Joel, chapter 1, describes an invasion of locusts and the consequences that followed. What does verse 14 call for in response?
Joel 2:13 says, "Rend your heart and not your garments." What does it mean to rend your heart?
What does Joel, chapter 2, say will happen, "before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord"?
Joel 3:16 says, "But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel." What does it mean for God to be a refuge and a stronghold?
What was Amos's occupation?
In Amos chapter 1 and 2 Amos prophesies of God's judgement on Damascus (the Syrians), Gaza (the Philistines), Tyre, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. He then prophesies of judgement on Judah and Israel. What is different about the reasons for judgement on Judah and Israel, compared to the reasons for judgement on their neighbors?
Amos 3:7 says that God does nothing without revealing His plan to prophets. Why does God choose to reveal what He is going to do?
Amos, chapter 4, includes the phrase, "yet you have not returned to me" five times. What was happening that should have caused Israel to return to God?
Why does God say in Amos 5:21, "I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me"?
Amos, chapter 6, confronts the complacent who sleep comfortably, eat well, enjoy music, etc., but "you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph." In America today, how do we avoid becoming equally complacent?
What is the purpose of the plumb line mentioned in Amos, chapter 7?
How did Amos answer Amaziah when he told Amos to go back to Judah to do his prophesying?
Amos 8:11 foretells a "famine of hearing the words of the Lord." What is the cause of this famine?
At the end of Amos, chapter 9, God promises to restore the nation of Israel. Why is He willing to do this?
Psalms 138 - 140
138:6 says, "Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly." Why does God care about the lowly?
Psalm 139 shows that God knows everything about us and that there is no where we could hide from Him. This can be a cause for comfort or fear depending on whether you are trying to draw near to God or hide from Him. What do we need to do to wholeheartedly draw near to God?
What is David asking for in Psalm 140?
New Testament: 1 John 1 - 5, 2 John, 3 John, Jude
How can we have fellowship with God if we have all sinned, and 1 John 1:6 says, "If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie.."?
What do we need to do to be forgiven for sin?
1 John 2:1 describes Jesus as our advocate. What does this mean?
1 John 2:15 says "If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them." What does it mean to love the world?
Why does John say, "you do not need anyone to teach you" (1 John 2:27)?
Why does John say in 1 John, chapter 3 that a person born of God cannot go on sinning?
1 John 3:18 commands us, "let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth." What opportunities do you have for putting love into action?
How does perfect love drive out fear?
1 John 4:20 states, "whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen." It seems easier to love God who is perfect than our brother who is not. Why can't you love God without loving your brother?
According to 1 John 5:11-12, who has eternal life?
1 John 5:13 shows that God wants us to know that we have eternal life. How can we know?
2 John, verse 9, says, "Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God." What does it mean to run ahead of the teaching of Christ? (KJV translates "runs ahead" as "transgresseth." The Greek word "parabainō" can also be translated "oversteps.")
What does John say motivated Diotrephes to do the things he did?
Jude urges believers to "contend for the faith." What two errors does he specifically warn about in verse 4?
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