Learn to Discern_Part IV-Answers

Learn to Discern - Part IV

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Premise 1) FALSE. The devil is called the father of lies, but this does not mean he never speaks any truth. This is obvious from the fact that God does later say (Genesis 3:22) 'Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil…'. So the devil did speak at least some truth.

Premise 2) PARTIALLY TRUE. Eve did eat of the fruit. PARTIALLY FALSE. She didn't go get Adam. He was right there WITH her (Genesis 3:6).

Premise 3) FALSE. While it is often said to be the first case of blame shifting, there is actually no such emphasis recorded in Adam's words to God. Nowhere does Adam say it wasn't his fault, now is the word blame used in this passage. A straight reading shows he spoke facts - God had given him the woman and she had given to him from the tree. And note: Adam took personal responsibility by saying he ate the fruit (Genesis 3:11-12).

Premise 4) FALSE. The word CURSE is actually used in only two places: (Genesis 3:14) CURSED are YOU serpent, and (Genesis 3:17) CURSED is the GROUND. The other consequences given are not specifically called CURSES.

Premise 5) TRUE. It is usually INFERRED God killed an animal, but we must stick here with the fact it is not stated in this passage (Genesis 3:21).

So how'd you do? Did you get them all right?

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Testing More Premises Answers

Premise 1) FALSE. One thought here… Though the first part is true (1 John 1:9) it is a dependent clause, making the sentence false because the second part is found nowhere in Scripture.

Premise 2) TRUE. One thought here… (Genesis 7:2-3).

Premise 3) FALSE. One thought here… (Matthew 22:39 refutes this, indicating we already love ourselves. The whole Bible refutes this as being necessary to obeying God!).

Premise 4) PARTIALLY TRUE, PARTIALLY FALSE. Two thoughts here… Timothy's mother's name was Eunice (2 Timothy 1:5b), but his father was Greek (Acts 16:1).

Premise 5) TRUE. One thought here… Ephesians 5:23.

Premise 6) TRUE. One thought here… (1 Peter 4:19).

Premise 7) FALSE. One thought here… It is true Job's wife did say that, (Job 2:9), but there is no mention of a second wife for him.

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Testing More Verbatim or Plainly Answers

Premise 1) VERBATIM. The Bible says this (Philippians 3:3b).

Premise 2) NOT IN SCRIPTURE. Mark 3:22-30 (esp. verse 30) clearly shows blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is attributing the works of the HOLY Spirit to an unclean spirit / Satan.

Premise 3) PLAINLY. The word 'trinity' is not verbatim in Scripture, but the concept is plainly there (i.e. Matthew 3:16-17).

Premise 4) NOT IN SCRIPTURE. Though the first part is correct (Hebrews 10:25), the one thought of this sentence - that we MUST find a good church BEFORE moving to a new city - is NOT FOUND in the Bible. That takes the issue outside the bounds of what Scripture actually says.

Premise 5) VERBATIM (John 15:16a).

Premise 6) PLAINLY. Though the word 'rapture' is not there (1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4) the Bible indicates there will be some kind of instant change (in the twinkling of an eye) to an incorruptible body and some kind of being caught up to be where Jesus is for the believers who are alive when He returns.

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One More Quick Quiz Answers

Premise 1) TRUE. for the animals (Job 1:3 / 42:12). FALSE. for Job's children, which were the same in number (Job 1:2 / 42:13).

Premise 2) FALSE. No Scripture states that all believers will do this upon entering heaven. However, Revelation 4:10 does say that 24 elders will cast their crowns before the throne.

Premise 3) TRUE. Satan got God's permission before smiting Job with boils (Job 2:4-7, esp. 6). (Presumably, without God's permission Satan could not have touched Job.)

Premise 4) FALSE. Each of the 12 gates of the New Jerusalem is a single pearl (Revelation 21:21).

Premise 5) FALSE. The man (Adam) gave names to every beast of the field (Genesis 2:18-20). This would have to include the dinosaurs.

So how'd you do this time? Did you get them all right?

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