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Persecution And The Christian
Lesson Nine
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For Lesson Nine, read the following sections in your Textbook and do the questions below. The questions are in chronological order.
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Read pages 202 - 226 and answer the associated questions. If you are using the PDF version of the textbook, I suggest you make a 'copy' so you can highlight in it. You may write the answers to the questions below in a notebook or on a computer file. You may also print them off here and work from a 'hard' copy. God bless.
Lesson Nine Questions
Chapter 3
Teaching Of The Apostles
Galatians
1. Paul considers the ____________________ from his torture and persecution to be Christ’s brand upon him, marking him as a slave. pg. 202
Ephesians
2. Paul was arrested specifically because of his championship of the ____________________ cause. pg. 203
3. He knows that when facing opposition, one might be inclined to shy away from the faith or ____________________ with other believers in order to avoid persecution. pg. 204
4. To live worthy of this calling is to live in such a way that is ____________________ with it. pg. 204
5. If Paul had refused to acknowledge the ____________________ of the Church, he would not have been imprisoned. pg. 204
6. The context of the battle is ultimately a ____________________ one. pg. 205
7. There is no need for the believer to ____________________ to stand; God has provided for him everything he needs. pg. 205
8. Both salvation and the Word are things that are ____________________ to us, rather than qualities that the believer is to develop. pg. 205
9. Paul makes clear that the appropriation of the divine armor of God and standing firm in the battle require a life of dependence upon God in ____________________. pg. 206
10. They are ____________________ of a King with an incredible message to deliver to the rulers of this world and their subjects held in captivity. pg. 207
Philippians
11. ____________________ in this sense is God’s work of transforming us through persecution into sacrificial givers to others, equipping us to sacrificial involvement in the cause of Christ and His gospel. pg. 207
12. Suffering for Christ is a gift of grace, to be embraced with as much ____________________ and joy as the gift of salvation. pg. 207
13. Jesus understood that the nature of deity was to be _____________. pg. 209
14. Their faithfulness to the example of Christ will be ________________ to Paul that his ministry was not a failure. pg. 209
15. Paul’s desire is that we know Christ. The power of the resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings are the ____________________ to this goal. pg. 210
16. We may conclude that the “resurrection” referred to in Philippians 3:11 does not refer to the general resurrection of the dead, but to a special “resurrection” of those who have been ____________________ even until death. pg. 211
17. One of the primary titles for the Roman emperor was “lord and savior.” Paul’s words are a direct ____________________ to this claim. pg. 212
Colossians
18. Paul links the ____________________ of the gospel message of reconciliation between God and man, with the necessity of suffering by those messengers of God who were involved in the ministry of sharing this message. pg. 213
19. Christ works through those who ____________________ take His goal and make it theirs. pg. 213
20. In the afflictions that come upon the apostle, there is a ____________________ of the sufferings that Christ suffered. pg. 214
21. They are “incomplete” in the sense that each successive generation of people of God must willingly embrace sufferings if the worldwide ____________________ task is to be completed. pg. 215
Philemon
22. Paul is a prisoner of ____________________. pg. 215
23. Paul’s ____________________ is thus used to motivate Philemon to Christlike behavior. pg. 216
1 Timothy
24. In the face of opposition to the gospel of faith in Christ, the temptation is to
1) drop out of the ____________________,
2) change the ____________________, or
3) live a ____________________ that would fit into society (thereby lessening the opposition). pg. 217
25. The early church fathers from the second through fourth centuries, however, typically understood this to refer to a time when Timothy was on ____________________ for his faith. pg. 217
2 Timothy
26. The end of A.D. 62 and beginning of A.D. 63 marked a turning point in the ____________________ between the Roman Empire and the Church of Jesus Christ as the Emperor Nero began to adopt a more theocratic and oriental form of government supremacy. pg. 217
27. Second Timothy is written by a man who is aware that he would certainly be martyred for Christ and His gospel in a relatively ___________ time. pg. 218
28. Instead of fear, Timothy is to respond to religious ________________ with God-given power, love, and self-control. pg. 218
29. Suffering for the gospel is never undertaken in our ______________ strength. pg. 218
30. Love is a gift from God, offered to those who often do not deserve it and almost always with ____________________. pg. 219
31. In the face of antagonism and the difficulties of ministry—when there’s a temptation to allow fear to control—the ability to remain self-controlled in order to make good ____________________ is a gift of God, highly to be prized and essential to the faithful witness of the believer. pg. 219
32. The reference is to those of Christ’s “____________________” who are hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, and in prison. pg. 221
33. We must be prepared to put off immediate gratification or expecting that this life will make sense apart from the perspective of _____________. pg. 222
34. At the expense of our ____________________, we bring life to others but when that happens, we actually receive life. pg. 222
35. The possibility of ____________________ of Christ is admitted, but it is emphasized that Christ continues to care for His disciples and is ready to welcome them back. pg. 222
36. His teachings, his goals, his faith, and his character are ____________________ from his persecution and sufferings. pg. 223
37. If one is not ____________________, one must seriously ask whether one is failing to meet the criteria of “living a godly life in Christ Jesus.” pg. 223
38. Paul sees his martyrdom as the drink offering being poured out as a final act of ____________________. pg. 224
39. Paul will receive the crown because of his total _________________ on the finished work of Christ on the cross for him. pg. 226
Assignment
1. Memorize 2 Tim. 2:3-4.
2. Analyze 2 Tim. 2:3-13.
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