True Success
"Whoever loves _____ never has enough" Ecclesiastes 4:10
Bonus 50: The writer of Ecclesiastes.
What is money?
"Whoever loves money never has enough" Ecclesiastes 4:10
Bonus: Who is King Solomon.
"For by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not ____ ____, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child." Hebrews 5:12
Bonus 50: How do you move on from "milk"?
What is solid food?
"For by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child." Hebrews 5:12
Bonus: Intentionally studying the Word of God, tending your "fire", living in active obedience, and continue growing closer to God.
What has more surviving original manuscripts than any other ancient literary work in history?
Bonus 50: Approximately how old are these manuscripts?
The Old & New Testaments
Bonus: Approximately 3,500 year old manuscripts
What were the motives of building the Tower of Babel?
Bonus 50: Where was the Tower of Babel built?
"Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Genesis 11:4
Pride & the desire for power.
Bonus: The city of Shinar- near Babylon (modern day Iraq).
Two towns that God destroyed due to their great wickedness.
Bonus 50: Why did God destroy them?
What are Sodom and Gomorrah?
Bonus: Because of their great wickedness; sexual immorality, perversion, selfishness, didn't help the poor and needy. The Bible shows that not even 10 righteous people were found in the cities.
1 Corinthians 8:13 "Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister _____________, I will never eat meat again"
Bonus 50: The author of Corinthians
1 Corinthians 8:13 "Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again"
Bonus 50: Who is Paul?
"Do not be _____ about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with ____________ let your requests be made known to God" Philippians 4:6
What is anxious and thanksgiving?
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God" Philippians 4:6
Repentance, faith, baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection, and eternal judgement are all considered ____ in the Christian walk.
What is milk? Or the "basics"?
What separates the Old Testament from the New Testament?
The Old Testament and New Testament are separated by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, serving as the pivotal historical and theological dividing line, with the OT focusing on God's covenant with Israel and prophecies of a coming Messiah, while the NT centers on Jesus as the fulfillment of those prophecies.
"Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in ____." Psalm 127:1
"Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain." Psalm 127:1
What did Lot's wife turn into and why?
A pillar of salt because she disobeyed the angel's warning and looked back on her old life/town.
"Knowledge ____ up, while love ____ up." 1 Corinthians 8:1
Paul said "Knowledge puffs up, while love builds up." 1 Corinthians 8:1
The human mind cannot hold anxiety and _______ at the same time. This is because the system that regulates our emotions becomes flooded with the latter, leaving no room for anxiety.
The human mind cannot hold anxiety and _______ at the same time. This is because the system that regulates our emotions becomes flooded with the latter, leaving no room for anxiety.
This is what we will share with Christ as his co-heirs.
(Open book, Romans 8)
"Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8:17
The books of the "gospels" that recount the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
How did the Tower of Babel change the world?
Before the people tried building themselves a giant tower, they all spoke one language. God saw that this gave them too much power which led to disobedience so he scattered the people over the whole Earth and "confused their language".
The book of the Bible that recounts the story of Lot fleeing.
What is Genesis?
The country in which Corinth is located.
What is Greece?
"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces _______, and that produces character, and character produces ______, and that does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us" Romans 5:3-5
"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and that produces character, and character produces hope, and that does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us" Romans 5:3-5
Name 3 characteristics of believers- both spiritual and natural- that you can tell when they've moved on from "milk" and "eat solid food".
What is:
Discernment, maturity, faith in all circumstances, deeper wisdom and knowledge, quick-to-forgive, slow-to-anger, self control, are ready for more complex spiritual truths & theology, is no longer just a student but a teacher and disciple, etc.
AKA GOD'S WILL FOR ALL OF YALL!
Approximately how many cross references are found throughout the Bible?
A.) 7,000
B.) 26,000
C.) 64,000
The event in Acts 2 that marks the fulfillment of Jesus's promise to send the Holy Spirit, empowering his followers to speak in different languages.
What is Pentecost?
Finish the verse:
"Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever ___________________." Luke 17:32
"Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it." Luke 17:32
What does this mean?
Social media can either be your testimony's largest ______ or a nonbeliever & new believer's largest ___________.
Social media can either be your testimony's largest platform or a nonbeliever & new believer's largest stumbling block.
Name 2 scientific benefits of practicing gratitude.
What is:
Improved Sleep
Stronger Immune system
Decrease in depression & anxiety
Better Heart Function and Reduced blood Pressure
Happier- Increase of Dopamine and Serotonin
What does Hebrews 6 compare a person who has experienced the Holy Spirit and good work of God but then "falls away" to?
(Open-book, 2 comparisons)
"To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace" Hebrews 6:6
"...land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed." Hebrews 6:8
How many authors does the Bible have?
The Bible was written by approximately 40 different authors.
What was the tower of Babel made of?
(Open-book, Genesis 11)
Baked bricks and tar for mortar.
Name 3 reasons someone would "look back" on their past.
Fear of the unknown
Romanticizing what God called you out of
Trying to bring the past forward
Not living in full surrender
Doubting that God has better in store for you
Name 3 things that could cause a nonbeliever or weaker Christian to stumble.