Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy – The Bible in Context

 

 

October 18, 2009

9:30 a.m.

Revelation 3: 1-8

(Message to Sardis)

“I Will Come Like a Thief”

 

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

  Quotations are from NIV, unless otherwise stated. 

 

1.      Sardis was the capital of -- :

a.       Dacia

b.       Galatia                   

c.       Lydia

d.       Asia

         

2.      Sardis obtained its wealth from -- :

a.       silver mines

b.       alluvial gold                  

c.       tin mines

d.       agriculture

 

3.     The most famous king of Sardis was -- :

a.       Herod

b.       Ptolemy                    

c.       Midas

d.       Croesus


 

4.      The industry of Sardis consisted of -- :

a.       weapons manufacture

b.       making and dyeing garments                     

c.       iron smelting

d.       statuary

 

5.      Sardis is sent the words of -- :

a.       The Rider on a White Horse

b.       The Son of God                      

c.       He who was dead

d.       One with seven spirits of God

 

6.      The Christians of Sardis had a reputation for  --  :

a.       heresy

b.       being alive

c.       evangelism

d.       licentiousness

 

7.       The Christians of Sardis are told to --:

a.       forgive

b.       pray

c.       study

d.       wake up 

8.       The speaker will come like -- :

a.       a storm

b.       an earthquake

c.       an army

d.       a thief

 

9.       A few in Sardis have not -- :

a.       worshipped false gods

b.       Eaten food offered to idols

c.       Soiled their clothes

d.       Given to the poor

 

10.     The One Who Conquers will not --:

a.       be counted among the heathen

b.       have his name removed from the book of life

c.       be cast into the lake of fire

d.       be turned away from the kingdom