Bible Basics
After people passed down stories of their experience with God by word of mouth, they eventually wrote these stories down in the books of the Bible in what is called the _________.
Written Tradition
How does God create things in the 7 Days Creation Story?
With his words
What are the 2 things God uses to create the first man in the garden?
Dust(dirt) and Hid breath of life.
What is the name of the Chinese God?
Pangu
What did God create things from in the 1st creation story?
Nothing
What kind or genre of story is the Bible primerily?
Love story
What is said about what God has just created at the end of most days of creation?
It is good
Why does God make the animals and do they serve that purpose?
So man will not be lonely and no.
What are the 2 opposing forces that led to the Chinese God's birth?
Yin and Yang
What are different names for God's Choosen people?
Jews, Hebrews, Israelites
From whom does the Bible get its authority?
God
What is dominion?
Power over something
How does God make woman in the garden?
From the man's ribs.
What happened to the Chinese God's body?
It became the earth
The books of the Old Testament are divided from the books of the New Testament by whose life?
Jesus
What is the first book in the Bible called?
Genesis
What does it mean to say we are created in the image and likeness of God?
What are the 2 trees God puts in the garden?
Life and Knowledge of Good and Evil
What is a true lesson the Boy Who cried Wolf story teaches?
You shouldn't lie.
What do we mean when we speak of the 'oral tradition'?
Passing down stories about God from generation to generation by word of mouth.
What is our class definition of the Bible from our notes?
The story of our salvation and the divinely inspired Word of God.
What is God trying to show us about humanity by creating us last in the 1st creation story?
We are the summit, or highest point of God's creation, we are His greatest creation.
What are two examples of God showing He loves us in the creation stories?
Many answers
What does the word 'bible' actually mean?
Books
What shows the closeness and intamacy God has for his children when he creates the first man in the garden?
God breathing His life-breth into the nostrils of the first man.