Major Multi-point questions Flashcards
What are the exact words of the Shema prayer?
Hear, O’ Israel. The Lord is your God, The Lord alone. Therefore, you shall love The Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul (mind), and with all your strength.
What were three terrible things which the prophet Amos said the people of Samaria did?
- They cheat the scales (making the food weigh more so they get more money).
- Mix garbage with the grain of wheat
- Sell a poor man into slavery
Extra:
The people of Samaria slept on beds made of ivory, and ate the choicest lambs.
Show two ways that Genesis 1:27-29 shows that God made humans to be valuable, the highest part of God’s creation.
Show to ways that Genesis 2:4-7 also reveals how God made Adam as the greatest part of God’s creation.
- In Genesis 1:27, it describes how “God made mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he made them. Later, he tells the man and woman to rule over the beasts.
- The Lord created the man (Adam) from the dust of the earth and then breathed his spirit of life into the mans nostrils. (ruah)
What are the Ten Commandments from Exodus Chapter 20?
- Thou shall have no other gods before me.
- You shall not use the Lords name in vain.
- Keep holy the Sabboth day.
- Honor your father and your mother.
- Thou shall not kill.
- Thou shall not commit adultry.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet your neighbors goods.
- You shall not covet your neighbors wife.
What four sins did David commit in the David & Bathsheba story of 2 Samuel 11? Summary 4 specific things said in 2 Samuel 11 that account for why you say David commit these 4 sins.
Lustful thoughts: When David saw Bathsheba bathing, he thought that she was a very beautiful woman and called her over to his house thinking impure thoughts.
Adultery: because of David’s lustful thinking, it caused him to lie down with the woman and commit adultery, even though he knew that she was already married.
Deception: because of his sinful actions, David made Bathsheba pregnant. He was instantly worried and didn’t want Bathsheba’s husband to find out. He invited Uriah over to have a night with his wife, hoping that he would lie down with her and think that he made her pregnant.
Murder: When David’s plan fell through, he had Uriah purposely killed in Battle.
All these sins that David had committed, caused a bad effect on a lot of innocent people.
Know four specifics from the conversation between God and Moses in Exodus chapters 2-4, that teach us about how God relates to Moses (and to human beings in general).
When God first speaks to Moses, he tell Moses to take off his sandles.
God heard the cries and groaning of the Hebrews and was concerned about the Israelites.
God calls on Moses to deliver the Hebrews out of Egypt and slavery.
Moses declines and says he is not an eloquent speaker.
God insists on Moses going.
Summarize three specific things said about God in Isaiah, chapter 40.
- “Who has held the waters in the cup of his hand?”
- “Who has held all the dust of the earth in a basket?”
- “Who has weighed the mountains on scales?”
- “Who can fathom the spirit of The Lord?”
- “Who can understand the mind of The Lord?”
Summarize four ways in which God will heal people, according to Isaiah 35.
- Then the blind will see;
- The ears of the death will be opened;
- Then the lame man will leap like a stag;
- and the tongue of the mute will sing
