HERE - Discipleship 101

Discipleship Training Program
Second Semester Exam 3
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Third Quarter
Classes 27 – 39
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House Of Israel
Discipleship Training Program Exam
NOTE TO PARTICIPANT
The Discipleship Training Program is part of adult continued study designed to assist
students in their comprehension and communication of YeHoVaH’s Word through Yeshua’s
ministry. Students should be encouraged that every level of discipleship study is useful to their
life, whether or not they pursue active ministry.
After successful completion of this exam, students may progress to the next quarter for
further study and examination. Following each class, we recommend self-evaluation of areas of
study that have been mastered, as well as those requiring further attention. A survey is provided
at the end of this exam to facilitate this evaluation process. It also offers participants a chance to
provide valuable feedback of the teaching and examination programs.
Each of us has specific abilities and a unique role gifted by the Father. The circumstances of
our lives are only one aspect of our experiences. Study is another. What we can do with our
experiences when combined with knowledge of the Word and a proper Kingdom mindset is
nothing short of miraculous! But in order to properly teach the Word, it must be written upon the
mind as well as the heart, in its purest form — without religion. It is the desire of House Of Israel
to make your journey in the Word as enjoyable and informative as others have found it to be.
As always, we invite you, your family and friends to attend and to participate in our services
at House Of Israel in Charlotte. We provide programs through our web site, on the internet and
on television stations around the world. Please feel free to provide us with your feedback at any
time, and may you and your studies be thoroughly blessed!
Shalom!
Dr. Arthur Bailey
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Arthur Bailey Ministries
PO Box 49744
Charlotte, NC 28277
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Second Semester, Third Quarter Exam 3: Classes 27-39
Read each question carefully and write your answer legibly. Take your time
and reflect on each question before answering. Imagine yourself being asked
these questions by non-believers. How would you answer? Respond to the best
of your ability. If you struggle with any questions, you may ask your instructor
for clarification. Thank you for being a part of our Discipleship Training Program
and may you be thoroughly blessed!
1) True or False. Write “T” for true and “F” for false.
____ “The Old Testament is the New Testament
Testament is the Old Testament revealed.”
Concealed;
and the New
____ The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John.
____ Marcion believed that God of the Old Testament was different than the one found in
the New Testament.
____ The Evangelikon and the Apostolikon were books written by Ignatius.
____ The God of the New Testament does not expect people to keep the Law.
____ The Bible is the unadulterated, infallible Word of God.
2) Multiple choice. Circle one answer for each question.
a.) Those who believe we need a “fresh” word from God today believe in:
Prophecy and Apologists
Logos and Rhema
Herod and Antipasto
b.) Justin Martyr is considered by the Christian Church to be:
a saint
a philosopher
a martyr
a prophesier
c.) Who held a dualist perspective of the Godhead, and deliberately excluded any scriptures
relating to Judaism and Yeshua’s childhood?
Tertullian
Marcion
Ireneus
Justin Martyr
3) Fill in the blanks using one word from the choices provided.
interested
Valentinus
heresies
Christology
balance
philosophy
Plato
Gnosticism
operating
a.) The Holy Spirit is still ________________in people’s lives today.
b.) Being a philospher, Justin Martyr mixed ________________with Christ.
c.) _______________must be maintained in the use of hermeneutical principles.
d.) Irenaeus’s book attacked ________________.
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4) Write your responses in the spaces provided.
a.) What is the missing component when people adopt religious culture or “trappings”?
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b.) Explain briefly how hermeneutics took a back seat to defense of the faith.
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5) Write your responses in the spaces provided.
a.) Please comment on replacement theology as it relates to the Patristic period; including a
broader explanation of Marcion’s hermeneutics.
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b.) Briefly explain the role of solidifying church traditions to the prevailing hermeneutics.
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6) Write your answers in the spaces provided.
a.) Name four early Church Fathers influenced by philosophy, and who likewise influenced
biblical interpretation.
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b.) Name the three creeds written and adapted during the Patristic period.
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c.) Name the two streams of thought arising from the Western Patristic division.
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d.) Briefly define the ideas of these major Western leaders.
Tertullian___________________________________________________________________
Ambrose ___________________________________________________________________
Jerome _____________________________________________________________________
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Augustine___________________________________________________________________
Vincentius __________________________________________________________________
e.) Name the four senses of biblical understanding during the Middle Ages.
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7) Multiple choice. Circle one answer for each question.
a.) Clement was an_____________________.
apostle
allegorizer
objector
Austrian
b.) The interpreter’s background will greatly influence his system of _________.
thought
interpretation
management
procrastination
c.) Patristic hermeneutics refers to interpretation based upon ______________.
the church
scripture
Church Fathers
Father God
8) Write your answers in the spaces provided.
a.) When people adopt religious culture or trappings, they are clearly missing one essential
component. Can you identify what that is, and why it is vitally important?
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b.) Explain how the physical availability of the Bible impacted interpretation.
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c.) Name some of the different ideas of the early leaders of biblical hermeneutics.
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9) True or False. Write “T” for true, and “F” for false.
___ Kabbalists state that Torah has four layers or worlds.
___ Many people believe the Holy Spirit does not operate today.
___ Kosher means that something is prayed over.
___ Origen was discipled by Clement.
___ The trinity of God and of man is a man-made concept.
___ The bride of Messiah is the Christian Church.
___ Origen said that the Old Testament is preparatory to the New Testament.
___ The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.
___ Antioch is a lake in the Galilee.
10) Fill in the blanks to the best of your ability.
a.) Believers in the school of Antioch followed the Jewish _________________.
b.) Antiochans recognized the Bible as a progressive _____________________.
c.) A Messiah-centric position allows us to see _______________in the Tanakh.
d.) “Until heaven and earth pass one _______ or one ______shall in no wise pass from the
law until all be fulfilled.”
e.) One must develop a _________system of principles as the foundation for the development
of doctrine.
f.) The interpreter must not over-react against an extreme lest he fall into the opposite
___________.
g.) The ___________-___________ method of interpretation defines Reformation
hermeneutics as opposed to the __________-_________ method of hermeneutics during
the Middle Ages.
11) Fill in the blanks in the spaces below.
a.) Paul was a member of the congregation at ________________.
b.) Name the 7 non-negotiables of Reformation biblical interpretation:
1. ______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________
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c.) Compare and contrast liberalism versus conservatism:
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12) Write your answers in the spaces provided.
a.) Explain the ways the term “Israel” is used, and define each use.
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b.) Imagine you are teaching someone a biblical timeline to show how it began to be
translated into various languages. What would you say if you had 30 seconds to
communicate same?
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c.) Explain how Pietism evolved with its specific strengths and weaknesses.
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13) Write your answers in the appropriate spaces. Contrast the interpretive philosophies and
contributions of Martin Luther and John Calvin.
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Philosophy:
Philosophy:
Contributions:
Contributions:
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14) Multiple choice. Complete each blank with one answer from those provided.
Tertullian
Easter
Pentecost
King James
Ambrose
a.) The Father of Latin theology was___________________________________.
b.) Bible translators changed Pesach (Passover) to _____________________.
c.) ___________________________based his doctrine upon “the letter kills.”
15) Write your answers in the spaces provided.
a.) Briefly explain the role of textual criticism: _____________________________________
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b.) Describe the transition from the “light” of the Reformation period into the “darkness” of
the Post-Reformation period.
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c.) Summarize how various extant biblical manuscripts, codices and versions have had an
impact on canonology.
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16) True or False. Write “T” for true, and “F” for false.
___ Augustine felt that believers must understand and keep church traditions in order to
understand scripture.
___ Progressive revelation tends to enable the interpretation of scriptures through current
events.
___ Vincentius exalted church traditions in matters of interpretation.
___ The Church is the final authority in all matters of biblical interpretation.
17) Write your answer in the space below. Augustine was a great theologian in his day and yet
lacked linguistic education. Does today’s Christian Church require a high level of education
before someone leads a congregation? Answer the question, and explain your response.
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18) Write your answers in the spaces provided.
a.) Augustine allowed scripture to be interpreted using four methods. Briefly define each
method.
Historical: _______________________________________________________________
Grammatical: ____________________________________________________________
Comparative: ____________________________________________________________
Allegorical: ______________________________________________________________
b.) Explain the evolution from scholasticism and Ernesti into rationalism with Hobbs and
Spinoza.
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c.) Define Modern hermeneutics:
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19) Fill in the blanks with the letter for the correct answer to its corresponding question.
a. sorcery
h. Thomas Aquinas
b. Nicholas of Lyra
i. Bonaventura
c. Jewish
j. Latin
d. Eusebius
k. Wycliffe
e. superstition
l. Aramaic
f. Gutenberg
m. Greek
g. Hrabanus Maurus
n. Martin Luther
___ was the first to produce a handwritten copy of the complete Bible.
___ invented the printing press.
___ The first book ever printed, the Bible, was printed in what language?
___ In Medieval times, ignorance and _________ prevailed.
___ Who advocated a four-fold sense of Scripture?
___ Who was a famous theologian who based his views on a literal sense of scripture?
(Hint: he was later made a Catholic saint.)
___ introduced a seven-fold sense of scripture.
___ is said to be the bridge between the Middle Ages and the Reformation.
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20) Write your answers in the spaces provided.
a.) How have Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Barth influenced how we view the Bible today?
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b.) How have music and “worship teams” impacted the church?
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21) Circle one answer from the list below for each question.
a.) __________ believed that purity of heart was much more important than purity of
doctrine.
Luther
Calvin
Spener
b.) Pietism is the feeling and the need to _____________yourself from others.
hide
separate
excommunicate
c.) August Hermann Francke believed that only those _______________ were able to have
insight into the meaning of scripture.
who were religious
who were pious
who were born-again
d.) The Context Principle is that principle by which the interpretation of any verse is
determined upon a consideration of its _____________.
information
context
application
22) Write your responses in the spaces provided.
a.) What are the two aspects of the cultural gap?
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b.) Define the context principle as a means of interpretation. __________________________
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c.) What is the hermeneutical circle? _____________________________________________
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d.) Define whether the Bible is two testaments, or a continuous revelation; and how each
testament is a means of understanding the other ____________________________________
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23) Fill in the blanks for the following questions.
a.) Because of the wealth of materials and the difficulties of the many languages involved,
textual ______________________is one of the most difficult sciences in Bible study.
b.) The oldest manuscripts of the modern Bible are for the most part, the
____________________________scrolls.
c.) The _____________________________were Jewish scribes. They added vowels to the
scriptures they copied to assist in their proper interpretation.
d.) The oldest manuscript known as the Ben Asher text is also called the
_____________________codex.
e.) The ____________________Targums were paraphrased translations of the Hebrew Old
Testament that were mainly written around 200 A.D.
24) Fill in the blanks for the following questions.
a.) Name the solid principles and tools that lead to proper Bible interpretation.
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b.) Explain how vocabulary, grammar, genre, and linguistics play a role in interpretation;
and name some of the problems with linguistics.
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c.) Explain the three prongs of politics, economics and religion in the Bible.
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25) Write your responses in the spaces provided.
a.) What are the 3 aspects of geography, and what is their impact on understanding
scripture?
1. ___________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________
Their impact is: ______________________________________________________________
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b.) Explain the interpretation of end-time prophecies in light of current events.
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c.) Explain the two writing methods that biblical writers used as contexts:
Fresh revelation _____________________________________________________________
Woven revelation ____________________________________________________________
d.) Explain the importance of becoming familiar with the entire Bible so as to more easily
contextualize what you are reading. ______________________________________________
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Congratulations! You have successfully completed Exam 3. Please return your papers to your
instructor or program administrator. Thank you for completing this quarter.
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Discipleship Training Class
Self-Evaluation & Survey
Second Semester, Third Quarter - Exam 3
(If you need additional space, please continue on another sheet.)
1) Briefly explain how you might explain the Bible to someone who believes that “The Old
Testament is the New Testament Concealed; and the New Testament is the Old Testament
revealed.”
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2) What do you feel has been the most important lesson you have learned from this quarter of
study?
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3) The average person is uncomfortable talking about the Bible, and easily upset when asked to
explain their beliefs or why they might celebrate “religious” holidays. Explain why you think
this may be so, and what you might say to put them at ease.
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4) Why do you think people hold onto atheism or other religion of choice even after they are
shown evidence that the Bible and its stories are accurate?
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5) How does learning that there are literally thousands of biblical manuscripts make you feel
about the Bible’s accuracy and infallibility?
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6) How has this course affected your beliefs regarding prayer, worship, study and fellowship?
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7) I would appreciate clarification on the following topic(s): _____________________________
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8) What did you like/dislike about this course? Feel free to add suggestions for improvements.
Continue on another sheet if additional space is required.
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