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Persecution And The Christian
Lesson Ten
Great work! You have persevered and reached the last lesson. You probably felt like giving up along the way, but I am glad you didn't! Perseverance is one of the foundational keys of the Christian life. After all, it's not how you start that counts, but how you finish.
For Lesson Ten, read the following sections in your Textbook and do the questions below. The questions are in chronological order.
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Read pages 226 - 260 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 Ten Questions
Chapter 3
Teaching Of The Apostles
Hebrews
1. The central theme of Hebrews is the importance of listening to the voice of God in ____________________ and in the act of Christian preaching. pg. 226
2. Probably most of the resistance these believers faced came from the ____________________ and their family members. pg. 227
3. We must take very seriously the warnings in Hebrews not to ____________________. pg. 227
4. Faith is the steadfast ____________________ that God can do and will do what He said He would do and acting accordingly. pg. 228
5. The encouragement to the readers is to gain an _________________ perspective and to realize that this life is not all that there is. pg. 228
6. Thus understood, Hebrews 12:4 would be observing that the readers have not experienced martyrdom because they have not done their best in ____________________ themselves with Him. pg. 230
7. The Father considered ____________________ to be the appropriate method by which He would perfect His only begotten Son. pg. 230
8. Through suffering, Jesus was fully ____________________ for His office as our High Priest before God; His suffering until death was necessary for Him to accomplish His redemptive mission. pg. 231
9. For this reason, suffering, persecution, and martyrdom are not the fated tragedies of a miserable earthly existence; they are clear indications that one is in God’s “____________________,” in the place where God is forming His child into His own image of holiness and righteousness. pg. 231
10. Persecution, rather than being seen as a threat to faith, should be viewed as a ____________________ ground where faith is matured. pg. 233
11. Hebrews 13:3 also demonstrates that there is to be a solidarity between members of the body of Christ to the degree that those who are imprisoned and suffer for His sake can be ____________________ that those who are not presently undergoing such trials will care enough for them to feel their chains and pain. pg. 232
12. Just as Jesus was abused, humiliated, and rejected, the readers are urged to ____________________ themselves with Jesus’ sufferings. pg. 232
James
13. God uses trials to produce steadfastness and spiritual ___________. pg. 233
14. The one going through such trials should therefore consider it all ____________________. pg. 233
15. The righteous man undergoing trials should pray for _____________. pg. 233
16. The man undergoing persecution can have confidence that God’s ____________________ is reliable. pg. 233
17. In James 1:12, the apostle reminds all believers, rich or poor, of the ____________________ that awaits those who remain steadfast under trial and do not deny their faith. pg. 234
18. The reason one falls is not because of the outward trial but because of the ____________________ temptation. pg. 234
19. ____________________ is a sign that Satan hates you, not a sign of weakness or worldliness. pg. 235
1 Peter
20. Society had come to take offense at the fact that the converts to Christianity no longer participated in many of the ____________________ practices that were considered the norm. pg. 236
21. Christianity tends to be, by its very nature, ____________________. pg. 236
22. In Greek and Roman culture, ____________________ festivals and social gatherings were often characterized by heavy drinking and sexual depravity of virtually every sort. pg. 237
23. Peter defines ____________________ as suffering due to one’s faithfulness to God and enduring. pg. 238
24. Enduring suffering, Peter says, is evidence that _________________ is at work in one’s life. pg. 238
25. You are likely to respond to persecution in a manner _____________ with how you are already living your Christian life. pg. 239
26. We learn obedience by saying, “____________________.” pg. 240
27. ____________________ is a process, built upon training, built upon a practice of saying “Yes” to God in all aspects of life, calling upon the resources that God has given to us to stand. pg. 240
28. In the face of enemy danger, the response of the godly in both Isaiah and 1 Peter should not be one of fear but of ____________________. pg. 241
29. Instead, Christ should control his life, filling him with a deep-seated inward confidence that God is ultimately in ____________________, not one’s human opponents. pg. 241
30. The believer who faces insults for the sake of Christ is to be congratulated, for his suffering is ____________________ that God’s glorious Spirit rests upon him. pg. 244
31. Only in a trusting, dependent relationship with Christ can we be freed from the tyranny of ____________________ and a troubled mind. pg. 245
32. It is not always just the message of Christ that is offensive to the world; at times it is even the mere ____________________ of His followers. pg. 245
33. Peter says that God will:
____________________ them in the areas where they break down and fail.
____________________ them, giving them the inflexibility and support needed to withstand
the temptations to deny Him without toppling.
____________________ them to resist Satan and to endure even to the point of death without collapsing.
____________________ them, giving them a firm foundation so that they will not be swept away. Left to their own unaided strength, they would fall. pg. 246
2 Peter
34. ____________________ we need has been given to us in Christ. pg. 247
1 John
35. The world’s actions—also evidenced by those causing division in the church through their false teaching—are evil and those who do evil always ____________________ those who do what is right. pg. 248
2 John
36. If we take this teaching together with 1 John, we find that while we are to love those who persecute us, to pray for and forgive them, we are not to act as if the ____________________ between us do not matter. pg. 248
3 John
37. It is helpful to note that resistance to the messengers and message of God may also come from those who claim to be ____________________. pg. 248
Revelation
38. The impact of Revelation is in its ____________________ rather than its details. pg. 250
39. Revelation was written in a particular setting, to a specific group of churches (Revelation 1—3) for a specific purpose: to _________________ those going through tribulation and persecution in the later part of the first century with a revelation of Jesus Christ. pg. 250
40. This is a ____________________ statement in the Roman world at the time of this writing and is a direct challenge to the exclusive claims of the Imperium. pg. 250
41. Great and wonderful promises are given to those who listen to the words of Christ and ____________________. pg, 252
42. One of the key themes in Revelation is the reference to the followers of Jesus as giving “____________________.” pg. 252
43. As one reads Revelation the recurring theme of the ______________ of God can be seen. pg. 254
44. The victory is not, as some might suppose, the punishment and destruction of the wicked; the victory is the ____________________ of the Church. pg. 255
45. Rather than being ____________________ with when the kingdom will be restored, the disciples had another task that needed to be done first. pg. 258
46. Their task is to see others set ____________________ from the power of sin, by witnessing to the victory of God. pg. 258
47. A cross-centered ____________________ requires cross-carrying messengers. pg. 260
Assignment
1. Memorize Hebrews 12:1-3.
2. Analyze 1 Peter 2:21-23.
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