dead immediately become angels
The dead know nothing
The dead return to advise the living
11. In Daniel 7, Daniel sees four beasts rising from the sea. How does the interpreting angel explain them?
They are four plagues that will strike the earth
They are four winds guarding the directions of the earth
They represent four kings or kingdoms
They symbolize four groups of temple priests
12. According to Genesis 2:2-3, what did God specifically bless and make holy after completing creation?
The Garden of Eden
The seventh day
The first full moon
The day humanity was created
13. According to 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, which sequence best matches what happens when the Lord descends from heaven?
The living are caught up first, and the dead remain in their graves
The dead rise, while the living remain permanently on earth
The living ascend secretly before the Lord descends
The dead in Christ rise first, and then the living are caught up with them to meet the Lord
14. Hebrews 9 contrasts regular priestly service with the Day of Atonement. Who entered the second compartment, and under what condition?
Every priest entered daily after washing
Moses entered weekly while carrying the tablets
The whole congregation entered during the annual feast
Only the high priest entered once a year, and not without blood
15. When Daniel and his companions declined the king’s provisions in Daniel 1, what did Daniel request for the test period?
Bread and milk from the royal kitchens
Vegetables to eat and water to drink
Fish and unleavened bread
Only water, with no food at all
16. A person grieving death reads Revelation 21:4. Which hope is explicitly described there?
People will forget everyone they knew on earth
Human beings will cease to have physical bodies
Death, mourning, crying, and pain will be no more
The redeemed will remain permanently separated from creation