A
Catechism consisting of 200 questions and answers
1-
Where does the word 'Bible' come from?
Answer-
The origin is from 'Biblos' meaning little books.
2)
What was in the beginning?
Answer-
“1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. 2
The same was in the beginning with God. 3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made
that was made.”-John 1
3-God
is one expressed in three persons, who are they?
Answer-The
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
4)
What must one do to be saved?
Answer-Have
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as one’s savior
5)
Why does mankind need salvation?
Answer-Mankind
since the fall of Adam is lost in original sin
6)
Who is the mother of Jesus Christ?
Answer-Mary
7)
Where was Jesus born?
Answer-In
a stable in Bethlehem
8)
Where was Jesus crucified?
Answer-Jerusalem
9)
How many books are considered gospel books in the Bible?
Answer-four
10)
Who were the authors of the books of the gospel?
Answer-Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John
11)
How does the Lord Jesus Christ save sinners?
Answer-The
Lord’s atoning sacrifice pays the sin debt required of the sinner
to God
12)
What is the first commandment?
Answer-To
love God with all thy heart, soul and mind
13)
How should one treat one’s neighbor?
Answer-One
should love thy neighbor as thyself
14)
Who was the final prophet before Jesus Christ started his ministry?
Answer-John
the Baptist
15)
Who was the first Jew with a close relationship to God?
Answer-Abraham
16)
What are the names of the couple in the Garden of Eden?
Answer-Adam
and Eve
17)
What did Adam and Eve do to bring original sin upon all mankind?
Answer-They
disobeyed God and ate forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge
18)
Were Jews as a people ever enslaved?
Answer-yes
19)
What nations enslaved the Jews in ancient times?
Answer-Egypt
and Babylon (including the Persian Empire)
20)
What Jewish tribe was given the role of serving as priests?
Answer-
The tribe of Levi (Numbers 3:5)
21)
What nation ruled over Israel in the time of the Lord?
Answer-The
Roman Empire
22)
Who was the Emperor of Rome when the Lord was crucified?
Answer-Tiberius
Caesar
23)
How many days did the Lord fast and endure temptation in the desert?
Answer-
Forty days.
24)
Who was captain of the ship called the Ark?
Answer-
Noah
25)
What was the box called in which the stone tablet of ten commandments
was kept?
Answer-The
Ark of the Covenant
26)
What was the name of the Jewish leader that led the Jewish slaves in
their exodus from Egypt?
Answer-Moses
27)
What Jewish leader was given ten commandments at Mount Sinai?
Answer-Moses
28)
What building in Jerusalem was the Ark of the Covenant kept in?
Answer-The
temple
29)
When was Jesus crucified?
Answer-
33 A.D.
30)
Does everyone have original sin?
Answer-Yes.
Adam and Eve were representatives of all mankind and with their fall
all humans were conformed to original sin.
31)
What was the occupation of Jesus Christ before he started his
ministry?
Answer-
Carpenter
32)
Who did Jesus Christ resurrect from a tomb?
Answer-
Lazarus
33)
Who is the best known female follower of the Lord?
Answer-
Mary Magdalene
34)
What is the name of the disciple who betrayed the Lord to the
authorities
Answer-Judas
Iscariot
35)
How much was Judas given in compensation for his treachery?
Answer-Thirty
pieces of silver and free burial.
36)
What is the name of the first disciple?
Answer-
Simon Peter renamed Cephas
(stone)
37)
How many times did Peter deny knowing the Lord?
Answer-
Three times
38)
How did Peter die?
Answer-
Peter was crucified in Rome, reportedly upside down
39)
Who was the first Christian disciple to be martyred?
Answer-
Stephen
40)
How did the brother of Jesus; James, die?
Answer-James
was thrown from the Temple Mount then beaten to death with clubs.
41)
Who was the first and primary Apostle to the Gentiles
Answer-Paul
42)
How did Paul become a Christian?
Answer-The
Lord appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus, blinded him and sent
him to a Christian home in Damascus where his sight was restored
43)
What are the two possible eternal destinies for each human being?
Answer-
Heaven or hell.
44)
What is the only way to heaven?
Answer-Though
the saving grace of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
45)
Who was legally responsible for ordering the execution of Jesus
Christ?
Answer-
The Roman Governor Pontius Pilate
note-this
exemplified the inability of the law to relate to God. Though Pilate
himself said he found no fault in Jesus he was bound to order his
crucifixion because of leverage by the Jewish religious leaders.
46)
What is the primary book of creation and cosmology in the Bible?
Answer-Genesis
47)
How did the Universe happen?
Answer-In
the beginning was the Word. God (the Word) ordered, willed or spoke
it to start diving light from darkness The first movement was
creating light or mass/energy/being and separating it from darkness.
This might refer to the early Universe event of matter-anti-matter
annihilation leaving a surplus of matter.
48)
How did the kingdom of God arrive on Earth?
Answer-Jesus
Christ is God-yet of the line of David-he brought it with him and
established it on Earth where it increases in population. It may have
inaugurated its present form at Pentecost with the arrival of the
Holy Spirit.
49)
How does the kingdom of God relate to heaven and eternal life?
Answer-The
elect are given eternal life in the Lord-his Kingdom. The church is
the bride of Christ living within the kingdom of God; a transcendent
relationship surviving physical death.
50)
What was the occupation of Peter before he was Christian?
Answer-
Fisherman
51)
What disciple and writer of a gospel book refereed to himself as 'the
disciple that Jesus loved?
Answer-John
52)
John is believed to have been the author of the Revelation. Where did
he have the visions written in the book?
Answer-
The prison isle of Patmos near Ephesus
53)
What was Luke's occupation?
Answer-Physician
54)
Who wrote the book of the Acts of the Apostles?
Answer-Luke
55)
Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
No
one living knows for sure. It was probably Paul or his friend from
Corinth, Apollos.
56)
Who was it that “so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life?”
Answer-God
(John 3:16)
“16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.”
57)
Did Jesus defeat the power of death?
Answer-yes
58)
Who provided a tomb for Jesus?
Answer-Joseph
of Arimethea
59)
When did the Holy Spirit to the assembled followers of Jesus?
Answer-At
Pentecost in Jerusalem
60)
Did the Holy Spirit present before Pentecost?
Answer-Yes.
It descended from heaven like a dove upon Jesus when he was baptized?
61)
What did God say when Jesus was baptized?
Answer-
“This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”
62)
Who baptized Jesus?
Answer-
John the Baptist
63)
Who was given the keys to heaven?
Answer-
Peter. The keys may refer to right lexical keys of interpretation for
evangelizing the right relationship to the Lord. Peter was
coordinator of the early Church at Jerusalem.
64)
Who shall inherit the Earth?
Answer-The
meek shall inherit the Earth
65)
What did 'Earth' mean in Bible times?
answer-probably
'land' instead of a basic sphere of matter concentrated with gravity
that human beings live upon
66)
When was the veil of the Temple torn asunder?
Answer-
When the Lord died
67)
When was the Lord resurrected?
Answer-on
the third day from crucifixion
68)
What is the significance of the last supper?
answer-
Re-enacting last supper with communion remembers the body and blood
of the Lord. At the last supper the Lord explained explained that the
wine was his blood and the bread his body and to eat in remembrance
of him.
69)
Are the Son and Holy-Spirit co-eternal with the Father?
Answer-Yes.
The trinity are three persons of one God with infinite existence.
People alternatively are also eternal yet they had a beginning as
creations of God.
70)
God is a perfect and Holy Being. How can he tolerate fallen mankind
in his presence?
Answer-
God cannot tolerate sin or sinners in his presence. Only through
being washed in the blood of the Lord-in having the Lord's atoning
sacrifice eclipse the believer's sin, can Christians appear in the
presence of God through the Lord.
71)
Who was ordered to make a sacrifice of his son to God?
Answer-
Abraham. Yet God provided a last-minute substitute of a ram to
sacrifice.
72)
Who was promised as many descendants as stars in the sky?
Answer-Abraham
73)
Who gave birth to a child in very old age named Isaac?
Answer-Abraham's
wife Sarah.
74)
Where did Abraham live before migrating north the Zion?
Answer-
Sumer in Mesopotamia
75)
What is the name of the city that would grow at the city known as
Zion?
Answer-Jerusalem
76)
Why did Jesus say that people need to be born again?
Answer-
People are dead in their sins-dead to the Holy God that cannot
tolerate sin in his presence. Only through faith in the Lord can
humans be 'born again' and be in the Kingdom of God.
77)
Who was the brother of Jesus that became leader of the church at
Jerusalem after Peter left?
Answer-
James
78)
Why did James say that 'faith without works is dead'
Answer-
Because a saved person of right faith in the Lord will follow the
will of Jesus-and that is the way of good works inclusive of
Christian ethics such as loving thy neighbor as thyself. It does not
necessitate works of a worldly nature deemed good by men; Christian
conscience is consistent unto God rather than men.
79)
It would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for who to enter the kingdom of God?
Answer-
The rich
80)
Can man know directly know the Father himself?
No.
Quoting Jesus in Matthew 10:”27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the
Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the
Son, and he
to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.”
81)
Where does sin come from?
Answer-Sin
came with the fall. 1 John 3:8; “He that commitheth sin is of the
devil”.
82)
Is a man saved by works, merit and deservingness of his innate good
character or by grace?
Answer-
A man (or woman) is saved by grace (the gift of the Lord's
sacrifice). No human is worthy of salvation by their works or nature.
83)
If sin is a work of evil, and if one's thoughts may comprise sin
(such as the sin of lust), can one's thoughts also be works?
Answer-
Yes. Christian thoughts seeking to conform to the will of God are
good works. (optional answer for extra credit): Saved Christians do
good works, at least so far as in thought, in effort to comply with
the teachings of the Lord, though innate original sin is a
challenger until death seeking to loosen the grip of a Christian upon
the ways of God. he unsaved are spiritually dead in their sin. Faith
without good works is dead.
84)
What will Christians do in heaven for eternity?
Answer-
Give glory to God
85)
Will Christians be resurrected if their body is not buried properly?
Answer-
It makes no difference what happens to a Christian's body after
death. God can make a new one exactly as it was before death with no
trouble, yet at resurrection it may have improvements adapting it for
eternal life.
86)
What is Christ's job title as regards human politics?
Answer-
“And he has on his vesture, and on his thigh, a name written, “King
of kings, and Lord of lords””- Rev 19:16.
87)
Before resurrection and last judgment where does Christ rule?
Answer-
“His kingdom is spiritual. He rules in the hearts of men. He sets
up his throne where no other king does; he rules the will and
affections, his power binds the conscience; he subdues men's lusts.
‘He will subdue our iniquities.' Mic 7:79.”-quote from T. Watson
'Divinity' page 177
88)
Does Christ rule by law or love?
Answer-
“By law, and by love. (1.) He rules by law. Christ as a king makes
laws, and by his laws he rules; as the law of faith;
‘believe
in the Lord Jesus:' and the law of sanctity; ‘Be ye holy in all
manner of conversation. ( Pet 1:15. Many would admit Christ to be
their advocate to plead for them, but not their king to rule over
them.)”- Watson 'Divinity' page 178
89)
(question and answer are Watson's from 'Divinity' page 182
“Why
was Christ born of a woman?
(1.)
That God might fulfill that promise in Gen 3:15, ‘The seed of the
woman shall break the serpent's head.' (2.) Christ was born of a
woman, that he might roll away that reproach from the woman, which
she had contracted by being seduced by the serpent. Christ, in taking
his flesh from the woman, has honoured her sex; that as, at the
first, the woman had made man a sinner; so now, to make him amends,
she should bring him a saviour.”
90)
(question and answer are Watson's from 'Divinity' page 182
“Why
was Christ born of a virgin?
(1.)
For decency. It became not God to have any mother but a maid, and it
became not a maid to have any other son but a God.
(2.)
For necessity. Christ was to be a high priest, most pure and holy.
Had he been born after the ordinary course of nature he had been
defiled, since all that spring out of Adam's loins have a tincture of
sin, but, that ‘Christ's substance might remain pure and
immaculate,'
he
was born of a virgin.”
91)
Who is the High Priest without fault or sin”\?
Answer-
Jesus Christ
92)
What must one do to enter God's rest?
Answer-have
faith in the Lord and be saved to enter the Kingdom of God today.
(ref. Hebrews 4)
93)
How many were the tribes of Israel?
Answer-
Twelve
94)
Where did the name Israel arise in history?
Answer-
It was given to Jacob by God.
95)
Must a Christian be circumcised?
Answer-No?
96)
When did Israel build the first Temple?
Answer-
The Temple was built 480 years after exodus from Egypt
97)
What king of Israel built the first Temple?
Answer-King
Solomon
98)
Who was the author of most of the psalms?
Answer-King
David
99)
Who said, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow
me. I give them eternal life and they shall never die. No one can
snatch them away from me. What my father has given me is greater than
everything , and no one can snatch them away from my father's care.
The father and I are one.”
Answer-Jesus
Christ
100)
Are people spiritually dead before they are saved?
Answer-
Yes. (ref. Romans 6)
101)
The nation of Israel was divided in twain because of God's
displeasure with Solomon's sins that comprised covenant breaking.
What was the name of the subsequent northern kingdom?
Answer-
Judah
102)Who
led the Jews in exodus from Egypt?
Answer-
Moses under God
103)
Who was the Apostle to the Gentiles?
Answer-Paul
104)
When did the Tribulation that John wrote of in Revelation happen?
Answer-
During the Neronic and Tiberian persecution era 63-73 A.D.
105)
In his triumphal entry into Jerusalem what did Jesus ride?
Answer
choices;
a)
A flying horse named Pegasus
b)
A Cadillac S.U,.V. with a moon roof and h.d. TV.
c)
a colt or a donkey
correct
answer is 'C'
106)
How many temptations did Jesus experience in the desert?
Answer-Three.
107)
What were the temptations of Christ?
Answer-
To receive power over all the Earth yet with the onerous and
impossible condition of worshiping Satan, to turn stones into bread
to relieve starvation, and to throw himself from the top of the
Temple like Lois Lane jumping over Niagara falls trusting God or
Superman to save him (or Lois respectively)
108)
Is sin a disease?
Answer-
Yes. 'The whole head is sick;'Isa 1:5. 'Their conscience is defiled'
Tit 1:15. The sinner prefers evil over good exchanging the word that
is 'sweeter than the honeycomb' Psa 19-90 for sin trading 'sweet for
bitter' Isa 5:20. (ref. 'Divinity' the 'Covenant of Works'-Watson)
109)
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each wrote a book of the gospel. Did any
know Jesus personally before his crucifixion?
Answer-
Yes. John and Matthew were disciples. John Mark was probably Peter's
scribe who wrote what Peter and others related. Luke was a physician
who may have been in Jerusalem after the crucifixion and before
Pentecost.
110)
Did God allow Moses to enter Israel and build condos?
Answer-
No. Because Moses was reluctant to follow God's direction explicitly
at least once, he forbid him entry to the promised land.
111)
How many commandments were issued at Sinai?
Answer-Ten.
112)
When Moses was on the mountain did the Jews build;
1-A
filibuster
2-An
ark
3-A
golden calf (correct answer)
113) Jesus cast out a legion of
demons from a crazed and wild man. Where did the demons go?
Answer-Into a herd of swine
114) procurator Pilate said that he
found no fault in Jesus yet ordered him crucified anyway; why?
Answer- Jews afraid of Roman power
wanted Jesus crucified lest he be seen as representative of
insurrectionist tendencies. They leveraged Pilate into crucifying
Jesus by saying that his claim to kingship was treasonous and that
Pilate would be considered an enemy of Caesar if he did not crucify
Jesus. Pilate complied.
115) What disciple collected taxes
before following the Lord?
Answer-Matthew
116) What does Golgotha mean?
Answer-Place of skulls.
117) Who was first king of the Jews?
Saul
118) What family led a Jewish revolt
against Greek rulers?
Answer- The Maccabees
119) Name three first century Jewish
religious sects.
Answers- Zealots, Essenes, Pharisees,
Sadducee
120) What city were Peter and Paul
executed in?
Answer- Rome
121) What was the parable of the
tenants in the vineyard a prophetic analogy of?
Answer- The crucifixion of Jesus and
the wrath of God falling upon Jerusalem with the kingdom of God
reallocated to followers of Jesus.
122) After the fall of Adam all
humans were dead to God because of their sin. How can they be brought
back to life and be recognized in the presence of God, in the Kingdom
of God?
Answer- Through faith and the saving
grace of the Lord with Union in Christ
123)
The prophet Hosea was ordered by the Lord to show his love to an
adulterous woman-a harlot, in a kind of analogy of the Lord's love
for the wayward and wanton Jews. Yet the Lord said not to blame the
people, rather that He blamed the priests for growing fat on the
sacrifices of people's sins and encouraging them to sin so they might
concentrate wealth for-themselves. What was the result of the Lord's
chastisement and admonishment to change politically speaking?
Answer-
Judah invaded Israel, Israel and Judah thrashed and eventually
Assyria invaded Samaria falling in 721 B.C. Eventually Jews returned
to a semblance of prosperity and faithfulness in that region.
124)
With the three temptations Jesus was tempted to be God-like rather
than human. As God made flesh he came to be human and overcome sin.
Comment on this.
Answer-
Jesus showed that he could perform miracles of producing
bread-for-others such as in the loaves and fishes at the Sermon on
the Mount, and he himself became the bread of life. Secondly he was
eventually resurrected from death and did not yield to acting like an
actor in the Matrix jumping from a building with no harm. Thirdly he
came to bring the kingdom of God to his flock-not to rule in Satan's
worldly kingdom.
125)
Where were Peter and Paul executed (city)?
Answer-Probably
Rome in the year 68 A.D.
126)
Abraham married another woman besides Sarah. Not including his maid
Hagar, what was the name of another wife?
Answer-
Keturah (ref. Genesis 25)
127)
Who was the father of Midian?
Answer-
Abraham(Gen. 25)
128)
Ishmael, son of Abraham had twelve sons that became the ancestors of
twelve tribes. Who was Ismael's mother?
Answer-
Hagar
129)
Abraham had three groups of sons (with a single member of the set of
Issac). One group became Arabs and Muslims eventually, another group
became Jews through Issac and the rest could be considered to
represent everyone else. Eventually the covenant with Abraham through
Isaac and his son Jacob-Israel will bring the entire world to inherit
the kingdom of God through the Lord Jesus. Adam was given a garden,
Abraham was given a nation and the Lord given the world. True or
false?
Answer-True
130)
how did the Jews come to be slaves in Egypt?
Answer-Joseph
and 70 descendants of Jacob lived in Egypt and multiplied alarming a
Pharaoh with their numbers so he began an evolution for them into
bondage and slavery.
131)
Moses was provide with three miraculous signs in order to be able to
convince Jews that he was from God. What were they?
Answer-
A rod that transforms into a serpent, the ability to turn river water
poured on land into blood, and a hand that would turn leprous then
healthy on demand.
132)
What name was Moses to give the Egyptians Jews for God?
Answer-
Moses was told to say that “I AM hath sent me”.
133)
Where is the first eschatological statement in the Bible?
Answer-
Genesis 3:15. The 'seed of the woman' continuing through David unto
Jesus will crush the head of the serpent (Satan).
134)
Where is the protoevangelium found in the Bible?
Answer-
Genesis 3:15
135)
Should one love thy neighbor as thyself?
Answer-Yes
136)
How many times should one forgive an offense against oneself?
Answer-Seventy
times seven
137)
Robbery and murder are always sin-are there special exceptions for
embezzlement and shoplifting?
Answer-No
138)
Does adultery remain sin when Democratic administrations are in
power?
Answer-Yes
139)
Are Christians of Abraham's seed
Answer-
Yes. Paul said in Galatians 3-18 “If ye be Christ then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
140)
What is the great commission?
Answer-
In Matt. 28:18-20 Jesus said to go out and evangelize the world and
that he would be with Christians always.
141) Adam was
given a garden, Abraham was given a nation, who was given the world?
Answer-The Lord
Jesus Christ's
142) A man
baptizing souls in the river Jordan once said; “Repent. For the
kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matt. 3:2) Who was that?
Answer-John the
Baptist
143) What did Paul
have to say about the wisdom of this world?
Answer-In Cor.
3:19 Paul said 'For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God,
for it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”
144) Was mass of
the Universe made from visible things?
Answer- No.
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the
word of God, so that things that appear were not made of things which
do appear.” Hebrews 11:3
145)
Where is Mary's Magnificat
found
in the Bible?
Answer-Luke
1:46-55
146) When did the
Roman Army conquer Jerusalem and destroy the Temple?
Answer- A.D. 70
147) Approximately
what year was Jesus born to Mary?
Answer-Circa 4
B.C. to 0
148) What are the
synoptic Gospels?
Answer-The gospel
books of Matthew, Mark and Luke
149) Why is the
gospel of John different from the synoptic gospels?
Answer- John was a
disciple that probably wrote apart from the others outside of
Jerusalem recounting the gospel with his own emphasis. John could
write in the first person while Mark and Luke had to recount what
they learned from others. Mark was probably Peter's scribe saving
Peter the difficulty about writing of himself objectively in the
first person of such things as the denial of Christ thrice before
sunrise or being given the keys to the kingdom. Matthew writing to
the Jews in the first person was probably in Jerusalem and knew of
what Peter, Mark and Luke had input to their gospel writing.
150) Martha's
brother was raised from the dead near Bethany. What was his name?
Answer-Lazarus
151) Did the Lord
feed 5000 people near Bethsaida?
Answer-Yes. With
loaves and fishes.
152) Is it true
that there is just one God?
Answer-Yes
153)
What is the name of Abraham's brother?
Answer-
Lot
154)
What befell the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah?
Answer-
Because of sexual immorality, violation of human rights, sin and
inappropriate conduct toward angels the cities were vaporized after
lot and his family vacated.
155)
Did John the Baptist retire on the French Riviera?
Answer-No,
he was beheaded in prison at the order of King Herod
156)
Did Jesus ever claim to be the Messiah?
Answer-Yes;
Matthew 16:13-17 ;“13
¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14
And they said, Some say
that thou art
John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the
prophets.
15
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of
the living God.
17
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it
unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.”
157) Though Jews
had been given the law they consistently had troubles living by it.
Theonomy implementation required something easier for effective
reconciliation of the elect unto God. Did Jesus come to break the old
laws and liberate the people from accountability for sin?
Answer-Jesus
in Matthew 5:17-18; ”17
¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am
not come to destroy, but to fulfil.18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
158) What city was
Jesus born in?
Answer-Bethlehem
159) Did Jesus
live in Egypt?
Answer- Yes. Mary
and Joseph took Jesus to live in Egypt for a few years.
160) Why did Mary
and Joseph move to Egypt soon after the birth of Jesus?
Answer- King Herod
of Jerusalem ordered that all newborn sons should be killed.
162) Where did
Jesus grow up after returning to Israel?
Answer-Nazareth
163) Are some nice
people saved naturally because of the oodles of goodness in their
heart?
Answer-
No. Paul writing in Romans 3; “10
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after
God. 12
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become
unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13
Their throat is
an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the
poison of asps is
under their lips: 14
Whose mouth is
full of cursing and bitterness: 15
Their feet are
swift to shed blood: 16
Destruction and misery are
in their ways: 17
And the way of peace have they not known: 18
There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
164) Can
conformance to the boundaries of the law let one inherit the kingdom
of God?
Answer-No
one except Jesus Christ has entirely kept the law. Paul in Romans 4;
”13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was
not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith.”
165) Are people of
faith be freed from the problem of sin?
Answer-
Yes- Romans 5; “21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our
Lord.”Romans 6;” 1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound? 2
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer
therein? 3
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ
were baptized into his death? 4
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even
so we also should walk in newness of life.”
166) Though a
Christian is spiritually reborn, his flesh still is afflicted with
the fleshy problems of sin. True or false?
Answer-
True. Paul in Romans chapters 7-8;” 11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it
slew me.
12
Wherefore the law is
holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin,
that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good;
that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under
sin. 15
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but
what I hate, that do I. 16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it
is
good. 17
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:
for to will is present with me; but how
to perform that which is good I find not. 19
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not,
that I do. 20
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin
that dwelleth in me. 21
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with
me. 22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my
members. 24
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this
death? 25
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I
myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
CHAPTER
8
1
There
is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death. 3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh: 4
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6
For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace. 7
Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither
indeed can be. 8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the
Spirit of God dwell in you. “
167)
Societies may develop false consciousness preferment for
faithlessness and move toward egregious sin. Paul commented on that
in the book of Romans. Summarize.
Answer
from Romans 1; “23
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and
creeping things.24
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of
their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served
the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that
which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of
their error which was meet. 28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things
which are not convenient; 29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit,
malignity; whisperers, 30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, 31
without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful: 32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things
are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them
that do them.”
168)
Homosexuality is sin. It is enumerated in a list of conduct that is
worthy of death (misc. sin). True or false?
Answer-
True. Romans 1; “32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things
are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them
that do them.” & “26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that
which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of
their error which was meet.”
169)
Who is the beast of Revelation?
Answer-
Probably Nero. Kenneth Gentry in 'The Beast of Revelation' wrote;
“Revelation 1:3 we read: “Blessed is he who reads and those who
hear the words of the prophecy, and heeds the things which are
written in it; for the time is war [eggus].”
Eggus
means 'near”. Nero was emperor when Peter, Paul et al were
martyred. Nero persecuted Christians. Revelation was likely written
circa 60 A.D.
Gentry
also writes of Nero -”A Hebrew spelling of his name was Nrwn Qsr
(pronounced: Neron Kaiser). It has been documented by archaeological
finds that a first century Hebrew spelling of Nero’s name provides
us with precisely the value of 666.16”. The number of the beast of
Revelation is; 666.
170)
A body is the Temple of God in which the Spirit of God may dwell. At
physical death what happens?
Answer-
Paul in 2nd Corinthians-”1 For we know that if our earthly house of
this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from
heaven”
171)
Where do wars come from?
Answer-James
wrote in chapter 4; “1
From whence come
wars and fightings among you? come
they
not hence, even
of your lusts that war in your members? 2
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot
obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
Taking
things of others, expanding one's power over others, aggregating mass
without due regard to the harm to others, is the criterion of war.
172)
A Christian realizes his miserable state in regard to his fallen
nature of original sin and unworthiness and unacceptability to God-a
perfect and Holy being. Should a Christian therefore be proud of his
election and swell generally speaking?
Answer-
No. James wrote in chapter 4; “4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of
the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of
the world is the enemy of God.5
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that
dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the
proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. 8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your
hands, ye
sinners; and purify your
hearts, ye
double minded. 9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to
mourning, and your
joy to heaviness. 10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his
brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and
judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of
the law, but a judge. 12
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art
thou that judgest another? 13
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a
city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14
Whereas ye know not what shall
be
on the morrow. For what is
your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and
then vanisheth away. 15
For that ye ought
to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
173)
Should a Christian prioritize accumulating worldly wealth?
Answer-
No.
Jesus
said in Matthew chapter 6: “19
¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
and
James
in chapter 4 wrote; “14
Whereas ye know not what shall
be
on the morrow. For what is
your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and
then vanisheth away. 15
For that ye ought
to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
174)
Three wise men-probably Magi-informed Herod that a king was to be
born. They were seeking the birth place of Jesus to bring gifts. Did
that have any negative consequent effects?
Answer-
Yes-Matthew wrote in chapter 2; “12
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth
to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee
word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. 14
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and
departed into Egypt: 15
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt
have I called my son. 16
¶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were
in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and
under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the
wise men.”
175)
When Jesus fed 5000 people gathered to meet and hear him was the
occasion catered by moonlighting Roman Army cooks supplying spaghetti
with savory sauce, meatballs, broccoli ala Hollandaise, garlic bread
and a thin after dinner crème' mint?
Answer-
No. Matthew 14 relates; “15
¶ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This
is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,
that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
17
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18
He said, Bring them hither to me. 19
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the
five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his
disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 20
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the
fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women
and children.”
176)
How many disciples did Jesus initially call?
Answer-
Twelve.
177)
Who gave the law to the Jewish people?
Answer-Moses
(John 1) “17
For the law was given by Moses, but
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
178)
When
was the Temple that had been rebuilt by Herod destroyed?
Answer-
70 A.D.
179)
Should one struggle to conform to worldly ways and values and pursue
hedonistic pleasures to the last drop, and last minute possible to
intensify pleasure for-oneself?
Answer-No.
Jesus said in John 12:” 25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in
this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall
also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my
Father honour.”
180)
In John chapter 17 Jesus gives a brilliant peroration summaring his
work and mission in a farewell address and prayer before arrest. Did
he instruct his disciples to conform to the world and dance to the
devil's fiddle-jigs as men-of-the-world?
Answer-
No. The Lord said to God of the disciples, “14
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that
thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”
181)
Did Jesus prophesy the tribulation that brought about the end of
national Israel, persecutions of Nero, executions of martyrs,
destruction of the temple and establishment of the kingdom of God
with the arrival of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost?
Answer-
Yes. The Lord said in Luke 21: “1
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that
the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all
be fulfilled. 33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall
not pass away. 34
¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so
that day come upon you unawares. 35
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of
the whole earth. 36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy
to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of man.”
(also
ref. Mark 13)
182) A sign was
attached to the cross on which Jesus was crucified. What did it say?
Answer-
Luke 23; “38
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek,
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
183) Jesus Christ
came in the flesh. True or false?
Answer-
“Hereby
know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit
of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even
now already is it in the world.” -1st
Epistle of John chapter four
“14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.” -John 1
184) Pilate
offered to release one prisoner as was tradition. He asked the
present crowd if they wanted Jesus released. They demanded released
of another. Who was that?
Answer-
“But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you
the King of the Jews? 10
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. 11
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release
Barabbas unto them.”-Mark 15
Barabbas
probably was a worldly political zealot. Zealots were a factor in
motivating Romans later to destroy Jerusalem.
185) Did Jesus
ever say anything about taxes?
Answer-
Yes. In Mark chapter twelve is an account of where he encountered the
topic; “14
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou
art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of
men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give
tribute to Caesar, or not? 15
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy,
said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16
And they brought it.
And he saith unto them, Whose is
this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. 17
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that
are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they
marvelled at him.”
186) Are souls
always alive to God?
Answer-
Yes. Jesus said in Mark 12- “25
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. 26
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the
book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye
therefore do greatly err.”
187) What is the
first commandment?
Answer-
From Mark 12; “29
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is
the first commandment.”
188) What must
one do to be saved?
Answer-
Romans chapter 10; “
9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved. 10
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed. 12
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the
same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
189) Are any
nations favored over others for salvation?
Answer-No.
Acts 10:”34
¶ Then Peter opened his
mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of
persons:
35
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness,
is accepted with him. 36
The word which God
sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ:
(he is Lord of all:) 37
That word, I
say,
ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from
Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed
of the devil; for God was with him. 39
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40
Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 41
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even
to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. 42
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it
is he which was ordained of God to
be
the Judge of quick and dead.”
190)
John explained an occasion where Jesus walked on water to reach a
boat with the disciples that had gone ahead offshore. Explain
something of the circumstances.
Answer-John
chapter 10; “15
¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him
by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain
himself alone. 16
And when even was now
come, his disciples went down unto the sea, 17
And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And
it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. 18
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. 19
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they
see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and
they were afraid. 20
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. 21
Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the
ship was at the land whither they went.”
191)
What are the wages of sin?
Answer-
Romans 6:”23
For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
192)
Do worldly men (or women) understand the word of God?
Answer-
Paul writing in 1 Corinthians 2; “12 Now we have received, not the
spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might
know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things
also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them,
because they are spiritually discerned.”
193)
What prophet interpreted dreams for King Nebuchadnezzar?
Answer- Daniel
194) What recalcitrant prophet was
thrown from a ship and swallowed by a whale?
Answer-Jonah
195) To what prophet does God give
explicit directions for a release of Jews from Babylonian captivity
and return to Israel for reconstruction of the Temple?
Answer-Ezekiel (ref Ezekiel 38-48)
196) Near Gaza, whereat the Israelis
were oppressed, and angel of the Lord sat under an oak tree in a
settlement named Ophrah. The angel of the Lord appeared unto whom to
lead in the destruction of Midianite oppressors?
Answer- Gideon Judges chapter 6-
“12
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The
LORD is
with thee, thou mighty man of valour.”
Gideon
replied-“15
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?
behold, my family is
poor in Manasseh, and I am
the least in my father's house.
16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely
I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.”
197) There is another woman besides
Sarah who conceived of a child when 'well stricken in years' and
barren. She was a cousin of Mary and gave birth to who?
Answer- John the Baptist
In
Luke 1 an angel appeared to Elisabeth's husband Zacharias-”13
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is
heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt
call his name John.”
198) The angel Gabriel informed what
virgin that she would give birth.
Answer-Mary
Luke 1-“35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of God.
36
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in
her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called
barren.
37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
199) In Luke chapter 9 the Lord
provides practical words for prioritizing matters for ordinary people
following him after his crucifixion and resurrection. Say something
about that.
Answer-
Luke 9:“22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of
the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised
the third day.
23
¶ And he said to them
all, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross
daily, and follow me.
24
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will
lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose
himself, or be cast away?
26
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall
the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and
in
his
Father's, and of the holy angels.”
200) Did Jesus ever appear to his
disciples after resurrection?
Answer-
Yes. Luke 24;”33
And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found
the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
34
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
35
And they told what things were
done
in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
36
¶ And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them,
and saith unto them, Peace be
unto you.
37
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had
seen a spirit.
38
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise
in your hearts?
39
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see;
for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
40
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his
hands and his
feet.
41
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto
them, Have ye here any meat?
42
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
43
And he took it,
and did eat before them.
44
And he said unto them, These are
the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all
things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and
in
the prophets, and in
the psalms, concerning me.”
