General Epistles
Composed of the following:
| Hebrews | James | 1 Peter | 2 Peter |
| 1 John | John 2, 3 - Jude | Revelation |
Theme: The Priesthood of Christ
As to the writer of Hebrews, it is debatable but one thing that is not questionable, is the authorship; which is the Holy Spirit. The book of Hebrews presents the high priestly office of Jesus Christ: that Christ is superior to angels, to Moses, to the Old Testament priesthood and that the New Covenant is better then the Old.
ASSIGNMENT:
LESSON 1
1. By whom has God spoken unto us in these last
days_____________________________________________________
2. By whom did God also make the worlds_____________________________________________________________
3. What did Jesus Christ do after he himself purged our sins_________________________________________________
4. God has never said to any angel "thou art my Son" True or False
5. Angels worship The Lord Jesus Christ. True or False
6. In ch.1:8-9 What does God the Father call the Son?____________________________________________________
7. Has God ever seated an angel on his right hand? Yes or No
8. To whom do angels minister for____________________________________________________________________
9. To which has God put all things in subjection? Angels or Man
10. Jesus was made a little lower than angels for the
purpose of______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Jesus Christ took part of flesh and blood for the
purpose of______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Jesus did not take on the nature of angels but the seed of________________________________________________
13. Jesus is able to help us when we are tempted
because:_________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
14. Jesus Christ the Son is counted worthy of more glory than Moses True or False
15. Jesus is considered as the Son over the house, while
Moses is considered as a servant
in the house. True or False
16. Israel did not enter into God’s rest while in the wilderness because of______________________________________
17. How does Hebrews 4:12 describe the Word of
God?__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
18. Why can Christians come boldly unto the throne of
grace and obtain mercy and help in time of need?_______________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
19. What evidences point to the fact, that these
Christians though saved, were not growing and maturing._______________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Memory Scripture:
Hebrews 1:2-3 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by
his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made
the worlds,
Vs.3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his
person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by
himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high.
ASSIGNMENT:
LESSON 2
1. Christians are to go on
to maturity and to other doctrines such as__________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Abraham gave a tenth ( tithe ) to whom?____________________________________________________________
3. Which tribe of Israel did Jesus come from?__________________________________________________________
4. Jesus was made a High Priest after the order of______________________________________________________
5. As our High
Priest, why is Jesus able to save us to the uttermost__________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Old Testament priests offered up sacrifices daily for the sins of the people, What did Jesus offer up?_______________
7. How many times has or will Jesus be offered up for sins?________________________________________________
8. Jesus is the mediator of a better_______________ based upon better______________________________________
9. In the Old
Covenant God wrote his laws upon stone in the New Covenant where will God
put and write his laws?_____
_________________________________________________________________________________________
10. How often did the High Priest enter into the second ( Holy of Holies )______________________________________
11. What did he do there?_________________________________________________________________________
12. In offering up his blood and entering into the holy place, what did Jesus obtain for us?_______________________
13. Without the shedding of blood there is no_______________ for sins.
14. It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the__________________________________________________
15. Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins forever. True or False
16. Christians are not to ____________the assembling of ourselves together.
17. What is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen?___________________________________
18. Name some of the
people who lived by faith in ch.11___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
19. Who is the author and finisher of our faith?__________________________________________________________
20. What is the results of the chastening of God?_________________________________________________________
21. Some people who have entertained ( shown hospitality to ) strangers, have done so to_______________ unaware.
22. Marriage is honorable in all but God will judge_______________________________________________________
23. Who is the same, yesterday, today and forever?______________________________________________________
24. What kind of sacrifices is God well pleased with?_____________________________________________________
25. Who must give an account, for watching over souls (Christian people) _____________________________________
26. How are Christians
suppose to respond to leaders in the church?________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Memory Scripture:
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much more, as ye see the day approaching.
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ASSIGNMENT:
James ch.1-5
1. When
confronted with temptations ( trials ) Christians should face them
with_________________________________
2. What is the
results of the trying ( testing ) of our faith?__________________________________________________
3. When we pray
and ask God for something, we are to ask in______________________________________________
4. If we endure
temptation ( trials ) we shall receive______________________________________________________
5. God does not
tempt any one to do evil. True or False
6. We should be
swift to __________slow to_____________ slow to _______________________________________
7. What? does not
work the righteousness of God._______________________________________________________
8. Christians
should be hearers only of the word. True or False
9. What part of
our bodies must we bridle ( put a rein on- control )___________________________________________
10. What is the
royal law?__________________________________________________________________________
11. Pure religion
undefiled before God is______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Christians
should have respect ( pay special attention to- fuss over- show favoritism
) to various
classes of people. True
or False
13. Masters (
teachers ) will receive a greater condemnation ( judgment ) True or
False
14. What is the
most unruly member of our body? 1. stomach 2. tongue 3. eyes
15. What is the
results of envy and strife?______________________________________________________________
16. What is the
results of the wisdom that is from above___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
17. Why do some
ask, and receive not?_______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
18. What does God
call those who want to be friends with the world?________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
19. We are to
submit to God and resist________________________________________________________________
20. What is our
life compared to, that appears and then vanishes away?________________________________________
21. Christians that
are sick, are to____________________________________________________________________
22. What does the
fervent prayer of the righteous do?_____________________________________________________
Memory Scripture:
James 1:2 My
brethren count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ( various
trials )
James 4:7 Submit
yourselves, therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:14...For
what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time, and
then vanisheth away.
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ASSIGNMENT:
1 Peter ch.1-5
1.
The Christian has an inheritance reserved
where?______________________________________________________
2. The trail of
faith is more precious than_______________________________________________________________
3. Although we
haven’t seen Jesus, we_________ him and rejoice with ______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What did the
prophets of old, testify beforehand of?____________________________________________________
5. We should be
holy ( in all our manner of life ) because__________________________________________________
6. Christians were
not redeemed with corruptible things such as_____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What were we
redeemed with?___________________________________________________________________
8. We are born
again by__________________________________________________________________________
9. What should
Christians desire, to grow by?__________________________________________________________
10. All Christians
are a part of a royal___________ an__________ a________________________________________
11. Christians are
strangers and pilgrims and should_______________________________________________________
12. Jesus did no
sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. True or False
13. What kind of
adorning should wives put on__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
14. Husbands should
give______________ to their wives and remember that wives are
joint heirs.
* Let not husbands forget, Christian wives are children of
God, treat
them as such
and visa versa.
15. What can be
hindered if married couples don’t do each other right?________________________________________
16. The face of the
Lord is against them that do 1. foolish things 2. evil 3. nothing
17. How many times
has Christ suffered for sins? 1. often 2. never stops 3. once
18. Christ is on
the right hand of God, what has been made subject unto him?___________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
19. What does
charity ( love ) cover?_________________________________________________________________
20. Where does
judgment begin? 1. house of God ( Christians ) 2. worldly sinners
21. Who does God
resist? 1. sinners 2. backsliders 3. the proud
22. Who walks
around, seeking someone to devour?_____________________________________________________
23. The devil
can be resisted. True or False
24. From your
studies, what is a good way to resist the devil?_______________________________________________
( see Matthew
4:1-11 )
Memory Scripture:
1 Peter 1:18-19
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things,
like silver and gold, from your vain manner of life received by tradition
from your fathers,
Vs19 But with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
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ASSIGNMENT:
2 Peter ch.1-3
1. God has
given unto us all things that pertains to_______________________________________________________
2. What kind of
nature are we partakers of?____________________________________________________________
3. What are we to
add to our faith?__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Jesus had shown
Peter that he was to die soon? True or False
5. Holy men of God
spoke as they were moved by_______________________________________________________
6. What did God do
with the angels that sinned?________________________________________________________
7. God spared not
the old world but did save 1. Naamen 2. Noah 3. Balaam
8. What two cities
did God destroy and are an example?__________________________________________________
9. The Lord knows
how to deliver the godly out of_______________________________________________________
10. Balaam loved
the wages of 1. sin 2. money 3. unrighteousness
11. By what is a
man brought into bondage?____________________________________________________________
12. What does a dog
return to?_____________________________________________________________________
13. What will a sow
do, after it is washed?_____________________________________________________________
14. What are the
two examples above, an illustration of?___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
15. What reasons
are given in Ch.3, why Peter writes this second epistle?______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
16. What shall come
in the last days?__________________________________________________________________
17. One day with
the Lord is as 1. a week 2 100 yrs. 3. 1000 yrs.
18. What reason is
God long-suffering toward us? _______________________________________________________
19. Christians are
looking for new heavens and a new earth. True or False
20. In Ch.3:16
Peter considers Paul’s epistles to be scripture. True or False
Memory Scripture:
2 Peter 1:21-22
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
Vs.22 For prophecy
came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost
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ASSIGNMENT:
1 John ch.1 -5
1. What had John
seen and handled ( touched )_________________________________________________________
2. Why does John
declare to us what he had seen and heard?_______________________________________________
3. Why does John
say he writes these things?___________________________________________________________
4. What is the
results of walking in the light, as he is in the light?______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What should
Christians do if they sin?_______________________________________________________________
6. What will God
do, if we confess our sins?____________________________________________________________
7. Who is our
Advocate with God the Father?__________________________________________________________
8. What is
perfected in those that keep God’s word?_____________________________________________________
9. What three age
groups is addressed in Ch. two?_______________________________________________________
10. Christians are
not to love________________________________________________________________________
11. What things in
the world, are not of the Father?_______________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Beloved,
_____________are we the sons ( children of God.
13. The
transgression of the law is 1. for some 2. sin 3. appealing
14. For what
purpose was the Son of God manifested?____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
15. What does the
Scripture “ let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in
truth” mean to you?___________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
16. If our heart
does not condemn us then we have_____________ toward God.
17. We can receive
whatever we ask, because__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
18. What is a man,
if he says I love God but hates his brother?_______________________________________________
19. What is the
victory that overcometh the world?_______________________________________________________
20. He that has the
Son ( Jesus ) has__________________________________________________________________
21. John says he
has written these things to us who believe, so that we may know, what?__________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Memory Scripture:
1 John 1:9 If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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ASSIGNMENT:
2nd. 3rd. John, Jude
1. John rejoiced
the these Christians were walking in_____________________________________________________
2. What is the
commandment that Christians have had from the beginning?_____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. If people come
to us with false doctrine we should not invite them into______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. To whom does
John address the the 3rd epistle to?____________________________________________________
5. John desired
that he prospered and be in health. True or False
6. John commends
Gaius for his helping the brethren and strangers True or False
7. What was the
name of the man, that was putting people out of the church?___________________________________
8. What was this
man forbidding Christians from doing?___________________________________________________
9. What man had a
good report of all men?____________________________________________________________
10. What does Jude
tell these Christians to contend for?___________________________________________________
11. For what reason
did he tell them this?______________________________________________________________
12. God has
reserved some angels in everlasting chains under darkness. True or False
13. For what
reasons does Jude say that Sodom and Gomorrah suffered the vengeance of
eternal fire?_______________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
14. Which angel
contended with the devil over the body of Moses?__________________________________________
15. Enoch
prophesied that the Lord would come back with__________________ of his saints.
16. How are we to
build ourselves up on our most holy faith?_______________________________________________
Memory
Scriptures:
2 John 1:10 If
there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into
your house, neither bid him godspeed.
3 John 1:2
Beloved. I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in
health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Jude 1:20 But ye,
beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost.
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ASSIGNMENT:
Revelation ch.1-5
1.
What isle was John on? 1. Crete 2. Patmos 3. Malta
2. What
description does John give us of the Lord Jesus?_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What did the
Lord have against the church of Ephesus__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What did he
say, that he would give to those that overcame?_____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. The Smyrna
church had poverty and tribulation True or False
6. What did the
Lord promise thee Christians?_________________________________________________________
7. What did the
Lord have against the church in Pergamos_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
8. What did he
promise to those who overcame?________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
9. What did the
Lord have against the church in Thyatira?_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
10. To those that
overcame, the Lord promised?_________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
11. What does the
Lord promise to the Church in Sardis; to those who overcome?_______________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
12. For what does
the Lord commend the church in Philadelphia?____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
13. What does he
promise to those that overcome?_______________________________________________________
14. Why does the
Lord rebuke the church of the Lacdiceans?_______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
15. What does the
Lord promise to those that overcome?__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
16. How many elders
does John see around the throne?___________________________________________________
17. What do the
elders do before the throne of God?_____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
18. Why were all
things created by the Lord?___________________________________________________________
19. Who has
prevailed to open the book and to loose the seals?_____________________________________________
20. What song do
the 24 elders say to the Lamb ( Jesus ) _________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Memory Scripture:
Revelation 1:18 I
am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore,
Amen, and have the
keys of hell and of death.
ASSIGNMENT:
Revelation 6-14
1. The opening
of the seals brings prosperity and blessings True or False
2. How many
servants of God were sealed from each tribe of Israel?_________________________________________
3. Who was the
great multitude of people, round about the throne?__________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. At the opening
of the seventh seal, how many trumpets were to be given?____________________________________
5. The sounding of
the trumpets bring more judgments upon the earth True or False
6. What comes out
of the bottomless pit and smoke?_____________________________________________________
7. After all these
judgments mankind is quick to repent True or False
8. For how long
shall God’s two witnesses prophesy?____________________________________________________
9. What kind of
power do these two display?___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Why do the
people of earth rejoice when they are killed?________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
11. After being
dead for three days, what happens to these two witnesses?_____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Who wars
against the devil in heaven and cast him out? _________________________________________________
13. The devil is
the accuser of whom?_________________________________________________________________
14. How did the
brethren overcome the devil?___________________________________________________________
15. How many beasts
does John mention seeing, in ch.13?_________________________________________________
16. The beast
causes people to receive what , in their foreheads or hand?______________________________________
17. Unless they
receive the mark, people can’t do what?___________________________________________________
18. What will
happen to those who take the mark of the beast?______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
19. Who does John
see sitting upon a white cloud?_______________________________________________________
Memory Scripture:
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
ASSIGNMENT:
Revelation 15-22
1.
Who does John see standing on the sea of
glass?______________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. The seven
remaining vials are 1. Vials of blessing 2. Vials of wrath
3. The first vial
( bowl ) was poured upon what people?___________________________________________________
4. What happens to
the waters when the third vial is poured?_______________________________________________
5. What does John
see come out of the mouth of the dragon ( devil ) the beast ( the
antichrist ) and the false prophet?_____
__________________________________________________________________________________________
6. With what was
the woman ( the great harlot ) drunk with?_______________________________________________
7. What great city
is fallen, in which peoples of the earth weep and morn over?__________________________________
8. Blessed are
they that are called unto the marriage supper of______________________________________________
9. Who does John
see sitting upon a white horse_________________________________________________________
10. Name some of
the things that John sees concerning this person___________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
11. What does
Christ Jesus do with the beast and false prophet?_____________________________________________
12. What happens to
the devil?______________________________________________________________________
13. How long will
the devil be bound? 1. 100 yr. 2. 1000 yr. 3. 10,000 yr.
14. The people of
the first resurrection reign with Christ True or False
15. What does the
devil do, after he is released from the pit?________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
16. The devil is
eventually thrown into the Lake of Fire True or False
17. At the great
white throne judgment what is used in determining these peoples
judgment?_______________________
18. The time will
come when there will be no more sea True or False
19. What does John
see coming down out of heaven?_____________________________________________________
20. What does John
see proceeding out of the throne of God?_______________________________________________
21. What does the
tree of life yield for healing?__________________________________________________________
22. What curse is
pronounced at the end of ch.22________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Memory Scripture:
Revelation 22:12 And,
behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man
according as his work shall be.
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