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Race to the Finish
January 20th, 2020Bible Trivia Quiz for Fun (don't worry if you don't know the answers)
- First color mentioned in the Bible? Green
- Name OT book in the Bible that contain only one chapter. Obadiah
- Name 4 books in the Bible that contain only one chapter - Philemon, 2 & 3 John and Jude
- What two men in the Bible never died? Enoch and Elijah
- Sabbath means? "Stop"
- Manna means? "what is it"
- What type of insect did John the Baptist eat in the desert? Locusts
- After Jesus fed 5,000+ people with two fish and five loaves of bread, how many baskets were left over? 12
- Who asked Pilate for Jesus’ body after the crucifixion? Joseph of Arimathea
- Paul was shipwrecked on what island? Malta
- What did Paul do for a living? Tentmaker
- Which gospel never mentions the Sadducees? John
- Which gospel never mentions a parables? John
- How many times in the Bible did Jesus said "I love you" - zero (showed it)
- Woman most mentioned in the Bible? Sarah/Rachel
- What book of the Bible does not mention God? Esther
- Who wrote the most words in the NT? Luke
- How many kings came to Jesus birth? unknown
- Who was first apostle martyred? James
- Who built the first altar in the Bible? Noah
Tiebreakers
31,102 verses and 1189 chapters
Methuselah was the oldest man at 969 yrs old
Most used word: "the"
Hope you had some fun with this. It is not fun going into a serious competition without some training like a race...
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Running in a race this weekend - Groundhog Run. I am always reminded of lessons I can relate to our spiritual race:
Race training takes discpline
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
- Stirct training, what does that mean for you in your spiritual walk?
- Purposeful - what does look like? you look like strange otherwise running aimlessly - walking into a spider web, starting a race and going to get ice cream instead
- Crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever - how much more should we be training?
- Show metals from races - fun to look at but they meaningless compared to a crown that will last forever
Starting the racing takes perpective
Galatians 6:1-5
What instructions here can be applied to running a spiritual race?
- Humility, it can be painful
- Takes others, not just about you - running partner helps
- Comparing is a path of no joy - can be humbled by someone passing you; can become prideful if you pass someone
Finishing the race takes perservere
Hebrews 12:1-3
- We have those times where our walk with God does not go as planned
- As so with my run, biggest mistake is starting to fast.
- How can we get off track in our spritual race?
- How do we recover from it?
- Jesus never got off track but he preserve through his trials to gain the crown/finish the race