CMA Ordination Questions With Complete Solutions

Please give us a brief summary of your spiritual journey, including your experience of God's call to ministry. correct answer: What is your personal pattern of prayer and Bible Study? correct answer: What particular strengths/weaknesses have emerged in your years of ministry? correct answer: Define and distinguish between revelation, inspiration, and illumination. correct answer: Revelation - God to man (Psalm 19:1-4) Inspiration - man to paper (2 Tim 3:16-17) Illumination - paper to heart (Luke 24:45 "he opened their minds", 1 John 5:20 "Son of God... has given us understanding") What does Scripture teach about extra-biblical revelation? correct answer: Prophets of today can give a word from the Lord but it cannot contradict the Bible. What is the relationship between Scripture and divine guidance? correct answer: John 14, 16 Jesus promised the Holy Spirit - the Spirit will guide us into all truth. The Holy Spirit allows us to take what we see written in the word of God and receive it into our hearts and then put it into practice. What does the term "scriptural inerrancy" mean to you? correct answer: Scripture is God-breathed (2 Tim 3:16-17) and is without error as originally given.