Route 66 - Hebrews and James

The General Letters are called "general" because they _____.

• do not tell who who wrote them

• Do not tell to whom they are written

• cover many general topics

• were sent to a wide, general audience

Hebrews is a letter written to ______.

• Jewish Christians

• churches in Galatia

• Christians in Rome

• none of the above

We can better understand the letter to the Hebrews by ______.

• finding out who wrote it

• studying the Old Testament

• studying the book of Acts

• believing what is says

The author of Hebrews encourages readers by _____.

• showing them that Jesus is better than the old covenant

• showing them how to understand prophecy

• showing them they have drifted away from the faith

• telling them about Christ's second coming

The letter of James was most probably written by _______.

• James, brother of John

• James, brother of Jesus

• James, bishop of Rome

• Someone who used James' name so that people would read what he had written

James was written to ______.

• Jews outside Palestine

• Jews in Jerusalem

• Jews and Gentiles in Italy

• Jews and Gentiles everywhere

James says ______.

• faith is more important than works

• works are more important than faith

• faith without works is dead

• works without faith is dead

James tells us to control our tempers by ______.

• being quick to listen

• being slow to speak

• being slow to become angry

• all of the above

The purpose of Hebrews was to help Jewish Christians who were drifting away from Christ

• True

• False

James wrote to people who were discouraged because of persecution

• True

• False