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  1. Where did Jesus cure the blind man?
    In Bethsaida.
    Mk 8.22
    Outside the temple.
    Jn 8.59
  2. Does righteousness come from following the Law?
    Yes.
    Lk 1.5-6
    No.
    Gal 2.21
  3. When was the Holy Ghost given?
    After the resurrection of Jesus.
    Jn 7.38,
    20.22;
    Acts 2.4
    Before the resurrection of Jesus.
    Mk 12.36;
    Lk 1.15,
    41,
    67,
    2.25-26;
    Acts 1.16
  4. Did the Samaritans receive Jesus?
    Yes.
    Jn 4.39
    No.
    Lk 9.52-53
  5. When did Satan enter Judas?
    Before the last supper.
    Lk 22.3-7
    After the last supper.
    Jn 13.27
  6. Can thieves go to heaven?
    Yes.
    Mk 15.27,
    Lk 23.43
    No.
    1 Cor 6.10
  7. Where did Jesus first appear to the eleven disciples after the resurrection?
    On a mountain top in Galilee.
    Mt 28.16
    In a room in Jerusalem.
    Mk 16.14,
    Lk 24.33,
    Jn 20.19
  8. Were the disciples frightened or gladdened when they saw Jesus?
    Frightened.
    Lk 24.37
    Gladdened.
    Jn 20.20
  9. Who raised Jesus from the dead?
    Jesus raised himself from the dead.
    Jn 2.19-21
    God raised him from the dead.
    Acts 2.24,
    32,
    4.10,
    13.30;
    Gal 1.1;
    Col 2.12;
    1 Th 1.10
  10. Did Jesus baptize anyone?
    Yes.
    Jn 3.22
    No.
    Jn 4.2
  11. Does God work on the Sabbath?
    No, even God has to rest sometimes.
    Gen 2.2-3
    Yes. Jesus and his dad always work on the Sabbath.
    Jn 5.17
  12. Does Jesus judge people?
    Yes.
    Jn 5.22,
    26-27,
    9.39;
    2 Cor 5.10;
    Rev 19.11
    No.
    Jn 8.15,
    9.39,
    12.47
  13. Did Jesus bear witness of himself?
    No.
    Jn 5.31
    Yes.
    Jn 8.14,
    18
  14. Is it possible to fall from grace?
    Yes.
    Gal 5.4,
    Heb 6.4-6,
    2 Pet 2.21
    No.
    Jn 10.28,
    Rom 8.38-39
  15. Who forces non-believers to disbelieve?
    God.
    Jn 12.39-40,
    2 Th 2.11-12
    Satan.
    2 Cor 4.3-4
  16. Did Peter ask Jesus where he was going?
    Yes.
    Jn 13.36
    No.
    Jn 16.5
  17. Who sent the Holy Ghost?
    Jesus.
    Jn 15.26
    His dad.
    Jn 14.26
  18. Did Jesus tell his disciples everything?
    Yes.
    Jn 15.15
    No, there were some things that he didn’t tell them.
    Jn 16.12
  19. Does the gospel of Luke contain everything that Jesus did?
    Yes.
    Acts 1.1-2
    No.
    Jn 21.25
  20. How many believers were there at the time of the ascension?
    120.
    Acts 1.15
    More than 500.
    1 Cor 15.6
  21. Should we obey human or divine law?
    We should obey God rather than men.
    Acts 5.29
    We should obey the laws of man.
    1 Pet 2.13,
    Rom 13.1-4
  22. Did the men with Paul hear the voice?
    Yes.
    Acts 9.7
    No.
    Acts 22.9
  23. Did Paul go to Jerusalem from Damascus immediately after his conversion?
    Yes.
    Acts 9.26
    No.
    Gal 1.15-18
  24. Did Paul visit all of the disciples when he went to Jerusalem after his conversion?
    Yes.
    Acts 9.26-28
    No, only Peter and James.
    Gal 1.19
  25. If a husband believes, is his wife saved also?
    Yes, his whole family is saved by his belief.
    Acts 16.31,
    1 Cor 7.14
    Who knows?
    1 Cor 7.16
  26. Can women be church leaders?
    Yes.
    Acts 18.26;
    Rom 16.1
    ,
    7
    No.
    1 Cor 14.34-35,
    1 Tim 2.11-12
  27. Were the men with Paul knocked to the ground?
    Yes, they fell to the ground.
    Acts 26.14
    No, they remained standing.
    Acts 9.7
  28. Was Abraham justified by faith or works?
    Faith.
    Rom 4.2
    Works.
    Jas 2.21
  29. Who was to blame for original sin?
    Adam.
    Rom 5.12
    Eve.
    1 Tim 2.14
  30. Is it OK to curse people?
    Yes.
    1 Cor 16.22,
    Gal 1.8-9
    No.
    Rom 12.14
  31. Should we try to please others?
    Yes.
    Rom 15.2,
    1 Cor 10.33
    No.
    Gal 1.10
  32. Is it OK to eat meat sacrificed to other gods?
    Yes.
    1 Cor 6.13,
    8.4-8,
    10.25,
    27
    No.
    1 Cor 10.20,
    28
  33. Is all Scripture inspired by God?
    Yes.
    2 Tim 3.16
    No.
    1 Cor 7.12,
    25
  34. Is it OK to marry (or stay married to) unbelievers? Is it OK to touch them or be friends with them?
    Yes.
    1 Cor 8.4-8
    No, they are unclean.
    2 Cor 6.14-17
  35. Did Paul see Jesus?
    Yes.
    1 Cor 9.1,
    1 Cor 15.8
    No.
    Acts 9.8
  36. Should women have the same rights as men?
    Yes.
    Gal 3.28
    No.
    1 Cor 11.3,
    14.34-35;
    Eph 5.22-24;
    Col 3.18;
    1 Tim 2.11-12;
    1 Pet 3.1
  37. Should you speak in tongues?
    Yes.
    1 Cor 14.2-5
    No.
    1 Cor 14.8-9
  38. May a woman speak in church?
    Yes, but she must have her head covered.
    1 Cor 11.5
    No.
    1 Cor 14.35
  39. Should we bear each other’s burdens?
    Yes.
    Gal 6.2
    No.
    Gal 6.5
  40. Should believers discuss their faith with non-believers?
    Yes.
    Col 4.6,
    1 Pet 3.15
    No.
    1 Tim 6.20,
    2 Tim 2.16,
    2 Jn 10
  41. Is the day of the Lord at hand?
    Yes.
    1 Th 4.17,
    5.23
    No.
    2 Th 2.2-9
  42. Can the devil capture us at will?
    Yes.
    2 Tim 2.26
    No.
    Jas 4.7
  43. Was Rahab saved by faith or works?
    By faith.
    Heb 11.31
    By works.
    Jas 2.25
  44. Have Christians been raised with Christ?
    Yes, they have already been raised with Christ.
    Col 2.12,
    3.1
    No, not yet.
    Rom 6.4-5,
    1 Cor 15.52
God’s Killings in the bible
  1. The Flood of Noah
    Genesis 7.21
  2. Abraham’s war to rescue Lot
    Genesis 14.14-17
  3. Sodom and Gomorrah
    Genesis 19.24
  4. Lot’s wife
    Genesis 19.26
  5. Er for being wicked
    Genesis 38.7
  6. Onan for spilling his seed
    Genesis 38.9-10
  7. God’s seven year, world-wide famine
    Genesis 41.32, 56
  8. The seventh plague of Egypt: hail
    Exodus 9.24
  9. God killed all first-born Egyptian children
    Exodus 12.29-30
    ,
    Numbers 33.4
  10. God drowned the Egyptian army
    Exodus 14.27-28
  11. God’s perpetual war with Amalek
    Exodus 17.13-16
  12. God forced the Israelites to kill each other
    Exodus 32.26-28
  13. God plagued the people because of Aaron’s calf
    Exodus 32.35
  14. God burns Aaron’s sons to death
    Leviticus 10.1-6
    , Numbers
    3.4
    ,
    26.61
  15. A blasphemer is stoned to death
    Leviticus 24.10-23
  16. God burned people to death for complaining
    Numbers 11.1
  17. God plagued the people for complaining about the lack of food and water
    Numbers 11.33
  18. Ten scouts are killed for their honest report
    Numbers 14.36-37
  19. A man gathering sticks on the Sabbath
    Numbers 15.32-36
  20. The opposing party is buried alive (with their families)
    Numbers 16.1-33
    ,
    26.10
  21. 250 burned to death for burning incense
    Numbers 16.35
    ,
    26.10
  22. For complaining about God’s killings
    Numbers 16.41-49
  23. The massacre of the Aradites
    Numbers 21.2-3
  24. God sent snakes to bite people for complaining
    Numbers 21.5-6
  25. Phinehas’ double murder: A killing to end God’s killings
    Numbers 25.6-9
  26. The Midianite massacre
    Numbers 31.1-40
  27. God slowly kills the Israelite army
    Deuteronomy 2.14-16
  28. God the giant killer
    Deuteronomy 2.20-23
  29. King Sihon and all his people
    Deuteronomy 2.33-34
  30. Og and the men, women, and children of 60 cities
    Deuteronomy 3.3-6
    ,
    Numbers 21.34-35
  31. The Jericho genocide
    Joshua 6.21
  32. Achan and his family are stoned and burned to death
    Joshua 7.19-26
  33. The Ai massacre
    Joshua 8.1-31
  34. God stops the sun so Joshua can kill in the daylight
    Joshua 10.10-11
  35. Five kings killed and hung on trees
    Joshua 10.24-26
  36. Joshua utterly destroys all that breathes as God commanded
    Joshua 10.28-42
  37. Jabin, Jobab, and all the people in 20 cities
    Joshua 11.6-20
  38. The Anakim: More giant killing
    Joshua 11.21-22
  39. The Lord delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites
    Judges 1.2-7
  40. The Jerusalem massacre
    Judges 1.8
  41. Five massacres, a wedding, and some God-proof iron chariots
    Judges 1.10-25
  42. The Lord delivered Chushanrishathaim
    Judges 3.9-10
  43. Ehud delivers a message from God
    Judges 3.15-22
  44. God delivers 10,000 lusty Moabites
    Judges 3.26-29
  45. Shamgar kills 600 Philistines with an ox goad
    Judges 3.31
  46. Barak and God massacre the Canaanites
    Judges 4.1-16
  47. Jael pounds a tent stake through a sleeping man’s skull
    Judges 4.18-23
  48. Gideon’s story: The Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow
    Judges 7.22
  49. A city is massacred and 1000 burn to death because of God’s evil spirit
    Judges 9.45-49
  50. The Ammonite slaughter
    Judges 11.29-33
  51. Jephthah’s daughter
    Judges 11.29-33
  52. 42,000 killed for failing the “Shibboleth” test
    Judges 12.5-6
  53. Samson kills 30 men for their clothes
    Judges 14.19
  54. Samson kills 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass
    Judges 15.11-16
  55. Samson kills 3000 in a suicide terrorist attack
    Judges 16.27-30
  56. A holy civil war
    Judges 20.1-48
  57. Two genocides and 200 stolen virgins
    Judges 21.1-23
  58. Eli’s sons
    1 Samuel 4.11
  59. God smote them with hemorrhoids in their secret parts
    1 Samuel 5.6-12
  60. 50,070 killed for looking into the ark of the Lord
    1 Samuel 6.19
  61. The Lord thundered great thunder upon the Philistines
    1 Samuel 7.10
  62. Another Ammonite massacre
    1 Samuel 11.11
  63. Jonathan’s first slaughter
    1 Samuel 14.14
  64. God forces the Philistines to kill each other
    1 Samuel 14.16-23
  65. The Amalekite genocide
    1 Samuel 15.2-3
  66. Samuel hacks Agag to death before the Lord
    1 Samuel 15.33
  67. Goliath
    1 Samuel 17.51
  68. David buys his first wife with 200 Philistine foreskins
    1 Samuel 18.27
  69. The Lord said to David, go and smite the Philistines
    1 Samuel 23.2-5
  70. The Lord smote Nabal (and David got his wife and other stuff)
    1 Samuel 25.38
  71. David commits random acts of genocide
    1 Samuel 27.9
  72. David spends the day killing Amalekites
    1 Samuel 30.17
  73. God killed Saul (for not killing all the Amalekites)
    1 Samuel 31.1
  74. David killed the messenger
    2 Samuel 1.15
  75. David killed Rechab and Baanah
    2 Samuel 4.12
  76. God helped David smite the Philistines
    2 Samuel 5.19-25
  77. God killed Uzzah for trying to keep the ark from falling
    2 Samuel 6.6-7
  78. David killed 2/3 of Moabite POWs and enslaved the rest
    2 Samuel 8.1-2
  79. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went
    2 Samuel 8.5-6
  80. David killed every male in Edom
    2 Samuel 8.13-14
    ,
    1 Kings 11.15
  81. Thus did David to all the children of Ammon
    2 Samuel 11.1
    ,
    1 Chronicles 20.1
  82. God slowly kills a baby
    2 Samuel 12.14-18
  83. Seven sons of Saul are hung up before the Lord
    2 Samuel 21.1-14
  84. David’s mighty men and their amazing killings
    2 Samuel 23.8-21
    ,
    1 Chronicles 11.12-23
  85. God kills 70,000 to punish David for a census
    2 Samuel 24.15
    ,
    1 Chronicles 21
  86. Solomon kills Joab and Shimei
    1 Kings 2.29-46
  87. A tale of two prophets
    1 Kings 13.11-28
  88. Jeroboams’ son: God kills another child
    1 Kings 14.17
  89. Jeroboam’s family
    1 Kings 15.29
  90. Baasha’s family and friends
    1 Kings 16.11-12
  91. Zimri burns to death
    1 Kings 18-19
  92. The drought of Elijah
    1 Kings 17.1
  93. Elijah kills 450 in a prayer contest
    1 Kings 18.22-40
  94. The first God-assisted slaughter of the Syrians
    1 Kings 20.20-21
  95. God killed 100,000 Syrians for calling him a god of the hills
    1 Kings 20.29
  96. God killed 27,000 Syrians by making a wall fall on them
    1 Kings 20.30
  97. God sent a lion to kill a man for not smiting a prophet
    1 Kings 20.35-36
  98. God killed Ahab for not killing a captured king
    1 Kings 22.35
  99. God burned 102 men to death for asking Elijah to come down from his hill
    2 Kings 1.9-12
  100. God killed Ahaziah (of Israel) for asking the wrong god
    2 Kings 1.16-17
  101. God sends two bears to rip apart 42 boys for making fun of a prophet’s bald head
    2 Kings 2.23-24
  102. The Lord delivered the Moabites
    2 Kings 3.18-25
  103. A skeptic is trampled to death
    2 Kings 7.17
  104. God’s seven year famine
    2 Kings 8.1
  105. Jehoram of Israel
    2 Kings 9.24-25
  106. Jezebel
    2 Kings 9.33-37
  107. Ahab’s sons: 70 heads in two heaps
    2 Kings 10.1-10
  108. Ahab’s family, friends, and priests
    2 Kings 10.11
  109. Jehu kills Ahaziah’s family
    2 Kings 10.14
  110. The rest of Ahab’s family
    2 Kings 10.15-17
  111. The followers of Baal
    2 Kings 10.28-25
  112. Queen Athaliah and the priest of Baal
    2 Kings 11.15-20
  113. God sent lions to eat those that didn’t fear God enough
    2 Kings 17.25-26
  114. And angel killed 185,000 sleeping soldiers
    2 Kings 19.35
  115. God caused King Sennacherib to be killed by his sons
    2 Kings 19.36-37
  116. Josiah killed all the priests of the high places
    2 Kings 23.20
  117. Just another holy war
    1 Chronicles 5.18-22
  118. God killed a half million Israelite soldiers
    2 Chronicles 13.15-17
  119. Jeroboam
    2 Chronicles 13.20
  120. God killed a million Ethiopians
    2 Chronicles 14.8-13
  121. God forced “a great multitude” to kill each other
    2 Chronicles 20.14-25
  122. God made Jehoram’s bowels fall out
    2 Chronicles 21.18-19
  123. God killed Jehoram’s sons
    2 Chronicles 22.1
  124. Ahaziah (of Judah)
    2 Chronicles 22.7-9
  125. Joash, the princes and army of Juday
    2 Chronicles 24.20-25
  126. God destroyed Amaziah
    2 Chronicles 25.14-27
  127. Ahaz
    2 Chronicles 28.5
  128. God killed 120,000 valiant men for forsaking him
    2 Chronicles 28.6
  129. The fall of Jerusalem
    2 Chronicles 36.16-17
    ,
    Jeremiah 21.5-7
  130. God and Satan kill Job’s children and slaves
    Job 1.15-19
  131. Hananiah
    Jeremiah 28.16-17
  132. Ezekiel’s wife
    Ezekiel 24.16-18
  133. Ananias and Sapphira
    Acts 5.1-11
  134. Herod Aggripa
    Acts 12.23
  135. Jesus
    Romans 8.32
    ,
    1 Peter 1.19-20

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