last stupid freaking chapter that not necessary at all

Question 1

In 2 Peter 1, Simon Peter provides step-by-step directions on how we can achieve the fulfillment of being called to a Godly Life. List each of the four of the eight steps in developing the Spiritual Maturity required to live a Godly Life -EXPLAIN how each step is required before moving on to the next one:

Answer 1

Faith-a belief in something greater than yourself/ a standard of TRUTH beyond your opinion
Goodness – Due to faith, you seek out how to be “good” beyond yourself and learn the skill
KNOWLEDGE – Due to your attempts at being “good” you gain information on what actions are and are not considered “good”
self-control– Due to your increase in knowledge, you control your impulses to act upon emotions and think through how to respond to given situations based upon what you’ve learn about what the
“good” responses should be

Question 2

In 2 Peter 1, Simon Peter provides step-by-step directions on how we can achieve the fulfillment of being called to a Godly Life. List each of the last four of the eight steps in developing the Spiritual Maturity required to live a Godly Life -EXPLAIN how each step is required before moving on to the next one:

Answer 2

PERSEVERANCE – Due to your maturity, you have developed the skill to continue on the path you have chosen when problems arise. Instead of giving into the fight (forcing your opinions) or flight (quitting/giving up) response
GODLINESS – The impact upon other people when they witness your ability to maintain your faith and persevere in the face of problems, obstacles and/or disappointment. People are drawn to you to ask why, which provides an opportunity to share your faith with them
KINDNESS – A maturity where you seek out how to assist others in their needs. This results from the skills acquired above which has brought peace to your life which allows you to focus upon others.
LOVE – The ultimate fulfillment of what Jesus has call us to do throughout the moments we are in daily

Question 3

These 8 steps provide us valuable “direction” and “feedback”. Explain how both will benefit you in achieving your goal of a Godly Life:

Answer 3

DIRECTION – The steps show us the steps necessary in order to reach our goal of fulfilling the call God has placed upon our lives to love God and others
FEEDBACK – The steps will provide us information on how we are doing in progressing from one step to the next in our goal

Question 4

staying focused upon these 8 steps will fulfill God’s promise to us to be able to participate in the ___ ____ having escaped the ____ of the world cause by ____ desires

Answer 4

divine
nature
corruption
evil

Question 5

discuss why the first three steps of Peter’s teaching are the hardest

Answer 5

The main reason is the we are inherently selfish and want to live the way we want to live. Therefore, we have “faith” in ourselves to decide what is “good” or not and thus our “knowledge” is based upon what works for our own personal goals. Unfortunately, it often takes us “learning the hard way” before we start to think there may be a way better than our own opinion

Question 6

when we are set free, Galatians 5:13 teaches us to “not use our freedom to indulge in the ___; rather ___ one another humbly in __

Answer 6

flesh
serve
love

Question 7

Explain how this teaching provides us direction when we are struggling through the first three steps of Peter’s teaching:

Answer 7

It teaches us the 1st lesson will all need to learn – that life is not about us; but rather how we can use our skills and abilities to serve others.

Question 8

Galatians 5:19-21 provides an overview of how we will be tempted to gratify the desires of the flesh.
List 8 of the 15 examples provided:

Answer 8

sexual immorality, and idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition

Question 9

Discuss why it is important to know what these desires of the flesh are:

Answer 9

It provides FEEDBACK regarding any situation we are in. If we find ourselves performing any of these actions and/or thinking about doing them, we have a built in warning system that we are not on the right path in our lives

Question 10

Discuss the difference between “acting” on the temptations we have to gratify the desires of the flesh and maturing to the point of being free from even having the temptations in the first place.

Answer 10

Illustrates the difference of what is in control of our lives

a. acting upon the impulses of what we are tempted to do
b. recognizing the temptations for what they are and eliminating the thought

Question 11

Galatians 5 provides an overview of how Christ has set us free. Explain what we are set free from?

Answer 11

Thinking that our choices are actually our own, when in fact they are being determined by our own self-centeredness (sin) that the devil uses to manipulate us – starting with our emotions, which then impacts our thinking

Question 12

Discuss how the knowledge of why we have temptations in the first place is part of our normal progression towards spiritual maturity.

Answer 12

Understanding that temptations are a natural part of our lives when we first become adults, we can then understand that there “isn’t something wrong with us”. Therefore, we can be at peace in the knowledge that Jesus is with us as we mature one step at a time through the days of our lives. Maintaining the faith that we will eventually mature to the point of the temptations not even coming into our minds

Question 13

Galatians 5:22-23 describe 9 ways to live by the Spirit – name them:

Answer 13

the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Question 14

Discuss why it is important to know the ways of living by the Spirit:

Answer 14

It provides FEEDBACK regarding any situation we are in. There is a peace of mind that comes from knowing that you are in alignment with the call God has place upon our lives.

Question 15

In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus is teaching us that how we receive uses the seed as an illustration on how we receive

Answer 15

the word of god

Question 16

Where is the 1st place that the seed falls and what happens to it?

Answer 16

The seed falls upon the hard path and a bird comes and snatches it up right away

Question 17

What does 1st place of the seed falling represent in our lives?

Answer 17

We tune out the Word of God whenever someone tries to share it with us because we don’t think it has any value to our lives

Question 18

Where is the 2nd place that the seed falls and what happens to it?

Answer 18

The seed falls in rocky soil. As it begins to grow it doesn’t have deep roots. When drought or wind come along it doesn’t remain strong and gets removed from the ground and dies

Question 19

What does the 2nd place the seed falling represent in our lives?

Answer 19

When we listen to the Word of God and are excited about how it adds value and understanding to our lives. But we don’t have deep roots in trusting the Word of God, so when problems or disappointments come in our lives we don’t think God really cares about us and we lose faith that it is worth knowing

Question 20

Where is the 3rd place that the seed falls and what happens to it?

Answer 20

The seed falls in good soil but grows alongside weeds that are not tended to, therefore the weeds eventually grow within the plant and eventually choke the plant and it dies

Question 21

What does 3rd seed falling represent in our lives?

Answer 21

When we accept the Word of God but use it to our own advantage instead of for the service and benefit of other people. We do “good acts” so that other people will think we are good (which brings us a benefit), but when we die Jesus won’t know us because we never had a relationship with Him to ask what His will was for our lives.

Question 22

Where is the 4th place that the seed falls and what happens to it?

Answer 22

It falls in good soil. It is tended to, watered, weeds are pulled and it produces good fruit

Question 23

What does the 4th seed falling represent in our lives?

Answer 23

When we accept God’s Word and develop a relationship with Jesus and humbly seek His guidance – having faith in the directions and decisions He as for our lives

Question 24

The Old Testament is an account between God and the ___ people

Answer 24

jewish

Question 25

In the Old Testament God made a covenant between Himself and ____ that promised a coming
Messiah.

Answer 25

Abraham

Question 26

Until the arrival of the Messiah, God gave the law to ___, which provide instructions on how the
people would live until the arrival of the Messiah.

Answer 26

moses

Question 27

The New Testament is the new covenant between God and all people through the death and resurrection
of ___.

Answer 27

jesus

Question 28

The new law has been given to the people God made the old covenant with and to all of the rest of
humanity, who is known as

Answer 28

gentiles

Question 29

The new law Jesus has given us is to ___ and ______.

Answer 29

love god

love others

Question 30

Ephesians is one of the letters written by __ that makes up a majority of the New Testament.

Answer 30

paul

Question 31

Ephesians is written to the people of __.

Answer 31

ephesus

Question 32

Why is this city a strategic location for the spreading of the good news about Jesus?

Answer 32

It is closer to the

center of the Roman Empire, which allows the Word of God to spread in a variety of directions

Question 33

According to Ephesians 1, WHEN were chosen to be “holy and blameless” in the eyes of God?

Answer 33

We were chosen in Jesus before the creation of the world

Question 34

Ephesians 1 than states that we have been freely given the opportunity to live a __ life.

Answer 34

glorious

Question 35

The opportunity that we have is fulfill the will of God, through Jesus; which is to bring ___to all in
heaven and earth.

Answer 35

unity

Question 36

When we have accepted this call on our lives, the author states that we will be given the promise of the ___, who will connect us to Christ.

Answer 36

holy spirit

Question 37

explain wisdom and revelation

Answer 37

wisdom: Gaining understanding when making a decision from a variety of options
revelation: When God reveals a path for you during times when you know there is a problem but you don’t understand what the problem is and don’t even have options to choose from

Question 38

What are the three ways discussed in class that we can connect with God to receive wisdom and
revelation:

Answer 38

prayer
worship
god’s word

Question 39

Ephesians 1 concludes with the teaching about how Jesus is seated at the right hand of God and is “far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in _______.”

Answer 39

the one to come

Question 40

Ephesians 2 provides a summary of what Christ did for us. Verses 4-8 state “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.” What is significant about the teaching us we are saved by grace and not works?

Answer 40

it allows us to know how much God loves us and has accepted us even though we haven’t followed him. Therefore, we are not burdened with anxiety about “trying to be good” instead we are free to be confident in knowing that we can develop a relationship with him and do our best- having faith and confidence that he will be there for us whenever we make mistakes and need guidance

Question 41

How does this understanding of saved by grace and not works assist us in fulfilling the call God has placed in our lives?

Answer 41

That we are free to allow God to guide our paths – we don’t have a to-do list of items to check off to earn His approval

Question 42

Ephesians 2:11-22 teaches about the reconciliation of the Jews and Gentiles. What is the reason given for the Gentiles being separated from God?

Answer 42

In the past they didn’t know God (they were ignorant) because no one had made them aware of God’s love for them

Question 43

How does that provide instruction for us in fulfilling the call God has placed on our lives?

Answer 43

We are to be sensitive to recognize when others who have never heard the Word of God need to hear God’s Word and God’s love for them shared with them

Question 44

At the end of Ephesians 3, the author prays to God – complete the blanks in his prayer: “I pray that our of His glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through His _____ in your inner being, so that ___ may dwell in your hearts through ___. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in
__, may have power together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of __, and to know this love that surpasses __ - that you may be filled to
the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or __”

Answer 44

spirit
christ
faith
love
christ
knowledge
imagine

Question 45

What is the goal of the interaction with others?

Answer 45

to be in unity of spirit

Question 46

What type of attitude does he advise us to have towards others?

Answer 46

to be humble

Question 47

When dealing with the variety of different people and situations while interacting in love with others,
what specific behavior does the author advise us to have?

Answer 47

to be patient

Question 48

What is the author teaching us in Ephesians 4:4 – “there is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all”?

Answer 48

That God, who created the world and everything in the world, has given us the Holy Spirit to be unity of understanding with God, Jesus and all creation. The same Holy Spirit who came upon the apostles after Jesus ascended into Heaven is with us today – seeking to have us believe in the Lord and accept His call to have a relationship with Him.

Question 49

What is the reason given as to why Christ himself “gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and the teachers”?

Answer 49

To share with others the teaching from Ephesians 4:4

Question 50

When we follow the ways of God, the author states that we will

Answer 50

become mature

Question 51

The author continues by saying that when we follow the ways of God, we will no longer be

Answer 51

like infants

Question 52

In describing how following God will transform us, the author states that we will no longer be “tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind” – what is he teaching us

Answer 52

That we will no longer follow our emotions in dealing with situations and making decisions

Question 53

The author continues this teaching by saying that we will also be protected from what?

Answer 53

The cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming

Question 54

When the author states “So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking” – what is the futility of their thinking?

Answer 54

They have given themselves over to sensuality (the desires of their flesh) so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed (think of a longing to fulfill all their desires)

Question 55

Why does the author describe this “futility of thinking” as living in darkness?

Answer 55

Because regardless of their efforts at pursuing the fulfillment of their desires they will NEVER be full (think of the Samaritan Woman); and they will still die and have to make an account of their lives before God and Jesus

Question 56

When the author states that “they have lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed” he is saying this to instruct US that the reason the people lived this way was due to their ____ of God.

Answer 56

ignorance

Question 57

Therefore, it is our ___ to share with them the TRUTH of God’s love.

Answer 57

responsibility

Question 58

The author reminds us that we were once in the same condition, and we have been transformed to “put off our old self” and to “put on the new self, created to be like God in true ___ and ___”

Answer 58

righteousness

holiness

Question 59

Because we are all members of one body, we says that we should speak ___to one another.

Answer 59

truthfully

Question 60

When we are angry, what are the two instructions the author provides for us to keep us healthy in our relationships with others and within ourselves:

Answer 60

a. Be angry and sin not – teaches that anger will occur, and when it does the instruction is to submit the emotion to the principles/authority of Christ
b. Do not let the sun go down on your anger – teaches that if we hold on to anger it will develop into bitterness; which will take our focus away on our call to love God and others

Question 61

What is the teaching that the author gives regarding the contrast between work and stealing?

Answer 61

The teaching is to recognize that each moment to us is a GIFT from God – when we accept this, we will do our best “work” in honor of the gift we have been given and be a “worker” for God. When we look at each moment in the perspective of what we want or don’t want to do, we are “stealing” those moments from God and using them for ourselves

Question 62

When the author states “don’t let unwholesome talk come out of your mouths” what kind of talk does he instruct us to have?

Answer 62

Talk that is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen

Question 63

What does the author mean when stating “do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God”?

Answer 63

The Holy Spirit is like a loving parent who desires the very best for their children. A parent will grieve when the child ignores healthy advice and just does whatever they want – increasing the potential for harm.

Question 64

What are the two conflicts that the author helps us to avoid when stating “Get rid of bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice”?

Answer 64

a. internal – a feeling of negativity, frustration, confusion
b. External – finding oneself in arguments, fights, and conflict with others

Question 65

Instead, he instructs us to be “kind and ___ to one another, ___ each other, just as in Christ God ___ you.”

Answer 65

compassionate
forgiving
forgave

Question 66

At the beginning of Chapter 5, the author lists a variety of behaviors such as sexual immorality, impurity, greed, obscenity, foolish talk, coarse joking – the author describes these behaviors as being an idolater; what are they idolizing?

Answer 66

Themselves and their selfish desires

Question 67

When the author gives instructions on wives “submitting” to their husbands, as husbands “submit” to the Lord; what example from Jesus’ teachings illustrate that this teaching does NOT mean that husbands are rulers over wives?

Answer 67

When Jesus washed His disciples feet He was giving an example of how we should always be looking to serve the needs that OTHERS have, rather than looking for who will serve us

Question 68

The author illustrates this teaching of Jesus by quoting the Old Testament book of __ - which is “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh”.

Answer 68

Genesis

Question 69

What does it mean that “the two will become one flesh”

Answer 69

Each person will be transformed from thinking
about themselves into one body united in marriage – how to benefit of the body of marriage is the new focus rather than how to benefit oneself

Question 70

The author describes this as a “profound mystery” in regards to the relationship between Jesus and the church – how does this teaching help us understand our roll with the church?

Answer 70

As in marriage, when we
become part of the Body of Christ (the church) we no longer seek how we will benefit from the church, but rather how God is instructing us on how to serve the church

Question 71

In Ephesians 6, the author discusses how Children are to obey their parents is the first commandment with a promise – what is that promise?

Answer 71

So that life may go well and you may enjoy a long life on Earth

Question 72

Then the author teaches how parents are NOT to exasperate their children – what does exasperate mean?

Answer 72

To cause irritation and annoyance through guidance and instruction

Question 73

How does the author states that parents are to “bring up their children in the ___and ___ of the Lord.”

Answer 73

training

instruction

Question 74

In Ephesians 6:5, the author gives instructions for “slaves” and their “masters” – what is the reason these
instructions DO NOT support the system of slavery?

Answer 74

Because Paul is using what is a common practice in society to teach how to respond in regards to work and responsibilities.

Question 75

When the author teaches us to “serve wholeheartedly” what instructions are being provided in regards to how we are to do the work that we have been given?

Answer 75

To do your work as if you were working for Jesus, not the people who are temporarily over you. This is your exercise of faith – believing that the
Lord will reward each of us for whatever good we do, regardless of our position

Question 76

The author completes his teaching by instructing us to put on “the full armor of God” so that we can be protected from the forces that are aligned against us – how does the author describe those forces?

Answer 76

The forces are from the spiritual realm – dark forces aligned to defeat us from within (our thoughts and emotions) and from outside (from others who are ignorant or arrogant in regards to God).

Question 77

The author states that when we put on the full armor of God you will be able to “stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand” – what does the 1st use of stand represent?

Answer 77

When attacked, the first temptation is to flee. God wants us to stand our ground in faith – believing in His protection of us

Question 78

What does the 2nd use of stand represent?

Answer 78

The second temptation when attacked is to FIGHT BACK – again, God calls us to be humble and patient with others and to resist the temptation to fight/hurt others and instead find a place of peace so that you can serve in love

Question 79

The first part of the armor the author describes that will help us stand is the belt – which connects all the armor together – what does the belt represent?

Answer 79

truth

Question 80

The second part of the armor is the breastplate; which the author describes as the breastplate of
____ which protects our ___ and is symbolic of our ___.

Answer 80

righteousness
heart
emotions

Question 81

The third part of the armor is the protection of our feet – always moving in the direction of __.

Answer 81

peace

Question 82

The fourth part of the armor is the shield of ____ which will allow us to “extinguish all the flaming
arrows of the evil one” – give an example of a “flaming arrow”:

Answer 82

faith

Acceptable is any example that results in us following our own belief system instead of the principles of God

Question 83

The fifth part of the armor is the helmet of ____ - which protects our ____.

Answer 83

salvation

thoughts

Question 84

The sixth part of the armor is the sword of the __, which is the ___. This will help us cut
to the heart of every situation we find ourselves in and provide us guidance on how to live by the light of
God.

Answer 84

Spirit

Word of God