God's Faithfulness in the Old and New Testaments
What was the reason a New Covenant was established? Include a reference verse in your explanation.
Because God's people broke the Old Covenant
(Heb 8:7-9; Heb. 8:10-12)
What are the five major components in understanding the Bible in God’s perspective?
1) historical events
2) moral teachings
3) genealogy
4) prophecy
5) fulfillment
What does it mean that the word is sealed/closed in Isa. 29?
God's prophecies are recorded in parables/figurative, meaning, no one can understand them until it fulfills.
What 3 elements are needed to be led by God?
1) know God's word correctly
2) have a correct faith in God
3) to obey God's word
How many types of seeds are there and what are they?
Two kinds of seed:
- perishable (Satan's seed = lies)
- imperishable (God's seed = God's word of truth)
What are the 3 main reasons believers lacked faith in Jesus even though he came according to the scriptures?
lack of understanding
man's teachings
authority of the religious leaders
Moses was used as a faithful servant to testify to things of the ___.
future
What are 5 types of parables commonly seen in the Bible?
1) object
2) history
3) location
4) animal
5) person
What was the correct knowledge, faith, and actions needed at the time of Joshua and Caleb?
Faith: to believe God will fulfill his promise of leading them to promised land
To follow Moses and enter into Canaan
What is the requirement to be able to call God our father? Is it possible for a believer to be a child of the enemy?
Must be reborn of God's seed (God's word)
Yes
With Hebrews 8:10 in mind, how can we keep the New Covenant today?
1) study
2) obey the covenant
If biblical history is written to teach us, what moral teachings can we learn from the Passover in Exodus 12?
obedience; trusting in God and the messenger he sent; don't rely on own comfort or thinking
When and how did the prophecies of the Old Testament fulfill?
At the 1st coming, through Jesus Christ who preached about the fulfillment of the OT prophecies that were about him
What was the correct knowledge, faith, and actions needed at the time of Jesus' 1st coming?
The word of God spoken through Jesus, who fulfilled the OT prophecies
To believe in Jesus and his words
To follow Jesus
If Cain and Abel both believed in God and gave offerings, why was one accepted and the other rejected?
Because God's seed remained in Abel's heart while Cain did not keep the seed (refer to 1 John 3:9-12)
According to Luke 24, what are the 3 components contained in the Old Testament?
law of Moses
Prophets
Psalms
Recite Jn. 14:29 from memory!
I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.
What does man's teachings sound like?
man's traditions; widely held beliefs; commonly accepted doctrines; adding and subtracting from God's word
According to Romans 10:1-3, what does it mean that one's zeal is not based on knowledge?
Why were the Jews at the First Coming told that their father was actually the devil (Jn 8:44)?
They did not have the correct seed (received lies, mans teachings, satan's spirit was using them)
Explain the New Testament components:
Who and whom:
What is the content:
When was it made and how :
Who and whom: Christians/believers
Content: 1) moral teachings Jesus gave, 2) prophecies regarding 2nd coming
When made/how: through Jesus' blood at the 1st c
How does the Passover at the time of Moses foreshadow both the 1st and 2nd coming of Jesus?
1st coming: Jesus was the true Passover Lamb; the Jews were enslaved by man's teachings
2nd coming: believers are enslaved again; with the Lamb are his called, chosen, faithful followers
What does it mean to be blind and deaf in the Bible?
to not know or understand God's word (the fulfillment of the prophecies)
What would be the correct knowledge, faith, and actions needed today?
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Recite 1 Pt. 1:23 from memory!
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.