ANSWERS TO ASSIGNMENTS FOR 1999

1. (a) Write out Deut. 18:22; (b) write out Deut. 18:20.

2. (a) The sermons are similar in that they both speak of Jesus being risen from the dead (13:30; 17:31); (b) they are different in that events in Israel’s history are reviewed (13:17-22) and the Old Testament Scriptures are quoted (13:33-35,41) in the sermon to the Jews but not to the Gentiles; Paul speaks to the Jews of the God they already know but to the Gentiles of who God is because they were worshiping the unknown God.

3. Write out Prov. 11:24 or 25.

4. (a) Write out Acts 16:16-18; (b) write out Acts 5:3.

5. God punished them because they lied and said they were giving all of the proceeds from the land sale to the apostles when actually they kept part of it for themselves. There was nothing wrong with keeping part of it for themselves, but it was wrong to lie about it.

6. Write out Mark 5:15,29,42.

7. Write out Col. 1:24; 1 Pet. 2:21; 4:13.

8. Describe an occasion when you felt the Lord giving you a message from himself to give to another person; answers will vary.

9. (a) Write out 2 Ki. 5:3,10, 13. (b) Who did God use to bring you to the Lord? answers will vary.

10. Write out Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 1:13.

11. Write out Psa. 66:18 and Prov. 21:13.

12. Write out John 17:9 or 20 and Heb. 7:25.

13. Write out John 17:11,13,15, 17,21,24 (at least three).

14. (a) Write out Matt. 26:40,41, 43,45 (at least two); (b) write out Luke 23:34, Acts 7:60.

15-1. (a) Christ Jesus. (b) He spoke only those things that His Father gave to Him.

15-2. The teacher primarily explains the meaning of the scriptures while the pastor has the wisdom to apply the scriptures to peoples’ problems of everyday life.

15-3. The work of the exhorter is that of restoring the sinning, backsliding, wandering, or discouraged believer back to communion with the Lord and the joy of God’s salvation.

15-4. Describe two ways in which you have served the Lord; answers will vary.

15-5. Healing was immediate and complete; all who came for healing were healed by Jesus; dead were raised; they did not stage healing services but went to where the sick people were.

15-6. (a) Write out two verses of 1 Cor. 11:30; 2 Sam. 12:7-15; Gal. 6:9. (b) Write out two verses of Rom. 8:17; Job 42:6; Psa. 119: 67, 71; Heb 12:10; 1 Pet. 5:10; 1 Pet. 4:14,16; Jas. 1:3; Acts 12:5, 12; Acts 16:25,30; etc.

15-7. Write out one or more ways you do the work of an evangelist; answers will vary.

15-8. Speaking in tongues does not help one to grow in holiness and spiritual maturity. Rather, we grow in holiness and spiritual maturity by focusing on Christ and being changed into His image, by diligent, day-by-day praying, studying the Word of God and learning and doing God’s will, and by allowing the Holy Spirit to control us and produce His fruit in our lives. Write out 2 Cor. 3:18.

15-9. Write out two verses of John 15:7; 1 John 3:22; Psa. 66: 18; Jas. 5:16; etc.

15-10. Describe an experience in which the Lord answered one of your prayers; answers will vary.

15-11. Write out three verses of 1 Tim. 2:4; Eph. 6:18; 1 Tim. 2:1,2; Eph. 6:18,19; 1 Thess. 5:25; 2 Thess. 3:1; Heb. 13:18; Jas. 5:14, 15; Luke 22:32; Matt. 5:44,45.

15-12. Write out three verses of Matt. 6:9-15; Col. 4:12; Phil. 4:19;
John 17:15; 2 Cor. 13:7; Acts 28:8; 2 Cor. 12:8; Jas. 5:14,15; Luke 10:2; etc.

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