Scripture Reading: Genesis 6. Golden Text: Hebrews 11:7. LESSON FOR SABBATH, APRIL 2, 2011 NOAH 1. Why was Noah selected by God? Genesis 6:8; 7:5 2. Why was Noah told to build an ark? Genesis 6:5-7 3. How many people were on the ark? Genesis 7:13; 1 Peter 3:20 4. What did Jesus say about the end of the world (age)? Matthew 24:36-39; Luke 17:26-27. 5. How many of every living thing of the flesh went on the ark? Genesis 6: 19. 6. How many of the clean and the unclean went into the ark? Genesis 7:2. 7. How much was destroyed by the flood? Genesis 7:21-23 8. How long was the earth flooded? Genesis 7:6; 8:13 9. Of what must we beware? 2 Peter 3:1-6, 10, 17 10. How did Noah accomplish his work? Hebrews 11:7 Scripture Reading: Romans 4. Golden Text: Romans 4:1. LESSON FOR SABBATH, APRIL 9, 2011 ABRAHAM 1. What was Abraham s original name? Genesis 11:26, 31 2. Why did Abram leave the land of Haran? Genesis 12:1-5 3. Why else did Abraham leave? Roman s 4:3, 13-16 4. Why was Abram's name changed to Abraham? Genesis 17:15. 5. What miracle happened to Abraham and Sarah? Genesis 21:17. 6. What did God ask Abraham to do with his son Isaac? Genesis 22:1-2. 7. Did Abraham question God about His request? Genesis 22:36. 8. What was Abraham promised because he obeyed God? Genesis 22:15-18.
9. What is said about Abraham in Hebrews 11:8-10 and James 2:21-24? 10. Of what might the attempted sacrifice of Isaac have been a shadow? Hebrews 10:1-10. Scripture Reading: Genesis 25:1-11. Golden Text: Genesis 25:11. LESSON FOR SABBATH, APRIL 16, 2011 ISAAC 1. What was similar between Sarah and Rebekah? Genesis 16:12; 25:20-21. 2. What was similar between Isaac and Abram? Genesis 12:1013; 26:6-9. 3. How did Isaac obtain his brother's birthright? Genesis 25:2834. 4. What else was similar between Abraham and Isaac? Genesis 17:15-16; 25:21-23. 5. After Abraham's death, who received a blessing from God? Genesis 25: 11. 6. Whom did Isaac bless? Genesis 28:1-3 7. What does Hebrews 11:17-18 say about Abraham? 8. What did Rebekah do when she heard Isaac was going to bless Esau? Genesis 27:4-11. 9. What worried Jacob? Genesis 27:11-13 10. What caused this to happen? Genesis 25:23 11. What does Romans 9:7-12 say about this? Scripture Reading: Genesis 35:1-15. Golden Text: Hebrews 11:8-9. LESSON FOR SABBATH, APRIL 23, 2011 1. Who was Jacob s father? Genesis 25:21-26 JACOB 2. Was Jacob or Esau Rebekah s first born? Genesis 25:25,26 3. How did Jacob acquire the birthright? Genesis 25:30-33. Was this a right thing to do? 4. Why did Esau hate Jacob? Genesis 25:30-34
5. When was Jacob s name changed to Israel? Genesis 35:9.10 6. What promise was made to Jacob? Genesis 35:11-13 7. How many sons did Jacob have and with whom? Genesis 35:21-26. 8. What were Jacob s twelve sons called? Acts 7:8 9. What number of Jacob's family will be on the Sea of Glass? Revelation 7:4-8. 10. Why did God favour Jacob? Isaiah 41:8-10 Scripture Reading: Hebrews 11:1-22. Golden Text: Genesis 50:24. LESSON FOR SABBATH, APRIL 30, 2011 JOSEPH 1. Who were Joseph s parents? Genesis 35:22-24; 46:19 2. Why did Jacob favour Joseph? Genesis 37:3 3. How did his brothers feel about this? Genesis 37:4 4. What did Jesus say about this? Matthew 5:21,22; 1 John 3:15 5. What were the dreams that Joseph had, and what did they mean? Genesis 37:5-7, 9; 42:6-9. 6. Who bought Joseph from the Ishmaelite? Genesis 39:1 7. Did Joseph succumb to the Captain s wife? Genesis 39:7-10 8. What did Jesus say about adultery? Matthew 5:27,28 9. What did the captain's wife do when Joseph refused to lie with her? Genesis 39:13-18. 10. What commandments did she break? Exodus 20:16; Matthew 19:18. 11. How did Joseph persevere? Hebrews 11:1-3, 22 Scripture Reading: Exodus 3. Golden Text: Hebrews 11:23. LESSON FOR SABBATH, MAY 7, 2011 MOSES
1. Why did Moses' mother hide him at his birth? Exodus 1:1516; 2:2-3. 2. Is there a similarity between the births of Moses and Jesus? Matthew 2:13-16. 3. What was Moses chosen by God to do? Exodus 3:7-10 4. Was this a shadow of what Jesus was to do? Luke 19:10; 1 Timothy 1:15. 5. What was Moses told to do so that the Pharaoh would let the people leave Egypt? Exodus 12:3, 6-7, 13. 6. Of what would this be a sign? Matthew 26:18, 26,27 7. What did God give Moses on Mt. Sinai? Exodus 20:1-17 8. What did Jesus speak about in Matthew 5:17-19, 21-22, 2728? 9. What else did Moses do that pointed toward Jesus? Numbers 21:5-9; John 3:14-15. 10. Why was Moses chosen by God? Numbers 12:7; Hebrews 3:2-5. Scripture Reading: Luke 11:29-36. Golden Text: Matthew 12:39-40. 1. What did God ask Jonah to do? Jonah 1:1,2. 2. Did Jonah obey God? Jonah 1:3 LESSON FOR SABBATH, MAY 14, 2011 JONAH 3. How was it decided that the storm was Jonah's fault? Jonah 1:7. 4. Who decided Jonah should be tossed into the sea? Jonah 1:11-12. 5. What did Jonah preach to Nineveh? Jonah 3:4 6. Did the people listen to Jonah? Jonah 3:5-10 7. Was Jonah's sign to the people of Nineveh similar to that of Jesus? Matthew 12:39-40; Luke 11:29-30. 8. Was Jesus in the sepulcher three days and three nights? Matthew 16:21; 17:23; Luke 24:6-7. 9. What was Jonah s purpose at Nineveh? Jonah 3:5-10 10. What is the reason that Jesus came into the world? Matthew 18:11; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 John 3:5.
Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 3. Golden Text: 1 Samuel 3:19. LESSON FOR SABBATH, MAY 21, 2011 SAMUEL 1. What did Samuel's mother have in common with Isaac's mother? 1 Samuel 1:5. 2. When the Lord called Samuel, who did he think it was? 1 Samuel 3:4-8. 3. Was the Lord with Samuel? 1 Samuel 3:19 4. Did Israel accept Samuel as a prophet? 1 Samuel 3:20 5. After Israel became subjected to the Philistines, what did Samuel do? 1 Samuel 7:3-4. 6. What else was needed to overcome the Philistines? 1 Samuel 7:5-6. 7. After the Philistines were subdued, how long did Samuel judge Israel? 1 Samuel 7:14-15. 8. What happened to Samuel in 1 Samuel 8:1-5? 9. Who did Samuel anoint to become king? 1 Samuel 10:1; 11:14-15. 10. How did the Lord feel about Saul being king? 1 Samuel 15:10,1l. 11. Did Samuel anoint David? 1 Samuel 16:13 Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 16. Golden Text: 1 Samuel 16:13. LESSON FOR SABBATH, MAY 28, 2011 1. Why was Samuel sent to Jesse? 1 Samuel 16:1 DAVID 2. How many sons did Jesse pass before Samuel before David was chosen? 1 Samuel 16:6-11. 3. Did the Lord select David? 1 Samuel 16:12,13 4. Over whom did David become King? 2 Samuel 2:4; 5:3-5 5. How long would this throne of David last? 2 Samuel 7:13; Psalm 89:3-4. 6. How did David feel about the Lord? 2 Samuel 22:21-24 7. For what reason was David made King? 2 Samuel 22:21-24
8. Who came from the seed of David? Romans 1:1-3; 2 Timothy 2:8. 9. Who will sit upon David's throne and reign over Israel? Luke 1:31-34; Acts 2:29-30. 10. At this time what will be David's position? Ezekiel 34:2324; 37:25. Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 2:1-12. Golden Text: 1 Kings 3:9. LESSON FOR SABBATH, JUNE 4, 2011 1. Who were Solomon s parents? 2 Samuel 12:24 SOLOMON 2. Who tried to take the kingship away from Solomon? 1 Kings 1:5-7. 3. What charge did David give Solomon? 1 Kings 2:1-4 4. What did Solomon ask of God? 1 Kings 3:6-9 5. What was God s reply? 1 Kings 3:11-14 6. What was the extent of Solomon s wisdom? 1 Kings 4:29-34 7. What covenant did God make with Solomon in 1 Kings 9:3-5 8. What was God s warning? 1 King 9:6-9 9. What happened to Solomon in 1 Kings 11:1-8 10. How did God respond? 1 Kings 11:9-11 11. What warning are we given? 1 John 2:1-6 Scripture Reading: Ruth 1. Golden Text: Ruth 1:16. LESSON FOR SABBATH, JUNE 11, 2011 1. Who was the husband of Naomi? Ruth 1:1,2 RUTH 2. How did Ruth become involved with Naomi? Ruth 1:3,4 3. Why did Ruth stay with Naomi? Ruth 1:16
4. To where did Ruth and Naomi return? Ruth 1:19-22 5. From what family did Boaz come? Ruth2:3 6. Why did Boaz like Ruth? Ruth 2:10, 11 7. Did Ruth obey her mother in law? Ruth 3:1-6 8. Who was Obed? Ruth 4:13-17 9. Who did Obed begat? Ruth 4:22; Matthew 1:5,6 10. What is the fleshly history of Jesus? Matthew 1:1-2; 16,17 11. What happened to Ruth's sister in law? Ruth 1:15; Joshua 24:15,19,21. 11. For what might we say Ruth is famous? Scripture Reading: Esther 2. Golden Text: Esther 4:16. 1. What family was Esther from? Esther 2:5-7 LESSON FOR SABBATH, JUNE 18, 2011 ESTHER 2. Why did Ahasuerus want to remove Vashti as queen? Esther 1:10-12,15-18. 3. How did Ahasuerus select a new queen? Esther 2:1-4, 15-17 4. Who was Hamen? Esther 3:1-3 5. Why did Hamen hate the Jews? Esther 3:4-6 6. Why was Esther concerned about seeing the king without being called? Esther 4:11. 7. What was Esther s request of Mordecai? Esther 4:15,16 8. Should fasting still be used today? Mark 9:29; Acts 14:21-23 9. What did Hamen want to do to the Jews? Esther 3:8-11 10. Who stopped Hamen from accomplishing this? Esther 7:710. 11. Who replaced Hamen as second in command? Esther 8:1,2 LESSON FOR SABBATH, JUNE 25, 2011
JOB Scripture Reading: Job 1. Golden Text: Job 1:8. 1. Who was responsible for Job s problems? Job 1:12 2. After what happened in Job 1:15-19, what did Job do? Job 1:20-22. 3. Was Satan satisfied after that happened to Job? Job 2:3-6 4. After Satan had smitten Job with sores, what was his wife's reply? Job 2:7-9. 5. How did Job feel? Job 19:14-21 6. Who did Job hold responsible for his troubles? Job 19:6-11, 22. 7. What does Elihu say about God doing wickedly in Job 34:512? 8. What did the Lord tell Job? Job 40:108 9. What was Job s reply? Job 42:1-6 10. What became of Job s friends? Job 42:7-9