Bible Final

Question 1

Herod was alarmed when the Magi told him that they were looking for the “King of the Jews.” Why was Herod paranoid?

Answer 1

He thought they were going to overthrow his throne

Question 2

Herod calls together the chief priests and scribes to inquire where the “Christ” was born. My point was that thought Herod had a “Bible Study,” in resulted in _________ knowledge, not heart change

Answer 2

head

Question 3

The different groups in this story had which different reactions?
a. magi
b. Jewish leaders
c. Herod the king

Answer 3

a. worship and joy
b. indifferance
c. hatred and paranoia

Question 4

The three gifts that the wise men brought to Jesus were significant: each gift symbolized what?

a. gold
b. myrrh
c. frankinsence

Answer 4

a. royalty
b. death
c. divinity

Question 5

An angel appears to Joseph in a dream, telling him, Mary, and Jesus to flee to Egypt. This is significant because Matthew is using Jesus’ escape to Egypt to show that he is the new and better who? _____________ (hint: Exodus)

Answer 5

moses

Question 6

Instead of going back to the area of Judea where they were from, Mary and Joseph relocate to where? (hint: very insignificant place)

Answer 6

Nazareth

Question 7

What was John the Baptist’s relation to Jesus?

Answer 7

they were cousins

Question 8

I said in the notes that the phrase “in the wilderness” is a period of new beginnings and what?

Answer 8

testing and temptation

Question 9

The word “repent” literally means to do what? (According to the notes)

Answer 9

Change directions and come back to God

Question 10

Jesus said his kingdom was not an earthly kingdom, but a kingdom that reigns in our ______________

Answer 10

heart

Question 11

I said in the notes that John the Baptist has a lot similarities to which prophet?

Answer 11

elijah

Question 12

What were the two types of baptism during John the Baptist’s time?

Answer 12

Ritual cleansing and repentance

Question 13

This group of men were legalists

Answer 13

Pharisees

Question 13

This group of men were liberals

Answer 13

Sadducees

Question 14

Why did the Jews believe they had an automatic entry into Heaven?

Answer 14

Because they were descendants of Abraham

Question 15

What is the prerequisite for following the Rabbi Jesus? (All of these are right, but which one did the notes say emulates JTB’s mission the most?)

Answer 15

humility

Question 15

Why was John hesitant to baptize Jesus?

Answer 15

John’s baptism was for repentance, and Jesus was sinless

Question 15

What did Jesus’ baptism signify?

Answer 15

Jesus identified with sinners

Question 15

Why did Jesus fast for 40 days and nights in the wilderness?

Answer 15

To show that Jesus is the better Israel

Question 15

What is fasting? (In the way that Jesus modeled it)

Answer 15

Going without food for a set amount of time

Question 15

Jesus’ first temptation from Satan is him attempting to make Jesus give up what?

Answer 15

His fasting

Question 16

What kind of people lived in Capernaum, making it a unique location for Jesus’ ministry?

Answer 16

Jews and Gentiles

Question 16

What message did both Jesus and John the Baptist preach?

Answer 16

“Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand”

Question 16

I said that fishermen would have never heard which phrase?

Answer 16

“Follow me”

Question 16

How did the disciples respond when Jesus called them to follow him?

Answer 16

They followed immediately

Question 17

What can we learn from this?

Answer 17

Following Jesus means giving up everything for Jesus now

Question 18

How else did the disciples respond to Jesus when he called them

Answer 18

They left everything

Question 18

Jesus’ teachings in the Sermon on the Mount contrasted with societal values by:

Answer 18

Valuing heart posture towards God over appearance

Question 19

Who was the prominent figure we looked at in the Reformation?

Answer 19

Martin Luther

Question 19

T or F: The Roman Catholic church was a spiritually moral entity during Luther's time

Answer 19

False

Question 19

Which phrase from Paul moved Luther to write his 95 theses? (Hint: the answer is "the just shall live by faith")

Answer 19

"The just shall live by faith"

Question 19

When did Luther nail his theses to the door of the Church in Wittenberg?

Answer 19

Oct. 31, 1517

Question 19

The Greek word for Blessed means a ___________ that is not based on circumstances

Answer 19

Happiness

Question 19

"Poor in Spirit" means that Christ's Kingdom is for the ____________

Answer 19

humble

Question 19

"Those who mourn" means pain/sorrow over which 2 things?

Answer 19

Our sin and pain from following Christ

Question 19

"Meekness" means __________ placed under control

Answer 19

Power

Question 20

Verse 7-9: 7 If you had known me, you would have known my _______________ also. From now on you do know him and have __________ him.” 8 Philip said to him, “Lord, _________ us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not __________ me, Philip? Whoever has seen _______ has seen the _______________. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Answer 20

Father, seen, show, know, me, Father

Question 21

Verses 10-11: 10 Do you not ____________ that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own _____________, but the Father who dwells in me does his __________. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in ____, or else believe on account of the _______ themselves.

Answer 21

know, authority, works, me, works

Question 22

Verses 12-14: 12"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever _____________ in me will also do the __________ that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the _____________" 13 ______________ you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be _____________ in the Son." 14 "If you ask me _____________ in my name, I will _______ it."

Answer 22

believes, works, Father, whatever, glorified, anything, do

Question 23

Verses 15-17: 15 If you ____________ me, you will keep my _________________. 16 And I will ask the ____________, and he will send another ___________, to be with you _____________, 17 even the Spirit of ________, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither ______ him nor knows him. You know him, for he ___________ with you and will be _____ you

Answer 23

love, commandments, Father, Helper, forever, Truth, sees, dwells, in

Question 23

Question 14 Did God create us unable to keep his Law?

Answer 23

No, Adam and Eve, sin

Question 23

Question 15: Since no one can keep the Law, what is its purpose? Answer: That we may know the ___________ nature of God, and the ________________ nature of our hearts; and thus our need for a ____________________

Answer 23

holy, sinful, Savior

Question 23

Question 16: What is sin? Answer: Sin is rejecting or _______________ God in the world He created, not being or _____________ what he requires in his law

Answer 23

ignoring, doing

Question 23

Question 17: What is idolatry? Answer: Idolatry is ____________ in created things rather than the ____________

Answer 23

Trusting, Creator

Question 23

Question 18: Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry go unpunished? Answer: No, God is righteously ____________ with our sins and will ___________ them both in this life, and the life to ___________

Answer 23

angry, punish, come

Question 23

Question 19: Is there anyway to escape punishment and be brought back into God's favor? Answer: _______, God reconciles us to _____________ through a Redeemer

Answer 23

Yes, Himself

Question 23

Question 20: Who is the Redeemer? Answer: The ________ redeemer is the __________ Jesus Christ

Answer 23

only, Lord

Question 23

Question 21: What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God? Answer: One who is truly __________ and also truly _________

Answer 23

Human, God

Question 23

A source of misconception about Jesus could be __. (From the notes: “The Christian music a person listens to can actual)

Answer 23

music

Question 24

Question 22: Why must the Redeemer be truly human? Answer: That in human nature he might on our behalf ____________ obey the ___________ law and suffer the _____________ for human ________

Answer 24

perfectly, whole, punishment, sin

Question 24

The percentage of professing Christians that claimed that they rarely or never read God’s Word is ________%

Answer 24

33%

Question 24

The second main point of Psalm 19 is ____________ ______________ (2 words) is meant to point us back to the Creator

Answer 24

God’s Word

Question 24

A common caricature of Jesus is ___ Jesus. “A Jesus that gives me whatever I ask simply because I desire it.”

Answer 24

genie Jesus

Question 24

T or F: Question 3: Following Jesus means apprenticing under him (Think of the Jewish educational system)

Answer 24

True

Question 24

Once accepted to apprentice under a rabbi, a student’s life changed to revolve around 3 goals. They were what?

Answer 24

Be with your Rabbi; Become like your Rabbi; Do as your Rabbi did

Question 24

The prefix for the Greek word for “Gospel”, meaning “good” or “well” is _____

Answer 24

Eu

Question 24

What 2 words are used to describe Matthew’s emphasis in his Gospel?

Answer 24

Promise and Fulfillment

Question 25

What was Matthew’s occupation?

Answer 25

Tax collector (publican)

Question 26

When Jesus calls Matthew, it reminds us that He does not care who you are, he just wants hearts that will surrender ____

Answer 26

fully to him

Question 27

What phrase does Matthew open his genealogy with?

Answer 27

“Biblos Geneseos”

Question 28

One thing (from the quiz) that Matthew’s genealogy teaches us about God is that He is what?

Answer 28

faithful

Question 28

Matthew’s title for Jesus, “Christ,” means what?

Answer 28

Anointed One

Question 29

There are 2 parts to Jewish marriage. Mary and Jo were in the second phase (marriage)

Answer 29

betrothal

Question 30

From this week’s notes: Jesus’ name ‘Immanuel’ means what?

Answer 30

God with us

Question 31

Herod the Great got the title “the great” because of his great what?

Answer 31

wealth

Question 32

The wise men who came to visit Jesus were non-Jews who would have been knowledgeable in what?

Answer 32

astrology

Question 33

What is John 14:1-6

Answer 33

14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Question 34

CQ #1- What is our only hope in life and death?

Answer 34

that we are not our OWN but belong to GOD

Question 35

CQ #2- What is God

Answer 35

God is the CREATOR of everyone and EVERYTHING

Question 36

CQ #3- How many persons are there in God

Answer 36

There are 3 persons in one God The father the SON and the Holy Spirit