6th Bible Test #4 – The House of Truth

Fill in the blanks of the words of Matthew 7:24-25 (ESV): Everyone then who ______ these ______ of mine and ______ them will be like a wise man who built his ______ on the ______. And the ______ fell, and the ______ came, and the ______ blew and ______ on that ______, but it did not ______, because it had been ______ on the ______.

• hears, words, does, house, rock, rain, floods, winds, beat, house, fall, founded, rock

• reads, stories, ignores, tower, sand, snow, fires, storms, jump, tower, break, built, sand

• hears, parables, forgets, home, clay, hail, rivers, breezes, push, home, shake, made, clay

• sees, teachings, writes, tent, grass, sun, waves, breezes, blow, tent, move, placed, grass

Storms and floods sometimes symbolized invading armies in the Old Testament.

• True

• False

God’s Spirit comes to live in and among Jesus’ followers as a new living Temple.

• True

• False

Jesus said that the gates of hell would not prevail against the church, which indicates the church is laying siege to hell.

• True

• False

The same storm beat on the houses of the wise man and the foolish man.

• True

• False

God’s choice of cornerstone was a bit crooked, which is why the builders rejected it.

• True

• False

How did Dr. Mac describe “the Sermon on the Mount”?

• Jesus’s Leftover Teachings

• Jesus’s Greatest Hits

• God’s Most Difficult Doctrines

• Christ’s Complicated Categories

• The Apostle’s Biggest Flops

Where was Matthew 7:24-27 located in the Sermon on the Mount and what does that tell us about its importance?

• The very last saying at the end; very important

• In the “bookends” at the beginning and end; somewhat important

• At the very beginning, before the Beatitudes; very important

• In the exact center; of central importance

• None of the Above

How was the fall of the foolish man’s house described?

• Nice

• Good

• Wonderful

• Great

• OK

What kept the wise man’s house from suffering a similar fate to that of the foolish man’s house?

• He made sure his foundation was solid rock

• He had better insurance

• He built at a higher elevation

• He constructed it in the shape of a dome

• He hired a better contractor