I'm told that a new game show — The American Bible Challenge — is coming soon to the Game Show Network. So getting into the game show spirit, can you answer the following Bible questions?
1. Why is it, that in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we have the record of only two individual Gentiles to whom Christ ministered, a Roman man in the land of the Jews (Lk 7:1-11), and a Greek woman outside the land of the Jews (Matt 15:21-27; Mk 7:24-29)?
2. What did Christ mean when He said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matt 15:24)?
3. If the twelve apostles were to disciple all nations (Matt 28:16-20), why did they agree to go to the Jews years after they received Christ's orders (Gal 2:7-9)?
1. Why is it, that in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we have the record of only two individual Gentiles to whom Christ ministered, a Roman man in the land of the Jews (Lk 7:1-11), and a Greek woman outside the land of the Jews (Matt 15:21-27; Mk 7:24-29)?
2. What did Christ mean when He said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matt 15:24)?
3. If the twelve apostles were to disciple all nations (Matt 28:16-20), why did they agree to go to the Jews years after they received Christ's orders (Gal 2:7-9)?
4. Why was it unlawful for Peter to associate with or visit Gentiles seven or eight years after Christ gave them “the great commission” (Acts 10:28)?
5. Why don't believers today obey the command of Jesus Christ in Luke 12:33 "sell your possessions, and give to the needy"?
6. Luke 9:6 simply says that the twelve disciples went around "preaching the gospel." Verse 2 of this same chapter explains how the Lord had sent them "to proclaim the kingdom of God." They couldn't have been preaching "the word of the cross," as Paul later did (1 Cor 1:17-18), because it wasn't until at least two years later that the Lord began to tell them how He must suffer and die (Matt 16:21) and Peter "began to rebuke Him" (Matt 16:22) and none of the twelve even knew what He was talking about (Lk 18:31-34). So what were they preaching?
7. In the beginning chapters of Acts the believers sold their houses and lots and gave the money to the apostles (Acts 2:44-45; 4:34-35). Is this God's will for us today, too?
6. Luke 9:6 simply says that the twelve disciples went around "preaching the gospel." Verse 2 of this same chapter explains how the Lord had sent them "to proclaim the kingdom of God." They couldn't have been preaching "the word of the cross," as Paul later did (1 Cor 1:17-18), because it wasn't until at least two years later that the Lord began to tell them how He must suffer and die (Matt 16:21) and Peter "began to rebuke Him" (Matt 16:22) and none of the twelve even knew what He was talking about (Lk 18:31-34). So what were they preaching?
7. In the beginning chapters of Acts the believers sold their houses and lots and gave the money to the apostles (Acts 2:44-45; 4:34-35). Is this God's will for us today, too?
8. What did Jesus Christ mean by His command of Matthew 23:1-3: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice."? What does it mean that God's Son was born under the law (Gal 4:4)?
9. Why was it that from the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry until Peter preached to Cornelius, about eleven years later, no man was baptized who had not first been circumcised?
10. Why, on the day of Pentecost, did Peter preach to Jews, "repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38), whereas in his message to Cornelius Peter said, "Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have (Acts 10:44-47)? Was water baptism a requirement for Holy Spirit baptism on the day of Pentecost?
11. In Acts 3:19-21 Peter told the Jews if they would repent, God would send Jesus Christ back from heaven. Is this also God's message to us today?
12. In Acts 5:29-32, Peter declared that God had exalted Christ "at His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins." Why didn't he say "to give repentance to Israel and Gentiles"?
13. In Acts 13:23 Paul was speaking to the Jews concerning King David, and said, "Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised." Why didn't Paul say that God had brought to the Gentiles a Savior, too?
14. In Colossians 4:3-4 Paul says, "At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak." What is "the mystery of Christ"?
15. Except for Peter's one message to the household of Cornelius, did any of the twelve apostles preach to Gentiles in the Book of Acts? Why did the eleven apostles condemn Peter for preaching to Cornelius (Acts 11:1-7)?
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