Test what you learned in all four lessons of Growing in Grace: Lesson 1 ("Newborn Babes: Desiring the Milk of the Word"), Lesson 2 ("Study to Shew Thyself Approved"), Lesson 3 ("Growing Together: Fellowship and the Local Church"), and Lesson 4 ("Growing Through Trials"). The answer is under each question.

1. In 1 Peter 2:2, what does "sincere milk of the word" mean?
A) Only the easy parts of the Bible
B) Books about the Bible
C) God's Word pure and unmixed, not watered down
D) Whatever a teacher says

Answer: C) God's Word pure and unmixed, not watered down.
In the King James Bible, "sincere" here means pure. It is God's Word just as He gave it, not mixed with man's opinions.

"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:" — 1 Peter 2:2 (KJV)

2. True or False: If you don't feel very hungry for the Bible right now, you should give up.

Answer: False.
Desire is something that can grow. Once you taste how good the Lord is, you want more. Appetite grows by eating, so start small and keep coming back.

"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him." — Psalm 34:8 (KJV)

3. Who will finish the good work that was started in a believer?
A) God, who began it
B) You, all by yourself
C) Your pastor
D) No one; it stays the same

Answer: A) God, who began it.
Your growth doesn't rest on your shoulders alone. God is at work in you.

"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" — Philippians 1:6 (KJV)

4. What did the people of Berea do that the Bible calls noble?
A) They believed everything they heard
B) They stayed away from preaching
C) They only listened to Paul
D) They searched the scriptures daily to see if what they heard was so

Answer: D) They searched the scriptures daily to see if what they heard was so.
They were glad to hear the Word, and they checked it against the Scriptures every day. Whatever any teacher says, open your Bible and see if it's so.

"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." — Acts 17:11 (KJV)

5. What does it mean to "rightly divide" the word of truth?
A) To pick the verses you like
B) To handle God's Word carefully and correctly
C) To split the Bible into old and new
D) To read it as fast as you can

Answer: B) To handle God's Word carefully and correctly.
Like a good carpenter who measures twice and cuts straight. Read the verses around a verse, and let the Bible explain the Bible.

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." — 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

6. True or False: Hearing God's Word without doing it is like seeing dirt on your face in a mirror and walking away without washing it.

Answer: True.
The goal of Bible study isn't just to know more. It's to become more like Jesus. We don't obey to be saved; we obey because we're saved, and because we love Him.

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." — James 1:22 (KJV)

7. In Hebrews 10:24-25, what does "provoke" mean?
A) To make each other angry
B) To stir each other up to love and good works
C) To argue about doctrine
D) To stay away from each other

Answer: B) To stir each other up to love and good works.
And we can't do that if we never get together. God says not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together.

"And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." — Hebrews 10:24-25 (KJV)

8. True or False: God has given every believer a gift to use in serving others.

Answer: True.
Church isn't just a place to sit and listen. Teach, sing, greet, fix things, cook a meal, or pray. No job is too small in God's house, and when you serve, you grow.

"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." — 1 Peter 4:10 (KJV)

9. When church people let you down, what does God tell us to do?
A) Leave and never go back
B) Tell everyone what they did
C) Wait for them to apologize first
D) Be patient with them and forgive, even as Christ forgave you

Answer: D) Be patient with them and forgive, even as Christ forgave you.
Churches are full of people, and people aren't perfect. Christ forgave you of so much. Don't let a hurt keep you away from the people of God.

"Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." — Colossians 3:13 (KJV)

10. According to James 1:2-4, why can we count trials as joy?
A) Because the trying of our faith works patience and helps us grow complete
B) Because trials feel good
C) Because trials never last
D) Because trials only happen to other people

Answer: A) Because the trying of our faith works patience and helps us grow complete.
James isn't saying trials feel good. He's saying God is doing something through them, making us "perfect and entire," which means mature and complete.

"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." — James 1:2-4 (KJV)

11. True or False: Romans 8:28 says that all things are good.

Answer: False.
It doesn't say all things are good. Some things are very hard. It says God works all things together for good for His children.

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." — Romans 8:28 (KJV)

12. Why does a goldsmith put gold in the fire?
A) To destroy it
B) To make it lighter
C) To burn away what doesn't belong, so it comes out pure
D) To change it into silver

Answer: C) To burn away what doesn't belong, so it comes out pure.
God uses trials the same way in His children. Job knew this, even after losing almost everything.

"But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." — Job 23:10 (KJV)

You've finished Growing in Grace! Next up: Learning How to Pray, Lesson 1, "Lord, Teach Us to Pray" (Luke 11:1).