Bible 104 Certification Review Exam Questions And Answers Verified Solutions.

Explain what is meant by "The Bible is God's story." - correct answer It means that from beginning to end the Bible is God's story of redemption, the revelation of Himself and His plan for the world. Every in the Bible points to Him, how He came, lived a perfect life, died an innocent death to save sinners and kill death and sin, and will one day return to right all the wrongs. How did God accomplish his plan? - correct answer God accomplished History plan through His son Jesus Christ by sending him to Earth to live a perfect life and work for Him by teaching, doing miracles and taking our sins away by dying at the cross so that we can have salvation. What did the completion of God's plan accomplish for human beings? - correct answer With Christ's death, God credits us with Christ's righteous life, our sins are washed away and our relationship between himself and us is restored. "Through Christ Jesus we are loved by a God, adopted as sons and daughters, and declared heirs through God" (Gal 4:7) Pre-exilic prophets (warned of the coming exile) - correct answer Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah Explic prophets (during the exile) - correct answer Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel Post-exilic (after the exile) - correct answer Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi During which Old Testament book did the events of Job most likely take place? - correct answer Genesis Which two books serve as a parallel to the Kings? - correct answer I & II Chronicles Which of Paul's letters were not written during the time period covered by Acts? - correct answer 1 Timothy, Titus, and 2 Timothy Which is the only truly anonymous letter in the New Testament? - correct answer Hebrews Which genre of the New Testament is unique to the Bible? - correct answer The Gospels From what passage in 1 Corinthians can we draw our understanding of the Gospel? - correct answer 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Revelation is a combination of which 3 genre categories? - correct answer Letters, prophecy, and apocalyptic What are the 5 main genre categories of the Old Testament? - correct answer Narrative, law, prophets, psalms, and wisdom Name at least 5 books of the Old Testament that are considered exclusively narrative. - correct answer Genesis, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah What is the Old Testament Law primarily about? - correct answer Primarily about relationships, designed to assist in the establishment and governance of two types of relationships: horizontal and vertical Explain what makes the Psalms unique among other books of the Old Testament. - correct answer What makes the Psalms unique is that they we sacred hymns/prayers written to God. Explain the danger of seeing the Bible as simply a roadmap for life - correct answer The Bible is much more than that, the Bible tells us the path that God chose in order to redeem humanity. Readers will miss out the beauty and truth if they only see it as a roadmap for life and not look for the theological implications behind each story. The bible contains much deeper and life-sustaining truths that last a lifetime (even through eternity). You will miss the value of the Bible What problems arise when we view the Bible as only a book of rules or a book that highlights instructions for our lives? - correct answer The anthropological, Christological, and redemptive issues are at stake. It becomes mechanical like a checklist and the person does not establishes a connection with God. How does viewing the Bible as a collection of role models affect our understanding of the Scriptures? - correct answer It fails to properly identify the direction that each story in Scripture is pointing. Which of the three misconceptions presented in this chapter do you find the easiest to identify with? - correct answer None How do 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and 2 Peter 1:20-21 help answer the question, who wrote the Bible? - correct answer 2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us that the Bible was inspired by God and 2 Peter 1:20-21 affirms that the prophecy of Scripture does not come from one's own interpretation, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit What role did the Holy Spirit play in the writing of the Bible? - correct answer The Holy Spirit role was to lead and direct the men of God who wrote the Scripture. Explain what is and what is not meant when we use the term "inspiration" to describe the writing of the Bible. - correct answer It means that each and every word of the Scriptures comes directly from God; meaning that God did not merely give the biblical authors a bunch of ideas and allow them to wing it. This type of inspiration does not refer to the moments when you are studying God's Word and are convicted by the truth that has always been in there. How does the character or nature of God influence our understanding of the Bible as an inerrant or error-free book? - correct answer What is most significant about believing that t