Lesson 1 -- Exercises

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Set A: TRUE or FALSE (2 points per item)

1. Enlightenment is a gift from God.
2. Our real objective is to attain to some measure of worldly success.
3. God desires that we learn more about Him.
4. We should not question God’s word.
5. In like manner that we prepare for earth life, we should also prepare for eternal life.
6. The Bible is the only true word of God.
7. The laws of men are very different from the laws of God.
8. Heaven cannot be earned through good deeds.
9. We need only to believe in Jesus and we are saved.

10. Before we can find truth, we must seek for it.
11. The way to God is through the accumulation of knowledge.
12. Only Christians can ever get to heaven.
13. The more we pray, the surer we can get to heaven.
14. Every question has an answer.
15. The more we study, the more we learn.
16. Ignorance breeds fear and with knowledge, fear is dispelled.
17. Everything complex can be made simpler.
18. While money is all-important upon earth, in heaven, it is spiritual knowledge that is most important.
19. Only the righteous can enter heaven.
20. Every teaching should be subjected to the test of reason in the light of our own personal experiences.
    
    

Set B: Supply the missing word or phrase (2 points per item)

1. In any field of knowledge, we learn only as we _______ (Text).
2. "The seeds that fell on rocky ground are those who, as soon as they hear the message, receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them and it doesn’t last for long. For when _________ or _____________ comes because of the message, they give it up at once" (MT 13).
3. "Forgive them, Father! They _______ ______ what they are doing" (LK 23).
4. Real success is not according to the standards of _____ ________ ____ _____ _______ (Text).
5. "You could say that I am a king, and I have come into this world to reveal _____ _______. All who are ____ _____ _______ listens to me" (JN 18).
6. "My son, remember when you were still on earth, you had everything you wanted and Lazarus had nothing. So now, he is here _______ ___________ and you are ___________" (LK 16).
7. "For to those who have, ______ will be given, and they will have ______ ______ ________. But to those who don’t have, even the little they may be able to acquire ______ ____ _______ ______" (MT 13).
8. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by _______ ______ ____ _____" (LK 4).
9. "Walk while you still have _____ _______, for those who walk in the dark will have great difficulty finding _______ _____" (JN 12).

10. "For to whom much is given, ______ ____ __________; and to whose care more is entrusted, ______ ______ ______ ____ __________" (LK 12).
11. "The seeds that fell among thorn bushes are those who hear the message; but the _______ ____ ______ ______ and _____ ______ _____ ________ choke the message, such that it doesn’t bear fruit" (MT 13).
12. "If you were blind, then, you wouldn’t be guilty; but since you claim that you do see, then, ______ _____ _________" (JN 9).
13. "Whoever rejects me and does not accept my teachings will, nevertheless, be judged according to _____ ________ ___ ______ ________" (JN 12).
14. However, even as we investigate and seek out every possibility, we must at all times __________ ______ _____ __________ (Text).
15. "Thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these truths from the ______________ and _____ _________ ______ and revealing them to the innocent and the open-hearted" (LK 10).
    
    

Set C: Write whether you AGREE or you DISAGREE with the following statements and then, briefly, in a few sentences, explain why or why not (3 points per item)

1. Life ends at death.
2. Concerning spiritual matters, we must rely on blind faith because these things are beyond our ability to comprehend.
3. We should limit our involvement in purely worldly pursuits.
4. Here on earth, our chief goals are happiness, peace and contentment.
5. Man can never understand the mysteries of life.
6. We don’t need to pay for our sins because they have already been paid for by the blood of Jesus.
7. The innocent may be excused and allowed to enter heaven.
8. The righteous shall be fully rewarded here on earth.
9. As it is on earth, so also in heaven.
10. The course teacher is always right.