Study questions:
these are questions I have been using and adding to for some time
now. I keep forgetting to come
back to them often, so they are not complete and I will be editing and adding
to from time to time.... hopefully!
Name reasons that establish the Bible as
being God's word:
Because He makes claim
that it is His word.
God is not a liar.
God has always faithfully kept His promises, and fulfilled His purposes.
History has proven
things related in the Bible as true.
Archeologist discoveries of places recorded in the Bible.
What is the Bible's primary concern?
It is all about Jesus.
The
plan of salvation through Jesus Christ as the Son of God.
It
is the Old Testament concealed and the New Testament revealed.
Can you reconcile God's creation taking 7
days?
God created the beginning of
'time' where He wanted it
to begin.
To God one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as a day.
Who are the "Sons of God" spoken of in Genesis chapter 6:1 (4 and 5)?
Gen 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, Gen 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
The sons of God are those at the end of chapter 4 who began to call upon the name of God, the ones who followed God. Just like today, Christians are the sons of God.
Chapter 5 is like an intermission while God keeps his promise. Everyone dies except Enoch who walked with God. Later Noah will not die in the flood because he walked with God.
The "giants" it speaks of were the "bullies" and the tyrants of the times.
What is the most significant question asked
in the Old Testament?
When Abraham left
the three servants at one point, he put the bundle of wood on Isaac's
shoulders, took the "fire", and told the servants that he and Isaac
would go to the mountain to worship and for them to remain until he and Isaac
returned. On the way up the
mountain, Isaac asked Abraham where the lamb for the sacrifice was.
What
was the answer?
God will provide
the lamb for Himself. This
statement was indeed a prophetic statement concerning the Lamb of God.
In the beginning God said "Let there be
light" and there was light.
What light was this?
The effulgence of
God Himself.
When did He create the Sun and Moon, and what
were they for?
He
created the Sun, Moon and stars on the fourth day.
Rulers of the day and night, and to divide the light from the darkness.
What is the distinction between light and
darkness?
It was for division of
night and day. Darkness is related
to sin; those who are drunken, are drunken in the night to hide their shameful
deeds.
Those who walk in the Light are knowledgeable of God's goodness; honest and
open to His precepts.
What is the burden of sin under the Old
Testament?
1.The guilt of sin. The toiling of "works".
2.The ordinances that man added.
Why was God
displeased with Cain's sacrifices?
Cain's attitude was disobedience and rebellious.
What does it mean "sin layeth at the door "?
Temptation will always be present. Gen 4:7
If Cain did not do well to be accepted then the way would be open to usher in the longing and desire that would cause him to sin.
How many generations had passed before God
was sorry that He had created man?
10
Why was He sorry that He had created man?
Because man had
become separated so far from God and corrupt
Did Methuselah die
before the flood?
No. According to the fifth chapter of Genesis, he
died the year of the flood.
Whether it was during that year before the flood occurred or during the
flood cannot be answered.
Why did God choose to have Noah build the
Ark?
Because He found Noah righteous in his generation
Covenant? Stated: Noah found favor in the sight of God.
Gen 6:8
And how many years did God give man to repent
while Noah built the ark?
120
How many humans/beasts/fowl did God tell Noah
to bring into the Ark with him?
Gen 7:1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy
house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation.Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and
seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the
male and his female:Gen 7:3 of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to
keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
How is the Sabbath constructed?
7th/8th day
7th/8th year
49th /50th year
The principles of God's Sacred Calendar extend far beyond
the year to include the Sabbath year and the Jubilee year. The pattern of the
seventh day of rest in the week for the weekly Sabbath continues with the seven
yearly Sabbath days in a year. This pattern of seven is also the number of
weeks between the first yearly Sabbath of Passover and Pentecost. The pattern
continues with the seventh year, which is a Sabbath year to the land.
What was it for?
Rest in
God's care, for man and for the land.
Jubilee was to set everything free and return possession of land in
Israel to the original owner/family.
What is the basic differences between Man and
Animal?
conscience; man is given the choice between
good and evil; animals live according to natural instincts.
What is the
difference spiritually?
Animal was created as a living being.
Man was made alive when God breathed the breath of life into him.
Man was made in God's image.
What is death spiritually/physically?
Physical
death equals: separation of spirit and physical body. Spiritual death equals: separation of man' spirit from
God's Spirit.
What does Revelation say about death?
Those who take part in the first death (our
baptism) will not be hurt by the second death (the lake of fire)
What is the first death? Baptism
What is the second death? Lake of fire
What is the sting of death? Sin
Why do we fear the sting of death? Only if we
are guilty.
Why does the soul of man die? The wages of
sin.
How does the soul of
man die? In the lake of fire.
How is the "toil
in the field" and the "bread" symbolic of the "grazing on
God's word"?
Why was the slaying of an animal symbolic
physically/spiritually?
Why was blood shed to cover
our sins? The Life is in the blood.
The
animal in the Garden was slain to
obtain the skin to make a cover for man's nakedness.
Christ's blood was shed to
obtain the covering for our nakedness/sin in the Body of Christ.
Is mercy tendered
without obedience?
Webster's dictionary: In law, an offer, either of money to pay a debt, or
of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture which
would be incurred by non-payment or non-performance; as the tender of rent due,
or of the amount of a note or bond with interest. To constitute a legal tender,
such money must be offered as the law prescribes; the offer of bank notes is
not a legal tender. So also the tender must be at the time and place where the
rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due.
How did God
"cleanse" the earth from its evil the first time?
He sent the flood upon the earth to
destroy everything except those in the Ark built by Noah.
How will He
"cleanse" it finally?
By fire and all will be melted with
fervent heat.
What is our
understanding of Faith and the "things unseen"?
The very miniscule components of our bodies are never seen visibly, but we are convinced that they are there because of the evidence that we see as the whole, and that the body functions according to the purpose of all that is compiled there, whether it be in health or in disease.
Godly faith is the credence and persuasion , especially in reliance upon Christ for salvation, and the trusting of His promises, and it is the basis or support of the concrete
essence, or abstract assurance, that we have in our hope and what we expect. And because of this trust (the things which we PRACTICE and COMMIT ourselves to accomplish) we take heed and regard of that which is never seen visibly.
What are we hoping
for?
For God's promises/ purposes to be completed. And for life eternal in the presence of God.
What is the
"saving element" in God's plan of salvation?
Life is in the blood of Christ that covers us.
Lev_17:11 For the life of the
flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make
atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason
of the life.
By what 3 measures do
we have the opportunity to return to God in spite of our sinful nature for a
good relationship with Him?
Grace
Obedience
Endurance
What proof do we offer God that our love is
genuine?
Faithful obedience?
How was righteousness
imputed to Abraham?
Completion of his faith in obedience before circumcision.
What is the seal of the Old Testament
Covenant? Of the New Covenant?
Old Testament: physical circumcision;
cutting off the foreskin.
New Testament: circumcision of the heart +baptism+the guarantee of the Holy
Spirit.
What is the circumcision of the
heart?
Our baptism washes away sin. Sin becomes unthinkable, like the story of
Dinah in Genesis 34. The men of the city could not defend their lives because
of the pain following circumcision.
How do we cut off
the "flesh" of our old selves with this circumcision?
What
is the significance of circumcision: the flesh being cut off?
Physical/Spiritual
= separation of the physical from the spiritual.
What is the significance of the awareness of
being naked?
Understanding one's vulnerability and sinful nature that brings shame.
Of what day is the saying "This is the
day that the Lord had made".
Every single day is made by God, and a reason
to rejoice.
(Luk 4:16-21) And he came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the
sabbath day, and stood up to read. And
there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the
book, and found the place where it was written,
The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to
the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering
of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
And
he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the
eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
And he began to say unto them, To-day
hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.
