Bible Content: I - NT Key Topics

Question 1

Atonement

Answer 1

Romans 3:25 - “whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith…”
2 Cor. 5:21 - “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Matt. 20:28
Hebrews 9:15
1 Peter 1:17-21

Question 2

Repentance

Answer 2

Matt. 4:17 - “From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ “
Acts 2:37 - “Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Brothers, what shall we do?’ “

Question 3

Deity of Christ

Answer 3

John 10:30 - “I and the Father are one.”
John 1:1 - “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Matt. 11:27
Hebrews 1:1-4

Question 4

Resurrection (his and ours)

Answer 4

• Matt. 28
• 1 Cor. 15
• 1 Thess. 4

Question 5

Return of Christ

Answer 5

• Matt. 24-25
• 1 Thess. 4-5

Question 6

Speaking in tongues

Answer 6

• Acts 2, 10
• 1 Cor. 14

Question 7

Spiritual gifts

Answer 7

• Romans 12
• Ephesians 4
• 1 Cor. 12-14

Question 8

Civil government

Answer 8

• Matt. 22 - paying taxes
• Romans 13 - be subject

Question 9

Work

Answer 9

2 Thess. 3:6-12

Question 10

Ministry

Answer 10

• Acts 20-21
• 1 Timothy

Acts 20:28 - “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.”

Question 11

The Church

Answer 11

Acts 2:42 - “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”
Ephesians 4:11-12 - “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”

Question 12

Qualifications for church officers

Answer 12

• 1 Timothy 3
• Titus 1
• 1 Peter 5

Question 13

Biblical discipline

Answer 13

• 1 Cor. 5
• 2 Cor. 2
• Gal. 6
• Titus 3

Question 14

Women in the church

Answer 14

1 Timothy 2:12 - “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Question 15

Giving

Answer 15

Matt. 6:3 - “But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret.”
2 Cor. 9:7 - “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Phil. 4

Question 16

Money

Answer 16

Matt. 6:21 - “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
1 Timothy 6:10 - “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”

Question 17

Marriage

Answer 17

• 1 Cor. 7:1-7
• Eph. 5:22-33
• Col. 3:18-19
• 1 Peter 3:1-7

Question 18

Divorce

Answer 18

Luke 16:18 - “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
Matt. 5:31-32; 19:1-2
Mark 10:1-12
1 Cor. 7:10-16

Question 19

Family

Answer 19

• Eph. 6:1-4
• Col. 3:20-21
• 1 Timothy 5:8

Question 20

Heaven and hell

Answer 20

Matt. 25:30 - “And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Luke 23:43 - “And he said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.’ “

John 5:28-30; 14:1-4
Revelation 20:10-15
Revelation 21:1-27

Question 21

Reconciliation among believers

Answer 21

Mark 11:25 - “And whenver you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgiven you your trespasses.”
Colossians 3:13 - “bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as teh Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”

Matt 6:14-15
Matt 18:15-35
1 Cor. 6:1-8
2 Cor. 2:5-11

Question 22

Suffering

Answer 22

Romans 8:28 - “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
1 Peter 2:21 - “For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.”

Question 23

Resurrection of the body

Answer 23

Romans 6:5 - “For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.”

Luke 24
1 Cor. 15
1 Thess. 4:13-18

Question 24

Infant baptism

Answer 24

Acts 2:39 - “For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
Acts 16:33b - “…and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.”
1 Cor. 7:14 - “For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.”

Question 25

Predestination

Answer 25

Acts 13:48 - “An when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.”
Ephesians 1:4 - “even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.”

Question 26

Unity of the church (and gifts)

Answer 26

• John 17:11-23
• Romans 12:3-8
• 1 Cor. 12-14
• Ephesians 3:26-29
• Ephesians 4:1-13
• 1 Peter 2:4-12

Question 27

Christian Sabbath

Answer 27

• Matt. 5:17-18
• Hebrews 4:4
• Revelation 1:10

Question 28

Ordering of Christian worship

Answer 28

• Matt 15:9
• Jn. 14:13-14
• Acts 2:42; 15:21; 17:25
• 1 Cor. 14:26-40
• Phil. 4:6
• Eph. 5:13,19
• Col. 3:16
• 2 Tim. 4:2

Question 29

Christian liberty

Answer 29

• Acts 10-11; 15
• Rom. 6:1-14; 14-15:4
• 1 Cor. 8; 10:23-33
• Col. 2:6-23

Question 30

Significance of the death of Christ

Answer 30

• Jn. 1:29
• Rom. 5:6-8
• 2 Cor. 5:21
• Gal. 2:20
• Eph. 5:1-2
• Phil. 2:8
• Col. 1:21-23
• Heb. 9:26-28; 12:10
• 1 Pet. 2:24-25; 3:18