General Bible Knowledge Mid-Year

1GENERAL BIBLE KNOWLEDGE (MID-YEAR) QUIZ

• How well can you handle God’s Word?

• (Some are easy, some are hard…all are pertinent)
• Objectives:
  • To learn God’s Word together so that we can grow together.
  • To understand the chronological makeup of God’s Word.
  • To understand the theological significance of God’s Word.
  • To apply God’s Word to our relationships with each other.
  • To learn God’s Word so that we can be adequately equipped as Believers.
  • To help others know and learn its truth.
  • To live our lives better as Kingdom citizens.
  • To learn how to glorify God and serve Him better with our lives.
  • To learn the Word so that we may use it to enlighten a needy world.
  • To be able to handle the Word of God practically.
  • To know the major themes of each book.
  • To identify which part of the Bible applies to particular situations.

2PRIVATE

• The (Mid-Year) Challenge:

  • Can you name 2 or more of the 4 Creation Ordinances that we studied?

  • What is the best example of the Holy Trinity that we have available to us as humans?

  • What does it mean to be created in God’s Image? How does this apply to all people?

  • What is the purpose of the Image Bearer?

  • What was the purpose of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden?

  • What do you understand about the problem of the origin of evil? (Probably too much to write here but consider this question based on what we studied).

  • If God created all things and evil exists, God would have had to create evil. T/F?

  • What is the protevangelium?

  • Do you know the difference between the “soul” of an animal and the “soul” of a human?

  • Why did God accept the offering of Abel and not of Cain?

  • What was Cain’s punishment for murdering Abel? How was God’s grace still apparent even after passing this judgment?

  • Can you give at least 2 explanations as to who the “sons of the gods” were in Genesis 6?

  • Name 2 of the problems that brought the Flood upon humankind (including the main one).

  • Can you explain how it is possible for God to “regret” making man in Genesis 6? Did God change His mind?

  • Why are we not given anything that Noah said in the Bible? (Hint: Who is the hero of the Flood Narrative?)

  • Name at least 2 ancient cultures where a similar narrative is found concerning the world being flooded with water?

  • Can you give some explanation for the existence of fossils? (You may not include the popular but desperate presumption that the fossils were created over millions of years – Thanks Larry for helping us to know that this cannot possibly be true.)

  • What is the difference between a doctrine and a preference?

  • Why is it not possible for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to be sinless?

  • Name at least 2 reasons why it is necessary for Mary to have been a virgin at the time of Jesus’ birth.

3General Bible Knowledge (Mid-Year) Quiz