Ella
True or False:
Idols are powerless to save us.
True
Who can bring us from dead in our sin to alive in Christ?
God
True or False:
Our ability to follow God is dependent on the people who came before us.
False
What covenant has been made by Jesus?
New Covenant
Who succeeds Elijah as the main prophet in Israel?
Elisha
What is the greatest cost of idol worship?
Death for our sin
After King Solomon died, who became king of Israel?
His son, Rehoboam.
In I Kings 12, who became the king of the ten northern tribes of Israel?
Jereboam.
Who are the two people that have a big conflict at the top of Mount Carmel in 1 Kings 18?
Elijah and King Ahab
How do we receive God’s grace?
By repenting of our sins and we receive it with thanksgiving to God.
Why did Jonah not want to go to Ninevah?
He knew that God would forgive them if the city repented from their sin. Jonah didn’t think they deserved to be forgiven and he wanted God to only punish them.
When Terry taught about Rehoboam and Jereboam, which one of the Hawkins twins played the part of Jereboam?
Nobody knows. The first person to take a guess gets the points.
What do the dry bones represent in Ezekiel 37?
The whole nation of Israel, dead and lifeless.
Multiple Choice: Who ran away from God’s calling to go to Ninevah?
Elisha
Jonah
Ahab
Hosea
2 - Jonah
What are 3 elements to biblical repentance?
Confess your sin
Turn from it
Choose to walk in obedience to God
How long does a person have to listen to God’s voice and repent? Is there every a time when it is too late to repent?
They have until they die, but after that it is too late.
Why do you think Ahab calls Elijah his enemy?
Ahab committed and led the people of Israel in an idolatrous lifestyle.
Ahab knew Elijah had come to speak against everything Ahab had sought to build.
Multiple Choice: How many warriors did King Rehoboam gather to try to win back the ten northern tribes of Israel from Jereboam?
a. 283
b. 2,000
c. 10,000
d. 180,000
D - 180,000
What vision does Ezekiel see in Ezekiel 37?
Valley filled with bones and the bones come to life by the power God.
What does Elisha ask Elijah to give to him in 2 Kings 2:9?
Double portion of Elijah’s spirit on him.
Israel ignored God’s voice in 2 Kings 17. Why do we tend to ignore God’s voice today?
We want to go after our sinful desires. They seem better than what God wants for us.
We want the comfort that some sinful things offer right now rather than waiting for what God has for us.
What did Hezekiah do in 2 Kings 18:1-8?
He destroyed the high places and cut down the altars of idol worship. He broke the bronze serpent in pieces that Moses has made because people were worshipping it.
He trust in the Lord.
In 1 Kings 12:25-33 what was Jeroboam’s motivation for setting up the golden calves?
Self-preservation
He didn’t want the people to turn back to Rehoboam and kill him.
In I Kings 21, Elijah confronts king Ahab's sin - how did Ahab respond?
Ahab repented of his sin
We are called to faithfulness as we are in a covenant relationship with Christ - how are three things you do to stay faithful?
Answers will vary.
What does it mean for you to show someone grace?
We show them unmerited favor and give them what they don’t deserve from us.
How can you better listen to God’s voice this week?
Read the Bible, listen in the church service, pray, talk to others.
Why do people waver between following God and the sinful world?
The sinful world seems to promise more help and gratification in the present than following God does.
Who is or has been a spiritual mentor for you? What have they done?
There will be a variety of answers to this question.
Explain why a person gets baptized?
It is a public profession of their faith to the church and the church affirming their profession of faith. They are publicly telling people that they believe the gospel. Going under the water is their death to sin and being raised up is their new life in Christ.
We do this to be obedient to Jesus’ command to be baptized.
What are 2-3 ways in which Hosea, God and Jesus have similar stories in scripture?
1) Hosea loved Gomer — God loved Israel — Christ loves the church
2) Hosea was betrayed — Israel turned from God — we often turn from Christ
3) Hosea paid a big price for Gomer — Christ paid the ultimate price for our sins
From memory recite:
Matthew 28:18:20
“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heave and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
How does God’s love contrast with Israel’s love and our love for him?
- God’s love is faithful, dependable
- Israel’s love is often dependent on what is happening, not constant
- Our love is often not dependable and not faithful as we get distracted by lesser things.
From memory recite:
Acts 1:8
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
From memory recite:
Hebrews 10:23-24
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
How does Jesus and the gospel save us from idol worship?
(There are several steps to this answer)
Jesus died on the cross for our sin, our substitute.
He changes our hearts to be able to desire to worship God and not idols.
It gives us hope that God is better than the other things we can worship.