Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

God cannot endure ceremony -- Isaiah 1-5

Peter Combes – September 16, 2001

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.          Isaiah was the son of: 
  1. Amos
  2. Hezekiah
  3. Solomon
  4. Sennacherib
2.          Isaiah was advisor to King:
  1. Ahaz
  2. Hezekiah
  3. Uzziah
  4. Jotham
3.         Isaiah says that God:
  1. needs more burned offerings
  2. needs the blood of bulls
  3. needs the blood of lambs
  4. has had enough
4.       Isaiah prophesied that:
  1. all nations would come to the temple
  2. only Israel and Judah would come to the temple
  3. only Israel would come to the temple
  4. there would never be another temple
5.          At the time of writing Isaiah, society contained:
  1. dramatists
  2. weather forecasters
  3. sportswriters
  4. magicians
6.         God will remove women's:
  1. anklets, headbands and crescents
  2. pendants, bracelets, scarves
  3. headdresses, armlets, sashes
  4. nose rings
7.       The house of Israel is compared to:
  1. an army
  2. a procession
  3. a herd of bulls
  4. a vineyard
8.       Isaiah says that God condemns:
  1. gold refining
  2. mixed dancing
  3. land consolidation
  4. slavery
9.      The people go into exile for want of:
  1. faith
  2. hope
  3. love
  4. knowledge
10.      God condemns the people for lack of:
  1. meditation
  2. bible study
  3. faith
  4. justice