A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible Part 28

5. Name the two elements of pure religion.

_Chapter 2_

1. What charge is made against the wealthy worshipers?

2. Name the royal law.

3. What two factors are necessary to salvation and which does James emphasize?

4. What do demons believe? Give proof.

5. What two ill.u.s.trations are taken from Old Testament biography?

_Chapter 3_

1. Give a t.i.tle to the chapter.

2. How large a part does the control of the tongue have in the making of character? Explain.

3. To what two things is the tongue compared in verses 3 and 4?

4. What three things does the writer declare the tongue to be?

5. If no man can tame the tongue, what two things must follow on the part of every one who desires to get it under control?

_Chapter 4_

1. Name the cause mentioned for unanswered prayer.

2. Give the author's recipe for causing the devil to flee.

3. Give the author's recipe for securing the presence of G.o.d.

4. What phrase must a believer use when speaking of a future act, and why?

5. Give James' definition of sin and state how it differs from John's.

(See I John 3:4, Authorized Version.)

_Chapter 5_

1. What two ill.u.s.trations are taken from Old Testament history?

2. What is meant by the phrase, "the end of the Lord," in verse 11?

3. What command resembles one in the Sermon on the Mount?

4. What are the sick exhorted to do?

5. What two results occur when one turns a sinner to Christ?

STUDIES IN I AND II PETER

The two letters of Peter afford splendid opportunity for noting the impress of the writer's character and experience upon his writings. Let the teacher judge as to the extent of this study. The following are suggested:

1. Name ten chief events in Peter's life, recorded in the Gospels.

2. Name ten chief events in Peter's life, recorded in the Acts.

3. Name six leading qualities of Peter's character.

4. Note now in I Peter 1 and II Peter 1 any words or truths suggested by the writer's character and experience. The following are given as examples:

I PETER 1.

Verse 3: "Inheritance." See Matt. 19:27. "What shall we have?"

Verse 5: "Guarded through faith." See Luke 22:31, 32.

Verse 6: "Manifold trials." Name Peter's tests.

I JOHN

1. In the introduction, 1:1-4, record under the three following topics the words of the writer:

1. John's Personal Experience with Christ.

2. John's Sharing this Experience.

3. The Purpose of Sharing this Experience.

2. Name the books written by John.

3. Name the purpose of this letter. Chapter 5:13.

4. Select five tests in Chapters 2 and 3 by which we may know that we are the Lord's disciples.

5. In the following diagram of steps supply a verb after the p.r.o.noun "I"

that sets forth the thought of each respective book:

I ----------------- |John's |Revelation | I | ----------------- |John's |First Letter | I | ----------------- John's Gospel

6. Are there any signs in this book of the "Boanerges" remaining? If so, mention them.

7. Name the two definitions of G.o.d and state why John would be enabled to record them.

8. How many references to Old Testament characters in the letter? How many in James? In I Peter? Why fewer in John?