Lesson 6

Question 1

1. Multiple choice

Nicodemus was a:

a) Sadducee
b) Liberal
c) Pharisee
d) Herodias

Answer 1

c) Pharisee

Question 2

2. Jesus saw Nicodemus spiritual state as:
   a. Lacking spiritual maturity
   b. Ignorant
   c. Informed
   d. Crowd pleaser

Answer 2

a. Lacking spiritual maturity

Question 3

3. What did the Pharisees broadly believe about the Old Testament?

Answer 3

The Pharisees believed in the inspiration and authority of the Old Testament Scriptures

Question 4

4. What were the Pharisees view on the supernational and afterlife?

Answer 4

They believed in the supernatural such as miracles, life after death, angels and demons.

Question 5

5. The figure of speech ‘born again’ was not foreign to Nicodemus. It was a figure applied to four things? Name 3 of them.

Answer 5

1. A bridegroom on the occasion of his marriage
2. To the Chief of the Academy on his promotion
3. To the king on his enthronement

Question 6

6. What was the one thing about Jesus that impressed the crowds and irritated the Jewish leaders?

Answer 6

He thought and acted with authority

Question 7

7. When Jesus announced his radical new birth what Jewish requirements were excluded?

Answer 7

The kingdom was to be entered not by the Rigorous keeping of the Law and the traditions of Judaism, nor by religious reform

Question 8

8. Who was the salvation of Christ for?

Answer 8

The salvation was not for Jews only, but for men from all nations who would look to Christ for salvation.

Question 9

9. What was God’s primary motive in sending His Son?

Answer 9

God’s primary motive in sending His Son was not condemnation but salvation.

OR, The motive was and is His love