Quiz

How does lesson 10 define “culture”?

What is the “cultural mandate”?

If we consider the creation to be like a temple, instead of a statue, what did God place there to represent Him?

One scholar has called redemption ‘________’.

In the ancient world, what did it mean when they called the kings of nations “images of god”?

Every cultural development in accordance with God’s will is a sacred ______ service to God.

The Hebrew words “avad” and “shamar” used in Genesis 2:15, when Adam and Eve are told to “work” the garden and “take care of it,” are only used together by Moses in one other passage. What passage is it, and how are the words used in that passage?

According to lesson 10, culture is morally neutral.

All cultures fall into two basic categories, cultural patterns that serve God and cultural patterns that oppose Him.

What is “common grace”?

While they are fundamentally in opposition, there are still some similarities between those who follow God and those that oppose Him, because of sin in God’s people and common grace shown to non believers.

From the beginning of creation, God has disapproved cultural variety.

While the Pentateuch was written during the epoch of Moses, all the rest of the Old Testament was written during the epoch of ______.

During the epoch of the new covenant, instead of focusing on the national culture of Israel as in the Old Testament, the focus is on ______.

Which of the following descriptions best summarizes the difference between the way the rabbis of the period between the Old and New Testaments thought of the coming age of the rule of the Messiah, and the way Jesus and His apostles explained it?

What do we learn from Revelation 11:15 about the consummation of God’s kingdom rule?

During the Old Testament times, the Gentile nations developed their cultures in service to false gods and opposed the God of Israel.

In spite of their fundamental differences, the Gentile cultures and the Israelite cultures had similarities because of sin among God’s people and because of _______ shown to the Gentiles.

What change occurred in the New Testament regarding the role of the Gentiles?

The dividing line between the Church and the world became absolute in the time of the New Testament.

Levitical priests, kings, and families applied God’s laws in different ways that were appropriate for them, even during the same time period.

Some changes in the application of God’s laws occurred over time.

What important change in the people of God began at the time of the New Testament and led to even greater cultural variety?

What Jewish practice changed dramatically after the apostles and elders met in the council of Jerusalem, as recorded in Acts 15?

Christians often focus only on the individual aspects of their faith, but the Scriptures also emphasize the ______ dimensions of our faith.

The “Great Commission,” or the “Gospel Mandate” in Matthew 28:19-20 calls us to make ______ of all nations.

Match each aspect of the “cultural mandate” with its corresponding aspect in the “gospel mandate”.

As history has shown time and again, when followers of Jesus faithfully devote themselves to teaching all that Christ commanded to every nation, we have the potential of positively influencing ___________.

Matthew 5:13-14 calls us to be the _____ of the earth and the _____ of the world.

In Christ, “we are free from sin’s _____, but not free from its ______.”

Match each way that God directed cultural patterns in the Scriptures, showing His attitude toward them, with the examples given in the lesson.

What recommendations are given in lesson 10 for applying a cultural pattern found in the Scriptures, to know how they should be applied? Mark each correct answer.

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 that he has become “__________, so that by all possible means I might save some.”

Lesson 10 teaches that we are free to shape the cultures of our communities any way we wish.

As we apply the Scriptures in different ways to our different communities, “we must be firmly committed to staying within the parameters of _______.”