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What was the Christians’ response to the coming of the Holy Spirit?
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They spoke the Gospel in known languages (so people understood them in their native language)
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How did the Holy Spirit manifest Himself on the day of Pentecost?
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Came with the sound of rushing wind, tongues like fire on each believer.
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What does “being filled with the Holy Spirit” mean?
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Christians are empowered for ministry.
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| 4. How many people were converted to Christ after Peter’s first sermon? |
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| 5. After Peter’s second sermon, how many Christians were in the church? |
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| 6. What does the name “Barnabas” mean? |
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| 7. How many ways did Peter say that one can be saved? |
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| One. “No other name under heaven or on earth but Jesus Christ by which man must be saved. |
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| 8. What sin did husband and wife Ananias and Sapphira commit that led to their death? |
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| 9. Gamaliel was a rabbi in the Sanhedrin. What advice did he give the other members as to what to do with the Christians? |
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| Leave them alone. If they are legit, we will be fighting against God. If they are not legit, they will fade away soon. |
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| 10. How did the Apostles propose dealing with the issue over the Hellenistic widows not being taken care of as well as the Judean widows? |
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| Told the church to choose 7 men full of the Holy Spirit to take care of the matter. |
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| 11. Who was the first Christian martyr? |
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| What did the Jews accuse him of? |
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| Who held the coats of those who stoned Stephen, thus condoning their action? |
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| 12. What good came out of Saul’s persecution of the Church? |
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| God scattered those being persecuted out of Jerusalem, and they went into the world preaching the Gospel. |
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| 13. Philip, one of the 7 chosen in Acts 6, converted a eunuch on the road to Gaza. What was the eunuch’s nationality? |
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| 14. What was the early church called before they became known as “Christians”? |
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| 15. Where was Saul (Paul) on the way to when he met the resurrected Jesus? |
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| What physically happened to Saul? |
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| He became blind for three days until he was baptized. |
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| Ananias, a Christian in Damascus |
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| 16. What was Saul’s (Paul’s) mission to be? |
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| An apostle to the Gentiles |
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| 17. Who took Saul to Jerusalem to meet the Apostles? |
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| 18. What did Peter’s vision of the sheet with clean and unclean animals on it mean? |
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| Salvation is Jews and Gentiles |
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| 19. Who was the first Gentile convert and what position did he hold? |
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| Cornelius. He was a Roman centurion |
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| 20. Peter escaped Herod’s prison. When he showed up at the meeting place, who did they think he was? |
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| 21. Which Herod had the Apostle James executed in A.D. 44? |
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| 22. Why did Herod Agrippa die, and what was the manner of his death? |
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| Due to his pride and not giving glory to God. He was eaten by worms. |
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| 23. Who was the first Gentile church to send out missionaries into the world? |
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| 24. Who did Saul/Paul and Barnabas take with them on their first missionary journey? What relationship was he to Barnabas? |
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| John Mark (Mark). Cousin. |
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| 25. During the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15, who was the leader of the Jerusalem church? |
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| James, the Lord’s brother (not the Apostle James). |
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| 26. What came out of the Jerusalem Council? |
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| Gentiles did not have to be circumcised (become Jews), Gentiles were not to eat strangled meat, Gentiles were not to indulge in sexual immorality, Gentiles were not to eat meat containing its blood, Gentiles were to stay away from idolatry. |
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| 27. What Jewish sect did Paul belong to? Pharisees. Paul was a citizen of what country?How did he gain this citizenship? |
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| Rome, He was born a citizen. |
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| 28. Did God call Paul to be an apostle due to Paul’s good works? |
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| No. Paul said it was solely by God’s grace. |
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| 29. How long did Paul go into training/seclusion in Arabia for? |
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| 30. Where was the first place Paul and Barnabas went after they were sent out from Antioch? |
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| Barnabas’ homeland of Cyprus. |
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| 31. What was the first place Paul and Barnabas went into in each of the cities they visited? |
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| 32. In Lystra Paul healed a lame man. What did the townspeople claim Paul and Barnabas to be? |
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| gods. Paul-Hermes; Barnabas-Zeus |
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| 33. Why did Paul not want to take Mark with them on their second missionary journey? |
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| Mark left the team on their first journey and returned to Jerusalem. |
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| What good came from the split between Paul and Barnabas? |
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| Two missionary teams went out instead of only one. |
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| 35. Who did Paul take with him on the second missionary journey? |
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| 36. Paul met Timothy in Lystra. Timothy’s mother was a Jewish Christian and his father was a Greek. Why did Paul have Timothy be circumcised? |
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| So Timothy could go into the synagogues with Paul. |
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| 37. Paul converted a woman named Lydia in Philippi. What did she do for a living? |
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| She was a seller of purple (dye, cloth, etc.) |
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| 38. When Paul cast out a demon from a slave girl in Philippi, the magistrate threw Paul and Silas into prison. What was Paul and Silas’ response?Who was saved as a result of the situation? |
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| Sang praises to God, A jailer and his household. |
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| 39. Which church did Paul have a special affinity for? |
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| 40. What city was Paul not able to plant a church in? |
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| 41. Who were Aquilla and Priscilla? |
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| Jewish Christians from Rome who met Paul in Corinth. They were tentmakers like Paul. Aquilla and Priscilla led Apollos, a great orator/preacher to Christ. |
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| 42. Who were the “sons of Sceva”? |
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| 7 Jewish brothers in Ephesus who attempted to cast out a demon as Paul was doing in the city. The demon jumped on them, and they ran out of the house naked and beaten. |
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| 43. What pagan goddess was worshipped in Ephesus? |
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| 44. When Paul went to Jerusalem, what false accusation did the Jews make against him? |
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| That he brought a Gentile into the Temple. |
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| 45. What was the main reason Paul was sent to Rome by the governor Festus? |
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| Paul appealed to Caesar, his right as a Roman citizen. |
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| 46. What island was Paul and others shipwrecked on and also where Paul suffered no ill affects from being bitten by a poisonous snake? |
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| 47. In the book of Hebrews, whom does the writer show that Jesus is superior to? |
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| Prophets, angels, Moses, Aaron and the high priests |
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| 48. How does the Hebrews writer show that Jesus is superior to the earthly high priests? |
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| He is a high priest forever since He never dies, He ministers in a heavenly tabernacle, He did not have to give sacrifice for Himself before offering sacrifice for the people, He offered Himself as the sacrifice, He holds a greater title (Great High Priest), He is from the order of Melchizedek, not Aaron, He sits on a heavenly throne and serves in the heavenly tabernacle (temple). |
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| 49. Why was Hebrews written? |
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| The people were wavering on whether to go back to the old sacrificial system and obedience to the Law or putting one’s faith in Christ alone. |
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| 50. What is the biblical definition of “faith” as found in Heb. 11:1? |
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| Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. |
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| Timothy was the pastor at what church? |
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| Titus was pastor at what church? |
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| According to Paul in his first letter to Timothy, why did Christ come into the world? |
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| They listen and follow false doctrine |
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| What is the “root of all evil”? |
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| What does Paul relate a Christian worker to? |
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| How much of Scripture, according to Paul, is actually inspired by God? |
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| How many spiritual offices are in the church and what are they? |
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| Two. Pastor/overseer and deacon. |
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| What relationship did the authors of James and Jude have with Jesus? |
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| They were His half-brothers. |
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What attitude does James say a believer should have when going through
trials and temptations? Joy. How are trials helpful to the believer? |
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They
strengthen faith and character when one perseveres. |
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| According to James, who has the “higher position,” rich people or poor people and why? |
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| The poor, because Jesus is all they have so they aren’t worried about other things like the rich are. |
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| What does James say about the relationship of faith and works? |
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| Works are proof of one’s faith. If one truly has faith, he will show it through his works. |
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| What three illustrations does James use to describe a person’s use of his tongue? |
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| Horse’s bit, ship’s rudder, a spark flaming into a robust fire. |
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| What is another name for Simon Peter? |
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| In 1 Peter how does a Christian live with an assured hope? |
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| Because of: Salvation, the promise of resurrection, proofing through trials and suffering, the preparation of Christ’s return, Christ’s perfect sacrifice for sin. |
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| What does God use as building blocks for His “house”? |
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Living stones
(Christians). Who is the chief cornerstone of God’s “house”? Jesus |
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| How did we get Scripture? |
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| God delivered it through His holy prophets as moved by the Holy Spirit without interpretation from any man. |
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| Who were the “Gnostics”? What does “Gnosticism” mean? |
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| False teachers who denied the diety of Christ or that Jesus had come in the flesh (as man). Special knowledge. |
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| What is the “way of Balaam”? |
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| What illustration does Peter use in describing Jesus’ return to earth? |
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| Like a thief in the night. |
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| What duality does the Apostle John like to use in his books? |
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| How do we restore fellowship with God? |
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| What Old Testament figure does John use to describe one who hates another? |
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| Cain who murdered his brother. |
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| What is the warning John gives against fellowshipping with the wrong people? |
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| Don’t welcome them or condone what they are doing. |
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| What illustrations does Jude use to describe false teachers? |
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| Clouds without water, waves tossed by the sea, hidden reefs, autumn trees without fruit, wandering stars. |
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| How is grace used wrongly? |
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| Acting as if God does not care how much we sin or disobey him because Jesus has saved us for eternity. |
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| In Revelation what was Christ’s criticism of the church in Ephesus? |
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| They lost their first love of Christ |
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| What two churches received no condemnation? |
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| Who is the Alpha and Omega in Revelation? |
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| Which was the lukewarm church? |
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| Who were the first inhabitants of the “Lake of Fire”? |
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| The Anti-Christ and his prophet |
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| Who is the Bride of Christ? |
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How long will Satan be bound for after Christ returns? What will he do when
he is released? |
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1000 years. He will gather an army on earth to war against
Christ (who will defeat him) |
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| During the “Great White Throne Judgment,” who will not be thrown into the Lake of Fire? |
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| Those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. |
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What tree will be available for those who will live eternally in the New
Jerusalem (heaven)? |
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