Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy – The Bible in Context

 

 

October 25, 2009
9:30 a.m.
Revelation 3:7-13
(Message to Philadelphia)
 
"A Pillar in the Temple"
 
Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above)
 
1.  (Advanced)  When it was rebuilt after an earthquake, Philadelphia was renamed -- :
               a.  New Athens
               b.  New Rome
               c.  New Caesarea
               d.  New Sparta
 
2,  The speaker notes that the Philadelphians have little -- :
               a.  love
               b.  patience
               c.  strength
               d.  honor
 
3.   The speaker notes that Philadelphia has -- :
              a.   rebuilt its churches
              b.   defied the pagans
              c.   kept its word
              d.   loved the brethren
 
4.   In front of the Philadelphians is set a:
              a.   open door
              b.   closed door
              c.   swinging door
              d.   revolving door
 
5.   The "Synagogue of Satan" was also met in -- :
              a.   Ephesus
              b.   Smyrna
              c.   Pergamum
              d.   Thyatira
 
6.   Those of the "Synagogue of Satan" will -- :
             a.    be destroyed
             b.    be rebaptised
             c.    be cleansed with fire
             d.    bow down to the Philadelphians
 
 
7.    When "he who overcomes" becomes a pillar in the temple, what name will be written on it?
             a.    The name of God
             b.    The name of the city of Jerusalem
             c.    a new name
             d.    the names of the apostles
 
 
8.   Where will "he who conquers' live?
             a.    Paradise
             b.    in the temple
             c.    in a palace in Jerusalem
             d.    in the clouds
 
 
9.     The speaker says that he will come ----:
            a.   at the end of the age
            b.   with the New Jerusalem
            c.   after a thousand years
            d.    soon
 
 
10.    The Christian of Philadelphia already has --:
            a.    a sword
            b.    a book
            c.    a crown
            d.    white clothes