3. The word

Question 1

2 Timothy 3:16

Answer 1

1) Inspired by God
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

Question 2

2 Peter 1:21

Answer 2

1) Inspired by God
For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Question 3

Matthew 24:35

Answer 3

2) Standing forever and never changing
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Question 4

1 Peter 1:24-25

Answer 4

2) Standing forever and never changing
For, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.

Question 5

John 17:17

Answer 5

3) Being the truth
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

Question 6

2 Samuel 7:28

Answer 6

3) Being the truth
O Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.

Question 7

Jeremiah 23:29

Answer 7

4) Having power
“Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?”

Question 8

2 Timothy 2:9

Answer 8

4) Having power
For which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.

Question 9

Matthew 4:4

Answer 9

5) Jesus also confirmed the Word
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ “

Question 10

Luke 24:27

Answer 10

5) Jesus also confirmed the Word
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

Question 11

1 Peter 1:23

Answer 11

1) Making us born again
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Question 12

James 1:18

Answer 12

1) Making us born again
He chose to give us birth through the word or truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Question 13

1 Peter 2:2

Answer 13

2) Helping us grow up
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.

Question 14

Acts 20:32

Answer 14

2) Helping us grow up
Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Question 15

Psalm 119:105

Answer 15

3) Giving guidance
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

Question 16

Proverbs 6:22-23

Answer 16

3) Giving guidance
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life.

Question 17

Psalm 107:20

Answer 17

4) Solving problems
He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

Question 18

Matthew 8:8

Answer 18

4) Solving problems
The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.”

Question 19

Jeremiah 15:16

Answer 19

5) Being our joy and delight
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty.

Question 20

Psalm 119:111

Answer 20

5) Being our joy and delight
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

Question 21

Ephesians 6:17

Answer 21

6) Being spiritual weapons
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Question 22

Hebrews 4:12

Answer 22

6) Being spiritual weapons
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Question 23

Acts 17:11

Answer 23

1) Search the Word every day
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

Question 24

Psalm 119:97

Answer 24

2) Meditate on the Word all day long
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Question 25

Ezra 7:10

Answer 25

3) Obey the Word before teaching
For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.

Question 26

Job 23:12

Answer 26

4) Treasure the Word more than daily bread
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

Question 27

Luke 5:5-6

Answer 27

5) Trust and obey the Word
Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

Question 28

Romans 10:17

Answer 28

1) Hearing
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

Question 29

Luke 11:28

Answer 29

1) Hearing
He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Question 30

Revelation 1:3

Answer 30

2) Reading
Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Question 31

Deuteronomy 17:19

Answer 31

2) Reading
It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees.

Question 32

Acts 17:11

Answer 32

3) Studying
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

Question 33

2 Timothy 2:15

Answer 33

3) Studying
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Question 34

Deuteronomy 6:6

Answer 34

4) Memorizing
These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.

Question 35

Proverbs 7:1-3

Answer 35

4) Memorizing
My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you. Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Question 36

Psalm 1:1-2

Answer 36

5) Meditating
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Question 37

Joshua 1:8

Answer 37

5) Meditating
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.