Some questions to aid your Bible study
These questions are intended as a study aid, to spur thought on the concepts discussed in the lesson and help you apply them on a personal level. We suggest you take the time to write out your answers to these questions and compare them to the scriptures given. Please feel free to write us with any comments or suggestions, including questions about this lesson or the rest of the course.
• What is the basic, fundamental difference between human beings and other creatures? (Genesis 1:26-27 [26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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• Does man have an immortal soul? What happens to the soul that sins? (Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
See All..., 20; Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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• Some people do not believe that Jesus came in the flesh. Did Jesus Christ become truly human? (1 John 4:3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
See All...; 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
See All...; Isaiah 52:2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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• Have all human beings been created in the image of God? (James 3:9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
See All...). Was the man Jesus also made in the image of God? (2 Corinthians 4:3-4 [3] But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
[4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
See All...; Colossians 1:13-15 [13] Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
[14] In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
[15] Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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• What are we ultimately destined to become? (Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
See All...) And whose glory will we have? (Colossians 3:4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
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• Many believe that heaven is the reward of the saved. Where will the resurrected saints of God rule? (Revelation 5:9-10 [9] And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
[10] And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
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• What family relationship is typified by the relationship between God and Jesus Christ? (Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
See All...; Matthew 11:27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
See All...; Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
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• Where did Jesus get the understanding and doctrine that He expressed to the people of His day? (John 7:16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
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• Is God the Father our Father also, or only the Father of Jesus Christ? (John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
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• As Christ was glorified, will each of us be glorified, too, as we are made perfect through our sufferings? (Hebrews 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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