A Widow Faces Loss
What was the Widows problem?
She couldn’t pay off a debt.
Someone was coming to take her sons into slavery if she couldn’t pay her debt.
Why didn’t David run when he heard about Goliath’s challenge?
David trusted God. God would help him. Goliath challenged God.
What was Daniel’s punishment for disobeying the Kings orders?
Being thrown into a lions den.
What was wrong with Jonah’s attitude/action when God told him to go to Nineveh?
He didn’t stop praying not want to obey(disobedience). He ran away. He rejected God.
What is a Synagogue?
What is a Martyr?
(1/2) - 50pts
Synagogue: gathering place, community centers, schools, a place where people read or preach the Bible.
Martyr: someone who faces death for their religion.
What did the Widow do to solve her problem? OR Where can we go for help with problems?
She went to a godly person/man of God, Prophet Elisha.
What are some “giants” in our lives and how can we face them?
2 answers will vary
Trust God
Why was Daniel willing to die rather than to stop praying?
Daniel loved God too much to stop. He wasn’t afraid of what humans could do to him. God will take care of him either way.
How did the sailors discover who was to blame for the storm? What did Jonah admit to?
They casted lots, the lot went to Jonah. Jonah admitted that his God is angry and sent the storm because of his disobedience. Jonah was to blame.
What did the Holy Spirit help Stephan to do?
Preach the gospel, perform miracles, won arguments form the religious leaders
(2/3) = 150pts
(1/3) = 75pts
What was the miracle that happened once the widow poured the small amount of oil in the large empty jars?
The oil filled the jar up even though she had a little bit of oil.
What was the difference between how the Israelite Army felt about fighting Goliath and how David felt about fighting Goliath?
Israelite Army: afraid, thought it was impossible
David: trusted God to help him defeat Goliath, brave, fearless.
What was Daniel’s Job? How did the others feel about Daniel?
Ruler of a section of the country. The other rulers were jealous of him.
How did Jonah’s attitude affect other people?
He put people’s lives in danger. The cargo was lost.
When the leaders to Stephan to the religious court: Sanhedrin, What did the false witnesses say about Stephan?
False witnesses said that Stephan was saying bad things about Moses and God. He had committed Blasphemy.
These were lies to get Stephan in trouble.
What did Elisha tell the Widow to do with all the oil?
Sell it to pay off her debt
“The - - - - who rescued - - from the C - - - - of the
- - - - and the - - - - will - - - - - - - me from this P—————-. “ -
The LORD who rescued ME from the CLAWS of the LION and the BEAR will RESCUE me from this PHILISTINE.
2/7 - 25pts
3/7 - 100pts
4/7 - 200pts
5/7 - 250pts
6/7 - 300
Why didn’t Daniel die in the lions den? How was Daniel a witness to God‘s power?
(King told his people) Daniel’s God rescued him from the den of hungry lions, or from death.
What did God tell Jonah to do?
Where did Jonah go to run away from God’s instructions? (It is a place)
Go to Nineveh to expose the people of their evil ways and for them to turn to God.
Instead, he went to Tarshish to run away from God.
What made the Sanhedrin so angry that they went outside to stone Stephan? What did Stephan do when he was getting stones?
- Stephan told them that they had killed the Messiah, God’s son.
- Stephan prayed that God would forgive them.
When the Widow went to Elisha, What did Elisha instruct her to do?
Gather as many empty jaws she could find and fill it with the oil from what she had. She only had a little bit of oil.
The small giants: Killed a lion and a bear (when they were trying to take away his sheep)
The big giant: defeating Goliath
Daniel’s enemies could get Daniel in trouble because he did everything right but what trap or plan did they set to eliminate him?
They made a law to pray only to the King. Daniel prayed to his God 3x a day. He didn’t stop praying. His enemies caught him and told the king. Then, he was punished into the lions den.
What might have happened if Jonah hadn’t been disobedient to God’s call or instructions?
What is the reverse of the story?
Jonah wouldn’t be sailing away from Nineveh.
The Sailors and their Cargo wouldn’t be endangered.
Jonah would have not been eaten by the fish.
He would not have been thrown out of the ship.
The storm probably wouldn’t happen.
What did Stephan go through, in the same way Jesus had?
What did Jesus tell his disciple…..
They both faced persecution, hate from the world. For people could not accept that Jesus was the Messiah.
Jesus told the disciples that the world would hate them too just as they hated Him. That is because we belong to Jesus and not the world.