Quiz

Scripture also refers to ancient Israel as the “church.”

Mark all correct answers. What are the three common features shared by ancient suzerain-vassal treaties?

Where do we see God first creating Israel as a special nation?

Everyone familiar with the Old Testament knows that the nation of Israel was characterized by faithfulness to God.

Match each biblical event with its date given in the lesson.

True or False? Just like the church in the Old Testament, the New Testament church contains both believers and unbelievers.

What are some of the ways we all share in the grace that God grants the church as a whole? Mark all correct answers.

What is the belief that the Holy Spirit simply motivated the human authors to write, much like an artist might be “inspired” or motivated by a great idea or a beautiful landscape?

What is the belief that the Holy Spirit so controlled the human authors that these men had little to no creative input into Scripture?

What is the belief that the Holy Spirit superintended the writing of Scripture to ensure the content and accuracy of the text while the human authors used their own ideas, words, and personalities in the writing process?

We don’t have a single book of Scripture that consists entirely of quotations from God.

According to the lesson, “The Holy Spirit was always intimately involved in ________ God’s word to the church, and in ________ it for the church through his inspired human authors.”

According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism answer 3, what do the Scriptures principally teach?

What did Jesus mean in Matthew 22:37-40 when he referenced “the Law and the Prophets”?

Fill in the blank. “The commandment to love our neighbors is fundamentally ________.”

Fill in the blank. “The New Testament was written by apostles and prophets who served as God’s covenant ________.”

What is the main point of Deuteronomy 4:8?

Biblical authors primarily wrote to inform their readers about history and to increase their wisdom and happiness.

Fill in the blank. Loving God is, simply put, a matter of ________.

In what passage do we see the biblical author teaching the purpose of God’s commands as God’s people pursuing his blessings by obedience?

If an apparent gift doesn’t benefit the church, then it’s likely that it’s being misused, or that it isn’t a spiritual gift at all.

What metaphor did Paul use in 1 Corinthians 12:8-31 to explain the use of spiritual gifts?

Fill in the blank. Spiritual gifts first appeared during the days of ________.

Spiritual gifts were distributed rather widely among God’s people in the Old Testament.

In which passage do we find a comprehensive list of spiritual gifts?

Even unbelievers in the church can receive spiritual gifts.

What is the view that the spectacular gifts belonged to an earlier age of history, and that they ended with that earlier age?

What is the view that the spectacular gifts belong to the entire church age, and that they won’t end until Jesus returns?