Chapter 1

God's Word to Us

Remember in this chapter you learned:

1. The Bible is the inspired, written Word of God.

2. The Holy Spirit inspired the human authors of the Bible.

3. The New Testament begins with the four Gospels, which tell us the Good News of Jesus Christ.

1. The Bible is God's __________ to us.

advice thank you Word prayer

2. We read about the story of __________ in the Book of Genesis.

Moses Jesus the first Christians Creation

3. The first stories about Jesus spread __________.

on the Internet by word of mouth in the newspaper by messenger pigeons

4. About the year __________, the disciples of Jesus began writing down stories about him.

A.D. 2000 B.C. 1000 A.D. 50 A.D. 1

5. The writings about Jesus are in the __________ .

Old Testament New Testament Book of Genesis Letters of Saint Paul

6. Before Bibles were printed, __________ or writers made copies of the Bible by hand.

editors scribes authors publishers

7. The words "sacred scripture" mean "__________."

Bible holy holy writings Old Testament

8. __________ is the author of Sacred Scripture.

Jesus God The Pope Saint Paul

9. The __________ inspired the human writers of the Bible.

Holy Spirit Holy Trinity first saints Blessed Mother

10. The human writers wrote down, __________, what God wanted to say to his people.

quickly in an outline without error on paper

11. __________ collected the holy writings of God's people and placed them in the Bible.

John Gutenberg The Apostles The Pharisees The Church

12. God revealed his name to __________.

Jesus Adam Moses Jacob

13. God's name is __________.

I AM I WAS I WILL BE ME

14. __________ is the word "I am" in Hebrew.

HWHY YHWH HHWY WHY

15. The Bible is divided into the __________.

Book of Genesis and Book of Psalms Gospels and Old Testament Epistles and Gospels Old Testament and New Testament

16. There are __________ books in the Old Testament.

twenty-four forty-six ninety-eight twelve

17. There are four written accounts of the __________, or the Good News of Jesus Christ, in New Testament.

Gospels Proverbs Acts of the Apostles Book of Wisdom

18. The story of the ____________ began with the story of Abraham and Sarah.

Canannites Israelites Ishmaelites followers of Jesus

19. Which of the following is not one of the four Gospels?

Moses Mark Matthew John

20. God and the Israelites entered into a ____________.

trust Commandment Covenant contract