Life Applications Module 1

What are the clues that we will use in our Inductive Bible Study of the book of James? (choose all that apply)

-Character -Key Words -Context

Match the action to the principle Jesus taught in the passage, Matthew 7: 24-29 1) He who hears My words and does them is like __________ 2) He who hears My words and ignores them is like ____________ 3) Jesus taught as _____________ 4)Scribes and Pharisees taught _____________

1) A man who built his house upon a rock foundation 2) A man who builds his house upon shifting sand 3) One with authority 4) The letter of the law

According to the video, relationships can be used to ... (choose two)

1) undermine our faith 2) build our faith

What five concepts were mentioned in the video that were outlined as building blocks for a relationship with God?

1- Personal ministry 2- Pivotal circumstances 3- Providential relationships 4- Practical Biblical teaching 5- Private disciplines

God's relationship with man from the beginning of time was and is completely based on which two principles?

1- faith 2- trust

According to the notes, who are the recipients of the book of James?

12 scattered tribes

James chapter 1 has ___________ verses.

27

How many clues will we use in our Inductive Bible Study of the book of James?

3

How many methods of Inductive Bible study will we use?

3

According to James, how should we "consider it" when we experience various trials?

A great joy.

In the opening of James 1, James introduces himself as....

A servant of God

According to the book of James, James introduces himself as __________.

A slave of God

James, in verse 1, refers to himself as __________.

A slave of God.

James was recognized as presiding authority in the church at Jerusalem- Acts 15:13. This is why he and his writings were ___________ in the east.

Accepted

According to the notes, human ______________ does not equal God's ______________.

Anger, righteousness

Inductive Bible study is a valuable tool in understanding and _________ the principles of God's Word.

Applying

Practical Bible studies are all about ____________ and not just knowing Biblical principles.

Applying

James writes that works _______________.

Are an expression of our faith.

According to James, what should anyone do that lacks wisdom?

Ask God

According to James 1:5, if anyone lacks wisdom, he should ____________.

Ask God.

According to the notes, "Trials met with smiles" relates to ________.

Attitude

James was accepted in the east as _______________.

Authoritative

According to James 1:13, "...for God cannot __________ with evil, and he himself ____________ no one."

Be tempted, tempts

According to James, a man who endures trials is __________.

Blessed

According to James 1:12, "A man who endures trials is __________, because when he passes the test he will receive the ______ that God has promised to those who _________ Him."

Blessed, crown of life, love

When you give to the poor, you should not ________________.

Brag

1 Corinthians 5:33- Bad company corrupts good ____________.

Character

According to James 1:18, "By His own _____________, he gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the _______________ of His creatures."

Choice, first fruits

Many who profess to be _____________ can often point to a _____________ ________________ with another Christian that helped to strengthen his/her faith.

Christian, providential, relationship

Inductive reasoning is the attempt to use information about a specific situation to draw a ___________.

Conclusion

According to the notes, the reward for faithful endurance of trials is the ____________.

Crown of life

According to James 1:15, "Then desired when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth ___________."

Death

What was the first thing God did for the nation of Israel to show He was worthy of faith and trust?

Deliver then out of Egypt.

The writings of Paul and James actually _________ contradict each other.

Do not

According to the notes, what are the two types of people?

Doers, Deceivers

According to James 1:22, "But be ________ of the word and not ______ only _________ yourselves."

Doers, hearers, deceiving

James encourages his readers to be ______________ and not just ______________.

Doers... hearers

According to James 1:8, "A ___________ man is ________ in __________ his ways."

Double-minded, unstable, all

We should not wait for a(n) __________________ before going to the Lord in prayer.

Emergency

The testing of our faith produces ________.

Endurance

According to the notes, _____________ can only be produced through ___________ of _____________.

Endurance, testing, faith

According to the notes, the things of God are ___________ and the things of this world are ___________.

Eternal, temporary

According to the notes, Paul's main focus is ________.

Faith

God uses human relationships to improve our ___________ in Him.

Faith

It is typical for people to trust God for eternal life, but it takes ___________ to trust God for our ______________.

Faith... daily needs

In the video, the speaker sums up the main point of the Sermon on the Mount as, "if you have strong _________ in God, then this teaching is about what you should _____________.

Faith...do

According to James 1:21, "Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral _______ and ______________..."

Filth, evil

The writer of James is only one of the _______ men named James mentioned in the New Testament.

Four

There were __________ men named James mentioned in the New Testament.

Four

According to James 1:13, "Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by _________."

God

"Paul wrote about inner saving faith from ___________ perspective. James wrote about outward serving faith from ___________ perspective. " Ronald Blue

God's; man's

According to James 1:2, "Consider it________, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials..."

Great joy

God sent His only Son, Jesus, to live and minister among man in order to...

Grow our faith and trust in God.

According to James 1:14, "But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by ___________ desire."

His own

If you are ____________ by men for your "righteous acts," you will NOT be __________ by God. (same word for both blanks)

Honored

According to the notes, we learn two things about God from James 1:17-18. Those two things are ___________ and __________________.

Hospitality, immutability

The method of Application of Inductive Bible Study asks which question?

How does it work?

According to James 1:9, "The brother of ___________ circumstances should ________ in his ___________."

Humble, boast, humiliation

According to James 1:21, "... _________ receive the implanted word, which is able to ____________ you."

Humbly, save

What people like being honored by men instead of God?

Hypocrites

In Matthew 6, we are encouraged to pray ____________ and spend time with God.

In secret

Which type of Bible Study will we be using for the book of James?

Inductive Bible Study

James along with Hebrews and 1 and 2 Peter were ________________ in the western church- Rome and Carthage.

Initially debated

There __________ evidence to know which James wrote the text.

Is

Which James wrote the text of the book of James?

James, the half brother of Jesus

Review Question: James, the writer of the book of James, was a leader in the church at ____________.

Jerusalem

James was accepted from the beginning in the areas of _____________.

Jerusalem and Alexandria

James was recognized in extra-Biblical manuscripts. ___________ mentions James' martyrdom in A.D. 62.

Josephus

According to the notes, "double-mindedness" brings about ___________.

Lack of wisdom

According to the notes, these crowns are what we will ______________.

Lay at the feet of Christ in our worship of Him in Heaven.

According to James 1:19, "My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to _______, slow to __________, and slow to ____________.

Listen, speak, anger

According to the notes, "lacking nothing" does not mean________________.

Material wealth and gain

According to James, endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be __________, lacking nothing.

Mature and Complete

According to James 1:4, "But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be ______ and __________, lacking ___________.

Mature, complete, nothing.

There are no _____________ relationships. Relationships with people will affect you in one way or another.

Neutral

According to the notes, does temptation come from God?

No

Temptations are something that God created to test us. If we fail that test it is okay because God created all temptations.

No, temptation comes from our own desires.

James one of the twelve original apostles that were with Jesus.

No, that James was the brother of John, one of the sons of Zebedee

According to James, the doubting person should expect what when praying for wisdom?

Nothing

_____________ makes a difference in relation to hearing and learning the word of GOd.

Obedience

Inductive Bible study can be done _____________.

On many different levels.

Define "Pride" according to the notes.

One of the worst forms of sin, regarded, indeed, by many as the basis for all sin.

According to James 1:27, "Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after __________ and _________ in their distress and to keep ________ unstained by the world."

Orphans, widows, oneself

According to the notes, temptation comes from

Our own evil desires

Some debate arose over the apparent contradiction between ___________.

Paul and James

According to the notes, what are the three characteristics of a Doer?

Peer, Point, Prosper

The writer of James was a contemporary of ________.

Peter

According to the notes, the first issue in the Book of James is _______.

Pride

According to the notes, the first requirement for self-control is ______________.

Quick to listen.

According to James 1:10, "but the only one who is ________ should ________ in his __________ because he will pass away like a flower of the field."

Rich, boast, humiliation

Jesus and His word are like a ______________

Rock

James was not as well known in the areas of ____________.

Rome and Carthage

According to the notes, there are three requirements for ____________.

Self-control

There are _____________ between James 2:5 and Acts 15:13.

Similarities

According to the notes, what is the correct order of the cycle of sin?

Sin -> fatigue -> decay -> death

According to the notes, the third requirement for self-control is ____________.

Slow to anger.

According to the notes, the second requirement for self-control is _______________.

Slow to speak.

According to the notes, "lacking nothing" is in reference to the ________ realm and development of ___________.

Spiritual, faith

According to the notes, trials are __________.

Temporary

According to James 1:3, "Knowing that the _________ of your _________ produces ___________.

Testing, faith, endurance

The author of the book of James was _____________.

The half brother of Jesus

James, the writer of the book of James, was ....

The half brother of Jesus.

James was recognized as ____________ in the church at Jerusalem.

The presiding authority

According to the notes, what is immutability?

The unchanging attribute of God.

James writes, "A doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by...

The wind

Inductive Bible study is an approach to God's Word focusing on _______ basic steps that move from a general overview to specifics.

Three

God wants us to give of both our ____________ and _____________ to Him and His work.

Time... money

According to Matthew 6:1-6, "acts to righteousness" should NOT be done...

To impress others.

According to James 1:26, "If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his ________, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself."

Tongue

According to the notes, God uses ____________ to grow our faith.

Trials

Man first sinned because he did not ___________ God and thought he knew what was best.

Trust

According to James 1:17, "... with Him there is no _____________ or shadow cast by ___________."

Variation, turning

According to the notes _________ wastes and _________ away.

Wealth, withers

The method of Interpretation of Inductive Bible Study asks which question?

What does it mean?

The method of Observation of Inductive Bible Study asks which question?

What does it say?

Proverbs 13:20- Walk with the ____________ for a companion of fools _____________ ______________________.

Wise... suffers harm

Jame's main focus is __________.

Works

According to James 1;17, where does every generous act and perfect gift cone from?

the Father of Lights