Miscellaneous CR’s
The NT Key CR 1 Peter 2:2 states that we should long for this, that by it you may grow into salvation.
Pure spiritual milk
In the NT Key CR Matthew 6:24, Jesus says that you cannot serve God and money. In James 4, James commands those who are like this to purify their hearts. If you do serve both God and money, what Key Word describes you?
Dipsychos —> double-minded
In the Key CR 1 Peter 1:1-2, Peter addresses a group of people whom James also addresses in James 1:1. Who are they, and why were they in that situation?
NT Dispersion - Elect exiles who were scattered due to persecution of the church
In the NT Key CR Luke 14:11, Jesus states that whoever exalts himself will be humbled (tapeinoo), and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. This statement correlates with which of the memory passages in the NBB summer study?
James 4:7-10 - Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
According to the OT Key CR Joel 2:12-13 and the NT Key CR Acts 26:20, what is part of a right response to hearing the good news of the Gospel?
Repentance
In the OT Key CR Job 38:1-3; 40:1-8, after God responds to Job’s demand to state his case before Him, how does Job respond?
Job realizes his insignificance before God, and he repents and trusts God.
According to the Key CR’s Job 34:17-19 (Senior only) and Acts 10:34-35, what does God NOT show us?
Prosopolempsia —> partiality
After fleeing the Jewish mob in Thessalonica, Paul and Silas were sent to another town to preach the Gospel in the Key CR Acts 17:10-11. What was the name of this town, and how did they respond to the Gospel, specifically? (DAILY DOUBLE)
Berea - they received the Word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures
Jesus gives two parables in the Key CR’s that relate to need to BOTH hear the Word AND to do it. What are the two CR’s and what are the parables involved?
Matthew 7:24 (wise and foolish builders) and Luke 8:15 (4 soils)
What NT Key CR states that we are justified by faith and not by works?
Galatians 2:16 (and Ephesians 2:8-9 for Seniors)
The NT Key CR Hebrews 6:13-15 states that Abraham patiently waited (makrothymia) for God’s blessing. The OT Key CR Deuteronomy 7:7-8 states God did not set his love on Israel because they were mighty, but instead for the same reason that Abraham patiently waited for God’s blessing. What was this reason?
God made a PROMISE to Abraham (and He is faithful to keep it)
In the NT Key CR Luke 18-35-42, what did Jesus show the blind beggar near Jericho, when he healed his sight?
Eleos —> mercy
In the NT Key CR Luke 2:40, 52, what does the Gospel writer say about Jesus?
He grew in wisdom (sophia) and in favor (charis) with God and man.
James 3:9-11 states that with our mouths, we bless God but we also curse people who are made in the image of God, and points out that this must not be so. In what NT Key CR does Jesus talk about the good or bad fruit of our hearts?
Matthew 12:33-37
In James 2:23, James which OT Key CR passage, when he states that Scripture says “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”? (Paul quotes the same passage in Romans 4:2-3).
Genesis 15:1-6 (God later confirms His covenant promises to Abram in v18, and Abram later acts on this faith)
Which 2 OT (one is SENIOR only) and 1 NT Key CR’s refer to the Lord of Hosts coming to bring justice upon the earth?
Isaiah 31:4-5, Zechariah 9:12, 15 (SENIOR) and Revelation 19:11-16
The Key CR’s Galatians 3:13-14, Galatians 3:24, and Galatians 3:26-28 note that we receive the Holy Spirit, justification, and adoption as sons of God, through what?
Pistis —> faith, trust
According to the OT Key CR Amos 1:1, Amos was a shepherd by trade. According to the NT Key CR Acts 18:1-3, what was the vocation of Priscilla/Aquila?
Tentmakers (Priscilla and Aquila)
In James 2:6, James notes that those who show partiality to the rich show dishonor to the poor. In the NT Key CR Luke 14:12-14, what does Jesus tell the ruler of the Pharisees who invited him to dinner to do, when inviting guests to a banquet?
Do not invite your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors, but instead invite the poor, crippled, lame, and blind, and then he will be blessed by God.
What NT Key CR passage highlights the synergistic work of the believer and the Holy Spirit in the work of sanctification?
Philippians 2:12-13
The OT Key CR Psalm 90:10-12 (SENIOR ONLY) and the NT Key CR 2 Peter 3:11-12 note that our lives are short and there will be a coming judgment. What do these CR’s encourage believers to do?
To number our days and seek to live lives of holiness and godliness
1 Peter 2:20-21 and 1 Peter 4:16 talk about suffering for doing good and suffering as a Christian. Hebrews 12:1-3 talks about Christ’s response to suffering as well. According to 1 Peter 2:20, how are we to respond when suffering for doing good?
Hypomone —> endurance, steadfastness, constancy
In the Key CR Mark 1:23-27, Jesus rebukes an evil spirit to come out of a man who was crying “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!” What verse in James best fits with what is going on in this passage?
James 2:19 - You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
In the NT Key CR Matthew 26:36-44, Jesus prays in Gethesemane before His crucifixion and submit His will to the Father. He asks his disciples to watch and pray (proseuchomai) that they may not enter into temptation (peirasmos). What other NT Key CR is an encouragement to Christians about the limits God places on the trials and temptations He allows in our lives?
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
Which NT Key CR states that although God’s kindness is meant to lead us to repentance, that righteous judgment is being stored up for those who remain hard-hearted and impenitent, and that there will be tribulation and distress for all evildoers, without partiality?
Romans 2:4-11