Homework II, chp. IIIA

Name ______________________

Directions: Please either print or copy and paste to a Word Document the following questions and then answer them. Answer them from the assigned reading.

1. Flavius Josephus, a first-century historian, records that James was martyred in A.D. 62, so the Epistle must have been written prior to that date.

True or False

2. The reference to the 12 Tribes is possibly because James wrote his letter after Gentiles were brought into the Church.

True or False

3. The Old Testament Hebrew word for “servant” was the title by which the greatest men of the Old Testament were known.

True or False

4. Many of the so-called “Lost tribes” returned to the Holy Land when Israel was liberated.

True or False

5. The struggles that the young Believers did not face, being in the diaspora was:

A. Temptations

B. Wealth

C. Loneliness

D. Oppression

6. What was the most pressing problem that the young Believers faced?

Student’s answer:

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7. In a short paragraph, defend your answer to question number six.

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8. Faith is produced through trials, not tested by them.

True or False

9. The trying of faith will tell the truth of its nature.

True or False

10. The testing of faith will develop _________ ______, _______ _________, and _________ ________.

11. Adversity is a sign of either God’s anger toward us, or that it is due to our disobedience.

True or False

3 important aspects of the growth of faith are:

12. ____________________________

13. ____________________________

14. ____________________________

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15. Patience is not a passive acquiescence to adverse circumstances, but a positive persistence that bravely endures knowing God is in control.

True or False

16. Trials, chastisement, purge us but never produce discipline.

True or False

17. The Greek word “teleios” also contains the idea of being unable to focus on a goal containing specifically the idea of maturity and pressing toward that goal.

True or False

18. We must be able to distinguish the difference between tests, which come from God to prove our faith, and chastisement, which come when God has given us space to correct ourselves and we refuse to do so.

True or False

19. Wisdom is intellectual knowledge or philosophical speculation.

True or False

20. Wisdom means the spiritual capacity to see and evaluate life and conduct from God’s point of view.

True or False

21. Truth is not just any facts or word, but it is facts and words in balance.

True or False

22. Those greatly used of God are greatly tested, that is, they are proven by God and matured.

True or False

23. He will allow Satan to tempt us without providing a way of escape for us. True or False

24. A double-minded man is a person headed in only one direction.

True or False

25. The Lord is not a respecter of persons however He does admire faith.

True or False

26. The reward for endurance is a crown of righteousness.

True or False