bible Flashcards

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What are the two purposes for studying the book of Proverbs according to its author?

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Knowledge and discretion

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What is the beginning of knowledge?

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Fear of the Lord

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How are we supposed to react when enticed by sin according to the book of Proverbs?

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Run away from it

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What will happen to those that listen to Wisdom?

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They will live in safety and be at ease without fear of harm

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What three things might we do to understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God?

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  • Accept His words
  • Call out for insight
  • Search for it as a hidden treasure
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From the LORD’s mouth comes what two things according to Proverbs?

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  • Wisdom
  • Knowledge and understanding
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Define proverb.

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A short saying expressing, in a few words a well-known truth

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How does a fool (mocker) react to correction, reproof, and rebuke?

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The fool hates correction

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How does the wise react to rules, regulations, and authority?

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The wise follows it and acknowledges it

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Name two ways the fool reacts to advice, instruction, teaching, and preaching.

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  • They despise it
  • They will scorn you
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What two things should never leave us according to God in the book of Proverbs?

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  • Love
  • Faithfulness
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What are the two types of wisdom according to God?

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  • Human Wisdom
  • Godly Wisdom
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For where you have envy and selfish ambition, what two things are present?

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  • Disorder
  • Every evil practice
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What are the eight characteristics of wisdom that comes from heaven?

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  • Pure
  • Peace-loving
  • Considerate
  • Submissive
  • Full of mercy
  • Full of good fruit
  • Impartial
  • Sincere
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What was God’s condition for giving Solomon a long life?

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Obedience from Solomon

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What two things do we need to make every effort to live by with everyone according to God in Hebrews?

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  • Peace
  • Holiness
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What are two effects of bitterness in our lives?

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  • Causing Trouble
  • Defiling Many
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What promise does God give about honoring your parents?

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If you honor your father and mother, you will live a long life and it will go well with you

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What three things was 12-year-old Jesus doing when He was found in the temple?

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  • Sitting among them
  • Listening
  • Asking them questions
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What did Eli do as a father that displeased God according to 1 Samuel?

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  • Scorned His sacrifice
  • Honored his sons more than Him
  • Failed to restrain his sons
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What fault did God find in David as a father?

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David never rebuked his son by asking him ‘Why do you behave as you do?’

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What caused the Lost Son to realize what was happening to him?

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When he longed to eat the pigs’ food

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What were the two trees that God planted in the midst of the garden?

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  • Tree of life
  • Tree of knowledge of good and evil
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What game were Adam and Eve playing after being asked about eating the fruit?

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Blame game

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What did the master return to do in the parable of the Bags of Gold?
The first and second men doubled their bags of gold, but the third buried it and did nothing with it
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What does Ezekiel say about responsibility and consequences?
The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them. The wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them
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What did Moses do in response to the disobedience of the people?
* Smashed the tablets * Burned the golden calf into powder * Made the people drink it
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List the seven things we are responsible for according to our study.
* Whatever I do * Making the most of every opportunity * Obeying my parents * Striving to do good to others * Rejoice always and praying continually * Giving thanks * Confession of sins * Loving one another * Demolition and destroying arguments against knowledge of God * Taking captive every thought
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What four things does Paul tell us to be in Ephesians?
* Humble * Gentle * Patient * Bearing with one another in love
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What does Paul tell us to make every effort to do in Ephesians?
Keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace
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How are Christians no longer supposed to live according to Ephesians?
No longer live as the Gentiles do in the futility of their thinking
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What are we taught about our former way of life?
Put off our old self to be made new in the attitude of our minds
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What are we not to let come out of our mouths?
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth
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What should we speak instead of unwholesome talk?
Only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs
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Name three things God says about anger.
* Harsh word stirs up anger * Leads to evil * Does foolish things
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Name three things God says about mocking.
* You yourself will be mocked * Don't respond to rebuke * You will not find wisdom
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What should Christians not be surprised about when studying loving others?
If the world hates us
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How do we know what love is?
Jesus laid down His life for us and we ought to do the same for our brothers and sisters
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How are we supposed to love according to the study?
With actions and truth
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What do those who keep His command do?
Lives in God and He in them
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How did the Samaritan demonstrate love?
He took pity on the man
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Regardless of how we speak, if we don’t have love, what are we?
Nothing
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List four characteristics of love according to God.
* Patient * Kind * Not envious * Not proud
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According to Romans, what must love be?
Sincere
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What does love not do?
Envy or boast
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Why should we walk in love according to Ephesians?
Because Christ loved us first
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What three things did we read from Proverbs about truthfulness in our lives?
* The Lord delights in those who are trustworthy * Integrity guides you * False witness won't go unpunished
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What did the Hebrew midwives do that showed integrity?
The midwives feared God more than Pharaoh and didn’t kill the babies
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What did David feel after he had the opportunity to kill King Saul?
He was conscience stricken
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What does Romans say about the mind that is governed by the flesh?
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How is math defined in the Mandelbrot video?
Mathematics is the study of relationships between numbers
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What are the four properties of mathematics?
* Conceptual * Universal * Invariant * Exceptionless
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How do the four properties of math fit with the God of the Bible?
* God's thoughts are conceptual * He is omnipresent * God does not change with time * God is sovereign
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What is the Gospel?
The fact that all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God, that the wages of sin is death, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that He was buried, that He was then raised on the third day according to the scriptures, that God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life, and that the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel
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Define sin.
Lawlessness; the act of committing an offense against God’s holy and perfect Law
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What is repentance?
A change of heart and purpose involving personal guilt and sorrow for the sin committed against a Holy God resulting in a change of behavior
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Define obedience.
To hear God’s word and act accordingly; to hear, trust, submit, and surrender to God and His word
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What is faith?
An active trust in God, a belief in what He says is true that results in action. 'Faith is the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see' (Heb 11:1)
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What is atonement?
The reconciliation of man with God through the life, sufferings, and the sacrificial death of Christ
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Define sanctification.
To make Holy setting apart for special use; the progressive work of the Holy Spirit in the believer to be more like Christ
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What is justification?
That act of God by which the sinner who is responsible for his guilt and is under condemnation but believes in the work of Christ is pronounced just and righteous by God
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What does redeemed mean?
The purchase of God’s favor by the death and suffering of Jesus Christ; the ransom or deliverance from the bondages of sin
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What is the Trinity?
There is only one God; God eternally exists in 3 distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
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Define hypostatic union.
The union of the Human and divine natures in the one person of Jesus Christ; inseparable, not mixed, but united; but without loss of separate identity