DISCIPLESHIP (part 2) Review Quiz

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
—Matthew 7:21 (ESV)
1a) What does this verse reveal about simply calling Jesus “Lord”?
1b) Which of the following best describes what Jesus is warning against in this verse?
1c) What does this verse teach us about real faith?
“Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him.”
—1John 2:4-5 (ESV)
2a) What does John say about a person who claims to know God but does not keep His commandments?
2b) What proves that someone does not truly know God?
“And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.”
—Hebrews 5:9 (ESV)
3a) What does the phrase “being made perfect” refer to in this passage?
3b) Who receives the eternal salvation that Jesus offers?
“Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, (26) ‘If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. (27) Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.'”
—Luke 14:25-27 (ESV)
4a) Who was Jesus speaking to in this passage?
4b) What does the word "hate" mean in this context, according to the original Greek?
4c) Can someone be Jesus' disciple if they love their family or their own life more than Him?
4d) Your greatest love becomes your greatest influence.
4e) How can a modern believer apply the meaning of “hate” (love less) from this passage?
4f) What does this passage teach us about following Jesus?
4g) What does Jesus mean when He says we must “bear our own cross”?
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. (14) For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
—Matthew 7:13-14 (ESV)
5a) What does Jesus tell us to do?
5b) What kind of path leads to destruction?
5c) Who travels the wide and easy road?
5d) how many people find the narrow way?
5e) What is the destination of the narrow path?
5f) How is the narrow gate described in contrast to the wide one?
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