Daily Bible Reading and Study of God’s Word.

By Pastor Nick Bibile

Have you been lately fellowshipping with Christ? You cannot fellowship with him, if you do not read and study God’s word. Are you constantly studying his word?

Let me honestly ask you these questions. What are your wishes? What are your wants? What are your desires?

Are your desires fleshly? Material things, for your flesh? Like the Israelites in the wilderness, they asked for meat to satisfy their lusts. They craved for the fleshly things and God gave them meat, also came the curse of God.

Joh 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:12)

When was the last time you did not eat? Have you gone without food for days? But how many of you gone without spiritual food for days? Many don’t even pray daily because they don’t read and study his word. The more you study his word, the more you will go down on your knees.

Is there worldly pollution in your heart? Many are so concerned of their health, they take vitamins, eat the right food, do exercise, check their heart, blood pressure. But what about your heart before God? Are you getting sanctified daily? Are you cleansing your soul daily with the word of God?

Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Let us be honest now and see how well you have read the Bible as I am going to ask some questions. These questions are only from the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, so it’s not going to be that difficult. Please get a paper and pen and write down and see how you fare. The questions are not in chronological order.

1. What is the meaning of Genesis? Answer – Origin or the beginning.
2. Who wrote the book of Genesis? - Moses
3. What is the meaning of patriarchs? Root word – pater in Latin for father, ruler of a family. Founding fathers of the Bible, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
4. There are three religions look back to Abraham as their ancestor. What are the three religions? Jews, Moslems and Christians.
5. Adam and Eve were naked, yet they were not embarrassed? Why? They were without sin.
6. Name the first murderer of the Bible? Cain.
7. How old was Noah when the flood began? 600 years old.
8. How many days did the rain last? Forty days non stop.
9. How many days did the waters prevail on the earth? 150 days, about 3 months.
10. How many sons did Noah have? Three.
11. What are their names? Shem, Ham and Japhreth.
12. From what town or city did Abraham come from? Ur. the largest city of Shinar or northern Chaldea, Mesopotamia.
13. What is the name of Abraham’s father? Terah. Abraham wondered in an unknown land, worshipped an invisible God and believed in an unfulfilled promise. By the time he dies, Abraham owns no more of the Promised land than a cave in the field which he bought for Sarah’s grave.
14. How many brothers did Abraham have? Two. , Haran, Nahor
15. Name Abraham’s grandsons? Esau and Jacob.
16. What is the name of the Priest king of Salem and what does his name mean? Melchizedek. King of Righteousness.
17. What was the name of Jerusalem before? Salem which means peace. God makes a covenant with Abram. This is the binding contract by which God and his people forever united. The ceremony of God’s holy fire passing between the divided sacrifices is a symbol that this bonding of the covenant shall never be broken. The new covenant which God made through the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus is remembered during Holy Communion.
18. Name the father of Ishmael? Abraham.
19. Name the mother of Ishmael? Hagar. Sarah’s handmaid.
20. After how many days the circumcision was done? 8 Days. Circumcision was a sign of their consecration to God. Abraham, though ninety-nine years of age, was circumcised on the same day with Ishmael, who was thirteen years old. It was a symbol of inward purity.
21. Where does it say in the Bible, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Gen 18:14.
22. Who is Keturah? Abraham’s third wife. incense, the wife of Abraham, whom he married probably after Sarah's death (Gen. 25:1-6), by whom he had six sons, whom he sent away into the east country. Her nationality is unknown. She is styled "Abraham's concubine" (1 Chr. 1:32). Through the offshoots of the Keturah line Abraham became the "father of many nations."
23. Lot’s daughters made their father drunk and had sex with him. Who were their descendents? Moab and Ammon. The Moabites and the Ammonites came from them.
24. Who is the wife of Issac? Rebekah.
25. Name a sister of Laban? Rebekah.
26. Name the twins of Rebekah? Jacob and Esau.
27. Jacob served this man for 14 years to get Rachel as his wife. What is the name of this man? Laban.
28. God gives another name to Jacob, what is it? Israel.
29. Who is the father of the twelve tribes? Jacob. Leah gives birth to six sons. (Half of the tribes came from Leah) Rachel gave birth to two sons. (Joseph and Benjamin) Bilhah (She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali) gave birth to two sons. Zilpah Leah's handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13) gave birth to two sons.
30. What nation came out of Esau? Edomites. The nick name of Esau was Edom meaning red.
31. Who was Joseph’s great grandfather? Abraham. Joseph is a picture of Jesus who was to come. Like Joseph, Jesus too was rejected by his own people and put to death. But God raised him to glory bringing deliverance and forgiveness.
32. Who violated the first law of God? Adam
33. How did God create the heavens and the earth? By his spoken word.
34. Where do you find in scripture the dawning of the gospel? Gen 3:15