1. According to 2 Peter 1:20-21, what is the ultimate source of the material contained within the Bible?
2. What claim is made in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 regarding the material contained within the Bible?
3. What designation is often given to the first five books of the Old Testament?
4. What designation is usually given to the rest of the Old Testament?
5. According to the definition given in this lesson, what does the word “prophet” mean as it is used in the Bible?
6. According to Deuteronomy 18:19-22, how does God view people who allege to be “prophets,” but who do not have His authority to speak on His behalf?
7. According to Ezekiel 33:33, what was one way to tell if a prophet was actually speaking on God’s behalf?
8. In Exodus 4:2-9 God gave Moses the power to perform miracles when he spoke to the Egyptian pharaoh. What was the purpose of those miracles on that occasion?
9. According to Joshua 2:10-11, had even pagan nations heard about the miracles that God had performed for His people?
10. What effect did knowledge of the miracles that God had performed for the Jews have on pagan nations?
11. In both the Old and New Testaments, when someone performed a genuine miracle, what was the main purpose of that miracle?
12. What unusual thing happened in 1 Kings 18:20-38 which showed that Elijah was a legitimate prophet of God, and that the other prophets with whom he was contending on that occasion had not been authorized to speak on God’s behalf?
13. How would you respond if someone asked you, “How do you know that the biblical text has been preserved faithfully?”
14. Name some of the things that scribes from the past did to ensure that when they made copies of biblical manuscripts, those copies were as accurate as humanly possible.
15. Explain what was so significant (in regard to biblical accuracy and preservation of the biblical text) about the finding in 1947 of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
16. One of the things that the Bible provides for us is the information a person needs to become a Christian. How does one become a Christian?
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