The Holy Bible
What do we believe about the Bible?
The Bible IS the word of God and our sufficient rule of faith and conduct.
What is the first evidence that the Bible is the word of God?
More than 300 prophecies talk about the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus and all came into completion
Who can know the mysteries of God?
No one can know the mysteries of God unless God reveals them.
Find the trinity in Isaiah 48:16
The lord God
Jesus is speaking
His spirit
Explain the illustration of the trinity in the human body AND in the human being. Where is the trinity?
Human body: Head (cabeza), Trunk (tronco), extremities (extremidades).
Human being: Spirit (espíritu), Soul (alma), body (cuerpo)
What are the first five books of the Bible? Who wrote them? And what are they collectively called?
Génesis, exodus, Leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy.
Moses wrote them
Pentateuch (pentateuco)
What is the second evidence that the Bible is the word of God?
Unity - Different people with different backgrounds and from different places were inspired by God to write His word.
What two things does trinity refer to?
Quantity and Unity
Find the trinity in Genesis 11:7
“Come, let us go down”
Us - pluralExplain the example of the boy with the pail at the beach, and how it relates to the holy trinity.
There was a boy in the beach who was trying to pour the oceans water in a hole with a pail. A men asked him what was he doing and the boy answered. The men then said “look at the ocean” the infinite ocean water could not fit in that small hole. And just like that, God’s infinite nature cannot be captured by our finite minds.
Explain how the word of God is alive or active.
It is alive because over time, it’s still powerful and useful for teaching and it continues to do the work for which it was sent because it produces life.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Name an author of the Bible and during which circumstance they wrote?
Paul wrote from jail
Daniel wrote in a foreign land
David wrote from the palace, from the pasture and from war
In what are the Father, the Son and the Holy spirit one?
In nature, thought, feeling, and purpose
What is the main difference between God and Angels??
God create’s
Angels are created
What is Anthropomorphism?
When people attribute God with a part of a body
List at least three authors of the Bible and what did they do for a living?
Moses - political leader
Joshua - Military leader
Joseph - Shepherd/King
Peter - Fisherman
Matthew - tax collector
In what languages was the Bible written in?
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek
In what are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 3?
Manifestation
What is the definition of theophany?
Manifestation of God.
“theo” means God and “phany” means form.
What is an example of Anthropomorphism??
The ear of God is inclined to us (Psalms 116:2)
It hurt Gods heart to make men (Genesis 6:6)
What are the three steps in which we receive the word of God? Explain each step.
Revelation: when the mysteries of God are revealed to holy people.
Inspiration: the act through which the Holy Spirit directed the writers of the bible so they can put in writing without errors or exaggeration everything God wanted to reveal.
Illumination: the interpretation of the truth revealed through the Holy Spirit.
Across which continents and by how many authors was the Bible written in?
Asia, Europe, and Africa
Approximately 40 authorsMention the principal work (obra cumbre) of the Father, Son, and Holy spirit.
Father - Creation of the world
Son - Salvation of humanity
Holy Spirit - Sanctification of the church
Give at least 1 example from the Bible about theophany.
Examples: burning bush, dove at Jesus’ baptism, the fourth in the fire
What are the 3 qualities of a person?
Feeling (sentimiento)
Intellect (intelecto)
Free will (voluntad)