WALLS PROTECT and DEFEND 1. Moses Recalls What God Did When
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Good Shepherd Baptist Church “August Is Christian Education Month – 2019” Theme: “Discipling Saints on the Edge of Night” Bible Exploration Study Questions & Answers & **Christian Education Resources** CATEGORY: WALLS PROTECT AND DEFEND 1. Moses recalls what God did when Israel faced the armies of Og king of Bashan in Deuteronomy Chapter 3, And we took all [Og king of Bashan’s] cities at that time. All these cities were fenced with high walls” How many walled cities did Moses take in the battle of Bashan? ANS. Deuteronomy 3:4b “3-Score or 60” 2. This army in 2 Kings 25:10, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls round about Jerusalem and left many of the remaining people in the city to be carried away. What was this army called? ANS. 2 Kings 25:10 “Chaldees” 3. Which king did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God and in 2 Chronicles 14:7, “… said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates and bars …?” ANS. 2 Chronicles 14:2 “Asa” 4. What two enemies of God sent Nehemiah a letter when they heard that Nehemiah had finished building the wall? ANS. Nehemiah 6:2 “Sanballat & Geshem” 5. For what two reasons, according to Sanballat the Horonite, did Nehemiah build the walls around Jerusalem? ANS. Nehemiah 6:6 “To rebel against the King and to become King of the Jews” 6. What king did Nehemiah ask permission from to build the wall of Jerusalem, the capital of the Kingdom of Judah? ANS. Nehemiah 2:1-5, 17 “Artaxerxes” 7. How long did it take for Nehemiah and the Jews to build the wall of Jerusalem? ANS. Nehemiah 6:15 “50 and 2 Days or 52 Days” 1880 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 Page 1 of 18 972.262.1111 ~ www.goodshepherdbaptistgp.com Good Shepherd Baptist Church “August Is Christian Education Month – 2019” Theme: “Discipling Saints on the Edge of Night” Bible Exploration Study Questions & Answers & **Christian Education Resources** 8. What famous walled city did the LORD give into the hand of Joshua? ANS. Joshua 6:2 “Jericho” 9. What musical instrument was used by seven priests in the taking of the city of Jericho? ANS. Joshua 6:9 “Trumpets” 10. What happened to the wall after Joshua’s army circled the city of Jericho seven times, the priests blew their trumpets and Joshua instructed all the people to shout? ANS. Joshua 6:20 “The wall fell down flat” 1880 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 Page 2 of 18 972.262.1111 ~ www.goodshepherdbaptistgp.com Good Shepherd Baptist Church “August Is Christian Education Month – 2019” Theme: “Discipling Saints on the Edge of Night” Bible Exploration Study Questions & Answers & **Christian Education Resources** CATEGORY: MIRACLES IN THE BIBLE 1. What was the first miracle of the Bible? ANS. Genesis 1:1 “God created the heaven and the earth” 2. When Moses told God that Pharaoh and the Egyptians would not believe that God sent him, nor would they do what the LORD said. God told him to cast the rod in his hand on the ground and it became what animal? ANS. Exodus 4:3 “Serpent” 3. How did God use a donkey to express His righteous anger against Balaam in the Book of Numbers 22:28? ANS. Numbers 22:23-30 “He opened the mouth of the donkey and she spoke.” 4. Fill-in the blanks in the following passage of scripture from Joshua 10:13; And the ____ stood still, and the ____ stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. ANS. Joshua 10:13 “sun, moon” 5. After Ahab went to meet Elijah, Elijah accused Ahab of troubling Israel for having forsaken the commandments of the LORD and followed the idol god Baalim. He later set up an altar to challenge the 450 prophets of Baal. After Elijah set up the altar, what fell from the heavens? ANS. 1 Kings 18:38 “Fire” 6. After Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit upon him, they continued to walk and talk, when suddenly what happened to Elijah? ANS. 2 Kings 2:11 “Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” 7. When a great number of men with horses and chariots were sent by the king of Syria to surround the city of Dothan where Elisha, the servant of God, was what did Elisha ask God to do to these men? ANS. 2 Kings 6:18 “smite this people with blindness” 1880 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 Page 3 of 18 972.262.1111 ~ www.goodshepherdbaptistgp.com Good Shepherd Baptist Church “August Is Christian Education Month – 2019” Theme: “Discipling Saints on the Edge of Night” Bible Exploration Study Questions & Answers & **Christian Education Resources** 8. Who were the three Hebrew boys who survived being thrown into a fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar? ANS. Daniel 3:23-26 “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego” 9. What was the first miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John? ANS. John 2:1-11 “Turning water to wine” 10. Mary and her sister Martha went to Jesus and told him about their brother, “he whom thou lovest is sick.” Later when they found that their brother was dead, Jesus miraculously raised him from the dead. What was this man’s name who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the grave? ANS. John 11:37-44 “Lazarus” 1880 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 Page 4 of 18 972.262.1111 ~ www.goodshepherdbaptistgp.com Good Shepherd Baptist Church “August Is Christian Education Month – 2019” Theme: “Discipling Saints on the Edge of Night” Bible Exploration Study Questions & Answers & **Christian Education Resources** CATEGORY: HEBREW RULERS (Political and Religious) 1. Fill-in the blanks in the following statement: When Samuel the prophet became an old man, his sons _________ and ___________ were judges in Beersheba who disregarded the law of the LORD and refused to walk in the footsteps of their illustrious father. ANS. 1 Samuel 8:2-3 “Joel, Abiah” 2. What is the name of the ruler who was the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who the bible describes as a choice man, and a goodly man? ANS. 1 Samuel 9:2 “Saul” 3. Who is the priest whose two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, both priests themselves, who died at the hands of the Philistines? ANS. 1 Samuel 1:3; 4:10, 11 “Eli” 4. Samuel seeing that Saul was established as king over the people, delivered his farewell address at what place? ANS. 1 Samuel 11:14, 15 “Gilgal” 5. Who was the king who was a man after God’s own heart; and in his early years defeated the Philistine giant Goliath with sling and a stone? ANS. 1 Samuel 17:48-50; Acts 20-22 “David” 6. This king was forty years old when Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took him over to Mahanaim and made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim and Benjamin and over all Israel. What is his name? ANS. 2 Samuel 2:7-10 “Ishbosheth” 7. David comforted Bathsheba his wife when their first child died, and had a son with her who would be later be king. Who was this king-to-be? ANS. 2 Samuel 12:24 “Solomon” 8. Which son of David, conspired to be king of Israel through overthrowing his father? ANS. 2 Samuel 15:13 “Absalom” 1880 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 Page 5 of 18 972.262.1111 ~ www.goodshepherdbaptistgp.com Good Shepherd Baptist Church “August Is Christian Education Month – 2019” Theme: “Discipling Saints on the Edge of Night” Bible Exploration Study Questions & Answers & **Christian Education Resources** 9. This king made an alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt and married Pharaoh’s daughter; later toward the close of his reign, he forsook the Lord and, sadly, formed alliances with all the surrounding nations and turned his heart from the LORD. Who was this king? ANS. 1 Kings 3:1; 11:1-9 “King Solomon” 10. In Gibeon the LORD appeared to King Solomon in a dream and asked what Solomon wanted from Him. Solomon asked for an understanding heart to judge the people, to discern between good and evil. In 1 Kings 3:12 and 14, name two things that God promised to give Solomon? ANS. 1 Kings 3:5-14 “a wise and understanding heart; long life if you keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk; riches; honour” 1880 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 Page 6 of 18 972.262.1111 ~ www.goodshepherdbaptistgp.com Good Shepherd Baptist Church “August Is Christian Education Month – 2019” Theme: “Discipling Saints on the Edge of Night” Bible Exploration Study Questions & Answers & **Christian Education Resources** CATEGORY: TO THE JEW FIRST 1. Fill in the blank: In Genesis 12:2-3 God promised to make Abram a great nation. He told Abram, “I will _________ them that bless thee, and I will ___________ him that curseth thee.” ANS. Genesis 12:1-3 “bless, curse” 2. According to Galatians 4:22, Abraham had two sons (one with Hagar and his only begotten son with Sarah) what were their names? ANS. Genesis 16:15; 17:17-22 “Ishmael, Isaac” 3. Where in the Bible can the following scripture be found, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek?” ANS.