THE PURPLE BOOK

CHAPTER ONE Answer Key

LESSON 1
1. What was creation like in the beginning? Genesis 1
v.10 Land & Seas - it was good
v.12 Plants & Trees - it was good
v.18 Night from Day - it was good
v.21 Sea Creatures & Living Things - it was good
v.25 Livestock & Animals- it was good
2. How many commands did God give Adam & Eve? Genesis 2:17
One - not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
3. What was God’s command to the rst human beings? Genesis 2:16-17
Free to eat from any tree but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil or
they would surely die
4. How did Adam and Eve respond to God’s command? Genesis 3:6-7
They both were disobedient and ate from the tree
5. In light of this, do you think that you would have responded di erently?
6. Who tempted Eve? Genesis 3:1
Satan - in the form of a serpent
7. How did Adam and Eve react after their eyes were opened and they realized that
they were naked? Genesis 3
v.7 they made clothes for themselves
v.8 they hid from God
v.10 lied and said he was afraid because they were naked
8. Why do you think they reacted this way?
knew they had done wrong - became spiritually dead
9. How did God respond to Adam & Eve’s sin? Genesis 3:8-9
He looked for them
APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

LESSON 2
1. What state does the Bible describe us as being in? Ephesians 2:1
spiritually dead
2. Why ultimately is our sin so serious to God? Leviticus 11:44
Because He is holy and sin makes us dirty
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 3. What does iniquity do to our relationship with God? Isaiah 59:1-2
separate us from Him
4. Describe sinful humanity’s desperate condition. Romans 3:9-20,23
we all have sinned - none of us are righteous
5. Describe the impact sin has on our heart. Jeremiah 17:9
it’s terminal - sin can cause it to turn to stone
6. What are the wages of sin? Romans 6:23
Death
7. What does the Bible say happens after we die? Hebrews 9:27
We’ll face judgement
8. How does the Bible describe eternal judgement?
Matt. 25:41 those without Christ will face eternal re
Rev. 20:11-15 will be judged according to what we have done here on earth
Rev. 21:8 consigned to the ery lake of burning sulfur - the second death

9. What does Paul, the writer of Romans, call himself? Romans 7:24
A wretched man - our spirit & esh are always at war against each other

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

LESSON 3
1. What is necessary for the forgiveness of sins? Hebrews 9:22
Shedding of blood - death
2. How did God cover Adam & Eve’s rst sin? Genesis 3:21
He clothed them - rst sacri ce

3. How were unclean things made clean? Hebrews 9:22

cleansing with blood
4. Can the blood of animals ultimately take away our sins? Hebrews 10:4
No - only Christ’s blood
5. Why would the promised Savior be pierced? Isaiah 53:5
our transgressions & iniquities - our breaking of the law - sin
6. How does the prophet Isaiah say we will be healed? Isaiah 53:5
by His wounds
7. How did John the Baptist, the last great prophet before Jesus, introduce Jesus publicly?
John 1:29
As the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world
8. What did the prophet Isaiah predict God would do? Isaiah 53:6
lay all our iniquities on Jesus
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 9. What does Jesus’ blood- his sacri cial death- do for us?
Romans 5:9 justi es us - excuses
Ephesians 1:7 we have redemption - delivered
Ephesians 2:13 close to God - citizens
1 John 1:7 puri es us from sin
Revelation 1:5 freed from our sins
10. What did Jesus do for us on the cross?
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 died for our sins
2 Corinthians 5:21 took on our sin
Galatians 3:13-14 he has redeemed us
1 Peter 2:24 bore our sins/our condemnation
11. According to the Bible, what makes Jesus unique that he can do this for us?
John 1:18 God’s one and only divine son
Colossians 1:15-20 place of honor over all creation
Hebrews 4:15 was without sin - and dealt with the fundamentals of life
12. What is the signi cance of Jesus’ resurrection? What if there was no resurrection?
1 Corinthians 15:14-19
v. 14 no faith - word is useless
v. 15 we are made to be liars - false witnesses
v. 16 Jesus would not have been raised from the dead
v. 17 still in our sins
v. 18 we’d be lost
v. 19 have no hope
APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

LESSON 4
1. What did God promise he would give his people? Ezekiel 36:26
a new heart, one that was spiritually alive & open to Him
2. What does God do when He rescues us from our state of spiritual death? Ephesians 2:4-6
makes us alive in Christ, He saves us by grace
3. What happens when we receive Jesus as Lord and Savior? John 1:12-13
Children of God - bow to God
4. What did Jesus say must happen before we can enter the kingdom of God? John 3:3-7
must be born again - born of water and then the Spirit
5. What do the following passages tell you adroit being born again or born of God?
John 1:12-13 when we receive him - born of God
1 Peter 1:23 thru the imperishable word of God
1 John 3:9 when we’re born of God we can’t continue to sin
1 John 4:7 we love when we are born of God
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 6. What does Paul say about those who are “In Christ”? 2 Corinthians 5:17
old has gone and the new has come - life takes a new direction - radical change - no
longer focus on self but on Jesus
7. What is the destiny of those “born of God”? 1 John 5:4
overcome the world - win the battle over things that cause us to sin - escape
the desires of sinful habits
APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

LESSON 5
1. Is it possible to be saves by the good things we do - our “works”? How are we saved?
Ephesians 2:8-9
No - saved by grace, our faith in God

2. Does God save us because of the good things we do? If not, why does he save us?
Titus 3:4-5
because of His mercy - the washing of rebirth - cleansing from the Holy Spirit
3. What does God’s grace teach the believer? Titus 2:11-12
To say no ungodly or worldly things- have self-control - love godly lives
4. Shall we continue to sin because of God’s forgiveness and grace? Romans 6:15
No - grace cancels out our sin - brings us into a relationship with Christ
5. What are we created for as new Christians? Ephesians 2:10
to do good works
6. What did Jesus say to those who believed in Him? Matthew 16:24
deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him, voluntarily lay down our earthly lives
APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION
THE PURPLE BOOK Outline
CHAPTER TWO

LESSON 1
1. What did Peter (one of Jesus’ disciples) proclaim about Jesus? Acts 2:36

2. What did Paul write about Jesus? Philippians 2:6-11

v.6 _______________________________________________________
v.7 _______________________________________________________
v.8 _______________________________________________________
v.9 _______________________________________________________
v.10 ______________________________________________________
v.11 ______________________________________________________

3. What does Paul say we should do after we receive Jesus? Colossians 2:6

4. What did Jesus say was the result of not obeying him? Luke 6:46-49

5. According to Jesus, who will enter the kingdom of heaven? Matthew 7:21-23

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 2
1. What does Jesus say about entering the kingdom of God? Matthew 7:13-14

2. How can we tell who is a real follower of Jesus and who is not?
v.16 ____________________________________________________________

3. According to Jesus, what is the destiny of those who bear bad fruit?
v.19 ____________________________________________________________

4. Centuries before Jesus was born, God gave his people the Law- summed up in the Ten
Commandments. What are God’s Ten Commandments? Exodus 20:1-17
v.3 ___________________________________________________
v. 4 -6 ________________________________________________
v. 7 __________________________________________________
v.8-10 _______________________________________________
v.12 _________________________________________________
v.13 _________________________________________________
v. 14 ________________________________________________
v. 15 ________________________________________________
 v. 16 ________________________________________________
v.17 _________________________________________________

5. What did Jesus day about those who disregard these laws? Matthew 5:17-19

6. How did Jesus say we could sum up all of God’s laws? Matthew 7:12

7. What is the di erence between those who love Jesus and those who do not? John 14:15,23-24

8. What does Paul say must not be in our lives as believers? Ephesians 5:3-5

9. What did Paul warn would happen to those who practice such things? Galatians 5:19-21

10. What is the reason people live in sin and still think that are Christians? 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 3
1. According to the Bible, what kind of people should we avoid altogether? 1 Corinthians 5:11

2. In one of his letter, Paul mentions a particularly disturbing case of immorality. What did Paul say
the church should have done? I Corinthians 5:1-2

3. What did Paul say about “fellowship” with unbelievers? 2 Corinthians 6:14-16

4. What does God command? 2 Corinthians 6:17

5. What does he promise in return? 2 Corinthians 6:18

6. How does John say we know we “have passed from death to life’? 1 John 3:14

7. How many times did Jesus say we should forgive our brothers and sisters? Matt. 18:21-22

8. As we live in love and unity with one another, what did Jesus promise would be the world’s
response? John 17:23

9. What is the key to having this kind of unity? Philippians 2:3-4

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What do you think it means to be in the world but not of the world? John 17:15-18
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LESSON 4
1. What is the message that John proclaimed? 1 John 1:5

2. What does John day about those who claim to have fellowship with God and yet continue to
walk in darkness? 1 John 1:6

3. What does the Bible say about people who claim to be Christians but of not follow God’s
commands? 1 John 2:3-4

4. What does God command?

1 John 3:11_________________________________________________________________________
Matthew 22:34-40 _________________________________________________________________

5. What does John say about those who claim to love God but hate their fellow believers?
1 John 2:9-11

6. How can we know the di erence between “children of God” and “children of the devil”?
1 John 3:7-10

7. If we say we love God yet hate a brother or sister, we are ________________. 1 John 4:20

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
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CHAPTER THREE

LESSON 1
1. What did the prodigal son say to his father? Luke 15:21

2. What was the response of the Father? Luke 15:22-24

3. What did Jesus say causes heaven to celebrate? Luke 15:7

4. Who did Peter declare Jesus Christ to be? Acts 2:36

5. What did the people say in response to Peter’s preaching? Acts 2:37

6. What did Peter say they should do? Acts 2:38

7. What did Peter say they would receive if they would repent and be baptized? Acts 2:38

8. Who did this promise apply to? Acts 2:39

9. What else did Peter say? Acts 2:40

10. What happened to those who accepted the message? Acts 2:41

11. Once they were added to the local body of believers, what did they do? Acts 2:42-46

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 2
1. What message did Jesus preach? Mark 1:15

2. What are the rst two foundational truths for he Christian faith? Hebrews 6:1-2

3. What message should be preached in all nations? Luke 24:47

4. What happens when we repent and turn to God? Acts 3:19

5. What did Jesus say would happen if we don’t repent? Luke 13:2-5

6. Who does God command to repent? Acts 17:30

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 7. What did the apostle Paul say he was sent to do? Acts 26:18

8. What message did Paul say he preached? Acts 26:19-20

9. How did Paul tell his listeners they could demonstrate their repentance? Acts 26:20

10. What should we do about our sins? Proverbs 28:13

11. True repentance involves confession of sin, turning away from sin, and turning to God.
What else is involved? Exodus 22:3

12. Zacchaeus was a corrupt tax collector. Yet the opportunity of a relationship with Jesus inspired
him to repent and make restitution for his sins. How did he propose to make restitution?
Luke 19:8

13. How did Jesus respond to Zacchaeus? Luke 19:9

14. What leads us towards repentance? Romans 2:4

15. Part of repentance is being sorry for our sins. What are the two types of sorrow, and what do
they produce? 2 Corinthians 7:10

16. Besides repentance, what else does Godly sorrow produce? 2 Corinthians 7:11

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 3
1. What did Paul say we must turn to when we turn from darkness? Acts 26:18

2. What was the result of the miraculous healing of a paralyzed man? Acts 9:35

3. What was the evidence the “Lord’s hand” was with those who proclaimed Christ? Acts 11:21

4. Is simply saying you believe in God enough? James 2:19

5. What does the Bible say about faith without any corresponding works? James 2:26

6. What is the promise for those who truly believe? John 6:47

7. What does the Bible say overcomes the world? 1 John 5:4-5

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
LESSON 4
1. What happened to those who accepted Peter’s Message? Acts 2:41

2. What did the men and women who believed Philip’s message do? Acts 8:12

3. After hearing the good news about Jesus, what did the Ethiopian eunuch want to do?
Acts 8:35-36

4. Jesus told his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. What did he say to do with those
disciples? Matthew 28:19-20
v. 19 _______________________________________________________________
v. 20 _______________________________________________________________

5. Paul compares Christian baptism to a burial. In order to be buried, a person must rst die. What
must we die to before we can be baptized? Romans 6:1-4

6. The Israelites’ passing through the Red Sea is a picture of baptism for us. Why were the
Israelites eeing from the Egyptians? Exodus 2:23;3:7,9

7. What happened to the Egyptians? Exodus 14:22-28

8. Paul says baptism is like a circumcision not done by human hands, but a circumcision done by
Christ. What is put o during this spiritual circumcision? Colossians 2:11-12

9. What did Peter say the ood water symbolized? 1 Peter 3:21

10. What is baptism a pledge of ? 1 Peter 3:21

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
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CHAPTER FOUR

LESSON 1
1. Who Is the Holy Spirit?
John 14:16 _______________________________
John 14:17 _______________________________

2. What are some ways the Holy Spirit helps the believer?
Matthew 10:19-20 _________________________________________
John 14:26 _________________________________________________
John 16:13-14 ______________________________________________
Acts 1:8 ____________________________________________________
Romans 8:14 _______________________________________________
Romans 8:15 ______________________________________________
Romans 8:16 ______________________________________________
Romans 8:26-27 ___________________________________________
2 Timothy 1:14 ____________________________________________

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 2
1. How can we bring glory to the Father?
v. 8 ___________________________________________________

2. What happens to the branches that do not bear fruit?

v. 2 ___________________________________________________

3. What happens to the branches that bear fruit?

v. 2 ___________________________________________________

4. Why does the Father prune fruitful branches?

v.2 ____________________________________________________

5. Can we bear fruit by ourselves?

v. 4 ___________________________________________________

6. What must we do to bear spiritual fruit?

v. 4-5 _________________________________________________
 7. What does it mean to “remain in the vine”?
vv. 4-7 ________________________________________________

8. List the fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23

9. Which is the greatest? 1 Corinthians 13:13

10. Where does the Holy Spirit dwell? 1 Corinthians 3:16

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• Do you see evidence of the fruit of the Spirit in your life? Which ones do you have? Which ones
do you still need to develop?

LESSON 3
1. List the “spiritual gifts” Paul mentions in Romans. Romans 12:6-8

2. List the Leadership gifts God has placed in the church. Ephesians 4:11-12

3. List the “manifestations of the Spirit” that are given for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

4. What attitude should we have regarding Spiritual Gifts? 1 Corinthians 14:1

5. What should be our motivation for desiring and using our spiritual gifts? 1Corinthians 13:1-2

6. What does Paul say about the gift of prophecy? 1 Corinthians 14

v. 1 _______________________________________________________________
v. 3 _______________________________________________________________
v. 4 _______________________________________________________________
v. 31_______________________________________________________________
vv. 39-40 __________________________________________________________

7. What does Paul say about the gift of tongues? 1 Corinthians 14

v. 2 __________________________________________________________
v. 4 __________________________________________________________
v. 5 _________________________________________________________
v. 13 ________________________________________________________
v. 14 ________________________________________________________
v. 15 _________________________________________________________
vv. 39-40 ____________________________________________________

8. What are we warned not to do?

1 Thessalonians 5:19-20 ___________________________________________
Ephesians 4:30 _____________________________________________________
 9. What did Jesus promise would happen to the disciples when the Holy Spirit came on them?
Acts 1:8

APPLICATION & REFELECTION

• Have you experienced the Spirit’s power in your life? How? What did you learn from this lesson?
How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 4
1. What did John the Baptist promise Jesus would do? Matthew 3:11

2. How did Peter describe the Gentiles’ encounter with the Holy Spirit? Acts 11:15-17

3. What did Jesus tell his disciples they were to do after he ascended to heaven?
Luke 24:49 _______________________________________________________
Acts 1:4-5 ________________________________________________________

4. Read the following ve accounts of people who received the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts. How
did they receive the Spirit? Describe what happened when people in these accounts received
God’s Spirit.
Acts 2:1-6 __________________________________________________
Acts 8:14-19 ________________________________________________
Acts 9:17-19 ________________________________________________
Acts 10: 44-48 ______________________________________________
Acts 19:1-6 _________________________________________________

5. Who does the Father give the Holy Spirit to? Luke 11:13

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• Have you asked to receive God’s Holy Spirit? What did you learn from this lesson? How will
you apply it to your life?
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CHAPTER FIVE

LESSON 1
1. How does the Bible say the world was created? 2 Peter 3:5

2. What were the rst followers of Jesus - his disciples - devoted to? Acts 2:42

3. What were the top two priorities for the early church leaders? Acts 6:4

4. What happened as “the Word of God” spread? Acts 6:7

5. What was “the word of the Lord” doing in Ephesus while Paul was there? Acts 19:20

6. How were the Scriptures originally given to us?

2 Timothy 3:16 _________________________________________________________
2 Peter 1:20-21_________________________________________________________

7. What does John say about “the Word”? John 1:1

8. Who is “the Word”? John 1:14

9. What do the following passages teach us about God’s word?

Psalm 119:89 _____________________________________________________________
Psalm 119:160 ____________________________________________________________
Isaiah 40:8 _________________________________________________________________
Isaiah 55:11________________________________________________________________
Matthew 24:35 ____________________________________________________________
John 17:17 _________________________________________________________________

10. What does the writer of Hebrews say about God’s word? Hebrews 4:12

11. What does Jesus say we will be judged according to on the last day? John 12:48

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• Spend some time thinking about what God’s word means to you.
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LESSON 2
1. What was God’s command to Joshua, and what was his promise if Joshua obeyed? Joshua 1:8

2. Describe the person who meditates on God’s word. Psalm 1:1-3

3. What are the Scriptures useful for? 2 Timothy 3:16-17

4. How did Jesus overcome temptation and defeat he devil? Matthew 4:1-11

5. How can God’s people experience victory over sin?

Psalm 119:9 ______________________________________________________
Psalm 119:11_____________________________________________________

6. List some of the ways God’s word bene ts the believer.

Psalm 119:98-100 _______________________________________________
Psalm 119:105 __________________________________________________
Psalm 119:165 __________________________________________________
Proverbs 4:20-22 ________________________________________________

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 3
1. What was David’s greatest desire? Psalm 119:81

2. How did the sons of Korah describe the condition of their souls? Psalm 42:1-2

3. What was the psalmist’s attitude toward God’s presence? Psalm 84:1-2,10

4. Who did Jesus say would be lled? Matthew 5:6

5. What do you think it means to “hunger and thirst for righteousness”?

6. What did David say about God’s word and its importance in his life?
Psalm 119:72 ________________________________________________________
Psalm 119:103 _______________________________________________________
Psalm 119:127 _______________________________________________________

7. Describe Job’s hunger for God’s word? Job 23:12

8. What did Jeremiah say about God’s word? Jeremiah 15:16

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
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LESSON 4
1. What happens if we only listen to the word? James 1:22

2. How does James describe those who only listen to the word without putting it into practice?
James 1:23-24

3. What happens to those who hear and act on the word? James 1:25

4. How did the Bereans respond to the preaching of Paul and Silas? How often did they read and
study the scriptures? Acts 17:11

5. If we call Jesus our Lord, what should we do? Luke 6:46-49

6. Describe what happens to the man who hears Jesus’ words and puts them into practice.
Luke 6:46-48

7. Describe what happens to the man who hears Jesus’ words and puts them into practice.
Luke 6:49

8. If we hold to Jesus’ teaching, what will happen? John 8:31-32

9. What is the proof of our love for Jesus? John 14:21, 23-24

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
THE PURPLE BOOK Outline
CHAPTER SIX

LESSON 1
1. What did Jesus call his followers to do? Matthew 28:19

2. What speci cally did Jesus say we must do after baptizing a new believer? Matt 28:20

3. As the word of God spread in the rst century Jerusalem, what was the result? Acts 6:7

4. What did Paul command Timothy to do with the things he had been taught? 2 Timothy 2:2

5. What do each of these illustrations teach about discipleship? 2 Timothy 2:3-6

Solider: _______________________________________________________
Athlete: _______________________________________________________
Farmer: _______________________________________________________

6. What are the Scriptures useful for? 2 Timothy 3:16

7. How did Jesus say we can know we are truly a disciple? John 8:31

8. How can disciples become like their teacher? Luke 6:40

9. How does Jesus describe the person who hears his teaching and acts on it? Luke 6:48

10. How does he describe the person who hears and does not act on his teaching? Luke 6:49

11. What has Christ called us to? Why? 2 Timothy 1:9

12. What does the Bible say about those who are “in Christ”? 2 Corinthians 5:17

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• Describe in your own words what you think it means to be a disciple.

LESSON 2
1. What three things did Jesus day all his disciples must do? Mark 8:34

2. How often should someone who wants to be a disciple take up their cross? Luke 9:23

3. Jesus once compared discipleship to war. Why? Luke 14:31-33

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5. What should we do before we start “building”? Luke 14:28-33

6. What does it mean to count the cost of being a disciple?

7. What has it cost you to follow Jesus? What are you willing to give up in order to follow him?

8. When it comes to discipleship, why is it so important to be able to nish what we start?

Luke 14:29-30

9. Who cannot be a disciple? Luke 14:27,33

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 3
1. What happened at the cross? Colossians 2:13-15

2. How did Paul describe his message to the Corinthians? 1 Corinthians 2:1-2

3. What is the message of the cross to the perishing? What about to those who are being saved?
1 Corinthians 1:18

4. What did Paul boast in? Galatians 6:14

5. What happened in Paul’s life as a result of Jesus’ death on the cross? Galatians 6:14

6. What do you think Paul meant when he said, “I have been cruci ed with Christ”? Galatians 2:20

7. What did he mean be the phrase, “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”? Galatians 2:20

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What do you think it means for you to be cruci ed with Christ?

LESSON 4
1. What has God provided for us by his divine power? 2 Peter 1:3

2. How are we able to “participate in the divine nature”? 2 Peter 1:4

3. What can we escape as a result? 2 Peter 1:4

4. What is the foundational “ingredient” to which everything else needed for a godly life is added?
2 Peter 1:5
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6. What is the promised result of having these qualities in “increasing measure”? 2 Peter 1:8

7. Describe the condition of those without these character qualities. 2 Peter 1:9

8. What is the promise to those who develop this Christian character? 2 Peter 1:10-11

9. Why should we rejoice in su ering? Romans 5:3-4

10. What did James say we could consider trials “pure joy”? James 1:2-3

11. What results in our lives when perseverance nishes its work? James 1:4

APPLICATION & REFELECTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 5
1. What did Jesus tell his rst disciples to do? Matthew 4:19

2. What did Jesus promise he would do for his followers if they responded? Matthew 4:19

3. How did the rst disciples respond to Jesus’ command and promise? Matthew 4:20

4. What did Jesus give his disciples authority to do? Matthew 10:1

5. What did they do with that authority? Mark 6:7, 12-13

6. Did Jesus want his disciples just to follow him and watch him minister, or did he want them to
watch, learn, and do all they saw him do?

7. Are you in a discipleship group? Who is the leader? When and where does he group meet?

8. What did Jesus tell his discipleship group before he left earth? Matthew 28:19

9. What are we to teach the people we are discipling? Matthew 28:20

10. What is the di erence between teaching facts and teaching someone to obey God’s
commands? Matthew 28:20

11. What was Jesus’ nal promise to all who attempt to make disciples? Matthew 28:20

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
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CHAPTER SEVEN

LESSON 1
1. What did Jesus say about his victorious church? Matthew 16:18

2. Who is the “rock”? 1 Corinthians 10:4

3. Who is the “chief cornerstone”? Ephesians 2:20

4. What does Paul compare the love Christ has for the church to? Ephesians 5:25-28

5. How does Paul describe the ultimate destiny of the church? Ephesians 5:26-27

6. What were the rst church members devoted to? Acts 2:42

7. Brie y describe early church life. Acts 2:42-47

v.43
v.44
v.45
v.46
v.47

8. Comment on the generosity of the early church. Acts 4:32-37

APPLICATION & REFLECTION

• Are you part of a church community?If so, how is your church similar to the one described in
Acts 2:43-47 and 4:32-37? How is it di erent? What can you learn from the early church?

LESSON 2
1. What does Paul call the people of God? 1 Corinthians 12:27

2. What does Paul say about the importance of each part of the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:14-20

3. Who decides how each part of the body should function? 1 Corinthians 12:21

4. What does Paul say to those who think they do not need the rest of the body?
1 Corinthians 12:21

5. What does Paul say about the parts of the body “that seem to be weaker”?
1 Corinthians 12:22-24
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 6. How should the di erent parts of the body treat each other? 1 Corinthians 12:25-26

7. List the seven “ones” mentioned in Ephesians 4:4-6

One ____________
One ____________
One ____________
One ____________
One ____________
One ____________
One ____________

8. What should we do to maintain oneness or unity? Ephesians 4:3

9. What did Jesus pray for regarding the unity of his disciples? John 17:20-21

10. What does the Bible call someone who stirs up dissension-that is, who causes disunity?
Proverbs 16:28

11. Proverbs lists seven thongs that are “detestable” to the Lord. What is the seventh?
Proverbs 6:16-19

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What role do you believe God is calling you to serve in His church?How has he gifted you? Try
asking a Christian friend who knows you well what he or she thinks your gift might be.

LESSON 3
1. What ve roles of authority and leadership did God place in the church?

2. What is the job of these leaders? Ephesians 4:12-13

3. How long will these gifts operate in the church? Ephesians 4:13

4. What is the result of being in a church where these ve ministries are operating? Ephesians 4:14

5. How is the body of Christ “joined and held together”? Ephesians 4:16

6. Why was Titus left in Crete? Titus 1:5

7. Describe the quali cations for being an elder. Titus 1:6-9; 1 Timothy 3:2-7

8. What do these passages teach about an elder’s marriage, children, and homelife?

9. What was Peter’s exhortation to the elders? 1 Peter 5:1-4

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 APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION
• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSSON 4
1. What are some of the responsibilities of pastors, elders, and spiritual leaders?
John 21:15-17 ____________________________________________________
Acts 20:28 _____________________________________________________
Ezekiel 33:1-9 _____________________________________________________
Ezekiel 34:2-5 _____________________________________________________

2. How should church members relate to their pastors, elders, and spiritual leaders?
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 ___________________________________________
1 Thessalonians 5:25 _____________________________________________
1 Timothy 5:17-18 _________________________________________________
Hebrews 13:7 _______________________________________________________
Hebrews 13:17 _____________________________________________________

3. Who is the “head” of the church? Ephesians 4:15

4. What is the “foundation” of the church? 1 Corinthians 3:10-11

5. What should we do if we know a brother or sister has something against us? Matthew 5:23-24

6. What three steps should be taken to deal with sin in the church? Matthew 18:15-17
v.15 _________________________________________________
v.16 _________________________________________________
v.17 _________________________________________________

7. What should happen to the church member who is consistently wicked and immoral?
1 Corinthians 5:9-13

8. If we have no discipline, what are we? Hebrews 12:8

9. What will we share in as a result of this discipline? Hebrews 12:10

10. What will this discipline ultimately produce? Hebrews 12:11

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 5
1. What were the early disciples devoted to? Acts 2:42
 2. What is proclaimed when we have communion? 1 Corinthians 11:26

3. What are we guilty of if we receive communion in an “unworthy manner”? 1 Corinthians 11:27

4. What should we do before we receive communion? 1 Corinthians 11:28

5. What happens to us if we continue to receive communion and do not turn from sin?
1 Corinthians 11:29

6. What can happen as a result of this? 1 Corinthians 11:30

7. How can we avoid being judged? 1 Corinthians 11:31

8. When God judges or disciplines his children, what is his motive? 1 Corinthians 11:32

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
THE PURPLE BOOK Outline
CHAPTER EIGHT

LESSON 1
1. When and where did Jesus pray? Mark 1:35

2. Where do the hypocrites pray? Matthew 6:5

3. Where did Jesus teach his followers to pray? Matthew 6:6

4. To whom did Jesus say we should pray? Matthew 6:6, 8-9

5. What do the pagans think about prayer? Matthew 6:7

6. What should we pray for? Matthew 6:9-13

v. 9 ____________________________________________
v.10 ___________________________________________
v.11 ___________________________________________
v.12 ___________________________________________
v.13 ___________________________________________

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• Think about the role prayer plays in your own life. Do you have speci c time set aside for daily
prayer? When? Do you have a private place for prayer? Where?

LESSON 2
1. What does Jesus promise those who ask, seek, and knock? Matthew 7:7-11

2. What does Jesus say we must do for our prayers to be answered? Mark 11:24

3. What can we receive if we pray and believe it? Matthew 21:22

4. What might be a reason we don’t receive what we ask for? James 4:3

5. What does Jesus teach us about prayer in the parable of the persistent widow? Luke 18:1-8

6. What can hinder our prayers?

Psalm 66:18-19 ___________________________________________
James 1:6-8 _______________________________________________
1 Peter 3:7 ________________________________________________

7. In whose name should we pray? John 14:13-14

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 8. Who should we present our requests to? Philippians 4:6

9. How do we get to God? John 14:6

10. How many mediators are there between God and us? Who is the mediator? 1 Timothy 2:5

11. What is the con dence we have in prayer? 1 John 5:14-15

12. What were the results of the disciples prayers? Acts 4:31

13. What were Paul & Silas doing while in prison? Acts 16:25

14. What were the results of their prayers? Acts 16:26-34

15. What was Elijah’s prayer request and God’s answer? James 5:17-18

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS

• What did you learn from this lesson about the power of prayer? How has God answered your
own prayers?

LESSON 3
1. What were the disciples doing as they waited for the day of Pentecost and the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit? Acts 1:13-14

2. What did the believers do when they heard of Peter and John’s arrest and persecution at the
hands of the Sanhedrin? Acts 4:23-24

3. In the midst of persecution, what were their prayer requests? Acts 4:29-30

4. What was the church doing while Peter was in prison? Acts 12:5,12

5. How did God answer their prayers? Acts 12:7-12

6. What were the Antioch church leaders doing when God called Saul and Barnabas to the mission
eld? Acts 13:2

7. What did they do before sending them o ? Acts 13:3

8. What is essential in corporate prayer? Matthew 18:19

9. What did Jesus promise? Matthew 18:20

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life? Do you have a community
of believers with who you can pray regularly?
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1. What was Paul’s prayer for the disciples in Ephesus?
Ephesians 1:17 ______________________________________
Ephesians 1:18 ______________________________________
Ephesians 3:16 ______________________________________
Ephesians 3:17-19 ___________________________________

2. What was Paul’s prayer for the Philippian church? Philippians 1:9-11

3. What was Paul’s prayer for the Colossians? Colossians 1:9-12

4. What did Paul instruct the Colossians to pray for? Colossians 4:2-4

5. What was Epaphras always doing for the Colossians? Colossians 4:12

6. What was Paul’s prayer request to the Thessalonian believers? 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2

7. What was Paul’s prayer for Philemon? Philemon 4-6

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life? What does your prayer
list look like compared to the lists of Paul and the early believers?

LESSON 5
1. What kind of people is God seeking? John 4:23

2. How should we worship God? John 4:24

3. Our worship is to be in the Spirit and in truth. What does God say about the use of physical
idols, statues, and images in worship? Deuteronomy 5:8-10

4. What are we encouraged not to do? Hebrews 10:24-25

5. What internal attitudes make our worship acceptable to God? Hebrews 12:28-29

6. What are some external expressions of worship encouraged in Scripture?

Psalm 47:1, 5-6 _______________________________________________
Psalm 96:8-9 _________________________________________________
Psalm 98:1, 4-6 _______________________________________________
Psalm 149:3 __________________________________________________
Psalm 150:3-6 ________________________________________________

7. In what two places did the early churchmen for worship and prayer?
Acts 2:46 _____________________________________________________
Acts 20:20 ____________________________________________________
APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION
• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life? In what ways do you
express your love for God?
THE PURPLE BOOK Outline
CHAPTER NINE

LESSON 1
1. Faith is one of the few words that the Bible de nes for us. What is faith? Hebrews 11:1

2. How does faith come to us? Romans 10:17

3. How does faith express itself? Galatians 5:6

4. What do the following verses teach about faith?

Galatians 2:16
Galatians 3:11
Galatians 3:26

5. What is the foundation that must be laid in the life of every believer who wants to go on to
immaturity? Hebrews 6:1-2

6. Who are we to put our faith in? Galatians 2:16

7. After Thomas nally believed, who did Jesus say who be blessed? John 2:29

8. What should we do when our senses contradict our faith? 2 Corinthians 5:17

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What are some things you are certain of but do not see (e.g. air, North Pole, God, etc.)?

LESSON 2
1. What did Paul and Silas tell the jailer he had to do to be saved? Acts 16:30-31

2. What did Paul tell the Romans they needed to do to be saved? Romans10:9-10

3. How are we justi ed? Romans 5:1

4. What is the result of our justi cations? Romans 5:1

5. How can we have access to God’s grace? Romans 5:1-2

6. Are people justi ed before God by obeying the law or by putting their faith in God?
Romans 3:28
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 7. Who does God justify? Romans 3:26

8. How does righteousness come? Romans 3:22

9. How do the righteous live? Romans 1:7

10. Paul spoke of a righteousness that did not come from the law. Where did it come from?
Philippians 3:8-9

11. How are we saved? Ephesians 2:8

12. Who has the right to become “children of God”? John 1:12

13. Who will not perish but have eternal life? John 3:16

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 3
1. What does James say about faith this is not accompanied by action? James 2:17

2. Is just saying that we believe in God enough? James 2:19

3. What are all people called to do? Romans 1:5

4. What did Abel do “by faith”? Hebrews 11:4

5. God called Abraham to a place he had never seen. What did Abraham do “by faith”?
Hebrews 11:8

6. When God tested Abraham, what did he do “by faith”? Hebrews 11:17

7. After growing in the lap of luxury as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, what did
Moses do “by faith”? What did he choose “by faith”? Hebrews 11:24-25

8. What else did Moses do “by faith”? Hebrews 11:27-28

9. What did all the Israelites do “by faith”? Hebrews 11:29

10. What happened in Jericho because of the Israelites’ obedient faith? Hebrews 11:30

11. Is it possible to be a man or woman of great faith and die without receiving what has been
promised? Hebrews 11:37-39
 12. What does it mean to love God? 1 John 5:3

13. Are God’s commands a burden? Why or Why not? 1 John 5:3

14. How does John describe faith? 1 John 5:4

15. Who overcomes the world? 1 John 5:5

APPLICATION & REFELCTION QUESTION

• How has your faith in God led to faithfulness? What did you learn from this lesson? How will you
apply it to your life?

LESSON 4
1. The disciples once failed to cast out a demon and asked Jesus, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
What was the reason they couldn’t drive it out? Matthew 17:20

2. Even if we have small faith in a bug God, what can we do? Matthew 17:20

3. What was Abraham fully persuaded of? Romans 4:21

4. Some people ignore or deny the facts in a vain attempt move in faith. What did Abraham do in
regard to the physical facts? Romans 4:19

5. What were the facts in Abraham’s case? Romans 4:19

6. What did Abraham not do when he faced the facts? Romans 4:20

7. Why were Abraham and Sarah able to become parents? Hebrews 11:11

8. What promise had God made to Abraham? Genesis 15:4-6

9. In Ephesians 6:10-17 Paul calls for believers to put on the “full armor of God.” What can the
shield of faith do? Ephesians 6:16

10. Who should we have faith in? Mark 11:22

11. What must we do if we want our “mountain” to be thrown “into the sea”? Mark 11:23

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• How have you seen the power of faith demonstrated in your own life? In the lives of others?
LESSON 5
1. What must we believe about God in order to come to him? Hebrews 11:6

2. What is impossible without faith? Hebrews 11:6

3. What is the connection between faith and hope? Hebrews 11:1

4. What did the writer of Hebrews call hope? Hebrews 6:19

5. What is the purpose of an anchor in a boat?

6. How does hope anchor our soul? What happens to a person who has no hope?

7. Faith deals with today, hope with tomorrow. What are we now by faith? 1 John 3:2

8. What will happen to us when Jesus appears - that is, what is our hope? 1 John 3:2

9. How should this hope of seeing Jesus a ect our lives? 1 John 3:3

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
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CHAPTER TEN

LESSON 1
1. According to Jesus’ parable of the sower, what can choke out God’s word and cause it to be
unfruitful? Mark 4:18-19

2. What are some ways people are deceived by wealth?

3. What are some worries of life that choke out God’s word? Matthew 6:25, 28, 31,34

4. It is impossible to serve both God and __________________. Luke 16:13

5. What can happen to those who are eager for money and want to get rich? 1 Timothy 6:9-10

6. Do you want to get rich? What are some of the potential dangers of this desire?

7. What is a foot of all kinds of evil? 1 Timothy 6:10

8. What can deliver us from death - righteousness or money? Proverbs 11:28

9. What happens to those who trust in money? Proverbs 11:28

10. Do riches last? Proverbs 23:4-5

11. What should we guard ourselves against? Luke 12:15

12. Read Luke 12:16-21. What is the point of the parable of the rich fool?

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn about the dangers of money?

LESSON 2
1. Who gives us the ability to produce wealth? Deuteronomy 8:18

2. Read Deuteronomy 30:8-10. What did Moses tell the Israelites God would do for them if they
obeyed his commands?

3. What do the following verses from Proverbs have to say about prosperity or God’s provision?
10:3 ______________________________________________________
10:4 ______________________________________________________
10:22_____________________________________________________
 13:21_____________________________________________________
13:22 ____________________________________________________
21:21_____________________________________________________
22:4 ______________________________________________________
22:9 ______________________________________________________

4. What happens when we give? What if we give with small measure? What if we give with large
measure? Luke 6:38

5. How does the “law of sowing and reaping” apply to money? 2 Corinthians 9:6

6. What kind of giver does the Lord love? 2 Corinthians 9:7

7. What is God able to do for the cheerful giver? 2 Corinthians 9:8

8. Why does God make people rich? 2 Corinthians 9:11

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• How has God blessed you with abundance? How can you use that abundance to bless others?

LESSON 3
1. What did the Israelites of with the rst portion of all God provided for them? 2 Chronicles 31:5-6

2. What part should we give to God? Proverbs 3:9

3. What happens as a result of giving the rst part to God? Proverbs 3:10

4. Leviticus 37:30-32. Should we give a tithe of everything or of only our net pay? On the rst part
or the leftover part? Before or after taxes and other expenses?

5. Why did Malachi tell God’s people they were under a curse? Malachi 3:9

6. How do people rob God? Malachi 3:8

7. How did God tell them to test Him? Malachi 3:10

8. What did God promise to do if his people would give him the whole tithe? Malachi 3:10-12

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 4
1. According to Jesus, who gave the most? Luke 21:1-4
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2 Corinthians 8:2

3. How much did the Macedonians give? 2 Corinthians 8:3

4. Did Paul have to pressure the Macedonian believers to give? What was their attitude toward
giving? 2 Corinthians 8:4

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
What kind of giver are you?
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CHAPTER ELEVEN

LESSON 1
1. What “ministry” has God given to each believer? 2 Corinthians 5:18

2. What “message” has God committed to us? 2 Corinthians 5:19

3. What does reconciliation mean, and why do people need to be reconciled to God?

4. What is an ambassador?

5. What does it mean for us to be Christ’s ambassadors? 2 Corinthians 5:20

6. How will other people know that we are followers of Jesus? John 13:35

7. What was Paul’s attitude toward sharing the gospel with non-Christians? Romans 1:14-16
v. 14 __________________________________________________
v.15 ___________________________________________________
v.16 ___________________________________________________

8. But what must happen for people to “call on the name of the Lord”? Romans 10:14-15

9. God sent Peter to preach the gospel to a Roman centurion named Cornelius. Who did Cornelius
gather to hear Peter preach? Acts 10:24

10. What happened to those who heard Peter preach in Cornelius’s house? Acts 10:44-48

11. Where did Paul preach? Acts 20:20

12. To whom did Paul preach? Acts 20:21

13. What did Paul preach? Acts 20:21

APPLICATION & REFELCTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life? With whom - friends,
loved ones, or even enemies - is God calling you to share the gospel?

LESSON 2
1. Under the threat of persecution, what did the disciples pray for? Acts 4:29

2. What were the results of their prayer? Acts 4:31

 3. According to Barnabas, how did Saul (Paul) preach - even in the face of a plot to kill him?
Acts 9:22-28

4. After Saul’s conversion, how long did he wait until he preached the gospel? Acts 9:19-20

5. Describe the di erence between a righteous man and a wicked man. Proverbs 28:1

6. What does Proverbs say about those who fear other people? Proverbs 29:25

7. Paul requested prayers that he might preach the gospel in what manner? Ephesians 6:19-20

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life? Take a moment to ask
God to give you boldness to share the message of salvation with others.

LESSON 3
1. What has happened to unbelievers? 2 Corinthians 4:4

2. How are people taken captive? Colossians 2:8

3. What did Jesus come to do? Luke 4:18-21

4. Why did the Son of God appear? 1 John 3:8

5. Who are we struggling against? Ephesians 6:12

6. What happened when Paul preached? Acts 16:14

7. What must happen if people are to come to Christ? John 6:44

APPLICATION & REFELCTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 4
1. When the disciples stepped out in faith and boldly preached the gospel, what happened?
Acts 2:43; 3:16

2. Why did the people ion Samaria pay close attention to Philip? Acts 8:6-8

3. What were Paul & Barnabas doing when the lame man from Lystra was healed? Acts 14:5-10

4. What did James instruct the church to do for those who were sick? James 5:14-15

5. What did Jesus promise to those with faith? John 14:12

6. How can we see “even greater things’? John 14:12-14
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 7. How was the crippled man at the Beautiful Gate healed? Acts 3:6-7, 16

8. How much authority in in the name of Jesus? Matthew 28:18

9. What happens at the mention of Jesus’ name? Philippians 2:10-11

10. What did Jesus say would happen if we have faith in Him? Mark 11:23-24

11. What did Jesus say about the power of faith? Mark 9:23

12. What pleases God? Hebrews 11:6

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• How have you seen the power of God at work in your life? Think of a time when you boldly
proclaimed the gospel. How did God act?

LESSON 5
1. What did Jesus promise would happen when the Holy Spirit came on his followers? Acts 1:8

2. What is a witness?

3. What does it mean to be Christ’s witness?

4. Where were Jesus’ followers to be witnesses? Acts 1:8

5. What was the rst promise Jesus gave to his followers? Matthew 4:19

6. What was the last command Jesus gave to his disciples? Matthew 28:19

7. What are we to do with the disciples we make? Matthew 28:19-20

8. What did Jesus promise to everyone who will go and make disciples of all nations?
Matthew 28:20

9. What is the condition of the world in relation to the gospel?

Matthew 9:35-37 _______________________________________
John 4:35-36 ____________________________________________

10. What did Jesus say we should pray for? Matthew 9:38

11. Jesus died on the cross to purchase people from where? Revelation 5:9

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life? What part is God calling
you to play in ful lling his command to reach every nation with the gospel?
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CHAPTER TWELVE

LESSON 1
1. What is everyone appointed to do once? Hebrews 9:27

2. Where will we all stand one day? Romans 14:10

3. Did Paul fear death? Why not? Philippians 1:21

4. What did Paul say to those who said there is no resurrection? 1 Corinthians 15:13

5. What if Christ was not really resurrected? 1 Corinthians 15:14-19

v.14
v.15
v.16
v.17
v.18
v.19

6. What is the last enemy Christ will destroy? 1 Corinthians 15:26

7. How did Paul describe the resurrection body? 1 Corinthians 15:42-44

v.42
v.43
v.44

8. Paul did not relate to Jesus as if he was still on the cross. How did Paul want to know Christ?
Philippians 3:10

9. What did Paul hope to attain? Philippians 3:11

10. What was Paul’s hope? Acts 24:15

11. How did Paul’s belief in the resurrection a ect the way he lived? Acts 24:16

12. Where is our citizenship? Philippians 3:20

13. What will your Savior to our bodies? Philippians 3:21

14. To be alive in the body is to be ____________________.

15. To be away from the body is to be ______________________.

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 16. Where must we all appear one day? 2 Corinthians 5:10

17. Why did Jesus share in our humanity? Hebrews 2:14

18. Who holds the power of death? Hebrews 2:14

19. Who broke his power? How? Hebrews 2:14

20. Is it possible to be set free from the fear of death? How? Hebrews 2:15

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 2
1. What is the foundation of God’s throne? Psalm 89:14

2. What if we claim to be a Christian yet walk in darkness? 1 John 1:6

3. What if we claim to be without sin? 1 John 1:8

4. What if we deliberately keep on sinning? Hebrews 10:26-27

5. What do you think it means to trample on the Son of God and insult the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 10:28-29

6. Why is it a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God? Hebrews 10:30-31

7. What are those with stubborn, unrepentant hearts doing? Romans 2:5

8. What can those who reject God’s truth expect from Him? Romans 2:8

9. What do those who believe in Jesus have? What about those who reject Jesus? John 3:36

10. How are those who believe in Jesus to speak and act? James 2:12

11. What if we live a pretty good life and do our best to follow God but disobey just once?
James 2:10

12. What is the moral condition of every human? Romans 3:23

13. How can we be justi ed before God? Romans 3:24

14. What did the sacri cial death of Christ demonstrate? Romans 3:25-26

15. God is not only just, but he is also the one who ________________. Romans 3:26
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APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION
• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

LESSON 3
1. What comes after death? Hebrews 9:27

2. Who will enter the kingdom of heaven? Matthew 7:21

3. What will Jesus say to those who called him Lord but did not really live under his Lordship?
Matthew 7:22-23

4. On judgment day, Jesus will separate the “sheep from the goats” - that is, the righteous from the
wicked. What are the only two eternal destinations after judgment? Matthew 25:46

5. How is hell described in the following passages?

Matthew 13:41-42 _____________________________________
Matthew 25:41_________________________________________
Mark 9:43 ______________________________________________
Luke 16:23-24 __________________________________________
2 Thessalonians 1:9____________________________________

6. Who will be judged in hell?

Matthew 23:29-33 __________________________________________
Matthew 24:48-51__________________________________________
John 3:36 ___________________________________________________
Romans 2:8 _________________________________________________
Revelation 20:15 ____________________________________________
Revelation 21:8 ______________________________________________

7. What so the following Scripture passages teach about the “fear of God”?
Deuteronomy 10:12 ______________________________________
Ecclesiastes 12:13 ________________________________________
Isaiah 8:13 ________________________________________________
Matthew 10:28 ____________________________________________
Luke 1:50 _________________________________________________
Acts 10:35 ________________________________________________

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life? How do you “fear God” in
your everyday life?

LESSON 4
1. What does Jesus do for us? 1 Thessalonians 1:10

2. What did Paul tell the believers in Rome? Romans 14:10-12

 3. What did Paul tell the believers in Corinth? 2 Corinthians 5:10

4. What will the re test on judgment day? 1 Corinthians 3:13

5. What will we receive if our work survives God’s judgment? 1 Corinthians 3:14

6. What if our life’s work is burned up in judgment? 1 Corinthians 3:15

7. What did James say about the judgment of spiritual leaders? James 3:1

8. What did David say about the death of those who are faithful to the Lord? Psalm 116:15

9. What did John say about the death of a believer? Revelation 14:13

10. What must we believe about God? Hebrews 11:6

11. What kind of crown does the Christian train for? 1 Corinthians 9:25

12. What were Paul’s thoughts about the possibility of making it to heaven (by the grace of God)
only to be disquali ed from receiving “the prize”? 1 Corinthians 9:26-27

13. What was Paul’s “crown”? Philippians 4:1

14. What was Paul’s “hope,” his “joy,” his “crown”? 1 Thessalonians 2:19

15. Who will be rewarded with the “crown of righteousness”? 2 Timothy 4:7-8

16. According to Peter, what should those who “look forward to the day of God do”?
2 Peter 3:11-12

17. What reward does God give those who persevere under severe trials? James 1:2

18. How faithful must we be to receive the “victor’s crown”? Revelation 2:10

19. What must we do to receive the “victor’s crown”? 2 Timothy 2:4-5

20. What activities does God promise to reward?

Matthew 6:3-4 _________________________________________
Matthew 6:6 ___________________________________________
Matthew 6:16-18 ______________________________________

21. What do these heavenly beings do with their crowns? Revelation 4:9-10

22. Why is God worthy of our crowns? Revelation 4:11

APPLICATION & REFLECTION QUESTION

• What did you learn from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?
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