Number 1

Question 1

What is the subtitle of first John?

Answer 1

The assurance epistle

Question 2

John is the human author of____ of the ____ New Testament books

Answer 2

5/ 27 - this is more than any other New Testament writer with the exception of Paul

Question 3

Johns writings include what other books

Answer 3

John, John 1,2,3 and Revelation

Question 4

John grew up as a_____ _____

Answer 4

Galilean fisherman

Question 5

Who was John’s brother?

Answer 5

James

Question 6

John and his brother James were the sons of____ and were also called the sons of_____

Answer 6

Zebedee / Thunder

Question 7

John was originally a disciple of______ and then _____

Answer 7

John the Baptist and Jesus

Question 8

In his latter years, John pastored in and around ______ ministering to the churches of_____ ______

Answer 8

Ephesus and Asia Minor

Question 9

John outlived all of the other apostles and was known as John the_____

Answer 9

Elder

Question 10

John was the only one of the apostles to die a______ death and he did suffer much for Christ

Answer 10

Natural

Question 11

John was exiled to the island of_____

Answer 11

Patmos

Question 12

1 John was apparently written to the same____churches in ____ ____ to whom he would send Revelation.

Answer 12

7/ Asia Minor

Question 13

There were varieties of gnostic thought which John may have written to combat. One of them is _______ and the other is ______

Answer 13

Docetism / Cerinthianism

Question 14

_____ this heresy taught that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body. They believe Jesus was a spirit with no real physical substance who left no footprints when he walked.

Answer 14

Docetism

Question 15

______ was an opponent of John in Ephesus

Answer 15

Cerinthus -

Question 16

The ______ believe that the man Jesus and the Christ spirit were two completely distinct beings. This heretical view of Christ is held by many of the eastern religions, the new age movement, and even some extremist within the Oneness United Pentecostal, Apostolic, and word faith movements.

Answer 16

Cerinthians

Question 17

Since gnostics felt that all matter was evil, they held two views concerning morality and the physical world. What were these two views?

Answer 17

Strict asceticism and rank immorality

Question 18

Since they viewed all matter as evil, some gnostics believe that all pleasures of the flesh should be avoided, what gnostic view is this?

Answer 18

Strict Asceticism

Question 19

Since gnostics viewed all matter as both evil and meaningless some gnostics believe that the pleasures/sins of the flesh were irrelevant and could be indulged in without affecting the spirit of the enlightened. What view is this?

Answer 19

Rank Immorality

Question 20

Since Gnostics believed in two classes of people, the enlightened and the unenlightened, they felt the unenlightened were so inferior as to be unworthy even of_____

Answer 20

Love

Question 21

1 John is the ______ _____ and speaks of how we can enjoy the perfect assurance of our salvation through intimate fellowship with Christ and other believers

Answer 21

Assurance Epistle

Question 22

What is the theme of first John?

Answer 22

Fellowship with Christ

Question 23

Five-fold Purpose of 1 John

Answer 23

That ye may have fellowship
That your joy may be full
That ye sin not
That ye may know ye have eternal life
Concerning then that seduce you…to combat false teachings

Question 24

Date of 1 John writings

Answer 24

AD 90

Question 25

3 John was written to reveal what?

Answer 25

How to stand for true teachers

Question 26

1 John is considered to be the most intimate book of the New Testament second only to song of Solomon as the Bible most intimate book

Answer 26

True

Question 27

1 John is the only New Testament book written specifically to give Christians assurance of their salvation

Answer 27

True

Question 28

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Answer 28

1 John 1:9

Question 29

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Answer 29

1 John 5:13

Question 30

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

Answer 30

1 John 2:19

Question 31

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Answer 31

- 1 John 5:7

Question 32

What 2 references state that Jesus is God?

Answer 32

1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Question 33

1 John 3:16 and 1 John 5:20 state that Jesus is ______

Answer 33

God

Question 34

I John 2:3-8 tells us that assurance of salvation comes from obedience.

Answer 34

True