Final-Exam

Christ is seen in Obadiah as possessor of the kingdom.

The major theme of Obadiah is a declaration of Judah’s coming doom because of its arrogance and cruelty to Edom.

The doom of Edom was for their pride and wrong unto Jacob.

Obadiah is the second shortest book in the Old Testament.

The prophecy of Obadiah centers on an ancient feud between Edom and Israel.

God’s loving concern for the Gentiles is a truth disclosed only in the New Testament.

The third chapter of Jonah records the greatest revival of all time as the entire city of Nineveh believes God.

Unlike other Old Testament books, Jonah revolves exclusively around a Gentile nation.

God used a fish and a worm to teach Jonah compassion and obedience.

Jonah did not want to see God spare the notoriously cruel Assyrians.

There is a problem with the statement that God “repented” of what He was about to do to Nineveh.

Jonah was prayerful, but not obedient after chastisement.

A spiritual lesson from Jonah is the temptation to selfish patriotism and religious bigotry.

Jonah was a child of the tribe of Zebulon.

Jonah did not desire compassion to be demonstrated to Nineveh.

One of the clearest and most important of all Old Testament prophecies was made seven hundred years before Christ’s birth.

The key words of Micah are “judgment and restoration of Judah.”

The book of Amos closes without hope.

All three sections begin with condemnation in Micah and all end on a clear note of consolation.

The specific causes for judgment in Micah were unpremeditated schemes, covetousness, and cruelty.

Micah was a native of Moresheth.

Smooth talking hirelings will condone sins, minimize unjust practices, and conceal the demands and penalties of God’s law.

In Micah’s day the poorer agriculturists were robbed daily of their holdings by violence or false judgment.

Micah was not a social reformer.

The specific sins Micah lists include idolatry, evil plans and devices, but not rapacity of princes, prophets and priests.

A notable passage of Micah includes the definition of true religion.

There are four direct messianic prophecies in Nahum.

Like Jonah, Nahum goes to the city to declare his oracle.

God’s characteristics in Nahum include righteousness, patience, and holiness.

Nahum’s description of the siege of Nineveh and the sack of Nineveh is one of the most vivid portraits of battle in Scripture.

God proclaims that its destruction is inevitable, that none of its resources can deter divine judgment.

The key words of Habakkuk are, “The just shall live by His faith.”

Habakkuk has no problem with his faith when he sees men flagrantly violate God’s law and distort justice on every level, without fear of divine intervention.

Habakkuk is a freethinking prophet who is afraid to wrestle with issues that test his faith.

Habakkuk asks God how long He will allow the wickedness of Judah go unpunished.

Habakkuk stands in a vineyard to wait for God’s reply on how he can punish Judah with a nation more righteous than she.

Habakkuk was not reticent about himself.

Habakkuk’s name has no meaning.

Jesus alluded to Zephaniah on three occasions.

The Messiah is specifically mentioned in Zephaniah.

Zephaniah discusses the Day of the Lord and describes the coming Day of Judgment upon Judah and the nations.

The day of the Lord will be a Day of blessing after the judgment is complete.

Wrath and mercy, severity and kindness can be separated in the character of God.

On the whole, Zephaniah is a fierce and grim book of warning about the coming day of the Lord.

Match the nation with the direction in Zephaniah:

The Messiah is portrayed in the person of Zerubbabel.

Key words of Haggai are: “the reconstruction of the temple.”

Haggai is second only to Obadiah in brevity among Old Testament books.

Haggai had only three messages to preach.

When the remnant returns from Babylon under Zerubbbel, they failed to rebuild the temple of the Lord.

The enthusiasm of the people grows in Haggai’s time, as the elders remember the glory of Solomon’s temple.

Haggai’s message to the priests illustrates the concept of justification and applies it to the nation.

The remnant that had returned from captivity was selfishly pre-occupied with their own affairs.

Men think of Cyrus as a worshipper of one God only.

Cyrus was anxious to gain favor of the Jews.

The prophet Haggai was in Assyria when Cyrus marched into it.

No clear Messianic passages abound in Zechariah.

Key words of Zechariah are “Prepare for the Messiah.”

Zedekiah outlines God’s program for His people during the times of the Gentiles until the Messiah comes to deliver them and reign upon the earth.

Zechariah’s climax is yet future.

Zechariah has a series of four night visions, evidently in one troubled night.

Match the vision with the truth of it:

Zechariah was the son of Berechiah.

No psalms are credited to Zechariah.

The book of Malachi is the prelude of four hundred years of prophetic silence.

The last book of the Old Testament has no prophecy in it.

Using a probing series of questions and answers in Malachi, God seeks to pierce their hearts of stone.

Nothing is known of Malachi, except what is written in his book.

Malachi shows that no reforms were needed to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.

The generation to which Haggai and Zechariah spoke with such effect, died out before long.

Both priests and people intermarried freely with aliens, with those who were strangers to the commonwealth and the covenant in Malachi.

Malachi brings against his nation an indictment which has four counts in it.

The sin of intermarriage with aliens had awakened in Ezra and Nehemiah, the most intense alarm and repugnance.

Though we have a 400 year span between Malachi and the first New Testament book, God did do what He said He would do in judgment.

We can separate God’s forgiveness of us from our forgiveness of others.

Without Christ, man is caught in the cycle of injury, resentment, and retaliation.

Within the Body of Christ, there can be no unforgiveness.

The work Jesus did is incomplete and extends to all men and all ages.

It becomes much easier to forgive the debts of our brother when we recognize the great debt God has forgiven of us.

There is great release when we forgive.

When we hold to bitterness and hatred it hurts the person for which we have bad feelings.

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” The word for evil denotes evil that causes labor, pain, or sorrow.

God does not test or try His children.

We must not only read the Word of God but must also apply our faith in His Word against the pressures of Satan.

Through testing, Jacob gained confidence in his abilities.

In well broken ground, the seed of God planted in us can grow, mature, and bear fruit.

If the Holy Spirit always waited until we called out for help, it would be too late.

Under the covering of God’s love, we are safe. If we step out from under it, we are subject to evil.

If we commit ourselves with reservation to His care, we do not need to fear the unknown.

God will honor any kind of praise.

Our praise to God should flow freely from within our hearts.

Praise must be within us in order for it to come out of us.

There should be times that we get before God, declare who He is and ask nothing of Him.

To truly pray, we can ask God and then still work things out on our own.

We get in the way when we try to help God answer our prayers.

Many times we do not recognize the love and power of our Heavenly Father.

The earth and economy seems to be a mess because much of mankind has pushed God aside and have served Satan.

Satan has legal authority over us.

Prayer precedes power.

The Spirit of God is within us and along side of us, but cannot act until we speak forth in prayer.

It is not important that our confession match our prayers.

We must not believe the unseen.

Failures come when we limit God.

The church at prayer is the outlet of God’s power on this earth.

Begging is the key to the release of the power of God.

Our name carries all authority in this earth.

All spiritual forces must obey words of prayer spoken in the name of Jesus.

We cannot do all things in Christ.

Prayer links us to God.

We are to come into agreement and unity with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

It is not necessary to come boldly and confidentially before God in prayer.

Faith means that maybe God will do something for us.

Humility is the same as pride.

We are to pray for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Obedience is important.

Our prayers need only to be for our own needs and wants.

We cannot knowingly keep sin in our heart and expect God to hear our prayer.

We are forgiven in the same manner or by the same measure that we forgive others.

There is an enemy that would hinder our prayer.

We should expect God to get in line with what we are doing.

God loves us and wants His best for us.

Prayer is a formula or technique.

Prayer is our communication link with God and is to be continuous.

Prayer is a relationship with God.

Spending time with God, in prayer, will change us into His likeness.

We must spend time in God’s presence in prayer.

Petitionary prayer is _____ against the world in its _____

The wasting away of petitionary prayer in the presence of _____ we should know as having an historical _____

The judge in Luke 18 had no respect for the opinions or the rights of man and certainly did not care about that ____

What is the crux of Jesus’ parable? ___________________________________

List the four patterns of Jesus prayer life:

Why do we not pray as persistently as we should?___________

We should see the _____ as a ____ in which a case can still be made against what is wrong and what is right.