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This 2-minute quiz helps reveal what lens you currently see God through, and whether your faith is shaped by Truth, tradition, or fear.
Answer according to where you are honestly at right now – not what you think is theologically accurate.
This isn't a verdict, just a reflection.
God is always like Jesus. He has never been anything different. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe everything that happens is ultimately God’s will—even the bad and evil things. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe God causes natural disasters when people sin, to humble them and wake them up *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
Jesus never harmed anyone—so I can trust that God doesn’t either. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I sometimes feel like God is both loving and destructive. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
Jesus is the lens through which I interpret every part of the Bible. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
When I read a story where God seems harsh or violent, I trust Jesus over that story. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe the entire Bible is equal in authority—even if some parts contradict Jesus. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
If Jesus didn’t do it or teach it, then I question whether it’s truly from God. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I feel tension between Jesus' words and some Old Testament stories, but I trust Jesus is right. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe every verse in the Bible represents God's character equally. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
Jesus is the only one fully qualified to explain who God is. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I’ve learned to reinterpret harsh-sounding verses about God through the lens of Jesus. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I see the Bible as a story that leads us to the person of Jesus. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe that “the fear of the Lord” includes being afraid of God. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe God sometimes uses sickness or suffering to punish or teach people. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
Jesus never gave anyone sickness—so I believe God doesn’t either. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
When people suffer, I believe it might be God's harsh discipline. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
God only works to bring life, healing, and restoration—never destruction. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
The devil causes destruction, but God redeems it for good without being the source of it. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe I need to earn God’s blessing through obedience. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
Jesus didn’t come to balance out God’s wrath—He came to reveal His true heart. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
The Old Covenant shows us sin and separation, but the New shows us union and grace. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
God’s covenant today is based on Jesus’ obedience, not mine. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
I believe God changes how He deals with people depending on how well they obey. *
1 → Strongly Disagree
5 → Strongly Agree
✝️ Christ-Centered Lens
Your score 👉 ___/125
Score ranges:
✝️ 105–125: Christ-Centered Lens
🔀 80–104: Mixed or Dual Lens
⚠️ 0-79: Fear-based Lens
You’ve come to a beautiful place: you believe Jesus is the full revelation of God. You’ve stopped trying to reconcile two conflicting images. You’ve let Jesus reframe everything.
You no longer flinch when you think about God—you rest.
That’s rare. And it’s powerful. But don’t stop here. This is where your clarity becomes a calling.
You Are the Signpost
Most of the world—and much of the Church—is still struggling to see God as fully good. You’re carrying a revelation that can set hearts free.
Now’s the time to walk it, live it, teach it.
“As He is, so are we in this world.” —1 John 4:17
You are the living proof that Jesus reveals the Father—not just in theology, but in tone, in tenderness, and in truth.
Stay Anchored
Keep filtering everything through Jesus. Be bold when challenged, gentle when questioned, and patient with those who aren’t there yet.
There will be resistance. People may say you’ve gone soft, liberal, or deceived.
But remember: Clarity always looks like heresy to people who’ve married confusion.
You’re not crazy. You’re just seeing clearly.
Your Next Step: Lean into your role as a witness. Help others move from fear to freedom. Point them to Jesus—not just as Savior, but as the full image of God.
Keep growing, and keep going.
Jesus is worth it.
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🔀 Mixed or Dual Lens
Your score 👉 ___/125
Score ranges:
✝️ 105–125: Christ-Centered Lens
🔀 80–104: Mixed or Dual Lens
⚠️ 0-79: Fear-based Lens
You scored in the middle—not because you're unsure of your faith, but because you've likely been taught a mixed message: that Jesus is love, but God sometimes isn't.
You believe Jesus is the Son of God. You believe in His goodness. But there’s still a part of you that says, "Yeah, but God also…"
That "but" is the fracture. The split. The silent suspicion.
Jesus Himself refuses that split.
“If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father.” —John 14:9
"I and the Father are one.” —John 10:30
"Immanuel” (“God with us”).—Matthew 1:23
Jesus doesn’t correct God. He reveals God.
When we believe in a God who looks like Jesus and a God who doesn’t, we create confusion.
You’re Not Alone
This is where much of the church sits today. We worship Jesus on Sunday, but quote Job, plagues, or punishment on Monday. We hear sermons that uplift Jesus but pray as if God is waiting to crush us.
That tension is exhausting.
It’s time to trade your mixed lens for a clear one.
What Did Jesus Actually Reveal?
Jesus said, "The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but I have come that you may have life" (John 10:10).
So if something steals, kills, or destroys—it’s not God.
Jesus is not the exception to God’s character—He is the revelation of it.
To hold a dual lens is to unknowingly call Jesus a partial truth. But Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life—and no one comes to the Father except through Him. (John 14:6)
How to Move Forward: Every time you read a Scripture that seems confusing or un-Christlike, pause. Ask: “Does this look like Jesus?”
If not, then it needs to be interpreted through the One who is the Word.
Don’t settle for partial clarity. Go all in.
Your Next Step: Let the “yes, but” become a full yes. Read the Gospels again—slowly. Watch how Jesus treats sinners, outsiders, the sick, and the guilty. Then ask yourself: Could God be any different?
📖 Blog: Is God Actually Like Jesus? Reconciling The Old Testament
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⚠️ Fear-Based Lens
Your score 👉 ___/125
Score ranges:
✝️ 105–125: Christ-Centered Lens
🔀 80–104: Mixed or Dual Lens
⚠️ 0-79: Fear-based Lens
If your quiz score landed you here, it’s not because you’ve failed—but because you’re still seeing God through a distorted lens.
A lens shaped by fear, performance, tradition and life, instead of Jesus.
But here’s the truth that can flip everything:
Jesus is not one side of God—He is the full, final, and complete revelation of God.
Hebrews 1:3 says, "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being."
Not a part of God. Not a glimpse. Exact.
This means anything that contradicts Jesus must be reexamined—not excused, spiritualized, or accepted blindly.
The Problem: Two Gods
You’ve likely been taught—directly or indirectly—that God is angry in the Old Testament, but kind in the New. That God sometimes punishes, while Jesus forgives. That God sends plagues, but Jesus heals.
That’s not two sides of the same coin. That’s two different gods. And Jesus Himself refuses that split.
“If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father.” —John 14:9
"I and the Father are one.” —John 10:30
"Immanuel” (“God with us”).—Matthew 1:23
Jesus doesn’t correct God. He reveals God.
Why This Matters
Fear-based faith breeds insecurity.
You can’t fully trust a God you secretly suspect might harm you.
But when you see that Jesus is the full image of God, your heart can finally rest.
You stop flinching. You stop striving. You stop second-guessing love.
God has always looked like Jesus. We just didn’t always know it.
Your Next Step: Ask the Holy Spirit to deconstruct fear-based images of God. Begin re-reading Scripture through the lens of Jesus. When in doubt, ask: Does this look like Jesus?
📖 Blog: Is God Actually Like Jesus? Reconciling The Old Testament
🌿 Join The Goodness Journey and learn to build your whole faith on Jesus as the full and pure nature of God.
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