 | Term | Definition |
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What do we want to "eat" when we sit down to read God's word? |
Meat |
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What kind of "meal" do we often eat when we sit down to read God's word? |
Baby food - MUSH |
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What does it require to find the deep truths of God's word? |
Time and effort |
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You should read God's word like you would read what? |
A love letter |
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True or False: When you are observing scripture, you only need to read it once. |
False - You need to read it over and over |
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After finding a pronoun, what should you do next? |
Find the antecedent |
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What is a figure of speech? |
A word or phrase that is used not in the literal sense but to create a picture |
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What is a comparison? |
When two items are shown to be similar |
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What is a contrast? |
When two items are shown to be different |
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When you observe more than 2 itemized things in a scripture, what is it called? |
A List |
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What is a cause and effect? |
Sometime that will cause something else to happen |
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What is a figure of speech? |
Words used in a sense other than the literal sense that convey an image |
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What is a conjunction? |
Part of speech that serves like "mortar" to the biblical text: it joins or holds the phrases and sentences together |
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What are some conjunctions? |
and, but, or, nor, for, yet |
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Which part of a sentence conveys the action? |
Verbs |
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True or False: When observing, you should ask: what does the text say? |
True!! |
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What are the small chunks of a scripture text? |
Words, phrases, sentences |
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What are the larger chunks of a scripture text? |
paragraphs, chapters, stories |
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When observing, what should you notice first, the small or large chunks? |
Small chunks - words, phrases, and then sentences |
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Jesus' words that he is the Son of God in John 5 is a response to what? |
The Pharisees' anger that Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath |
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What are some things we learned from Jesus words by doing IBS? |
That he is the Son of God and has power to pass judgment (was given this power by the Father) |
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How did Jesus claim his deity in John 5? |
He called himself the Son of God |
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Who/What are the 4 witnesses that testify of the deity of Christ? |
John the Baptist, Jesus' own works, Scripture, the Father |
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What feast did Jesus miss to feed the 5,000? |
Passover |
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In what region did Jesus feed the 5,000 and walk on water? |
Galilee |
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What is another name for the Sea of Galilee? |
Lake Tiberias |
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True or False: the Sea of Galilee is actually an ocean |
False - it is a lake |
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True or False: The Sea of Galilee is actually a lake |
True |
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True or False: The Sea of Galilee has many storms |
True - different elevations causes storms to occur |
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What is a synagogue? |
A local Jewish house of prayer and worship |
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In what synagogue did Jesus say he was the "Bread of Life" |
The synagogue in Capernaum |
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True or False: Bread was an uncommon term in Jewish culture |
False - Jews were very familiar with bread in their culture, worship, and language |
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In OT Scripture, what was bread symbolic of? |
The Law or God's word |
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How was bread used in Jewish worship? |
Grain offering, the Showbread in the tabernacle, and in festivals such as the Feast of Unleavened Bread |
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How was the word bread often used in scripture? |
In the figurative sense |
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Anyone who eats the bread of life will receive what? |
Forgiveness and eternal life |
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How is the Living Bread better than manna? |
Manna only gives you physical energy for a while. Your body will eventually die. The Living Bread satisfies you spiritually and gives you eternal life. |
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The Feast of Tabernacles that Jesus attended in John 7 takes place how long after the feeding of the 5,000? |
Several months but the same year |
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Jesus left doing ministry in what region to attend Succoth? |
Galilee |
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How did Jesus attend Succoth? |
In Secret, not publicly as the Jews expected him to |
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How long was the FOT? |
About a week |
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The FOT consisted of what? |
Unique customs that commemorated Israel's history |
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The FOT celebrated and anticipated what? |
The coming rainy season |
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Where did the people stay for the FOT? |
In booths decorated with palm branches |
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What is the Hebrew word for "tabernacle" (which also means booth)? |
Succoth |
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On what day and in what month was the festival celebrated? |
15th day of Tishri |
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Jesus said that whoever believed in him would have what flow out of him? |
Streams of living water |
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When Jesus said he could provide living water, what was he claiming? |
His deity and the fact that he could provide salvation and eternal life |
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Why did Jesus choose to speak up on the 7th day of the Feast? |
Water was on everyone's minds |
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Why was water an important part of the festival? |
They were celebrating the coming of the rainy season |
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What ritual did the priests perform during the feast that had great significance on the last day? |
Water-pouring (libation) ritual |
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What were some opinions that people had about who Jesus was? |
The Prophet, a good man, deceiver, demon-possessed, the Christ, courageous, charismatic |
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