Book 2

Question 1

a) Which prophet foretold that a messenger would prepare the way for the coming King?

b) Who was this messenger?

Answer 1

a) Prophet is Isaiah

b) Messenger is John the Baptist

Question 2

a) What are the two outward signs that a person has repented?

b) Which of the two signs is the more certain evidence that a person has truly turned away from their sins?

Answer 2

a) Baptism and good fruit

b) Good fruit

Question 3

Pharisees

Answer 3

1. Hated the Romans.
2. Had influence among the ordinary people.
3. Added their traditions to the Law of Moses.
4. Believed in the resurrection.

Question 4

Sadducees

Answer 4

1. Didn’t believe in the resurrection.
2. Dominated the supreme council of the Jews.
3. Cooperated with the Romans.
4. Were the favorites in Herod’s court.
5. Belonged to the wealthier classes.
6. Rejected human traditions.
7. Were chiefly priests.
8. Always provided the high priest.

Question 5

In which two Psalms does David confess his sins?

Answer 5

Psalms 32 and 51

Question 6

To whom should we always confess our sins & why?

Answer 6

To God because all sin is against him.

Question 7

What does it mean to “keep long accounts with God?” and what harmful effects can this have on us?

Answer 7

Not confessing your sin right away - by doing this it can cause you to have a broken fellowship with God and other Christians, spiritual and sometimes physical illness, and a conscience worried by guilt.

Question 8

What does it mean to “too keep short accounts with God?”

Answer 8

Confessing your sin right away.

Question 9

“Lord, I confess I’m a sinner, but I don’t sin as much as others.”

a) Into which of the two errors in confessing sin does this fall?

b) What would you advise a Christian who tends to think like this?

Answer 9

a) Shallow confession.

b) If you truly repent, your confession should be detailed, accepting responsibility for your sin and seeking forgiveness.

Question 10

“My sin is so great that God will never be able to forgive me.”

a) Into which of the two errors in confessing sin does this fall?

b) What is the remedy?

Answer 10

a) Exaggerated confession.

b) Confess and trust in God’s promises that he’ll forgive my sin.

Question 11

Which are the three Synoptic Gospels?

Answer 11

Matthew
Mark
Luke

Question 12

What are the three events in the Year of Preparation that Matthew and the other Synoptics relate?

Answer 12

1. Matt. 3:1 - John the Baptist prepares the way/Preaching of John the Baptist
2. Matt. 3:13 - Baptism of Jesus
3. Matt. 4:1 - Temptation of Jesus

Question 13

What is the Bible study technique that is especially suitable for getting a complete picture of Jesus’ life from all the four Gospels?

Answer 13

Comparing

Question 14

a) Who had replaced Archelaus as the governor of Judea and Samaria?

b) What was his nationality?

Answer 14

a) Pontius Pilate

b) He was a Roman

Question 15

a) During Jesus’ ministry, who was still ruling over Galilee and Perea?

b) Who was still ruling over Iturea?

Answer 15

a) Herod the Tetrarch

b) Philip

Question 16

a) Which Roman Emperor was governing

           1) when Jesus was born?

           2) during Jesus' ministry?

b) Name the great city where they both lived.

Answer 16

a1) Augustine

a2) Tiberius

b) Rome

Question 17

What extra information does Luke give us about the Year of Preparation

a) at the beginning of the year?

b) at the end of the year?

Answer 17

a) A historical update on the Herods and Caesars.

b) Jesus was cast out of Nazareth.

Question 18

Which John wrote the fourth Gospel?

Answer 18

John the Apostle

Question 19

Which Gospel adds the most new information to Matthew’s account about the Year of Preparation?

Answer 19

John

Question 20

In which year of Jesus’ ministry did he first meet some of his future apostles?

Answer 20

Year of Preparation

Question 21

a) From whom did Jesus receive some of his future apostles?

b) Name one of Jesus’ future apostles who was with John the Baptist at this time.

Answer 21

a) John the Baptist

b) Andrew

Question 22

a) What was the first act in Jesus’ public ministry?

b) How old was he at time?

Answer 22

a) His baptism

b) 30 years old

Question 23

a) What was the difference between the baptism of Jesus and that of the rest of humanity?

b) Why did he insist on John baptizing him?

Answer 23

a) People confessed their sins at their baptism while Jesus never sinned.

b) As an act of complete obedience to his Father’s will.

Question 24

a) Which of his two natures did Jesus reaffirm to us by being baptized?

b) What did Jesus share with humanity when he was baptized?

c) What future great event did his baptism foreshadow?

Answer 24

a) His human nature

b) The consequences of their sins

c) The cross

Question 25

Which of Jesus' two natures was confirmed by the voice from heaven?

Answer 25

His divine nature

Question 26

Name the three persons of the Trinity and state how each took part at the baptism.

Answer 26

1. God the Father --> spoke from heaven 2. God the Son --> was baptized 3. God the Holy Spirit --> came down like a dove

Question 27

a) The doctrine of the Trinity teaches us that God is ____ but that he exists in _____ persons. b) Name a good symbol for the Trinity.

Answer 27

a) One / three b) Clover leaf

Question 28

How many gods did the Jews worship?

Answer 28

One

Question 29

a) Why can each of the three persons on the Trinity lay claim to my life? b) IN view of this, for what should we use our bodies?

Answer 29

a) - God the Father, because he made me. - God the Son, because he bought me with his blood. - God the Holy Spirit, because he lives in me. b) To honour God.

Question 30

In what name should the disciples in all nations be baptized?

Answer 30

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Question 31

Which of the devil's three temptations of Jesus teaches us both the danger of each of the following, and how to overcome them? a) Power without God (wrong use of force to establish the kingdom) b) Fame without God (pride) c) Break without God (materialism)

Answer 31

a) To gain kingdoms wrongfully b) To throw himself from the temple c) To turn stones into bread

Question 32

Which are the two resources which Jesus used to overcome temptation?

Answer 32

1) The Spirit of God 2) The Word of God

Question 33

Explain how we know from Jesus' teaching that he believed Old Testament history to be true and that the people in it are real people.

Answer 33

He referred people from the Old Testament (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Noah, etc.) as real people, still living (in heaven) with whom believers would sit down with in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Question 34

The a) _____ writers, writing in b) ____ languages, living in c) ______ continents, over a period of d) _______ years, wrote the Bible. One evidence of the divine inspiration is that the e) _____ books of the Bible show a perfect f) _______.

Answer 34

a) 44 b) two c) three d) 1,500 e) 66 f) unity

Question 35

In what language were the following written? a) The Old Testament b) The New Testament

Answer 35

a) Hebrew b) Greek

Question 36

Messianic prophecies

Answer 36

OT Prophecy Verse --> Messianic Theme --> NT Fulfilment Verse 1) Isaiah 7:14 --> Born of a virgin --> Matt. 1:23 2) Micah 5:2 --> Born in Bethlehem --> Matt. 2:6 3) Jeremiah 31:15 --> Death of the babies --> Matt. 2:18 4) Isaiah 40:3 --> Messenger of the King --> Matt. 3:3 5) Isaiah 9:1-2 --> Ministry in Galilee --> Matt. 4:15-16 6) Zecheriah 9:9 --> Riding on a donkey --> Matt. 21:5 7) Psalm 8:2 --> Praise from the children --> Matt. 21:16 8) Psalm 118:22-23 --> Rejected stone --> Matt. 21:42

Question 37

Name two pieces of external evidence which show that the New Testament was written soon after Jesus' death and resurrection.

Answer 37

1) A papyrus fragment of John 18 found in Egypt (dated from before the year 150 A.D.) 2) No mention of the fall of Jerusalem in the New Testament (in the year 70 A.D.)

Question 38

How can someone enter the kingdom of God a) According to Nicodemus, before he talked to Jesus? b) According to Jesus?

Answer 38

a) By keeping the Law of Moses and Jewish traditions. b) By being born again

Question 39

To which religious group did Nicodemus belong which shows he thought he could enter the kingdom of God by keeping the Law of Moses?

Answer 39

Pharisees

Question 40

Which of the three Persons of the Trinity does the symbol "living water" represent?

Answer 40

Holy Spirit

Question 41

a) Who gives us this living water, according to Jesus? b) What must we do in order to receive this living water?

Answer 41

a) God b) Believe in Jesus

Question 42

What are the two truths about God's perfect attributes that you should grasp if you are to understand the message of salvation properly?

Answer 42

God is perfect in his love and he is also perfect in his justice.

Question 43

In which of these journeys was Jesus a) relatively unknown b) attracting even larger crowds than John the Baptist?

Answer 43

a) 1st journey b) 2nd journey

Question 44

a) On which return journey from Judea did Jesus meet the Samaritan woman? b) What did they talk about?

Answer 44

a) 2nd journey b) Living water

Question 45

Why did Jesus' ministry in Galilee, at the beginning of the Year of Popularity, have such a good start?

Answer 45

Because people saw the miraculous signs Jesus did when he was in the province of Judea at the Feast of the Passover.