Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Poetry--Memory


Fill in the blanks: Psalm 19 states, "The heavens declare the ------of God; And the firmament shows His ------." Glory----handiwork (Ps 19 : 1 )


As Paul declares in Romans 1 : 20 , all men are able to know there is a God through His creation. All are without excuse. His creation is "shouting" at man.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Poetry-Memory


Fill in the blanks: Peter quotes Psalm 16: 10 in reference to Jesus in Acts 2 : 31, 32 saying, "For You will not leave my ------in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your------ ------to see corruption."


"Soul----Holy One (Ps 16 ; 10 )


This psalm was one of the basic texts used by Peter to prove that Jesus was the Messiah when he preached on the Day of Pentecost.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Poetry--Memory


Fill in the blanks: Psalm 2 is a messianic psalm. The last part of verse 7 is quoted more then once in the New Testament. It says: "You are My------, Today I have -------You.""Son----begotten" (Ps. 2: 7; cf.

Matt. 3: 17; Luke 3: 22 )

Paul quoted this in Acts 13 : 33, and in Hebrews 1 : 5 and 5 : 5 the author referred to this verse.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Poetry-Memory


Fill in the blank: After Job successfully endured his trials and came to understand God more fully, the book of Job concludes by saying, " Now the Lord------the latter days of Job more then his beginning."


"Blessed" (Job 42 : 12 )

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Poetry--Memory


Sentence completion: After God confronted Job for speaking rashly, Job was humbled and said, "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, And----"


" Repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42 : 5, 6 )


Job's friends had wanted him to repent of some prior sin of commission, but God wanted him to repent of a present attitudinal sin. Argument did not accomplish what a glimpse of God did.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Poetry--Memory


Fill in the blanks: After God appeared to Job, Job regretted having spoken against God. He confessed, "I have uttered what I did not -------, Things too ------for me, which I did not know".


'understand----wonderful" (Job 43 : 3 )


This confession was the basis for Job's new insights about God and his final victory over Satan's attacks.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Poetry -- Memory


Fill in the blank: God showed Job his inadequacy to argue with Him by asking Job if he could control the monsters of creation. God asked, "Can you draw out ------with a hook?"Leviathan" (Job 41 : 1 )

Leviathan was a large, unknown creature. He is often thought to have been the crocodile, treated poetically with exaggeration for effect in Job.