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| Why do you think Nicodemus came to Jesus at night? | Out of fear of being seen with Jesus. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about man? | For God so loved the world, that gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. We are nothing without God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God from this passage? | That he loves us. He saved us. He wants us to go to Repent and ask for forgivness. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Nicodemus had such a hard time understanding what Jesus was teaching him? | Because he was confused at what Jesus was saying. Add Comment |
| How would you share with someone why they need Jesus? | I would say Because with out him we are nothing, he loves us, he created us. We are dead in sin without him. He died for us so that we could be with him forever in heaven. And we should repent and ask him to forgive us. Because without him we are Lost. Add Comment |
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| What do you learn about Jesus? | He was the son of God. John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan River. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about the relationship between God and Jesus? | ''The father is always a work to this very day, and I too am at work. The son can do nothing by himself, he can do only what he sees his father doing, because whatever the father does the son also does.'' John 5 :17 Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God? | In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Throughout him all things were made. No one has ever seen God. Add Comment |
| We are 4 weeks from Easter, so we are going to go through the Gospel of John so that we can go through the death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Who is the Word? | God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about Jesus' purpose on earth? | Do die for our sins. Add Comment |
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| What did Naomi tell the people to call her and why? | Mara, "because the Almighty has made my life bitter." Add Comment |
| Ruth is moving to a foreign land and a foreign people, how do you think she felt and how would you feel? | A little afraid. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Ruth wanted to stay with Naomi? | Because she was old, and someone needed to take care of her. Add Comment |
| What did Ruth tell Naomi when Naomi told her to go back with Orpah? | ''Don't urge me to leave you or to return back from you. Where you go I go, and where you stay I'll stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. Were you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.'' Add Comment |
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| What stands out to as the main theme of the book? | That God Will forgive you etc Add Comment |
| Did you read the whole book? | Yes. Add Comment |
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| How did Ruth show love for Naomi? | By caring for her. Staying with her . Add Comment |
| How did God show love toward Ruth? | By Blessing her, watching over her. Add Comment |
| How did Boaz show love for Ruth? | By kindness in helping her. Add Comment |
| God also showed that he is sovereign over everything (he total power and authority). How can God being sovereign provide peace for you? | Protecting me, blessing me. etc Add Comment |
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| What did Boaz say about Ruth that he had heard in verse 11? | ''And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do what you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that you are a women of a Nobile character.'' Add Comment |
| It may be hard at your age now, but God commands us in 1 Timothy 5 to care for widows and orphans, so Ruth is a great example of showing great love and care for a widow. Is there any widows, elderly people or someone who is alone that you know in your neighborhood that you could show kindness to? What is something you could do to show kindness and love? | Helping them with harder work, cleaning for them, praying for them. Add Comment |
| What is one thing you can do so that people will speak about you the way you want them to? | Show kindness. Add Comment |
| What do you want people to say about you? | Good things. Add Comment |
| How does Ruth continue to show respect and love towards Naomi? | By caring for her. etc Add Comment |
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| What can you do to better show love to other people? | Be nicer, be more respectful Add Comment |
| How did Boaz show noble character? | Cared for her. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God's love through reading Ruth? | That he is a kind and generous God. Add Comment |
| Is there anything new that stood out to you reading through Ruth again? | No. Add Comment |
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| In chapter two and three, how do Jonah's and the people of Nineveh's actions mirror how we should respond to God today? | Asking for forgiveness, repenting of our sins, trusting in the Lord, obeying his commandments. etc Add Comment |
| What is something from the book of Jonah that you can take and put into practice in your everyday life? | Following what the Lord commands, Sharing the gospel with non Christians Add Comment |
| What should have been Jonah's response after God told him to go to Nineveh? | He should have obeyed the Lord. Add Comment |
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| How do you respond when God does something that you don't like? | It depends I might get sad or angry. Add Comment |
| How should we respond when someone does something that we don't like or agree with? | To not be angry. Add Comment |
| What can you do to help prepare yourself to react in a way that honors the Lord when you are in a situation that does not go well, or go against how you think it should go? | Read the bible, pray asking God to prepare your heart. Add Comment |
| What Are some of God's traits listed in this chapter? | A gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Add Comment |
| What was Jonah's response when God did something he disagreed with? | Hey prayed to the Lord asking that he he take his life from him. ''Yes I do well to be angry, angry enough to die." Add Comment |
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| How should we respond to the Word of God? | Obey it. Add Comment |
| What was God's message for Nineveh? | That in 40 days Nineveh shall be overthrown. Add Comment |
| How did Nineveh respond to the message from God? | The people of Nineveh believed God. They repent. Add Comment |
| What did God do when He saw their response? | He forgave them of their sins. Add Comment |
| How do you usually respond to God's Word? | I try to obey it. Add Comment |
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| When we are troubled or are in difficult situations what should we do, and continue doing? | Pray to God to help us through it. And to help us trust in him because he is in control. Add Comment |
| What did Jonah realize while in the fish? | That he was separated from God, he prayed for deliverance. Add Comment |
| What is the first thing Jonah did when he finds himself in a bad situation? | He prayed to the Lord. Add Comment |
| What are some difficult things in your life that you need to pray about? | Sometimes I'm afraid of things. I pray for the Lord to help me be calm and to trust in him. Add Comment |
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| What was Jonah told to do? | To go to Nineveh and call out against it, for the evil has come up before God. Add Comment |
| What did the sailors come to realize after they threw Jonah off the boat? | That they should fear the Lord, then they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. Add Comment |
| What did he do instead? | He fled to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. Add Comment |
| Has there been a time in your life you were told to do something you should do but instead you put it off or ignored it? How did that go? | School work, but I realized that I would still have to do it later and it was better to just get it done sooner. Add Comment |
| Why did God send a storm after the ship Jonah was on? | So that the ship that Jonah was on was threatened to break up. Add Comment |
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| Using that example, what does God say about that? | In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Add Comment |
| It can be easy for us as humans to make up rules for ourselves and others which is one of the things Paul is warning against. In verse 8, Paul warns against basing our beliefs on anything other than Christ. What is an example in our world today of people making up rules, principles, decisions, beliefs not on the Bible? | Evolution. Add Comment |
| What have we been given? | Forgiveness. Add Comment |
| Who is our authority? | God. Add Comment |
| What dwells in Christ? | The whole fullness deity(God). Add Comment |
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| Why do you think Paul said to "remember my chains"? | a way to call for prayer and to remember his commitment to the Lord and His people. Add Comment |
| There are christians suffereing around the world and dying for Christ. Take a few minutes to pray for believers around the world. What are 2 things you can pray for them about? | First of all it's "Suffering". And I pray that God would keep them safe and help them to trust in him. Add Comment |
| What is Paul asking for prayer for? | That God may open to us to the word, to declare the mystery of Christ. Add Comment |
| How can praying for others to come to Christ and praying for courage to share Christ help you to set your mind and heart on Christ? | Because praying brings me closer to God. Add Comment |
| What are the main things you pray about? | My family, forgiveness, and thanking God. Add Comment |
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| What does it look like to set your heart and mind on Christ? | By setting your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to put to death sin? | By rejecting our evil desires. Add Comment |
| What can you do to help set your mind and heart on Christ and put to death the sin? | By putting away my anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk. Add Comment |
| Why do you want to set your heart and mind on Christ and put to death the sin? | So I can live with with him on heaven for eternity. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to forgive someone? | Bearing with one another and forgiving each other, as the Lord has forgiven us. Add Comment |
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| List at least 4 different characteristics or roles of Jesus list in verses 15-20? | The image of the invisible God, the first born in all creation, The head of the body, and the beginning. Add Comment |
| What is the gospel Paul talks about in verse 23? | The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about in verse 26? | To make the word of God fully known. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's desire in verse 28? | Preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
| What stands out to you from this passage about Jesus? | That all things were created through him and for him. Add Comment |
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| Verse 6 tells us "do not be anxious about anything", and then he gives us ways to help us do that and to ultimately enjoy "the peace of God". Paul says to present your requests to God through prayer and petition. What does he also say should accompany those prayers? | Thankfulness, the peace of God. Add Comment |
| What happens to your focus when you are thankful? | I appreciate things more. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Paul adds "with thanksgiving"? | So that we are thankful. Add Comment |
| What do you have to be thankful for? | My family, being born in a Christian household, my pets, having a safe place to live, having clean water, delicious food to eat, Jesus dying for my sins... etc Add Comment |
| What should you be thinking about that would be in line with whatever is true, noble, right, pure and lovely? | ? Add Comment |
| What does it mean to "let your gentleness be evident to all"? | to make your gentle, kind, and patient demeanor a noticeable characteristic in all your interactions, reflecting a mature and level-headed attitude, especially when dealing with others who may be struggling. Add Comment |
| List 5 reasons you have to "rejoice in the Lord always". | Because he created us, he sent his son to die on the cross for our sins, he is all powerful, he is perfect, He cares and loves us. Add Comment |
| Paul then follows up with what to think on. How does thinking this way also help with anxiety and worry? | It helps me to trust in God knowing that he's in control. Add Comment |
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| What was Paul's focus before he was saved? | His own righteousness by attempting to follow the old testament law, as best as he could. Add Comment |
| What does Paul now consider gain, what is most important to him now? | by not having righteous from the law, but from Christ. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's main point in verses 12-21? | Our citizenship is in Heaven, and that God will transform our earthly bodies. Add Comment |
| Where does righteousess come from? | faith in Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
| What changes in our actions when our sole focus is to "press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus"? | I would no longer have fear in things. Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement for believers in the first 4 verses? | To not look merely on your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Add Comment |
| What two things does Paul say believers are granted in verse 29 | To receive him in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard. Add Comment |
| According to verse 13, what is our purpose? | For us to will and to work in Gods pleasure. Add Comment |
| How can you put Paul's encouragement from verses 1-4 into practice? | By being of the same mind, maintaining love, united in the spirit, intent on the purpose. Being more like Christ Add Comment |
| How can you "shine like stars" in this generation? | ? Add Comment |
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| Why is Paul in prison? | For preaching the Gospel. Add Comment |
| What can you learn about prayer based on Paul's example? | To Trust in God, And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ. Having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective about his time in prison? | That it's in the cause of Christ, Trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment. Christ is proclaimed, I will rejoice. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective on life? | For to me, to live is in Christ, and to die is gain. But if I am to live on the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me, and I do not know which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better. Yet to remain on the flesh is more necessary for your sake. etc Add Comment |
| How is God using Paul while in prison? | To preach the Gospel, and strengthen Paul's faith. Add Comment |
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| What does Paul insist that believers do (v17-19)? | Affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart. And they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. Add Comment |
| Paul gives a specific list of things to follow. Which of these do you want/need to work on? | I want to work on all of it. Add Comment |
| What should we do that will help us to obey God? | To affirm together with the Lord. Add Comment |
| What are 3 characteristics Paul lists in verse 2 of the kind of people God wants us to be? | Gentleness, patience, showing for bearance to one another in love, being diligent. Add Comment |
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| What's the two-part definition of a true Christian in verse 15? | Faith in the Lord Jesus, and love towards the saints. Add Comment |
| God in three persons (the Trinity) is at work in saving us. What does each member of the Trinity specifically do; Father, Son and Holy Spirit? | The Father elects who to save, the Son died for their sins, and the Holy Spirit changes their heart, and sanctifies the believers. Add Comment |
| What are some of the spiritual blessings we have in Christ? | to be adopted through Jesus Christ. He blessed us in the beloved. Add Comment |
| Who did Paul preach to in Ephesus? | To the saints in Ephesus, and those who are faithful in Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
| What does the word "adoption" (v5) tell us about the change from our old way of life as unbelievers to our new life in Christ? | "In love he predestine us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,- 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the beloved." Add Comment |
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| In God's eyes, what is the status of those outside of Christ, and why (v3)? | Children of wraith, like the rest of mankind. Add Comment |
| Many try to blame their sin on the influence of the world or believe that "the devil made me do it". What's Paul's answer to that in verse 3? | ''Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, caring out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind." Add Comment |
| What was God's response to our sin problem and why did he provide a solution according to verses 4-5? | But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved.- Add Comment |
| How does Paul describe the lives of these Ephesian Christians before they came to faith (v1)? | They were dead in the trespasses and sins. Add Comment |
| What is salvation based on according to verses 8-9? | For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one shall boast. Add Comment |
| What does God have planned for us? | To be in the kingdom of heaven. Add Comment |
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| Gentiles were everyone else that was not a Jew (someone from the lineage of Israel). This would have been quite shocking for Jews to have other people be able to become a believer and receive the blessings of God. Read Matthew 28:18-20. What does God command us to do? | To go forth and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.- Add Comment |
| What did God want Paul to do (v8-9)? | To preach the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring light to everyone what is the plan hidden in mystery hidden in ages for in God, who created all things. Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about (v6)? | That the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Jesus Christ through the gospel. Add Comment |
| How do you feel about talking about the Chrisitan faith with others? What do you struggle with and what gives you encouragement? | I struggle with giving them a good understanding of faith and explaining it... Reading the bible can help me understand it better myself. Add Comment |
| List 3 people you know who do not follow Christ who you could be praying for and looking for an opportunity to share the gospel with. | I can't think of anybody at the moment. Add Comment |
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| Paul continues his list of how we should act and what to avoid as believers. What is his summary statement in verse 1 on how to live? | THEREFOR be imitators of God, as beloved children. Add Comment |
| Would your life look different if you submitted to this list and lived it out? How would it look different? | I don't really know how to answer this question..... Add Comment |
| Paul ends the chapter talking about the roles and responsibilities for husbands and wives. He sums it up in verse 33. What does he tell husbands to do and what does he tell wives to do? | Wives- "Be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord," Husbands- "Love your wives, just as Christ has also loved the church and gave himself up for her." Add Comment |
| How does living according to what Paul lists make you stand out from kids at school? | I'm Home schooled. Add Comment |
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| What is our struggle against? | The Schemes of the devil. The rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of the darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Add Comment |
| What do you think is the main reason why many Christians pray so little and so rarely? | Some might think it's unnecessary, while others don't know how. Add Comment |
| What do we need for the battle? | Be strong in the Lord, In the strength of his might, put a full armor on for God, against the schemes of the devil. Add Comment |
| What keeps you from praying? | Nothing keeps ME form praying. Add Comment |
| Is there an area in your life you are not honoring them? If so, take a few minutes to confess that to God and ask Him to help you change. | Obeying them and respecting them more. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to honor your parents? | To obey them. etc Add Comment |
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| What does Paul mention a couple of times in is opening greeting in the first 5 verses? | Jesus Christ and God the Father. Add Comment |
| What is the Gospel? | Life, Death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's first warning to the church in Galatia? | That they are being influenced by a false gospel. Add Comment |
| Where does Paul receive his authority and direction? | God Add Comment |
| Welcome to the Earn Your Way Program! Whether this is your first time using this program or you are returning, we are glad you are going through it and hope this points you to Christ, that you learn more about who God is and how much He loves you and also that this helps develop the habit of spending time in God's Word. I would encourage you to begin with prayer and then end with prayer and consider what God might have you do in response to what you read. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or issues with the program. We are going to spend time the New Testament as we begin. Is this your first time or have you done the Earn Your Way program before? | I have done it before! Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement in verse 9? | ''And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Add Comment |
| What is the truth we learn from the farmer in verse 7? | To not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that he will also reap. Add Comment |
| What should we be doing while we wait for the harvest of eternal life? (verse 10) | Good to everyone. especially those who are of the house of faith. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's encouragement in verse 9? | ''And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Add Comment |
| What is the truth we learn from the farmer in verse 7? | "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap." Add Comment |
| What should we be doing while we wait for the harvest of eternal life? (verse 10) | Let us do good to everyone. Especially those who are of the house of faith. Add Comment |
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| How does true faith express itself? | How does true faith express itself? Add Comment |
| As a Christian, what were you called to be? | A follower of Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
| Why did Christ set us free? (verse 1) | Because he loved us. Add Comment |
| How can you misuse your freedom? | By Thinking that you can get away with whatever you want sinfully because God will just forgive you. Add Comment |
| In what way does Paul want his Christian brothers to stand firm? (verse 1) | Do not submit again into the yolk of slavery. - Meaning do not revert back into your sinful ways. Add Comment |
| For those who have faith, whose righteousness do we put our hope in? | Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
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| Have you ever lost a friend because you stood up for the truth? | No. Add Comment |
| How were the Galatians treating Paul now? | They were rejecting Paul. And reverting back to their sinful ways. Add Comment |
| Under what circumstance did Paul first preach the gospel to the Galatians? | Bodily ailment - Paul had some type of medical or physical issue. Add Comment |
| What does Paul say that his Christian brothers had, but now do not have? | Obedience. Add Comment |
| How did the Galatians treat Paul during that time? | Good. As an angel or Christ Jesus. They received him in that way. Add Comment |
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| What issue is Paul addressing with the Galatians? | Them following another god Add Comment |
| Why do we still need to follow scripture if we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus? | Because Jesus says that if you love me, then you will keep my commandment. Add Comment |
| What does Paul salvation comes from? | The Lord Add Comment |
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| Why was it shocking to the Jews that Paul was called to preach the gospel to the Gentiles? | Because they believed that he had turned against them. Add Comment |
| What task was Paul given? | Preaching the gospel to the Gentiles. Add Comment |