Chapter 6

NEHEMIAH

_Pictorial Device:_ A Broken Wall.

Draw three layers of stone forming lower part of wall. On this draw four portions of the wall intact, with three breaks between. In these three breaks place the words: "Temporal, 3 to 6;" "Civil, 5;" "Religious, 8 to 13." On the unbroken portion of the wall place the figure "52" and the phrase: "A Great Work." Over the device place the word God. Add any original touches suggested by the book.

I. Give a brief narrative of Nehemiah's return as recorded in Chapters 1 and 2.

II. _General Contents:_

1. Rebuilding the temporal wall.

2. Rebuilding the civil wall.

3. Rebuilding the religious wall.

III. _Leading Chapters:_

3. A list of the wall builders.

12. The dedication of the wall.

13. How a Mayor enforced the Sabbath law.

IV. _Striking Phrases:_

4:6: "The people had a mind to work."

8:10: "The joy of the Lord is your strength."

V. _Questions:_

1. Name Nehemiah's position and its duties.

2. Locate Shushan.

3. Measure the distance from Shushan to Jerusalem.

4. Name eight classes of people who aided in rebuilding the wall.

5. Name any three gates mentioned and note their location on Bible map of the city of Jerusalem. Map No. 10.

6. Describe in brief the kinds of gatherings that occurred at the city gates. Give examples from Bible history. Read articles in Bible Dictionary on "Gates" and "Walls." Record references.

7. Name three hindrances to the rebuilding of the wall. Chapter 4.

8. Name four wise plans of Nehemiah as general.

9. Mention the ways in Chapters 5 and 6 in which Nehemiah proved his intense patriotism.

10. In what length of time was the wall completed?

11. Name four things covenanted by the people. Chapter 10.

12. Name three leading features in the dedication of the wall.

13. Record and locate the ejaculatory prayers of the book. Name a lesson therefrom.

14. Name five leading qualities of Nehemiah, giving an example from his life to illustrate each.

15. Name four striking lessons for Christian activity gleaned from the book.

HAGGAI

A STUDY OF THE FOUR BRIEF PROPHECIES OF THE BOOK

_Prophecy Number One: Chapter 1:1-15._

1. To whom spoken.

2. Name the reason assigned by the people for not rebuilding.

3. Name four reasons given by the prophet why the people should rebuild.

4. State the result of the prophet's appeal.

_Prophecy Number Two: Chapter 2:1-9._

1. To whom spoken.

2. State the evident feeling of those who had seen the former house. See verse 3, also Ezra 3:12.

3. Name the three promises of Jehovah calculated to remove this sting of disappointment.

_Prophecy Number Three: Chapter 2:10-19._

1. State moral condition of the people.

2. Name the three causes of material loss.

3. State the promise.

_Prophecy Number Four: Chapter 2:20-23._

1. To whom spoken.

2. Name the two prophecies in your own words.

_Questions:_

1. What word indicates the small number who had returned?

2. Commit words, with location, of a striking verse, 2:8.

3. In how many days did they begin to work after the first appeal was made?

4. What length of time do the four prophecies cover?

5. What statement is accepted by many as a prophecy of Christ? Use the marginal reading.

6. By what two terms is Haggai called?

7. What word does Haggai use, and how many times, to set the people to thinking?

8. By what expression is God most frequently described?

9. Why, possibly, was no prophet sent to Nehemiah?

10. Give an appropriate title to Haggai.

ZECHARIAH

I. _The Visions of Chapters 1 to 6:_

Record and commit, with chapter location.

II. _The Striking Phrases and Verses:_

Commit and locate the following:

"Apple of the eye."

Give meaning. State what other books of the Bible contain the phrase.

"Prisoners of Hope."

"Who hath despised the day of small things?"

"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts."

"Wounded in the house of my friends."

(Use concordance in finding location.)

III. _The Prophecies of Christ:_

Give the four names by which the Christ is described. See 3:8, 9:9, 13:7.

Name four events in Christ's life prophesied in the following verses: 9:9, 11:12, 13:1, 13:7.

IV. _General Questions._

1. Compare the beginning of Zechariah's prophecy with that of Haggai in point of time.

2. Which of the major prophets and which of the minor prophets does Zechariah resemble most?

3. By what name is Satan described in Chapter 3, and what other Bible writers use the same description?

4. Name three general encouragements given by the prophet to Zerubbabel in Chapter 4 to rebuild the temple.

5. Record the cities prophesied against in Chapter 9.

V. _Questions on Chapter 14:_

1. Of what is this a prophetic picture? Verse 9.

2. Name the facts about the capture of Jerusalem. Verses 2 and 3.

3. Name the three strange happenings in nature. Verses 4 to 8.

4. Name final result. Verse 11.

5. Name the two plagues to be visited.

6. What one of the feasts is to be kept and why?

7. Give words and meaning of the placard in verse 20.

VIII

THE KINGDOM'S TRUE KING

Matthew Page

Mark Page

Luke Page

John Page

THE FOUR GOSPELS

I. BRIEF INTRODUCTION

1. Name five portions of Scripture that are repeated.

2. Four reasons why the Lord's life is recorded four times:

(1) To emphasize its importance.

(2) To multiply the testimony to His life in the flesh.

(3) To present the different aspects of His character.

(4) To reach different classes of people.

NOTE.--The Gospels were originally sermons, and the authors preachers. They are not designed as biographies. One has described them as "memoirs of a life, to teach a religion." Hence one need not expect chronological order. Their purpose is not to record the life of Christ, but to win a lost world to the Savior.

II. AUTHOR CHART.

+---------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN | +---------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |1. Business | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |2. Nationality | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |3. Apostle | | | | | |or not | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |4. Eye Witness | | | | | |or not | | | | | +---------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+

To aid in filling blanks in this chart and in the following one, read accounts of the four authors in Bible Dictionary.

III. CONTENTS CHART

+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN | +-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |1. For Whom | | | | | | written | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |2. Purpose | | | | | | touching | | | | | | Christ | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |3. Keyword |Kingdom |Straightway |Compassion |Believe | | | | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | | | | | | |4. Quality | | | | | | from |Business | | | | | Standpoint|Accuracy |Vividness |Completeness|Warmth | | of | | | | | | Author | | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+

IV. _Questions on Matthew:_

1. Name three expressions in Chapter 1 that manifest the author's occupation.

2. Name one expression in each of the first three chapters that manifest the kingship of Christ.

3. Why does Matthew record the fulfillment of prophecy?

4. Name the prophecies recorded as fulfilled in the first four chapters, and the author of each prophecy.

5. Number and locate the word kingdom as recorded in the Sermon on the Mount.

V. _Questions on Mark:_

1. Underline and number in Chapter 1 the words straightway, astonished, amazed.

2. Select three other words in Chapter 1 that manifest vividness.

3. With what event in Christ's life does Mark begin? and state reason.

4. Name and number the miracles in the first five chapters.

5. Name and number the parables in the first five chapters.

6. Why would you expect such a result in answers to questions 4 and 5?

VI. _Questions on Luke:_

1. Name three words in the introduction that indicate the three characteristics of the book.

2. What do you note by comparing 1:5, 2:1 and 2, and 3:1 and 2?

3. Name six expressions in Chapters 1 and 2 that indicate Luke's occupation.

4. Record three expressions, and by whom spoken, in first three chapters, that manifest that God's salvation is for all people.

5. Name contents peculiar to Luke in Chapters 10, 14, 15, 19 and 23 that manifest God's salvation as world wide and for the lowest.

VII. _Questions on John:_

1. Name the phrase in Chapter 1 that describes the Lord's birth.

2. Name the "I am's" of Christ in Chapters 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, and give reason why possibly John alone of the four records them.

3. State the purpose of this gospel. See 20:30, 31.

4. Underline the words "sign," "believe," "life" (live), in Chapters 1 to 6.

5. Note the "signs" mentioned in first four chapters and the results.

6. Name the four witnesses to Christ's divinity mentioned by Him in the closing paragraph of Chapter 5.

VIII. _Leading Chapters:_

_Matthew._

1. Genealogy and Birth of the King.

2.

4.

5 to 7. The Sermon on the Mount; or, The Principles of the Kingdom.

13. The Eight Parables of the Kingdom.

17.

25. The Judgment of the King.

_Mark._

1. A Busy Sabbath in Our Lord's Life.

_Luke._

2. The Birth and Boyhood of Jesus.

3. The Genealogy of Jesus.

4.

10.

14. The Three Parables of Hospitality.

15. The Three Parables of Lost and Found.

_John._

3. The New Birth.

10.

11.

14. Comfort.

15.

16. The Holy Spirit.

17. Christ's Intercessory Prayer.

IX

THE KINGDOM CONQUERING THE WORLD

Acts Page

Paul's Epistles Page

Outline for Study of Epistles Page

I Thessalonians Page

I Corinthians Page

Romans Page

Philippians Page

II Timothy Page

The General Epistles Page

Questions on the Book of James Page

Studies in I and II Peter Page

I John Page

THE ACTS

I. _Author:_

1. Name.

2. Number of books written by him.

3. Three reasons for his fitness to write this book:

(a) A Gentile.

(b) Devoted to Christ as the World's Savior.

(c) A companion of Paul during a portion of his missionary journeys.

II. _The Inscription:_ 1:1.

1. To whom?

2. Reference to what book?

III. _Chronology:_

1. Name beginning and ending dates.

2. Length of time of contents.

3. Contents during the reigns of what four Roman emperors.

IV. _Analysis of the Key Verse:_ 1:8.

1. Name the Divine Agent.

2. Name the Human Instrument.

3. Name the Equipment.

4. Name the Method.

5. Name the Threefold Division of the Field:

(a) City.

(b) Home Land.

(c) Foreign Lands.

NOTE.--This verse outlines the progress of the kingdom in this book during one generation. It also outlines the plan of God touching the work of each disciple, each individual church, and the church universal. Here is the pattern. With hunger to know and willingness to do should every disciple study this pattern book. Am I measuring up to the plan of God? Is this church measuring up to the plan of God?

V. _Outline of Contents:_

1. The Kingdom's Witness in the City. Chapters 1 to 7.

2. The Kingdom's Witness in the Home Land. Chapters 8 to 12.

3. The Kingdom's Witness in the Uttermost Parts of the Earth. Chapters 13 to 28.

VI. _Pattern Chapters for Church Work:_

1. A Model Prayer Meeting.

2. A Model Sermon and Revival.

6. A Model for Church Officers.

8. A Model for Personal Work.

9. A Model Conversion.

10. A Model Minister.

VII. _Chapter Questions:_

The ten following questions are to be answered in the first ten chapters, one in each consecutive chapter as numbered. If desired, ask pupil to be ready to answer any question propounded by the teacher on these chapters.

1. Name the apostle selected in the place of Judas, the method of selection, and why disciples never afterward used this method.

2. Name the _immediate_ results of the outpouring of the Spirit.

3. With what three things touching Christ did Peter charge the Jews?

4. What three things did the magistrates note about Peter and John?

5. Name the offenders, the offense, the penalty and the reason for such severe punishment.

6. Name the two classes of church officers, the number of each, and the work of each.

7. Name the first martyr and state how the circumstances surrounding his death resembled those surrounding the death of Christ.

8. Name the new city entered, the two chief converts mentioned, and the three leading workers.

9. In Saul's conversion name three factors and three proofs, also three trials following.

10. Name the change wrought in Peter through the vision.

VIII. _Outline Map of Paul's Life:_

Draw full-page map, locating thereon the following: (1) Place of Birth. (2) Place of Student Life. (3) Place of Conversion. (4) Place of Wilderness Sojourn. (5) Place of Pastoral Work. (6) Place of Imprisonment and Death.

IX. CHART OF PAUL'S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY

1. Location in Bible: Acts 13 and 14. 2. Name the workers. 3. Name the preparation.

+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------+----------+ | PLACE | TIME | PLACE | KIND OF | INCIDENTS | RESULTS | | (Only towns | SPENT | OF WORK | WORK | (Any | (Of | | and cities |(Give only |(Building)|(Preaching|happening) | whatever | | are given) | as | | teaching)| | nature) | | | recorded) | | | | | +-------------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------+----------+ | | | | | | | |1. Seleucia | | | | | | |2. Salamis | | | | | | |3. Paphos | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |4. Perga | | | | | | |5. Antioch | | | | | | | in P. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |6. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |7. | | | | | | |8. | | | | | | |9. Lystra | | | | | | |10. Iconium | | | | | | |11. Antioch | | | | | | | in P. | | | | | | |12. Perga | | | | | | |13. Attalia | | | | | | |14. Antioch | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------+----------+

X. _Full-page Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey:_

Draw map of Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries. Locate the provinces of Asia Minor, the fourteen places on the chart, and trace the route.

THE PAULINE EPISTLES

I. _To Whom Addressed:_

Record the words of address as found in the opening of each epistle. The following is given as an example:

Romans: "To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints." 1:7.

II. _Location of Churches Addressed:_

Draw full-page map of Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries, locating the churches, seven in number.

III. _Names in the Superscriptions:_

Record the names addressing the epistles as given at the beginning of each, together with descriptions attached. Describe the persons whose names are made companion with Paul's. Note whether they are regarded as writers, and why Paul adds their names. Note I Cor. 16:21, Phil. 1:21, and II Thes. 3:17. The following two are given as examples:

Romans: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ.

I Corinthians: Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, * * * and Sosthenes, our brother.

Sosthenes was ruler of a Jewish synagogue (Acts 18:17). He was probably converted later. He is not regarded as aiding in the authorship. It was probably sent in his name to add weight.

IV. _General Contents:_

Secure these by reference to Bible Dictionary. The following is given as an example:

Romans and Galatians: The doctrines of sin and grace.

OUTLINE FOR STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL EPISTLE

I. _Author._

II. _Place and Date of Writing._

III. _Description of Addressed Ones._ (The people, the city, the church.)

IV. _Number of Chapters._

V. _Key Word or Verse._

VI. _Outline of Contents._

VII. _General Purpose._ (Or brief description of letter as a whole.)

VIII. _Three Leading Phrases._

IX. _Three Leading Verses._

X. _Leading Chapters._

XI. _Leading Thought About Christ._

XII. _Questions._

I THESSALONIANS

I.

II.

III. _Brief Description of Founding._ See Acts 17. Also a brief word about the city.

IV.

V. _Wait._ _Comfort._

VI. _Omit._

VII. _To command, to exhort, and to describe the second coming of Christ as a means of comfort, and as a stimulus to right living._

VIII. "_Pray_ * * *"

"_Quench not_ * * *"

"_Hold fast_ * * *"

(Complete the phrases and locate.)

IX. _Omit._

X. 1. A Model Church.

4 and 5. The Second Coming of Christ.

XI. _Christ is Coming Again._

XII. _Questions:_

1. Name three chief things commendable in these Thessalonian Christians.