Bible Review

Lesson 1: Jesus in the Beginning

 God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are one and the same God. They
are not three separate Gods.

 God is omnipotent: all-powerful; omnipresent: always everywhere; and omniscient: all-

knowing.

 God is eternal: He has always been and always will be.

 Jesus, the Son of God, was in the beginning with God.

 Jesus became flesh-He was born as a human being-to redeem everyone in the world
who would believe in him.

 Redeem means to bring salvation to.

 On the earth, Jesus was fully God and fully man.

 Jesus humbled Himself to God the Father by becoming the perfect sacrifice for sin and
dying on the cross.

 Humble means thinking of God and others first.

 Because they have life in Jesus, believers should grow in their faith and share God’s plan
to redeem people, spend time reading God’s Word and praying.

 The Bible contains 66 books: 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books.

 The books of the Old Testament can be divided into four categories: Law, History, Poetry
and Prophets.

 The books of the New Testament can be separated into three categories: Gospels,
History and Letters, and Prophecy.
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Lesson 2: Jesus’ Birth and Childhood

 When Mary, Elizabeth, and Zechariah found out about Jesus’ birth they responded by praising
God.

 The angel told the shepherds that a Savior had been born in Bethlehem so the shepherds went
to visit the Savior.

 The wise men brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh for Jesus.

 Joseph, Mary, and Jesus escaped to Egypt and then went to Nazareth about three years later.

 Jesus came to earth so that people could have a right relationship with God. Jesus would bring
revelation about God to the people.

 Revelation is defined as an act of making truth known.

 Sin had caused a separation between people and God.

 When Jesus was 12 years old, He went with His family to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover.

 After the weeklong celebration was over, Jesus’ parent discovered He was not with them on
their trip home. They returned to Jerusalem to look for Him.

 By the time Joseph and Mary found Jesus in the temple, He had been missing for three days.
Jesus was sitting with the teachers, listening, and asking questions.

 The teachers of the Law were amazed at Jesus’ understanding and answers.

 When Mary asked Jesus why He had not left Jerusalem with them, He said He had to be in His
Father’s house.

 Jesus was both human and divine.

 Divine means being God or from God.

 Jesus’ childhood was similar to that of children today because He had brothers and sisters, He
went to school, His parents taught Him many things, and He learned about God.

 Jesus’s childhood was different because He always obeyed God and His earthly parents. Most
important, He never sinned.
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Lesson 3: Jesus Prepares for Ministry

 Ministry means a job that is done in service to God and others.

 Jesus was prepared for His ministry. He knew Scripture, He prayed, He relied on God the
Father, and He obeyed God the Father.

 John the Baptist was a prophet who lived in the desert, who prepared the way for Jesus.

 John the Baptist wore clothes made of camel hair and wore a leather belt. He ate
locusts and wild honey.

 John preached that people needed to confess their sins and be baptized as a symbol of
repentance.

 John was shocked that Jesus asked to be baptized because Jesus was God’s Son and had
never sinned.

 God revealed to John that Jesus was the Lamb of God and the Son of God.

 After John baptized Jesus, the heavens opened, the Spirit descended onto Jesus like a
dove, and God said Jesus was His love Son.

 The Trinity means one God in three persons-God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Spirit.

 After He was baptized, Jesus went into the wilderness because the Holy Spirit led Him
there.

 Satan tempted Jesus three times in the wilderness.

 Temptation is defined as an attempt to get someone to do something wrong.

 When Jesus faced temptation, He responded by quoting Scripture.

 Scripture is a term for the Bible, or God’s Word.

 After Jesus resisted three times, Satan left him.

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Lesson 4: The First Four Disciples

 Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James, and John to be His first four disciples.

 They were fishermen at the Sea of Galilee.

 Respond means to react or answer.

 Jesus did a miracle to help the disciples catch many fish.

 Jesus wanted His disciples to tell people about Him, so He told them to be fishers of
men.

 The disciples responded to Jesus by listening to Him, leaving their fishing business, and
immediately following Him.

 The disciples were eager to obey Jesus’ call.

 Equip means provide what is needed for a certain purpose.

 Jesus equipped the disciples for His work by showing them miracles and teaching them
about God.

 God the Father sent the Holy Spirit to help the disciples after Jesus returned to heaven.

 The disciples grew in their faith in Jesus. They stayed true to Jesus no matter what the
cost.

 Peter healed a lame man and preached. James was killed for being a Christian, John
wrote letters and was sent away to an island because of preaching the Gospel, and
Andrew asked Jesus questions along with the other three.
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Lesson 5: Equipping the Disciples

 Jesus spent the night praying and listening to God before selecting 12 men to follow Him
during His three years of ministry.

 Jesus chose Peter; James, son of Zebedee; John; Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew;
Matthew; Thomas; James, son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot; and Judas
Iscariot to be his disciples.

 The disciples walked in fellowship, which means the sharing of similar experiences and
friendship.

 Transform means change remarkably. The power of the Holy Spirit transformed the
disciples.

 The disciples did not do miracles and acts of service on their own. Jesus gave the
disciples authority to do miracles while He was on earth.

 After Jesus returned to heaven, believers received a promised gift-the Holy Spirit-from
God the Father.

 Jesus gave the disciples authority over sickness, leprosy, death, and demons.

 Jesus told the disciples to preach the good news about Him wherever they went without
worrying about what to eat, where to sleep, or what to wear.

 At times people persecuted the disciples for believing in and sharing about Jesus.

 Matthew was a hated tax collector, but Jesus chose him to be a disciple.

 Peter was selfish, uncontrolled and afraid at times.

 Peter grew and became a leader in building the Church.

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Lesson 6: The Beatitudes

 Matthew 5: 3-10 describes the Beatitudes.

 A beatitude is defined as part of the Sermon on the Mount that teaches believers what
their attitudes should be.

 Jesus is the best example of someone who lived the Beatitudes.

 Those who are poor in spirit have humbleness toward God.

 Those who mourn feel deep sadness.

 Those who are meek are gentle and follow God.

 Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness want to obey God.

 Those who are merciful forgive, love and be kind.

 Those who are pure in heart have a clean heart.

 Those who are peacemakers make peace.

 Those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake are mistreated by others.
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Lesson 7: Building on the Rock

 Jesus would use a parable to explain truth to people.

 A parable is an everyday story with a spiritual meaning.

 Jesus used the symbol of a rock to represent strength.

 In a parable about the wise man and the foolish man the wise man built his house upon
a rock. The foolish man built his house on the sand.

 Wise builders not only read God’s Word but also listen to what God is saying through it
and obey it.

 Foolish builders do not listen to God or obey Him but instead build their life on other
things besides God.

 Priority means something deserving first attention.

 God wants believers to have priorities that will help the build their life on the Rock.

 Believers should have the following priorities in their life: obedience, Bible reading,
prayer, worship, and fellowship.

 God has filled His Word with knowledge to help believers deal with problems and hard
decisions.

 God provides answers in His Word to give believers wisdom.

 Wisdom is using what you know in the best way.

 Wisdom comes when a believer obeys His Word.

 When reading God’s Word, believers should pray, think, apply, and act on what it says.
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Lesson 8: “I Am” Statements

 Jesus used “I am” statements to describe Himself. The “I am” statements show the
relationship of Jesus to God-Jesus is divine.

 Divine means the quality of being God.

 Jesus revealed the truth that He was divine by using the words I am because God had
said His name was I AM when He was talking to Moses.

 Truth means something that can never be proved false.

 Jesus said He is the Bread of Life meaning that he satisfies people’s hunger to know God.

 As the Light of the World, Jesus gives light to show the truth about God and to guide
people to knowing God.

 Jesus called Himself the Door, or the Gate, because He is the only entrance to accepting
God’s salvation and becoming part of God’s family.

 Jesus, the Good Shepherd, calls His followers, cares for them, and protects them, just as
a shepherd would care for sheep.

 Resurrection means a return to life after having been dead.

 Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life because Jesus won victory over death through His
resurrection. He gives eternal life to His followers because He is the source of life.

 Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is the only way to have a relationship with
God, the truth because He will never lie, and the life because He provides Christians
with the source of hope, love, joy, and peace.

 Jesus is the Vine because if we abide in or remain in Him we will produce the fruit of the
Spirit.
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Lesson 9: The Lord’s Prayer

 Prayer means talking with God.

 The most important thing about going to God in prayer is the condition of the heart of
the person praying.

 A believer should pray with an attitude of submission.

 Submission means a state of having yielded to authority.

 God wants believers to focus their attention on Him when they pray.

 Jesus gave us a model called the Lord’s Prayer.

 The prayer addresses God as Father which shows the relationship believers have with
Him.

 The beginning of the Lord’s Prayer includes praising God, honoring Him, and showing
submission.

 In the prayer, Jesus show He wants people to as Him for forgiveness and to forgive
others.

 In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus is showing that God wants believers to ask for protection
from temptation and from evil (Satan).

 Believer should praise Go and offer Him thanksgiving.

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Lesson 10: Walking in Love

 A motive means a reason for doing something.

 God sees the motives of each person’s actions; people do not.

 The Pharisees focused on looking good to others by outwardly obeying as many of the
religious laws as they could.

 They did not care whether they had the right motive for obeying.

 Jesus wanted everyone to know that obeying the Law outwardly was not enough.

 Jesus wanted people to know that God cares about a person’s motives.

 Jesus is the perfect example of showing loving actions motivated by a heart of love.

 Jesus told His followers to show love to everyone, even their enemies.

 Jesus told His followers to pray for their enemies.

 Jesus willingly died on the cross. He was being selfless.

 Selfless means having concern for others, not for oneself.

 Jesus chose to love everyone, but He call only the people who live for Him His friends.

 Serving other is a wonderful way to show love.

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Lesson 11: Born Again

 Jesus used several comparisons when talking with Nicodemus.

 Comparisons are similarities between two things.

 Jesus told Nicodemus it was necessary to be born again to see the kingdom of God.

 All people have sinned. That is why they need to be born again.

 Born again means having accepted Jesus as Savior.

 The penalty, or punishment, for sin is death.

 God loves everyone, so He sent Jesus to die and pay the penalty for sins.

 To be born again, people must believe that Jesus, the Son of God, died for their sins and
came to life again and that they must accept Him as Savior by asking Him for forgiveness
and by confessing that He is Lord.

 Salvation means being saved from the punishment for sin and receiving eternal life.

 Sin is anything people think, feel, say, or do that does not meet God’s perfect standard.

 When people accept Jesus as Savior, they experience a new birth – spiritual birth.

 Being a Christian is about a new life now – not only going to heaven someday. Jesus
showed us how to think and behave like new creations.

 The following words describe the old man, or old self: anger, wrath, rage, malice,
blasphemy, slander, filthy language, lying.

 The following words describe the new man, or new self: tender mercies, compassion,
kindness, humility, meekness, gentleness, longsuffering, patience, bearing, forgiving,
love, peace thankful, wisdom.
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Lesson 12: Responding to the Gospel

 Jesus said that His followers would not understand His other parables if they did not
understand the parable of the sower.

 The word sow means to plant seeds for growth.

 The word reap means to gather a crop.

 All seeds need good soil to grow strong and healthy. Soil that is hard, rocky, or full of
thorns prevents a seed from growing at all or allows it to grow but not thrive.

 Jesus used the parable of the sower to explain that people react in different ways when
they hear God’s Word.

 The sower is a person who tells others about the Word of God.

 The seeds by the wayside or on the path represent people who hear the Word of God
but do not believe it because it is snatched away.

 The seed on rock represents people who respond to the Word but fall away when
temptation or testing come.

 The seeds among the thorns represent people who accept the Word of God but do not
grow because of life’s worries, riches, and pleasures.

 The seeds on good ground represent people who accept the Word of God, grow in faith,
and share the Word with others.

 The word gospel means the good news of who Jesus is and what He did for people.

 People’s words and actions reveal what has gone into their heart.

 Christians need to depend on the Holy Spirit to understand God’s Word.

 Jesus gave a last command to His disciples – to share the gospel with others
everywhere.

 Believers who share the message about Jesus grow as they share.
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Lesson 12: Responding to the Gospel

 Jesus said that His followers would not understand His other parables if they did not
understand the parable of the sower.

 The word sow means to plant seeds for growth.

 The word reap means to gather a crop.

 All seeds need good soil to grow strong and healthy. Soil that is hard, rocky, or full of
thorns prevents a seed from growing at all or allows it to grow but not thrive.

 Jesus used the parable of the sower to explain that people react in different ways when
they hear God’s Word.

 The sower is a person who tells others about the Word of God.

 The seeds by the wayside or on the path represent people who hear the Word of God
but do not believe it because it is snatched away.

 The seed on rock represents people who respond to the Word but fall away when
temptation or testing come.

 The seeds among the thorns represent people who accept the Word of God but do not
grow because of life’s worries, riches, and pleasures.

 The seeds on good ground represent people who accept the Word of God, grow in faith,
and share the Word with others.

 The word gospel means the good news of who Jesus is and what He did for people.

 People’s words and actions reveal what has gone into their heart.

 Christians need to depend on the Holy Spirit to understand God’s Word.

 Jesus gave a last command to His disciples – to share the gospel with others
everywhere.

 Believers who share the message about Jesus grow as they share.
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Lesson 13: Thanksgiving

 Leprosy is a disease that affects the skin and nerves. It caused people to have to live
alone outside cities.

 A priest determined if a person had leprosy.

 The 10 men with leprosy called out to Jesus, and He healed them.

 Only one man, a Samaritan, returned to glorify God, praise Him, and give thanks.

 Jesus said the Samaritan man showed faith by coming back to Jesus to thank him.

 The Samaritan man Jesus healed did not sing his thanks and praise, but other Scriptures
say to thank and praise God through music.

 A thankful attitude can help keep people focus on God’s blessings in their life.

 In the Psalms, people used stringed instruments such as lutes, lyres, and harps to thank
and praise God.

 When God sent Jesus, God was showing love and mercy.

 Mercy means kind treatment toward someone who deserves punishment.

 A sacrifice is something valued that is given away to benefit others.

 Jesus sacrificed His life to pay for our sins. We should thank Jesus for this.

 We should thank God regardless of how we feel.

 Practicing thankfulness leads to peacefulness.

 Having an attitude of thankfulness is a choice.

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Lesson 14: Seeking the Lost

 Jesus told three parables to help His listeners understand that He loves and cares for
everyone.

 The three parables refer to something or someone who is lost. Jesus is talking about
people who are lost.

 Lost means someone who has not yet accepted Jesus as Savior.

 The lost sheep in the parable represents people who do not yet know Jesus as their
Savior.

 The shepherd in this parable showed compassion for the lost sheep by searching for it.
In the same way, Jesus loves and cares about the people who do not believe in Him yet.

 In the parable of the lost coin, the lost coin represents a lost person.

 The lost coin is was not in its right place, and the lost person is not in a right relationship
with God.

 The woman rejoiced when she found the lost coin. When a lost person believes the
gospel and repents of sins, Christians should rejoice just as God and the angels do in
heaven.

 In the parable of the lost son, the younger son did not care about his relationship with
his father but cared only about himself.

 The younger son’s attitude changed from selfishness to repentance.

 God wants sinners to show repentance. He reconciles with them by forgiving them and
celebrates their coming into His family.

 Reconcile means to restore a relationship.

 Evangelism means the action of sharing the gospel.

 To evangelize is to take part in evangelism.

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Lesson 15: Forgiving

 Adam and Eve’s sin caused separation from God for all people.

 God cannot excuse or tolerate sin because He is holy.

 Sin separates people from God and hurts their relationship with Him.

 People may try to fix this problem by balancing out their bad deeds with good works. It
is impossible.

 God made a way so that people could have a restored relationship with Him. He sent
Jesus to pay the penalty for sin.

 When people admit their sins, believe, repent, and choose Jesus as Savior and Lord, the
relationship with God is restored.

 Repent means feel sorry for something one has done and change one’s action.

 Forgiveness means the letting go of a wrong without blame or demand for a penalty.

 Jesus used the phrase seventy times seven to mean He wants His followers to always
forgive others.

 In the parable of forgiveness the first servant was upset because he owed a debt he
could never repay to the king.
 The king forgave or canceled the first servant’s large debt.
 The first servant then put his fellow servant in prison because the fellow
servant owed the first servant a debt.
 The king was angry because the first servant did not forgive or cancel the
fellow servant’s debt.
 The king turned the sinful servant over to people for punishment.

 All people, like the servant in the parable about forgiveness, owe God a debt they can
never repay because of their sin.

 The debt the second servant owed the first servant was far less than the debt the first
servant owed the king.
 The meaning of the parable is that people owe God a debt they can never repay. He
cancels the debt when they repent and accept Jesus.

 No sin is too great or big for God to forgive.

 People who have received God’s forgiveness must forgive anyone who hurts, offends, or
wrongs them.

 Two steps should be taken to restore relationships: 1) be quick to ask for forgiveness
2) be quick to extend forgiveness.
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Lesson 16: Stewardship

 Jesus told two parables about stewardship.

 Stewardship means the careful and responsible management of possessions, abilities,

and time.

 In the parable of the talents, two of the servants use their talents to earn more and
showed they were faithful. One servant dug a hole and hid his talent.

 Faithful means consistently loyal and trustworthy.

 Just as the master gave the servants talent of money, God gives people opportunities to
use possessions, abilities, and time for Him. These are our talents.

 In the parable of the minas, the nobleman in the parable gave his servants 1 mina each.
The nobleman told the servants to use the money to earn more money until he
returned.
 When the nobleman returned, he found out that two of the servants had
obeyed and wisely used their mina to gain more money. The nobleman
praised them and gave them more responsibility.
 The third servant disobeyed; he hid his mina. The nobleman had that
servant’s mina taken away. The servant who had been a good steward by
earning the most then received that mina.

 In the same way, God rewards those who display good stewardship.

 It does not matter how much money believers have to give to God’s work. God rewards
all who give out of love for Him.

 God wants believers to use their gifts to encourage other believers and help unbelievers
learn about Him.

 Believers who have a close relationship with God want to serve and help others more
and more.
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Lesson 17: Christmas

 Prophet means someone who has special knowledge from God.

 Prophecies are words from God spoken by prophets.

 Prophets told people about the details of the birth of Jesus many years before He was
born.

 Jesus is divine because He is God’s Son.

 Divine means God.

 Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would come from the line of Jesse and David.

 Joseph, Jesus’ earthly father, was a descendant of King David. Therefore Jesus would be
heir to David’s throne.

 The wise men brought gifts to honor the birth of Jesus as the King of the Jews. A
prophecy had foretold that Jesus would receive honor as the King.

 The prophet Isaiah prophesied that a virgin would give birth to a son.

 The prophet Micah prophesied that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem.

 Prophets told of a king coming that would not be an earthly king but would be one
whose throne would be everlasting.

 The angel Gabriel announced Jesus’ birth to Mary.

 The angel reminded Mary that God was omnipotent. Mary believed the angel.

 Omnipotent means all-powerful.

 Herod pretended to want to honor the baby Jesus, but really he wanted to kill Jesus.

 The wise men knew that Jesus was a king who deserved worship.
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Lesson 17: Christmas

 Prophet means someone who has special knowledge from God.

 Prophecies are words from God spoken by prophets.

 Prophets told people about the details of the birth of Jesus many years before He was
born.

 Jesus is divine because He is God’s Son.

 Divine means God.

 Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would come from the line of Jesse and David.

 Joseph, Jesus’ earthly father, was a descendant of King David. Therefore Jesus would be
heir to David’s throne.

 The wise men brought gifts to honor the birth of Jesus as the King of the Jews. A
prophecy had foretold that Jesus would receive honor as the King.

 The prophet Isaiah prophesied that a virgin would give birth to a son.

 The prophet Micah prophesied that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem.

 Prophets told of a king coming that would not be an earthly king but would be one
whose throne would be everlasting.

 The angel Gabriel announced Jesus’ birth to Mary.

 The angel reminded Mary that God was omnipotent. Mary believed the angel.

 Omnipotent means all-powerful.

 Herod pretended to want to honor the baby Jesus, but really he wanted to kill Jesus.

 The wise men knew that Jesus was a king who deserved worship.
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Lesson 19: Jesus Satisfies

 While Jesus and His disciples were in the process of going to a quiet place, Jesus saw the
crowds and had compassion on them.

 Compassion means the act of seeing the suffering of others and being moved to action.

 Jesus spent several hours with the crowd teaching and healing them.

 The disciples asked Jesus to send the crowd away to get something to eat.

 Jesus saw the need of the people to eat because He is omnipotent.

 The disciples informed Jesus that one boy had five loaves and two fish.

 Jesus blessed the food, broke it, and gave it to the disciples to distribute.

 Jesus turned the loaves and fish into an abundance of food. The disciples collected 12
baskets of leftovers.

 The four Gospels are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

 All four Gospels record the miracle of Jesus feeding the 5,000 men. In addition there
were probably women and children too.

 Jesus called Himself the Bread of Life because He alone can satisfy the spiritual hunger
to know God.

 Jesus met a man in Gadera who had unclean, evil spirits affecting him.

 Jesus is divine and has power over Satan and evil spirits.

 Jesus told the evil spirits to leave the man’s body.

 The evil spirits begged to be sent into the pigs.

 The man was so thankful that Jesus set him free, that the man begged to stay with
Jesus.

 Jesus told the man to tell his family and friends what He had done for him.
 Spiritual warfare means an opportunity for believers to fight against evil with weapons
that Jesus provided.

 God has provided believers with His armor to stand against evil. The armor of God is:
 The belt of truth
 The breastplate of righteousness
 Feet prepared with the Gospel of peace
 The shield of faith
 The helmet of salvation
 The sword of the Spirit
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Lesson 20: Walking on Water

 Matthew, Mark, and John all share the same Bible truth: the disciples are caught in a wind
storm and Jesus walks to them on the water.

 After telling the disciples to go across the lake in the boat, Jesus went to a mountain to pray.

 When Jesus walked on water, the disciples were not expecting to see Him. They knew they had
left Jesus on land, so they thought they were seeing a ghost.

 Jesus said, “It is I,” to let the disciples know that they did not have to be afraid of what they
saw.

 Focus means total attention on something.

 Peter got out of the boat and began to walk across the water to Jesus.

 When Peter focused on Jesus, he had faith to do the impossible and walk on the water. When
he paid attention to the storm, he lost his focus and started to sink.

 Peter called out to Jesus, and Jesus rescued Peter by reaching out to him.

 When Jesus and Peter got into the boat with the disciples, the winds and storm stopped.

 Although the disciples were afraid, when Jesus spoke to them, they welcomed Him into the
boat. Jesus calmed their fears by appearing and then being in the boat with them.

 Jesus brought them to safety on the other side of the lake.

 Jesus showed that He has power over everything when He walked on the water, when He
saved Peter from sinking, and when He brought peace to the stormy sea.

 The disciples worshipped Jesus and said He is God’s Son.

 This miracle happened on the Sea of Galilee.

 Trustworthy means worthy of trust, deserving of confidence.

 Just as the disciples saw God’s power while in the boat, we can trust Jesus to always love, care,
and help us.
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Lesson 21: Healing a Blind Man

 A man had been born blind. Jesus said that the man’s blindness was not a result of his sin or
that of his parents.

 Jesus used the term day to mean the remaining time of His earthly ministry and the term night
to mean when His earthly ministry ends.

 Jesus made this “I am” statement, “I am the light of the world.” It meant He had come from
God and showed God’s light during His earthly ministry.

 Jesus healed the blind man by spitting on the ground, making clay, putting the clay on the
man’s eyes, and telling him to wash in the pool of Siloam.

 The blind man obeyed Jesus and was healed.

 Jesus’ action toward the blind man showed great compassion and mercy.

 Spiritual blindness means not being able to see the truth about Jesus.

 The blind man’s neighbors were so surprised that the man could now see that they took him to
the Pharisees.

 The Pharisees thought that someone who did not follow the Sabbath rule about not working
on one day of the week could not be from God.

 The healed man was living proof that Jesus performed the miracle.

 The headed man had spiritual sight.

 Spiritual sight means the capability to see the truth about Jesus.

 The Pharisees showed they were spiritually blind because they refused to listen and would not
say that Jesus was the all-powerful Son of God.

 The Pharisees realized that they could not make the healed man say Jesus was wrong. This
made them angry, so they removed the healed man from the synagogue and did not allow him
to come back.

 The man showed that not only was his physical sight healed, but that he also gained his
spiritual sight because he obeyed, had faith, and then worshipped Jesus.
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Lesson 22: Lazarus Lives

 Glorify means give honor and praise.

 Glorifying God was Jesus’ purpose. Many people believed in Jesus when they saw His
divine power at work in the miracles He did to show God’s glory.

 Mary and Martha sent a message to Jesus saying their brother, Lazarus, was sick. Jesus
stayed two more days before traveling to see them. Jesus said that Lazarus was
sleeping and that He would go to wake him up.

 Jesus knew that Lazarus was dead and that Lazarus’ death was not final.

 The disciples did not understand that Jesus’ divine power could raise Lazarus from the
dead.

 Mary and Martha both believed that if Jesus had been with them Lazarus would not
have died.

 Believe means to consider as true.

 When Jesus arrived, the mourners were still with Lazarus’ sister.

 Jesus wept.

 Some of the mourners knew that Jesus healed blind eyes and He could have healed
Lazarus before he died, and even though they had seen these miracles, they thought
Jesus was too late to change Lazarus’ situation.

 Martha proclaimed her faith by stating that she believed Jesus could have healed her
brother.

 When Jesus talked to Martha, He used an “I am” statement: “I am the resurrection and
the life.”
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Lesson 23: The Transfiguration

 When Jesus asked the disciples who people said He was, Peter answered that Jesus was
the Christ of God. Peter recognized that Jesus is divine.

 In Luke 9:23 Jesus said people who want to be His followers should:
 deny themselves
 take up their cross
 follow Jesus

 Denying themselves means believers give up things that keep them from following Jesus
and doing what He leads them to do.

 Transfiguration means a significant change.

 Jesus took Peter, John and James and went up on a mountain to pray. While He was
praying something amazing happened. Jesus was transfigured.

 At the transfiguration of Jesus, Jesus’ face changed and His clothing became white and
dazzling.

 Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus and talked about Jesus’ upcoming death and
resurrection.

 At the Transfiguration, Moses represented the Law and Elijah represented the work and
words of the Old Testament prophets. Jesus fulfilled both the Law and the prophecies.

 God’s presence at the Transfiguration was made evident through His voice from the
expressing Jesus’ divinity and God’s command for people to listen to His Son.

 Mediator means a go-between.

 Moses, Elijah, and Jesus were mediators between God and humans to help people have
a relationship with God.
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Lesson 24: The Holy Spirit

 The reason so many Jewish people from faraway regions were in Jerusalem was because
they came to present offerings at the temple.

 A group of 120 believers, including the disciples, were showing obedience to Jesus’
command to stay in Jerusalem until they received the promise, or gift, from the Father.

 God did not leave the followers of Christ alone after Jesus ascended to Heaven. He
loved them and promised to send the Holy Spirit to remain with believers, so the
presence of God would always be with them.

 The Trinity means one God in three Persons:

 God the Father
 God the Son
 God the Holy Spirit

 Luke was the author of the book of Acts.

 Luke described the coming of the Holy Spirit as the sound of a wind and tongues of fire
above the heads of the people.

 Pentecost means the day God the Father sent the Holy Spirit to believers.

 The Holy Spirit gave power to the disciples and other believers to speak in other
languages.

 Witness means tell others the gospel message.

 With the Holy Spirit’s help, Peter became bold and preached to a large crowd. More
than 3,000 people believed in Jesus.

 God gave the gift of the Holy Spirit so God would always be with His people wherever
they are, and God’s power would be in all believers.

 The Holy Spirit equipped the new believers for their task of sharing the gospel through
these activities:
 Listening and learning from the apostles
 Eating together
 Praying
  Seeing miracles
 Sharing all things
 Praising God

 As the believers became equipped and more Christlike, the church grew in numbers.
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Lesson 25: Peter is Transformed

 Deny means to refuse to admit or acknowledge.

 Peter denied Jesus three times before Jesus died on the cross, and then he wept.

 Peter’s tears showed he knew his sin caused a separation, or a wide distance, in his
relationship with God.

 Restore means to return to its original condition.

 Repentance means the process or action of feeling sorry for something one has done
and changing one’s actions.

 Jesus appeared to Peter and the other disciples while they were out fishing. Peter
jumped out of the boat and headed toward the shore to meet Jesus.

 Each time Jesus appeared to Peter and the disciples, He showed forgiveness, love, and a
desire to restore their relationship.

 God had plans for Peter to be a leader in the early Church and preach the gospel.

 Jesus asked Peter three times, “Do you love Me?”

 Jesus gave Peter the job to feed His sheep. Jesus wanted Peter to help protect, lead,
and care for Jesus’ followers.

 After the Holy Spirit came, Peter boldly preached the good news about Jesus. Peter
showed he was ready to follow Jesus with boldness.

 Boldness means having a confident willingness to meet danger and take risks.

 God transformed Peter. His road to restoration took him from fear and denial to the
point where his service to God brought physical and spiritual transformation to other
people.
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Lesson 26.5: Stephen and the Early Church

 An apostle is one of the 12 men initially chosen by Jesus to tell others about Him.

 A disciple is one who chooses to follow Jesus.

 The disciples chose Stephen to serve because he was full of faith and the Holy Spirit.

 Because Stephen and the other six men took care of the physical needs of the people,
the apostles could devote themselves to spreading the salvation message.

 At first, the men from the Synagogue wanted to have a discussion with Stephen, even
though they disagreed with him.

 Stephen did not think about himself or how people responded to him, but he chose to
do what God wanted him to do.

 Men at Stephen’s trial lied and accused him of saying things that were disrespectful to
God.

 Because of Stephen’s relationship with God, the Holy Spirit filled Stephen and his face
reflected the presence of God.

 Stephen did not think about himself; he thought about Jesus and he even saw Jesus in
heaven.

 Martyr means someone killed for their beliefs.

 Stephen was the first martyr after Jesus went to heaven.

 Stephen’s relationship with God was so strong he was able to pray for the forgiveness of
his enemies.

 Persecution means the cruel treatment of someone because of the person’s beliefs.
 In Acts 1:8, Jesus told His followers to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
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Lesson 27: Saul’s Conversion

 Saul was a man who hated and persecuted Christians and did not acknowledge Jesus as
Savior.

 A dazzling light surrounded Saul, and Jesus asked Saul why he was persecuting Him.

 Saul asked Jesus what He wanted him to do.

 The men with Saul heard a voice but did not see anyone.

 Saul’s companions led him into Damascus, where he remained blind for three days.

 Conversion means the time when a person decides to follow Jesus.

 Grace means something good given that is not earned.

 The Lord told Ananias that He had chosen Saul to bring the gospel to Gentiles, kings, and
fellow Jews.

 God sent Ananias to help Saul receive his sight and the Holy Spirit.

 Saul experienced God’s salvation, and his relationship to God changed. Saul had had a
life-changing experience.

 Ananias accepted Saul as a fellow believer.

 After Saul’s conversion, he went to preach about Jesus in many cities.

 Saul is also known as Paul.

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Lesson 28: Paul’s Early Ministry

 Immediately after Paul’s conversion, he started telling people about Jesus.

 Paul went to the synagogue to tell people that he believed that Jesus was the Messiah.

 The word synagogue means a building in which Jewish people worship God.

 People at the synagogues in Damascus were surprised at Paul’s preaching because they
knew that he had been persecuting Christians.

 Some people in Damascus wanted to kill Paul, but God safely delivered him in a basket
down a city wall.

 In Jerusalem, Paul’s past caused believers not to trust him.

 God used Barnabas to help Paul.

 Barnabas told the apostles how Paul had seen the Lord.

 Some Jewish people again tried to kill Paul. He escaped and went to his hometown of
Tarsus.

 Paul was a Roman citizen which means a person with rights to be protected by the
government.

 The apostles and disciples sent Barnabas to check on the Gentile church in Antioch.

 Gentiles are non-Jewish people.

 Barnabas knew that the Christians in Antioch needed to be taught, so they could grow in
their faith.

 Barnabas went to Tarsus to find Paul and bring him to Antioch.

 Although Paul was Jewish, he had been born in a Gentile area. God planned for him to
tell Gentiles about Jesus.

 Paul had been taught the Scriptures as a boy and knew them well. This knowledge
helped him to help others understand about Jesus.
 God sent a prophet named Agabus to give the church important news about a great,
severe famine in Judea.

 The church in Antioch gave what they could to help the believers in Judea.

 The church chose Paul and Barnabas to go and deliver their gift.
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Lesson 30: Paul’s First Two Missionary Journeys

 The apostle Paul listened to God and became a missionary.

 Paul and Barnabas began their missionary journey, meaning a trip from one place to
another.

 In Lystra, Paul healed a man who could not walk, and the people thought Paul and
Barnabas were gods.

 Jewish people threw stones at Paul to try to kill him. Paul was badly hurt, but he did not
quit.

 Paul and Barnabas disagreed when Paul wanted to go check on the progress of the
believers from his first journey.

 They also disagreed about taking Mark on the second journey.

 God worked through the disagreement to spread the gospel message.

 Paul took a new partner, Silas on his journey.

 Barnabas took Mark on a separate trip.

 On Paul’s second journey, God used Paul to train Timothy to do ministry.

 God told Paul in a vision to go to Macedonia.

 Because Paul obeyed God, many others learned about the gospel message.

 Persevere means to continue a task even when it is difficult.

 In the city of Phillipi, Paul talked about Jesus to some women who were praying by a
river. Lydia was one of the women who listened and accepted Jesus as her Savior.

 Paul worked and stayed with tent makers, Priscilla and Aquila, in Corinth.
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Lesson 31: Paul’s Third Journey

 On Paul’s third journey, his purpose was to strengthen churches that already existed.

 In Ephesus, Paul spoke boldly in the synagogue for three months with the Jewish
people.

 Since the Jews did not believe his message, he started to teach in a lecture hall.

 Paul taught in Ephesus for over two years.

 Endure means remain faithful during hardship.

 As a result of Paul’s perseverance and God’s faithfulness, God did extraordinary things
through Paul. Sick were healed and evil spirits were cast out of people.

 Seven brothers wanted to have power over evil spirits in the way Paul did. Because they
did not have faith in Jesus or the power of the Holy Spirit they were unable to drive the
spirits out.

 Idol sellers began a riot because they were angry when people became Christians. They
were losing money.

 A riot is a noisy disturbance caused by a crowd of people

 In Troas, Paul taught the people late into the night.

 While Paul was teaching, Eutychus fell asleep and fell out of a window and died. Paul
raised him back to life.

 While in Ephesus, Agabus, a prophet, used Paul’s belt to ties his own hands and feel.
This was to show Paul what would happen to him if he went to Jerusalem.

 Paul’s friends did not want him to go to Jerusalem, but he was will to go, suffer and even
die if that was what God wanted.

 Paul showed his faithfulness and trust in God when he said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
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Lesson 32: Paul’s Journey to Rome

 The word courageous means very brave even when afraid.

 Paul used his right as a Roman citizen to have a trial before the emperor in Rome.

 He traveled to Rome on a ship as a prisoner and a storm occurred.

 During the storm, Paul listened to God’s message from an angel that he and all who sailed with
him would be saved.

 Paul helped the others on the ship to believe that they would be delivered from the storm.

 When the ship broke apart, all 276 people from the ship swam or floated to the island of
Malta.

 The word hospitality means showing kindness and welcoming visitors.

 The people of the island of Malta showed hospitality to Paul and all the ship’s passengers.

 A viper bit Paul, but he courageously shook the snake off his arm and into the fire. The people
of Malta expected Paul to die, but he was not worried because he was believing in God’s
promise.

 Because God delivered Paul from the snakebite, people saw God’s power and wanted to learn
about God.

 Through God’s power Paul healed Publius’ father and many other people on the island of
Malta,

 During Paul’s three months on the island of Malta, he persevered and listened to God in
prayer.

 In Rome, Paul was under house arrest, meaning living at home, but guarded.

 Paul was a prisoner because Jewish leaders in Jerusalem falsely accused him.

 While Paul waited two years for his trial to start, he taught and preached. He also wrote letters
that later became books of the New Testament.

 Some of the books Paul wrote were Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Corinthians.