Understanding the Bible alike – is it possible?

1) How important is it in life to understand things alike? _________________________________.

2) Examples of things we MUST understand alike: _____________________________________.

3) How does Mt. 4:4 have bearing on understanding the Bible alike? _______________________.

4) Did the first Christians understand the Bible alike (Acts 4:32)? _________________________.

5) Rom. 16:17 – How can someone be avoided if we ____________________________________?

6) Gen. 2:17 – Did Adam and Eve understand it alike? _____ Were they smarter than us? _____.

7) Who wrote the Bible? ______________. What does 1 Cor. 14:33 say? ___________________.

8) If the Bible cannot be understood and God has authored confusion, God is a: ______________.

9) Tit. 1:2 says: ____________________. If God has spoken the truth, then _________________.

10) Something must account for the misunderstandings—who or what can it be?

11) Religious error leads people to different conclusions (Mt. 15:14).

12) According to 2 Cor. 11:3-4, ______________________________________________________.

13) Another problem (Acts 28:24, 26-27): _____________________________________________.

14) Still another reason from Rom. 10:3: ______________________________________________.

15) Would you say this same verse says there is a lack of understanding because of “conceit”? ________.

16) Some want ____________________________ (Gal. 1:6).

17) What does Deut. 29:29 teach? ____________________________________________________.

18) What is the key part of this verse? _________________________________________________.

19) Does this verse teach that the Old Testament was understandable? _______________________.

20) If the Old Testament was understandable, what about the new? __________________________.

21) Acts 10:34 – If some can understand the Bible but not others, God is a ______________________.

22) According to Acts 17:30, _____________ people are to _________________.

23) What does this imply? ___________________________________________________________.

24) What does Rom. 1:16 teach? ___________. What if people cannot understand it alike? __________.

25) Can prejudice or pre-conceived ideas be a basis for not understanding the Bible alike? ____________.

26) Were the people able to obey Deut. 5:32 under the Old Testament? ____________________________.

27) Does this same principle exist in the New Testament (Rev. 22:18-19)? ________________________.

28) What is said in 2 Jn. 9? __________________________________________________.

29) 1 Cor. 1:10 says, ___________________________________________________________________.

30) Rather than accept and believe the truth, many want to _________________________ (2 Theses. 2:10).

31) Rather than listening to someone teach the truth, a preference may be had for (2 Pet. 2:1)? ____________.

32) _________________ may be preferred over __________________ (Mk. 7:9).

33) How does the parable in Lk. 8:4-8 relate to understanding the Bible alike? _________________________.

34) What is the significance of Rom. 15:6? ________________________________________.

35) “May” is a present tense verb.

36) From a _______________ Timothy had understood much of the Old Testament (2 Tim. 3:14-15).

37) For the New Testament (Eph. 5:17), did God give an impossible command?

38) If the truth be told, most misunderstandings come down to a sloppy handling of the word (2 Tim. 2:15). Mk. 7:9 - When people rely upon both God’s word and the kind of attitude modeled by the Lord, there will be true unity. Unity through truth and Christ’s example are consistent with the parable of the sower (Lk. 8:4-8). If only one type of seed is sown (the word of God), religious division cannot exist. If the word of God is the only thing that is sown, denominationalism and religious division cannot exist. God’s word is to result in unity so Christians can “with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (verse 6). True Bible unity is to be the goal for every Christian and every congregation of the Lord’s church. The importance of unity is seen in the word “may” (this word is in the present tense). God wants unity in the body of Christ and this unity is to be on-going.