Old Testament Bible Characters
What is the name of the first person ever created?
Adam
What did the prodigal son demand of his father?
His inheritance before the father's death.
What is the number 1 question that people struggle with when it comes to Christianity?
Why do bad things happen (to good people)?
Who was the patriarch of the only family to be saved when God destroyed all the peoples of the Earth through the great flood?
Genesis 6:8-9 "Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD... Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God."
How does the Bible describe what the younger son did after receiving his inheritance?
[13] Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
What follow up question did the lawyer ask that prompted the telling of the Parable of the Good Samaritan?
Who is my neighbor?
Name 1 of the 3 premises regarding "Why do bad things happen?" that cause people to have a hard time accepting Christianity?
1. A God who is all powerful could prevent evil in the world.
2. A good, loving God would want to stop evil.
3. Pure, unadulterated evil exists in the world.
What is the name of the man whom God promised to "make a great nation" in Genesis 12?
Abram, later Abraham
What job did the younger son do after he had run out of money?
Fed pigs
Three men were documented as seeing the man who had been attacked by robbers laying at the side of the road left for dead. Who were they?
A priest, a Levite, and the Good Samaritan
Why does the world's conclusion that God is not all-powerful impede them from embracing Christ?
Because a god that is not all powerful is weak and not worthy of worship.
Who is the man, later renamed "Israel," who fathered the heads of the 12 tribes of Israel?
Jacob, Son of Isaac, Grandson of Abraham
When the younger son had reached the end of his rope, what did he set his mind to do?
He determined that he would return to his father and offer himself as a hired servant.
What does Jesus say that the Samaritan felt when he came across the man left for dead?
33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
What man did God commission for service by appearing to him through a burning bush?
Moses, the leader of God's people at the time of the Exodus
How did the father respond when he saw his younger son returning?
He ran to him, embraced him, kissed him.
Put on him his best robe, a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
Threw a party to celebrate his return.
What did the Samaritan do for the man when he saw him beside the road?
34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’