Bible 101

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Bible 101
Dean Biebert, Pastor Shepherd of the Hills Church
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Lesson Eleven
How Far Is Too Far?
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Last Times Homework
1. Faith in Jesus
a. ___ makes us confident that we can triumph
over every predicament by ourselves.
b. ___ makes us confident God cares and listens
to us and will help us get through life.
c. ___ gives us access to God as long as we live
good enough lives to deserve it.
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1. Faith in Jesus
a. ___ makes us confident that we can triumph
over every predicament by ourselves.
b. ___ makes us confident that God cares and
listens to us and will help us get through life.
c. ___ gives us access to God as long as we live
good enough lives to deserve it.
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2. If we want God to hear our prayers, we should
pray
a. ___ depending on His love and forgiveness,
knowing Jesus earned us prayer-access to Him.
b. ___ out loud, since God doesnt hear our
thoughts, just what we say to Him vocally.
c. ___ for whatever we want, regardless of what
the Bible says.
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2. If we want God to hear our prayers, we should
pray
a. ___ depending on His love and forgiveness,
knowing Jesus earned us prayer-access to Him.
b. ___ out loud, since God doesnt hear our
thoughts, just what we say to Him vocally.
c. ___ for whatever we want, regardless of what
the Bible says.
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3. We should pray to
a. ___ the only real God, the triune God, either
the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
b. ___ either God or the saints.
c. ___ God the Father, and only Him.
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3. We should pray to
a. ___ the only real God, the triune God, either
the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
b. ___ either God or the saints.
c. ___ God the Father, and only Him.
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4. When God answers our prayers
a. ___ we can always be sure the answer will be
Yes.
b. ___ He will answer them according to our
timetable.
c. ___ He always has our best interests in mind
and answers in His own time and way.
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4. When God answers our prayers
a. ___ we can always be sure the answer will be
Yes.
b. ___ He will answer them according to our
timetable.
c. ___ He always has our best interests in mind
and answers in His own time and way.
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5. Our physical posture when we pray
a. ___ doesnt matter, either to us or to God.
b. ___ must always be with folded hands, bowed
head, and almost always kneeling.
c. ___ should be whatever helps us the most
concentrate on our balanced prayer agenda.
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5. Our physical posture when we pray
a. ___ doesnt matter, either to us or to God.
b. ___ must always be with folded hands, bowed
head, and almost always kneeling.
c. ___ should be whatever helps us the most
concentrate on our balanced prayer agenda.
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6. The best prayers are
a. ___ long, with lots of technical Bible words,
repeated over and over again for emphasis.
b. ___ short, so we can get on with our life
quickly.
c. ___ in our own words, keeping in mind the four
parts of good, balanced prayers.
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6. The best prayers are
a. ___ long and repeated over and over again for
emphasis.
b. ___ short, so we can get on with our life
quickly.
c. ___ in our own words, keeping in mind the four
parts of good, balanced prayers.
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7. When we pray, we should pray for
a. ___ ourselves most of all and once in a while
Christians we know and care about.
b. ___ everybody except our enemies, once we
finish praying for things we need personally.
c. ___ forgiveness for specific sins, thanking
God for particular blessings, keeping in mind
people who need His help, followed by whats on
our minds, even if its minor.
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7. When we pray, we should pray for
a. ___ ourselves most of all and once in a while
Christians we know and care about.
b. ___ everybody except our enemies, once we
finish praying for things we need personally.
c. ___ forgiveness for specific sins, thanking
God for particular blessings, keeping in mind
people who need His help, followed by whats on
our minds, even if its minor.
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8. Christians want to link their prayers to
a. ___ Bible study, so we better understand Gods
plans and learn to accept His decisions.
b. ___ being good and doing good so we earn the
right to speak with God.
c. ___ fasting and physical pain that helps bring
us closer to God.
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8. Christians want to link their prayers to
a. ___ Bible study, so we better understand Gods
plans and learn to accept His decisions.
b. ___ being good and doing good so we earn the
right to speak with God.
c. ___ fasting and physical pain that helps bring
us closer to God.
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9. Praying in Jesus name means
a. ___ mentioning Jesus name at the end of
every prayer.
b. ___ asking God to remember Jesus importance,
not our own importance.
c. ___ reminding God we have earned the right to
pray to Him the same way that Jesus did.
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9. Praying in Jesus name means
a. ___ mentioning Jesus name at the end of every
prayer.
b. ___ asking God to remember Jesus importance,
not our own importance.
c. ___ reminding God we have earned the right to
pray to Him the same way that Jesus did.
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Principles behind Gods rules for living
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• You may believe you are doing right, but the LORD
  will judge your reasons. Proverbs 162
• Motives matter to God.
• If you dont do what you know is right, you have
  sinned. James 417
• Not doing the right thing is as serious as doing
  the wrong thing.
• Gods rules for living show us our sin.
• Romans 320
• Jesus means more to us when God exposes our sin
  and keeps us from being in denial.

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The First Commandment Do not
worship any god except Me.
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• God closely protects His ______ and His right to
  receive the _______ due Him.
• We give God the _______ when we ______ Him above
  everything else.
• We give God the _______ when we _____ Him above
  everything else.
• We give God the _______ when we ______ on Him
  above everything else.

reputation
credit
credit
respect
credit
love
credit
depend
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Define the terms
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• Idol
• a counterfeit worship target
• Obvious counterfeit worship target
• giving someone or something credit God deserves,
  including non-1111 gods
• Covert counterfeit worship target
• someone or something to whom I give a higher
  priority than God

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The Second Commandment Do
not misuse My Name.
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• God gets a bad reputation (name) when we
• _______ asking God to damn
• _______ calling on God to witness our honesty
• ________ pretending to be better than we are,
  or giving wrong/false information about God
• ____________ relying on information God
  lovingly withholds from us
• We give God the right kind of reputation when
  we_____, ______ and ___________ to Him.

curse
swear
deceive
superstition
pray to
express gratitude
credit
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The Third Commandment Remember to
treat the Sabbath day special.
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• God explains that the Old Testament Sabbath law
  was a worship rule only for Jews until Jesus
  came. God designed a day for physical ____ and
  spiritual ________________. The day God selected
  was __________.
• Sabbath literally means ____.

rest
renewal/worship
Saturday
rest
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The Third Commandment for us today
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• One day is no more special to God than another.
  Jesus is the flesh-and-blood rest for peoples
  greatest burdens. He brings ______________________
  .
• God wants us to set aside time for Him.
• God wants us to ______ the Bible on our own.
  Itll help us be more aware and appreciative of
  what Gods done.
• God wants us to get together with other people to
  study the Bible. This is a way we _______ each
  other.

forgiveness for our sins
study
support
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The Fourth Commandment- Gods Representatives
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• God wants us to respect and be loving to His
  __________, specifically in the _____,
  ___________, and in _____.
• God uses this commandment to protect the
  _________ of His representatives. He uses them to
  help us.
• The only time we may disobey Gods authority
  figures is when they tell us to do something
  _________ is _______.

representatives
home
our church family
society
authority
God says
wrong
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The Fifth Commandment Gods Gift of Life
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• God gives each person time to ____ Him. We call
  this our time of ______.
• Only the _______has the right to ____ human life.
  This include abortion, suicide, and euthanasia.
• In some circumstances God gives the right to end
  life to the ____________.
• Other examples of killing that are not murder
  _________________________________
• Gods directives include demanding we _____ ___
  everyone, even enemies. That means ______ them
  out when theyre in trouble.

find
grace
Creator
end
government
war, self-defense, death penalty
care about
helping
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The Sixth Commandment- Gods Gift of Sex in
Marriage
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• Marriage is the ______ merger of one ____ and one
  _____. ____ designed this arrangement in the
  Garden of Eden.
• God blesses us in marriage with _______
  ______________.
• God blesses us in marriage with the valuable
  asset of ________.
• God blesses us in marriage with the gift of _____
  ____ ______.

lifelong
God
man
woman
love and
companionship
children
mutual sexual pleasure
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The Sixth Commandment- Keep Your Marriage Promise
Lesson Eleven How Far Is Too Far?

• God forbids divorce, except in the case of
  _________ or malicious __________.
• God uses this commandment to protect His sacred
  gift of ____ in _________ . He forbids
  ___________________________,
• _____________, __________, or any thing else
  that degrades marriage.
• adultery
• fornication (living together)

adultery
desertion
marriage
sex
fantasizing about someone Im not married to
homosexuality
sexual vulgarity
sex with someone Im not married to
sex before marriage
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The Seventh Commandment Never steal.- Gods
Gift of Possessions
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• All the stuff we have belongs to God. He allows
  us to______ His resources for awhile.
• God forbids ______, ________ , or ______________.
  He demands _______________,
  ________________ , and investment in people are
  ____.

manage
stealing
scamming
slacking on the job
a Christian work ethic
contentment with our pay
poor
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The Eighth CommandmentDo Not Tell Lies About
Others.- Gods Gift of a Good Reputation
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• God uses this commandment to protect peoples
  reputations. He forbidding ____ and ______. He
  demands we speak up for the ____ to help out the
  ________.
• God wants us to use church family interventions
  to ______ people who stray from God.

lying
gossip
truth
defenseless
salvage
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Stages for church family interventions
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• Reach out to the person one-on-one.
• Involve 1 or 2 others the person trusts.
• Involve the whole church family in the
  intervention.
• Inform the person that stubbornness means forever
  without God (excommunication).
• God tells us to take each stage PATIENTLY,
  SLOWLY, and REPEATEDLY.

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The Ninth and Tenth Commandments Contentment
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• God forbids us to crave what other people have.
  He is dealing with _______________. God has
  chosen not to give us that lifestyle or person.
• These destructive urges start in our _____. They
  poison our plans for life. Our malice will leak
  out in our __________ and _______.

cutthroat ambition and lust
heads
conversations
behavior
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A Bipolar Mess
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• A Christian has two totally opposite
  personalities. We have selfish urges and
  instincts. One name the Bible gives this part
  that we were born with is our ______.
• When the Holy Spirit made us part of Gods family
  of believers, He gave us Jesus personality. The
  Bible calls this our ______.

old self
new self
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Our Clean Record from God inspires Christian
Living
Romans 323,24Romans 44,5
1. Our clean record comes courtesy of our Judge.
He finds sinners _________ even though we cannot
present a defense. Jesus answered for our crimes.
not guilty
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Our Clean Record from God inspires Christian
Living
Romans 611-14
2. God sees no sins on our record to prosecute
and punish. This great news is Gods way of
inspiring Christian living with no selfish
motives. The Holy Spirit makes us want to respond
in some way.
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Our Clean Record from God inspires Christian
Living
Romans 51Romans 718-25
3. We cannot improve on or add to the perfect
record Jesus earned us.Our Christian lifestyle
is always something we can improve on in this
life.
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Why do Christians want to improve their Christian
lifestyle?
1 Corinthians 1031
1. __________ gets the honor and credit for our
lives.
God
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Why do Christians want to improve their Christian
lifestyle?
Psalm 11-3
2. __________ get side benefits blessings from
God in our lives.
We
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Why do Christians want to improve their Christian
lifestyle?
Galatians 62
3. _____________ get help they really need.
Other Christians
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Why do Christians want to improve their Christian
lifestyle?
Matthew 516
4. _____________ get an attraction to Jesus by
watching our lifestyles.
Outsiders
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Our Clean Record from God inspires Christian
Living
We hear about our clean record The Holy Spirit
help us depend on this news. Christian living
starts
Old Self
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Our Clean Record from God inspires Christian
Living
Our Clean Record New Appreciation for Gods
goodness Christian priorities take over
OldSelf
NewSelf
My old self is full of selfish urges and
instincts. I cant fix myself. I get frustrated.
My new self is full of Jesus personality. I
think of how to please God and serve people.
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Our Clean Record from God inspires Christian
Living
Our Clean Record New Appreciation for Gods
goodness Christian priorities take over
NewSelf
OldSelf
My old self is full of selfish urges and
instincts. I cant fix myself. I get frustrated.
My new self is full of Jesus personality. I
think of how to please God and serve people.
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Our Clean Record from God inspires Christian
Living
IMPORTANT NOTE to avoid misunderstanding,
remember that an immature Christian is still a
Christian. By depending on Jesus we get to keep
our clean record. Also note that Christian living
begins as soon as the Holy Spirit helps me depend
on the clean record Jesus earned me. The path
from immature to mature Christians is seldom
smooth or without frequent setbacks. So often in
this life its one step forward, and two steps
back. These diagrams show that God wants us to
grow as Christians. With the Holy Spirits help,
thats what we want too. Our clean record will
show as we work to clean up our lives. The Holy
Spirit keeps us interested in new ways to live
for Jesus.
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How God Helps Christians Live More like
Jesus
1 Peter 221 Corinthians 1125
1. He urges regular use of His ______ and
___________ for spiritual food.
sacraments
Word
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How God Helps Christians Live More like
Jesus
Hebrews 1024,25
get together
2. He urges us to __________ regularly with other
Christians in our church family for shared
support.
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How God Helps Christians Live More like
Jesus
1 Thessalonians 517
3. He urges us to ______ often for Gods help to
do better at living for Jesus.
pray
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How God Helps Christians Live More like
Jesus
1 John 18,9
spiritual breathing
4. He urges _______________ every day. Out with
the _____________________. In with the breath of
fresh air that _______________ brings.
selfish urges and instincts
Jesus forgiveness
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1. People who depend on Jesus are not losers.
They never have to take responsibility for their
sins because
a. ___ God loves people too much to damn anyone,
no matter what.
b. ___ the victory of Christ over sin has been
credited to them as a free gift.
c. ___ they do enough good deeds to make up for
their sins.
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2. The work of Jesus as our Substitute and
Sin-carrier
a. ___ gives us the chance to win eternal life by
following His example.
b. ___ is signed, sealed and delivered to us. We
get it as we personally depend on Him.
c. ___ will be finished only when He returns to
earth on the Last Day.
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3. Even though we are part of Gods family of
believers, we still sin because
a. ___ our first urge and instinct (our old
self) is to defy God.
b. ___ we know God forgives us. That must mean He
no longer hates sin as He did before.
c. ___ Gods high standards no longer apply to
us. Theres no reason to try to do the right
thing.
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4. Depending on Jesus as my personal Liberator
from sin is
a. ___ something we have to do at some time in
our lives, and then we can forget about it.
b. ___ important if we want Gods forgiveness,
but not as important as obeying God.
c. ___ something thats always on our agenda. We
dont want to lose our grip on what Jesus did for
us.
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5. When we talk about Christian living, we mean
a. ___ God has made us holy, and us never sin any
more.
b. ___ we do better than most people, so we
qualify for heaven.
c. ___ God has given us a special reason for
living, to pay tribute to Him for rescuing us.
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6. When we call Jesus our Lord, we mean that He
a. ___ controls and rules our hearts and lives
through His Word, the Bible.
b. ___ is more powerful than we are so we have
reason to be afraid of Him.
c. ___ gives us clear commands that we must obey
to have eternal life.
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7. Our strength to say no to sin comes from
a. ___ our commitment to do the best we can to do
what God says.
b. ___ Jesus. The Spirit uses His supernatural
strength from the Bible to help us battle our
inner demons.
c. ___ strong will-power and positive thinking
that help us rise above every temptation.
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8. Christian living is important because it
a. ___ gives us the right to heaven as good
people.
b. ___ pays tribute to God, includes side
benefits for us, and brings blessings to other
people.
c. ___ shows that people should respect and honor
us for being good and doing good.
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The written material for the next lesson is
pretty lengthy. Please be sure and read through
it before we get together next time.