Category: Bible Quiz

HOW TO RISE FROM THE DEAD

“God formed man to be imperishable; the image of His own nature He made him.” –Wisdom 2:23 The Lord wants us to rise from the dead. He will do this by His almighty power, but we must let it be done (see Lk 1:38). We let the Lord raise us from the dead by believing in Him. Jesus told Jairus at the news of his daughter’s death: “Fear is useless. What is needed is trust” (Mk 5:36). At the cemetery following Lazarus’ death, Jesus likewise said: “I am the Resurrection and the Life: whoever believes in Me, though he should...

DIS-LOCATED?

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” —2 Corinthians 5:17 An old maxim used by realtors says the worth of a piece of property can be evaluated by the three L’s: location, location, and location. It’s where the property is located that counts. The “three L’s” apply even more fully to Christianity: it’s where you are located that makes the eternal difference. To be Christians, we must be in Christ. The New Testament refers to being in Christ over ninety times. This expression is not merely Christian jargon: it proclaims the Good News that being located in...

APOSTOLIC SUCCESS-ION

“At daybreak He called His disciples and selected twelve of them to be His apostles.” –Luke 6:13 Jesus went up the mountain, prayed all night long in communion with God, and, as the sun rose, chose the twelve who were to be His apostles (Lk 6:12-13). By this dramatic setting, Luke indicates that the apostles were very important in God’s plan. In fact, the Church is founded on them (Eph 2:20; Rv 21:14). The early Church believed that the apostles were to have successors. Through the bishops of the Church (cf Acts 1:20-22), the apostolic ministry would continue as an...

NOW IS THE TIME (SEE 2 COR 6:2)

“My Master is taking His time about coming.” –Luke 12:45 Each day is the time when Christ comes. Jesus teaches that instead of trying to know the time of His return or our death, we are to live each day, and indeed each moment, as though the Master could return. If we strive to live like that, we will be “confident and unafraid” (Is 12:2; see also Eph 3:12). The Lord is here — present at every Mass in the Holy Eucharist, present in His Word, His people, His creation. He is Emmanuel, God-with-us (Mt 1:23). When we serve the...

ABSENCE OF MALICE

“Though You test my heart, searching it in the night, though You try me with fire, You shall find no malice in me.” –Psalm 17:3 In one day, Job lost everything that was precious to him. Satan placed his bets on Job responding to this tragedy with malice by blaspheming God to His face (Jb 1:11). “In all this Job did not sin, nor did he say anything disrespectful of God” (Jb 1:22). Rather, Job responded: “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!” (Jb 1:21) The prophet Jonah faced a much...