For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
I know, I know, the questions may seem to ask the perfectly obvious. Still, this verse is abused so much that it's worth looking at a little more closely. The quiz is simply a gimmick for doing that. Who knows, the answers just may surprise you, if only a little, so here’s a small multiple choice quiz.
1. In this verse, what do we earn if we are the employees of sin?
A. Eternal life
B. Death
C. Don’t know
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
2. In this verse, who is owed the payment of the wages?
A. God
B. Satan
C. The sinner
D. Don’t know
E. All of the above
F. Two of the above
G. None of the above
3. Who or what in this verse pays the wages?
A. God
B. Satan
C. The sinner
D. Sin
E. Don’t know
F. All of the above
G. None of the above
4. Who or what, in this verse, gives us eternal life?
A. God
B. Satan
C. The sinner
D. Sin
E. Don’t know
F. All of the above
G. None of the above
5. In this verse, what does one receive from God?
A. Eternal life
B. Death
C. Don’t know
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
6. According to this verse, eternal life is…
A. Earned by us
B. Earned by Jesus Christ
C. Unearned
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
F. Don’t know
Answers below.
1. (B) If we are the servants of sin, we earn death.
2. (C) Sinners are to receive the wages. It's sinners, not God, who are to be paid.
3. (D) The wages, in this verse, are paid by sin. But if you said (B) satan or (F) Two of the Above, that is still correct, it just isn’t in this particular verse. If you said God pays the wages, please re-read the verse, noting the contrast between what sin pays and God gives.
4. (A) God is the one who gives us the gift. From Him we receive not the wages, but the gift.
5. (A) Eternal Life (not death!) is what God gives. Death comes from sin, life comes from God.
6. (C) Unearned. Eternal life is the gift of God. A gift cannot be earned at all.
3 comments:
Nice quiz, Anastasia.
In my church we the Epistle reading concluded with this verse this last Sunday. I preached more on the slave to sin or slave to God portion, emphasizing that we are slaves to one or the other...and obeying ever passion is not free love or free anything...and so forth.
One question/quibble. I'm not sure this sentence says who pays the wages, as the genitive can be read two different ways, as subjective or objective. In other words you can read it as:
1. My job is sin and the wages I earn from it is death. Or,
2. Sin pays, not in money or pleasure, but in death.
In the first, the employer is left unstated. I make sin and get paid with a grave. In the second sentence, Sin is my boss who pays me the grave, but what do I do for Him? Based on earlier verses, the fruits of unrighteosness?
But since this is somewhat circular, we can conclude the two options are not necessarily exclusive.
Good post again!
I agree with this post, well done!
Thank you , Mimi.
Christopher, I'm not sure I understand the issue, although I agree the phrase is a bit vague.
ISTM it should be read: "I am the slave to sin and sin itself destroys me."
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