Take D.I. Telbat’s Spy Test!

 Ready to be a Spy for Jesus? 

Then maybe you’ll be ready to join Corban Dowler, Nathan Isaacson, Chloe Azmaveth, and the rest of the COIL Team! 😉 Welcome readers! David Telbat here. We’re glad you’ve joined us here at my D.I. Telbat’s Spy Test that I’ve created for you to take! Now don’t run off at the word “test.” It’s just to get us thinking . . .

How ready are you to live undercover as a Christian inside a closed country like North Korea or Saudi Arabia? This Spy Test is just a simple exercise, but hopefully it makes us think about—

1) Christians who live under these conditions right now, and,
2) What you may be called to face in the future.

Find links below to two stories of real Special Forces Christians and Spies for Jesus!

Tally up your score at the bottom. Okay, let’s get started.

D.I. Telbat’s SPY TEST

1. Do you have a skill that you can use as your cover in a foreign land?
    a) No (0)
    b) Yes! (+10)

2. How much money would you be willing to be paid to burn your hidden Bibles?
    a) $500  (-5)
    b) $1,000 (-5)
    c) Won’t burn ’em! (+5)

3. What will you be doing in the customs line as officers are about to search through your luggage for Bibles?
    a) Scheming (0)
    b) Preparing to run (-5)
    c) Praying (+5)

4. You’re asked to hide the infant of a fugitive Christian family in your home. What do you do?
    a) Call religious police (-5)
    b) Turn the family away (0)
    c) Secretly take the baby (+10)

5. Are you familiar with encrypted communications?
    a) No (0)
    b) Some (+5)
    c) Yes (+10)

6. If you have no Bible, how many Bible verses could you write from memory?
    a) None (0)
    b) >50 (+5)
    c) >100 (+10)

7. Do you speak a foreign language?
    a) No (0)
    b) Some (+5)
    c) Yes (+10)

8. Are you prepared to spend the rest of your life in a foreign prison for sharing the gospel?
    a) No (0)
    b) Yes (+10)

9. Whom would you trust with a life-threatening secret (in a closed country)?
    a) My peer (0)
    b) My handler (0)
    c) No one (+5)

10. The religious police are closing in. How long will it take to pack a travel bag?
    a) One hour (-5)
    b) Two minutes (0)
    c) Already packed (+10)

11. How prepared are you to share the gospel message (sin, judgment, Christ, resurrection)?
    a) Don’t look at me (-5)
    b) I must prepare (0)
    c) Very prepared (+5)

12. How long would you keep records of a bulk illegal Bible purchase (in closed country)?
    a) Three years (-5)
    b) 24 hours (-5)
    c) Don’t keep ’em (+5)

13. If you are jailed for sharing the Word, you will understand that…
    a) God is mad at me (-5)
    b) I must stop sharing (-5)
    c) I’m on the right track! (+5)

14. Even though you may not understand the language, how long do you sit through the local ten-hour prayer service?
    a) Don’t attend (-5)
    b) Five hours (0)
    c) Ten hours (+5)

15. How long could you go without your cell phone, favorite TV show, or your computer?
    a) A month (0)
    b) A week (0)
    c) Don’t need ’em! (+5)

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Rate Your Answers for your Score

(Best possible score is 110 points)

Higher than 60 points: Get your passport and sign up for a short mission trip!

(Ideas: Vision Beyond Borders, Samaritan’s Purse, Open Doors.)

30 to 59 points: You may not be “spy” material, but you can still get involved!

(More ideas: Voice of the Martyrs, Samaritan’s Purse, Vision Beyond Borders)

If you scored less than 30 points: Read II Timothy 2:4 and get studying!

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This D.I. Telbat’s Spy Test is just an exercise, but it may point out an area or two that we may need to work on to be ready to step out in faith for God. We’re not all called to be spies for Jesus, of course. But some who took this test may realize their calling to be one!

I’d be very interested if you’d write and tell me what you thought and what your score was.

Hope to see you in the field!

David Telbat

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Click here to read my Special Forces Christian series.

Enjoy these Books & D.I. Telbat Reviews on biographies of real Spies for Jesus.
God’s Smuggler is about Brother Andrew
By Faith Alone: Confessions of a Bible Smuggler is about Patrick Klein

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