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ROOTS: THE BIBLE PART 2
Bible Study Questions
Opener: Bible Quiz
1. The OT prophet Amos drops a bombshell when he predicts (Amos 8:11-12):
bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. And people will stagger from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to seek
Why would God send a
the Word of the Lord?
2. Jesus declares in John 12:39-43; For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said
again, 40 "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM." 41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him. 42 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God. What exception do you see here in verse 42-43? Do you think they were actually saved?
Romans 10:9-10
3. and how does
that relate to why we have the particular books we now find in our Bible?
4. 2 Peter 1:20-
origin in the will means? What does that look like?
5. Hebrews 1:1-
prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things This tells us that God has primarily spoken to us both through the prophets and through the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible is the living Word of God in print: Jesus is the living word of
God in person
Can you think of a time and give an example when you knew God was speaking to you personally in some another way: The Holy Spirit? Circumstances? Dreams? People?
Miracles? Other:_________?
6. The early church fathers used a divinely guided litmus test to recognize a book as
Scripture, or "canonical". In asking
rejected that book outright: a. Is it authoritative? - does it come with a "thus saith the Lord"? b. Is it prophetic? - was it written by an apostle or a close companion of an apostle? c. Is it authentic? d. Is it dynamic? - did it come with the life transforming power of God? e. Was it received, collected, read and used? - was it already widely recognized and accepted by the people of God?
In loo
7. The Apocrypha (hidden or concealed) is a group of 14 books written before Christ, and are
included in the OT of the Catholic Bible. Books like Tobit, Judith, I & II Maccabees, The
Book of Wisdom, Baruch and Ecclesiasticus.
So what exactly is wrong with these books and why are they not widely accepted by the protestant church today nor included in the protestant OT?
8. The Pseudepigrapha (false writings) is a group of at least 280 books from the first few
centuries still floating around today. While some tried to get them into the canon, they were quickly rejected. Books like The Gospel of Mary, The Gospel of the Twelve, and The Gospel of Thomas.
What do we understand about why these books
by some as truth?