Homework VI, chp. IIIE

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. James talks about being “swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” in James 1:19.

True or False

2. In the early church, insecurity and jealousy were not problems for the people that James as writing to.

True or False

The Jews of the Early Church in Diaspora were:

3. _____________________________

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4. _____________________________

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5. _____________________________

6. In Biblical times, especially the time of Christ and during Epistle of James, the “Teacher” as called a ________.

7. The title of Rabbi was afforded only to those who had been properly educated and ordained.

True or False

8. The Teacher must understand that no one has a more solemn responsibility than those who teach the Word of God.

True or False

9. The greatest picture of a Biblical Scribe, after God’s design, is Amos.

True or False

10. The Teacher was never called upon to solve difficult problems in the lives of his students by interpreting the Scriptures in accordance with God’s Will.

True or False

11. The Teacher was to be a man of vision and often seen as a Prophet.

True or False

12. The Prophets were also seen as Teachers as in the case of the “prophetic schools” mentioned in the Book of Samuel.

True or False

13. The Teacher’s duties as a shepherd are:

A. Protect the Sheep

B. Feed the Sheep

C. Care for the Sheep

D. All of the Above

E. None of the Above

There were three basic classes of students in the New Testament times. They were:

14. _______________________

15. _______________________

16. _______________________

17. The Teacher does not have to love his disciples, or see within them their potential or do everything within his power to develop the student to his full potential.

True of False

18. Teachers, as Oracles of God, have the capacity to shape the primarily belief system of those who are his students.

True or False

19. The Teacher does not have to be a good student before he is qualified to teach.

True or False

20. The Teacher, or any leader, should use his office to promote his personal agenda or views.

True or False

21. A man’s maturity is a testimony to his ability to overcome sin and resist the nature of the enemy.

True or False

22. James reminds us that we all fall. If we keep this in mind, we will be less apt to judge others of their faults.

True or False

23. Learning to tame the tongue is one of the easiest responsibilities assigned to us as Believers.

True or False

24. God’s grace and help are only one way we are able to tame the tongue.

True or False

25. The one who has learned to control his tongue also will have control over every area of his life.

True or False

26. Mature Believers keep their tongues under control by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, while failing to take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

True or False

27. It takes large devices to control great objects.

True or False

28. The improper use of the tongue was seen as one of the most deadly sins a person could commit.

True or False

29. In the mind of the Jew, the three greatest sins were _______, ________ and _________.

30. Those who seek spiritual maturity do not have to master the tongue and refrain from evil speech.

True or False

31. It was believed that God would remove His Presence from those who spoke slanderously and would not hear their prayers until they had repented.

True or False

32. Speech is often seen as spiritual, with spiritual repercussions because the term for breath in Hebrew is also “spirit.”

True or False

33. The tongue cannot defile the whole body.

True or False

34. No scholars have suggested that words and sound waves never stop once they have been generated.

True or False

35. Taming speech begins with the tongue.

True or False

36. Jesus spoke about “take no thought” time after time in His Sermon on the Mount.

True or False

37. The poison of the serpent’s tongue had a lasting impact.

True or False

38. Solomon says that life only is in the power of the tongue.

True or False

39. It is not really a demonstration of the evil presence of Satan when we curse with a mouth that is created in the likeness of God.

True or False

40. Believers do not bear the Fruit of the Spirit.

True or False

41. The tongue should be used as an instrument of __________, ___________, __________ and ___________.

42. Our mouths will never speak because of the overflow of our heart.

True or False

43. Job tells us that the power to produce or kill is in the ability of our tongue.

True or False

44. Jesus told us that, in perhaps the clearest promise of answered prayer, our receiving is tied to our ability to forgive.

True or False

The key ingredients to integrity are:

45. _______________________

46. _______________________

47. _______________________

48. _______________________

49. _______________________

50. _______________________

51. Who is wise and endued with knowledge?

______________________________

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52. Wisdom and knowledge are two of the greatest attributes of God in Jewish thinking.

True or False

53. Human wisdom never produces pride and displays our immaturity, selfishness, and strife.

True or False

54. According to Paul, the “flesh” relates to the degenerate nature of man.

True or False

55. To walk in strife is to give the devil license to operate in our lives.

True or False

56. The man that could attain a high state of wisdom is truly a man of great maturity.

True or False

57. Wise people are not peace-lovers; they sow seeds of contention everywhere they go.

True or False

58. We are to have the attitude and compassion of Christ. It was compassion that prompted and moved Jesus.

True or False

59. We do not need the Fruit of the Spirit in our lives.

True or False