STUDY QUESTIONS FOR bible authority (lesson 3)

1. What does 2 Timothy 3:16-17 say about “all Scripture”?

2. What did the apostle Paul mean when he instructed Timothy to “rightly divide the word of truth”?

3. According to 1 Kings 8:9 and Haggai 2:5, with whom did God make the covenant that began at Mount Sinai during the time of Moses?

4. Did Gentiles (non-Jews) live under the covenant that God established at Mount Sinai?

5. According to Psalm 147:19-20, to whom was God’s “First Covenant” given?

6. According to Colossians 2:14 and Ephesians 2:14-15, is the First Covenant still in effect today?

7. According to Acts 13:39 and Galatians 3:11, what could the First Covenant not do?

8. According to Hebrews 10:4, why did the First Covenant need to be replaced by the Sec­ond Covenant?

9. What, according to Galatians 3:19-25, was one of the purposes of the First Covenant?

 10. What does Hebrews 10:9-10 have to say about the First Covenant?

 11. What does Hebrews 8:7 say?

 12. According to 2 Corinthians 3:10-11, which covenant is “more glorious”—the First or the Second?

 13. According to Jeremiah 31:31-34, what had always been a part of God’s plan?

 14. According to the apostle Paul’s comments in Romans 1:16, for whom is the Second Covenant intended?

 15. According to Jude 3, what does the Second Covenant contain?

 16. According to Luke 16:16, the Second Covenant proclaimed the arrival of something. What was it?

 17. What did Jesus say in Mark 9:1 about “the kingdom”?

 18. According to Matthew 16:18-19, what is another name for “the kingdom”?

 19. According to Galatians 5:4, what happens to people today who attempt to remain un­der the First Covenant?

 20. According to Romans 15:4, what is one good reason for us to study the First Covenant?

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