January 11, 2009 -- 11 a.m.

Romans Chapters 9-10

“The Stumbling Stone”

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

(All quotations are from the New International Version) 

1.       Paul experienced unceasing --:

          a.       happiness

          b.       joy

          c.       uncertainty

          d.       anguish

2. Paul wishes that he be -- :

a. forgiven

b. blessed

c. cleansed

d. cursed

3. (advanced)  Jacob and Esau represent --:

          a.  Israel andJudah

          b.  Israel and Edom

          c.  Israel and Babylon

          d.  Babylon and Rome

 

4. “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” was originally said in the context of --:

a. Noah’s flood

b. Sodom and Gomorrah

c. The Golden Calf

d. Solomon and the two Mothers

(Hint:  See Exodus 32 and 33)

 

5.  When Jeremiah saw a potter make something badly --:

a. the clay was rejected

b. the potter made something else

c. the potter smashed the finished article

d. the potter sold the bad article at reduced price

(Hint:  See Jeremiah 18:1-6)

 

6. (Advanced) “Those who were not my people” originally refers to:

a. Nineveh

b. Edom

c. the Northern Kingdom -- Israel

d. the Southern Kingdom – Judah

(Hint:  See Hosea 2)

 

 

7. According to Romans 10, you will be saved if -- :

a. you confess Jesus as Lord

b. you believe in the resurrection

c. you repent of your sins

d. you become a Jew

 

8. “All who call upon the name of the Lord  shall be saved”

    is a quotation from-- :

a. Exodus 14

b. Job 40

c. Psalm 54

d. Joel 2