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Each person is created in whose image?
What did God give people authority to rule over?
All creation (all animals, all the earth)
Will God ever send another worldwide flood?
no
What was the sign of God's covenant with Noah?
a rainbow
Who chose the words in the Bible?
God
God commanded people to increase the world's population. What words or phrases describe this increase? Be _____ and ____
fruitful and multiply
What does create mean?
to make something that does not exist
What was God's reasoning for sending the flood?
What does cultivate mean?
to take care of something that already exists
What is inspiration associated with: swimming, breathing, running, or being a doctor?
breathing
How should Christians treat people who are different from themselves?
Christians should love them as they love themselves
How would you describe God's commands for people in His covenant with Noah compared to His commands in the Creation Mandate: basically the same or very different?
basically the same
God commanded people to have dominion over the earth. What two terms describe people's activity? ___ and ___
create and cultivate
Are all people born with evil, sinful hearts, OR do people become evil and sinful by living with sinful people?
we are all born with evil, sinful hearts
we are created in God's image
How many times does the Bible use the phrase about God directly saying something?
over 400 times
When people gathered at Babel, what did they want to do?
they wanted to build a city and a tower reaching into heaven to make a name for themselves
How many times does the Bible need to say something for it to be true?
once
The New Testament uses a phrase eighty times, pointing to the statement's authority in the Old Testament. What is that phrase?
"it is written"
What is the Bible's most powerful testimony about its truthfulness?
its own testimony about its origin
What is one of the words used to describe "all Scripture"?
inspired (breathed out, God-breathed); profitable (useful)
What is one thing the Scripture is profitable for?
doctrine (teaching), reproof (rebuking), correction, instruction (training)
What did the people at Babel want to prevent?
being scattered over the earth
What do all people in the worlds share in common?
they are created in God's image. they experience similar emotions and have basic physical features.
How are people groups different than each other?
they have different cultures and languages and varying specific physical features