Hebrews 11 - MS Study Questions

Question 1

202-Part question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Where and how did Abraham make his home?

Answer 1

H 11:9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he

Question 2

30Give 2 complete answers. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.What did Noah do by faith?

Answer 2

H 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.

Question 3

10Scripture text question. Chapter analysis answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Who was called to go to a place he would later, quote, “receive as his inheritance”?

Answer 3

H 11:8 Abraham

Question 4

20Give a complete answer. From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the 10th verse, Abraham was looking forward to what?

Answer 4

H 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Question 5

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.How was the universe formed?

Answer 5

H 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,

Question 6

20Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.When was Abel commended as righteous?

Answer 6

H 11:4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

Question 7

10From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the 2nd verse, who were commended?

Answer 7

H 11:2 the ancients

Question 8

30Give a complete answer. From Hebrews chapter 11.How does the 5th verse describe Enoch?

Answer 8

H 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Question 9

20Give a complete answer. From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the opening verse, what is faith?

Answer 9

H 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

Question 10

20Give 2 complete answers. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Anyone who comes to God must believe what?

Answer 10

H 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Question 11

20Scripture text question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Under what condition would the people have had, quote, “opportunity to return”?

Answer 11

H 11:15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Question 12

202-Part question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Abraham’s descendants are as NUMEROUS as what and as COUNTLESS as what?

Answer 12

H 11:12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Question 13

10Give a complete answer. From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the 16th verse, people longed for what?

Answer 13

H 11:16 Instead, they were longing for a better country-a heavenly one.

Question 14

30Give a complete answer. From Hebrews chapter 11.How does the 17th verse describe Abraham?

Answer 14

H 11:17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,

Question 15

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Sarah was enabled to do what?

Answer 15

H 11:11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children

Question 16

20Chapter analysis answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.To Abraham, what did God say?

Answer 16

H 11:18 “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”

Question 17

20Scripture text question. Give 2 complete answers. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.How did Isaac bless, quote, “Jacob and Esau”?

Answer 17

H 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

Question 18

10From Hebrews chapter 11.Who can raise the dead?

Answer 18

H 11:19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,

Question 19

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.What were welcomed from a distance?

Answer 19

H 11:13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,

Question 20

20Scripture text question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.What is shown by people who, quote, “say such things”?

Answer 20

H 11:14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.

Question 21

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Moses refused to be known as the son of whom?

Answer 21

H 11:24 Pharaoh’s daughter

Question 22

302-Part question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Moses kept what, why?

Answer 22

H 11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

Question 23

20Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.When did the walls of Jericho fall?

Answer 23

H 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.

Question 24

20Give 2 complete answers. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.How did the people pass through the Red Sea?

Answer 24

H 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land;

Question 25

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Why did Moses persevere?

Answer 25

H 11:27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

Question 26

20Scripture text question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Rather than what, did Moses choose to be mistreated with the, quote, “people of God”?

Answer 26

H 11:25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

Question 27

10Scripture text question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.When did Jacob bless, quote, “each of Joseph’s sons”?

Answer 27

H 11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

Question 28

20Give 2 complete answers. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Why did Moses’ parents hide him?

Answer 28

H 11:23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

Question 29

30Scripture text question. Give 2 complete answers. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.What did Joseph do when his, quote, “end was near”?

Answer 29

H 11:22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

Question 30

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Moses was looking forward to what?

Answer 30

H 11:26 his reward

Question 31

30Statement and question. 6-Part chapter analysis answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.The author named six individuals they didn’t have time to talk about. List them.

Answer 31

H 11:32 Gideon, Barak, Samson Jephthah, David, Samuel

Question 32

204-Part answer. From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the 36th verse, some faced what?

Answer 32

H 11:36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Question 33

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.What was quenched?

Answer 33

H 11:34 quenched the fury of the flames,

Question 34

10Scripture text question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Why was Rahab not killed with, quote, “those who were disobedient”?

Answer 34

H 11:31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Question 35

20Give 2 complete answers. From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the 38th verse, where did the faithful live?

Answer 35

H 11:38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.

Question 36

20Give a complete answer. From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the 37th verse, how did the faithful go about?

Answer 36

H 11:37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated-

Question 37

20Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Why did others refuse to be released when tortured?

Answer 37

H 11:35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.

Question 38

10From Hebrews chapter 11.For whom had God planned something better?

Answer 38

H 11:40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Question 39

30Give 4 complete answers. From Hebrews chapter 11.According to the 33rd verse, what did the faithful do?

Answer 39

H 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

Question 40

10Give a complete answer. From the section titled, “Faith in Action”.Despite being commended for their faith, none of them received what?

Answer 40

H 11:39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,