Background Knowledge
Who is the letter of James addressed to?
What is "Perfect/mature" in Greek?
What is teleios?
What does James 1:1-12 tell us to do?
What is "to thrive in trials"?
What part of maturity was mentioned in Unit One?
What is "Grow in Perseverance"
What were many Hall of Faith heroes a part of?
What is Christ's lineage?
What was the "diaspora"?
What is the dispersion of Jews?
What is the Greek word that means "cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy"?
What is "hipomone"?
What New Testament verse tells us that maturity involves sacrifice (Hint: From the Gospels)?
What is Matthew 19:21?
What should we practice during trials?
What is perseverance?
What passage is the Hall of Faith?
What is Hebrews 11?
Fill in the blanks for the definition of dispersion:
"Term for ____ living outside _____ after the ____ exile in 5_ _ (numbers) B.C and at other times."
What is "term for Jews living outside Palestine after the Babylonian exile in 586 B.C and at other times"?
What did people do with their "aparche" in Bible times?
What is giving/offering it to God?
What is the purpose of the test in Exodus 20:20?
What is "so God's fear will remain in them and they will not sin"?
Fill in the blanks for the definition of Theme:
A _____ or _____ of dis____ .
Who worshipped as he was dying and what verse tells us about it?
Who is Jacob? What is Hebrews 11:21?
Where did the deported Israelites settle (NAME ALL)?
Where is the Mediterranean/Great Sea, ancient Middle East, and west to North Africa and Rome?
Fill in the blanks:
"____ is the Hebrew word that expresses God's ____ of his ____. Note that some versions translate ____ as ____"
What is "Nasa is the Hebrew word that expresses God's testing of his people. Note that some versions translate Nasa as 'tempt'"?
What Gospel verse corresponds to James 1:5?
What is Matthew 7:7?
Fill in the blanks and give the reference:
Our ____ should _____ _____.
Our thinking should reflect maturity.
1 Corinthians 14:20
True or false: James mentioned four Old Testament people. If true, who are they? If false, how many did James mention?
What is "false; 5 people"?
What places are mentioned in 1 Peter 1:1-2 (NAME ALL)?
Where is Asia, Galatia, Bithynia, Pontus, and Cappadocia?
What is the Hebrew word related to teleios in the OT
What is "tam"?
In Hebrews 12, what verse tells us about what Jesus endured? What did Jesus endure and why?
What is Hebrews 12:2? What is the cross? What is "because of the joy that was set before him"?
What is the epistle of James full of? What book is James parallel to? What verse does James 1:10-11 match?
What is wisdom?
What is the Book of Proverbs
What is Proverbs 11:28?
What people were mentioned in the discovery journal and what did two of them do (PARAPHRASE ALLOWED)"
Who is Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, Sarah, Noah, and Isaac?
ANSWERS INCLUDE:
Abraham: He went to where God called him without knowing where
Joseph: Mentioned the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt
Jacob: Worshipped while he was dying
Sarah: She considered Him faithful who had promised
Noah: He became an heir of righteousness that comes by faith
Isaac: He blessed his sons