Bible Study Quiz #1

Bible Study Quiz #1

Circumcision

In order for one to receive the covenant, he must be ___________. (Genesis 17:11)
How long is this covenant to last? (Genesis 17:13)
Does God ever break his promises? (Psalm 89:34)
What happened to Jesus (pbuh) on the eighth day after his birth? (Luke 2:21)
What does Paul teach about circumcision? (Galatians 5:2, Galatians 2:7)
What was the reaction of the Apostles, and how did Paul describe them? (Galatians 2:11, Galatians 2:14)
What was Jesus (pbuh) view of Peter? (Matthew 16:18)
What was James relationship to Jesus (pbuh)? (Matthew 13:55)

Watch What You Say

Jesus warned against saying _________, because he that does is in danger of hell fire. (Matthew 5:22)
Paul seems to have a liking for the word __________. (1 Corinthians 15:36, 1 Corinthians 4:10, Romans 1:22, 1 Corinthians 3:18).

What About the Law?

What Did Jesus (pbuh) say about the law? (Matthew 5:17, Luke 16:17, John 14:15, 1 John 3:22, Luke 10:25-28, Luke 18:18-25, Matthew 7:18-23, Matthew 25: 31-46, Matthew 5:19)
What Did Paul say about the law? (Romans 7:4, Galatians 3:13, Romans 7:6, Romans 6:14, Rom. 10:4, 3:28, Gal. 3:23-25, 5:2-4, 18, 2:19, 21, 16, 4:10, Eph. 2:15, Col. 2:14, 16, Heb. 7:19, 1 Cor. 8:8 and more.)

Final

1. The covenant between God and Abraham (pbuh) was meant to be an ___________ covenant (length of covenant).

2. This covenant was to be established through circumcision. As long as the covenant lasted, so would circumcision, because that is how one received the covenant. This covenant that was meant to be an ___________ (length of covenant) covenant in fact lasted until __________ came along and decided it was no longer necessary.

What happened between Genesis and Galatians? Let's review our only options:

1. Did God break his promise? (Psalms 89:34)

2. Did God change his mind? (Numbers 23:19, James 1:7, Malachi 3:6)

3. Did God lie? (Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18)

4 Was the covenant fulfilled? Let us review this. The covenant was meant to be everlasting. How long is everlasting? We'll turn to the dictionary for the answer:

Everlasting God. Used with the.
Eternal duration; eternity.

5. Did Paul Lie?

Above are all the possible scenarios. Only one can be correct. Now, let's take into consideration all the facts available to us. We know that the apostles did not agree with Paul on his circumcision stance. We know Jesus (pbuh) was circumcised. We know Paul called the apostles that actually new Jesus (pbuh) "not upright" and "hypocrites." We know there were no prophecies or warnings of the coming of Paul, and that Jesus (pbuh) said nothing of him in his lifetime. We know Gods promised to Abraham (pbuh) was meant to be everlasting. We know Paul decided otherwise.