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Know Your Bible
(Bible Studies)
LESSON 1
Read:
Luke 8:4-21; Matthew 12:22-13:53; Mark 3:20-4:34
1. With what did the Pharisees charge Jesus? (Mt. 12:22-24
2. What redemptive prediction is uttered by our Lord in
Matthew 12:40?
3. Name seven things in Matthew 13 to which the "kingdom of heaven" is likened?
4. To whom did Jesus reveal through the parables the "mysteries
of the kingdom," and from whom were they concealed?
(Mt. 13:10-13, 34,35; Mk. 4:10-12; Lu. 8:9, 10)
5. Do these parables apply to the true church or to organized professing Christendom?
6. What does the first parable teach concerning the Word
of God?
(Mt. 13:3-8)
7. Are we held responsible for the amount of harvest or only for faithful seed-sowing? (1 Cor. 3:5-8; 4:2)
8. In the second parable, where was the good seed sown? (Mt 13:24,38), and what followed? (Mt. 13:25, 26, 38, 39)
9. To whom did the field belong? (Mt. 13:24)
10. When will the tares (children of the wicked one, v. 38) be seperated from the wheat? (Mt. 13:28-30, 40, 41)
11. Does the mustard seed represent an abnormal growth of religious profession or rather a glorious, universal development of the true church? (2 Tim. 3:5; 1 Pet. 2:11-14; cf. John 17:14-16; 1 John 5:13; Rom.13:1-7; Titus 3:1)
12 What evidence is there that the birds (Mt. 13:32) represent
evil, destructive powers? (Mt. 13:4; Mk. 8:15; Lu. 12:1; 1 Cor. 5:6-8;
Gal. 5:9)
13. Does leaven in the New Testament consistently represent good or evil? (Mt. 16:6, 11, 12; Mk. 8-15; Lu. 12:1; 1 Cor. 5:6-8; Gal. 5:9)
14. What does the leaven represent in Matthew 13:33?
15. What is the treasure hidden in the field? (Mt. 13:44 cf. Ex. 19:5; Psa. 135:4 with Mt. 13.38)
16. What is the pearl of great price for which the purchaser gave all that he had? (Mt. 13:45, 46; cf Eph. 5:25)
17. What two things were bought after the treasure was found? (Mt. 13:44-46; cf. 1 Cor. 6:19,20; 1 Pet. 1:18,19)
18. Does the dragnet (Mt. 13:47-50) represent a converted world at the end of this age? (cf. 2 Tim. 3:1-5)
19. Who are the two sowers mentioned in Matthew 13:37-39?
20. How long will the results of this sowing continue? (Mt. 13:39-42)