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Know Your Bible
(Bible Studies)
LESSON 1 Answers
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)
Ans: They charged with casting out demons in the name of the Devil.
2. What redemptive prediction is uttered by our Lord in
Matthew 12:40?
Ans: That Christ will rise from the dead after three days and three nights.
3. Name seven things in Matthew 13 to which the "kingdom of heaven" is likened?
Ans: 1. A man who sowed good seed in his field. 2. A grain
of mustard seed. 3. Leaven 4. Treasure hid in a field. 5. Merchant man
6. A net
7. A householder (Master of the House)
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)
Ans: The revealed them to the disciples and concealed from the multitudes.
5. Do these parables apply to the true church or to organized professing Christendom?
Ans: Organized Professing Christendom.
6. What does the first parable teach concerning the Word
of God?
(Mt. 13:3-8)
Ans: Matthew 13:19-23
7. Are we held responsible for the amount of harvest or only for faithful seed-sowing? (1 Cor. 3:5-8; 4:2)
Ans: We are responsible for faithful seed-sowing.
8. In the second parable, where was the good seed sown? (Mt 13:24,38), and what followed? (Mt. 13:25, 26, 38, 39)
Ans: It was sown in the field which is the world. The enemy sowed tares with the wheat and both grew. The good seed is the children of the Kingdom and tares are the children of the wicked one.
9. To whom did the field belong? (Mt. 13:24)
Ans: It belonged to the man who sowed good seed. He that soweth good seed is the Son of Man (verse 37)
10. When will the tares (children of the wicked one, v. 38) be seperated from the wheat? (Mt. 13:28-30, 40, 41)
Ans: At the end of this world. (Verse 39, 40)
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)
Ans: It represents abnormal growth of religious profession.
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)
Ans: They devour seed that is sown by the Word of God.
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)
Ans: It represents evil.
14. What does the leaven represent in Matthew 13:33?
Ans: False Docrtrine
15. What is the treasure hidden in the field? (Mt. 13:44 cf. Ex. 19:5; Psa. 135:4 with Mt. 13.38)
Ans: The Nation of Israel.
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)
Ans: The True Church.
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)
Ans: The field and the pearl.
18. Does the dragnet (Mt. 13:47-50) represent a converted world at the end of this age? (cf. 2 Tim. 3:1-5)
Ans: No, it represents the whole world.
19. Who are the two sowers mentioned in Matthew 13:37-39?
Ans: The sower of good seed is the Son of Man and the sower of tares is the devil.
20. How long will the results of this sowing continue? (Mt. 13:39-42)
Ans: Until the end of the world.