SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE

1. What name does the Bible give to its own writings?

"The Holy Scriptures"-2 Tim. 3:15.

(Dan. 10:21, Rom. 3:2, Mark 7:13, 2 Thess. 3:1, Col. 3:16, Eph. 1:13, Phil. 2:18, Rom. 10:8, Heb. 5:13, 6:5)


2. Who gave us the Scriptures?

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God"-2 Tim. 3:16.

(Exod. 20:1, 1 Thess. 2:13, Heb. 1:1)


3. Through whom did God give the Scriptures?

"Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit"-2 Pet. 1:21.

(Exod. 24:4, 2 Sam. 23:1-2, Jer. 86:1-4, Joel 1:1, 1 Cor. 14:37, Rev. 1:1-2, 9-10)


4. Prove that the very words of the Bible are from God.

"Which things also we speak, not in the WORDS which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth"-1 Cor. 2:13.

(Exod. 4:10-12, Jer. 1:6-9, 30:1-2, John 8:47, Prov. 80:5)


5. What did our Lord teach about the truth of the Scriptures?

"Thy Word is truth"—John 17:17. "The Scripture cannot be broken"—John 10:35.

(Matt. 5:18, 24:35, Mark 14:49, Psa. 83:4, 119:89, 160, 1 Pet. 1:25.


6. Did Christ believe everything taught in the Scriptures? "Verily I say unto you, Till heaven

and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till ALL be fulfilled"-Matt. 5:18.

(Matt. 12:40, Luke 4:25, 27, 17:27, 28, John 3:14)


7. Should we believe all the Scriptures as Christ believed them?

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus"-Phil. 2:5.

(Luke 24:25, John 18:16)


8. What should we do with the Bible? "Blessed is he that READETH, and they that HEAR the words of this prophecy, and KEEP those things which are written therein"-Rev. 1:3.

(John 2:22, Acts 17:11, 2 Thess. 3:14, James 1:22, 2 Tim. 2:15, Phil. 2:16, 2 Tim, 4:2, Deut. 6:6-7, Psa. 119:97)


9. What great Person will we find in the Scripture's, if we search them? "Search the Scriptures…..they are they which testify of Me"-John 5:39.

(Luke 24:27, 44-45, John 5:46, Acts 10:43, Rom. 1:1-3, Acts 8:26-35)


10. Why were the Scriptures written? "These are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His Name" -John 20:31.

(2 Tim. 3:16-17, 1 Cor. 10:11, 1 John 1:4, 2:1)


11. What will the Bible do for us if we read and believe it? "The Holy Scriptures ….. are able

to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus"-2 Tim. 3:15.

(Psa. 19:7, 119:130, Rom. 10:17, 1 Pet. 1:23, Hob. 4:12, John 15:3, Psa. 119:11, 1 Thess. 4:18, Acts 20:32, 2 Pet. 3:18)


12. To what is the Bible compared?

"As newborn babes, desire the sincere MILK of the Word, that ye may grow thereby"-1 Pet. 2:2.

(Heb. 5:12-14, Psa. 119:103, Eph. 5:26, Psa, 118:105, Luke 8:11, Isa. 55:10.11, Jer. 23:29, Eph. 6:17)


13. What will happen to those who take a wrong attitude toward God's Word?

"Whoso despiseth the Word shall be destroyed"-Prov. 13:13.

(Jer. 12:17, John 12:48, Mark 8:88, 2 Thess. 1:7-8, 2:11-12, Heb. 2:1-3, Rev. 22:18-19)


14. What should be our prayer as we read the Word of God?

"Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law"-Psa. 119:18.

(Psa. 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 133, Eph. 1:17, Col. 1:9)