The Word of God Trivia Quiz

Answer: John 1:1

Genesis 1:1, of course, states that "In the beginning" God created the heavens and the earth. John 1:1 is an allusion to Genesis 1:1. In John 1:1, the writer makes a grand claim about Jesus Christ: that before He was born to the virgin Mary, He was God. In verse 3, John 1 goes on to say that Jesus created everything--therefore connecting Him even more to the God of Genesis 1. But John doesn't even just say that Jesus was God. He calls Jesus "the Word" who was "with God"--what's that about? How can the Word be with God and be God at the same time? I strongly believe that the doctrine of the Trinity answers this question. The second member of the Trinity, the Word/Son, was with the first member, the Father, but He was also God.

The word "God" is often used as a title for the Father in the New Testament, but it does sometimes refer to the Son and the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of God) as well. All three are technically God. It just so happens that nobody really says "the Father of God" like they say "the Word of God" or "the Spirit of God". It seems like the Father is called either "the Father" or simply "God". Unless someone understands this, some verses that speak of "God" and Jesus might be confusing.

Based upon both research and my own Bible studying, I believe Jesus is "the Word of God" because He serves as the Father's Messenger. For whatever reason, the Father rarely ever directly speaks to people. He indirectly speaks through Jesus and He created the world through Jesus, too.

Answer: True

2 Peter chapter 3, verses 5-7 agree with Genesis 1 and Psalm 33:6 about God's Word (or word) creating everything because God spoke and created. "But they want to forget that God spoke and the heavens were made long ago. The earth was made out of water and water was all around it. Long ago the earth was covered with water and it was destroyed. But the heaven we see now and the earth we live on now have been kept by His word. They will be kept until they are to be destroyed by fire."

Other parts of the New Testament clearly state that Jesus Christ created, or at least co-created, the universe and everything in it. Hebrews 1:2 states that, "It was by His Son [Jesus] that God [the Father] made the world." And Colossians 1:15-17 likewise say, **"Christ is as God is. God [the Father] cannot be seen. Christ lived before anything was made. Christ made everything in the heavens and on the earth. He made everything that is seen and things that are not seen. He made all the powers of heaven. Everything was made by Him and for Him. Christ was before all things. All things are held together by Him."

The Gospel of John explains that Jesus IS the Word of God. Therefore, both God's word and Jesus created everything, because the Word and Jesus are one-and-the-same, and He is actually a "person" or the second member of the Holy Trinity instead of simply a literal word.

**Other translations, such as the King James and the New American Standard, say that Jesus "is the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15). According to the New Testament, nobody can see the Father because He is a spirit (and in the same way, I don't think anybody can see the Holy Spirit either) but since the Word of God became a human being, He has revealed God to other humans.

Answer: Judas (NOT Iscariot)

According to John 14:22, "The other Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, 'Why is it You are going to show Yourself to us followers and not to the world?'" (New Life Version).

In response, Jesus said what is quoted above. He also said that the Father will love whoever loves Jesus and that "We", meaning plural, will come and live with the Christians. John 14 includes Jesus talking about the Father, the Son (Himself) and the Holy Spirit.

This Judas has also been called "Thaddeaus" to distinguish him from the infamous Judas Iscariot. Some readers believe that Thaddeus wrote the Book of Jude, but others believe that Jesus's brother Judas wrote the book instead.

Answer: John

Well, did you pick up on the clues? The four Gospels in the New Testament are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Revelation isn't a Gospel; it's of the Apocalyptic genre. However, it has been traditionally believed that John, the son of Zebedee wrote the Gospel of John as well as the Book of Revelation. Therefore if Revelation is eliminated, John might come to mind. I understand that some might not be aware of these facts, but the clues are there for those who are.

The quote is John 14:10. This is what Ellicott says in his commentary on Biblehub.com: "But the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.--The better reading is, but the Father that dwelleth in Me doeth His own works. This is the proof that He does not speak of Himself; and both clauses are together the proof of the indwelling of the Son in the Father and the Father in the Son. The works manifested in time in the power of the Incarnate Word are not His works, but those of the Father, who abides in the Son, and is revealed through Him."

Of the Gospels, John contains most--NOT all, but many--of Jesus Christ's claims of deity. Christian scholars have suggested that John wrote his Gospel for the main purpose of showing that Jesus was more than a good teacher or a prophet, and more than some kind of second-rate god or created angel who somehow became a son of God and Mary. According to the New Testament, and especially John, Jesus was God AND a man at the same time.

Answer: Moses

Moses is a beloved prophet in both Judaism and Christianity, but Moses is arguably the most important person in Judaism because he received the laws from the LORD. (The most important figure in Christianity is Jesus.) Both Jewish and Christian tradition state that Moses wrote the Torah or the Pentateuch, which consists of the Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuterononomy.

Christianity is the faith that proclaims Jesus was the Jewish Messiah. Christianity actually began as a sect of Judaism. It appears that Christ's followers were originally called "Nazarenes" and later "Christians" (see Acts 24:5 and Acts 11:26). While many Jews accepted Jesus, most of them didn't. In the quote, Jesus seems to allude to Himself being the Word of God, and what's more, by saying that the Scriptures spoke of Him, He claimed to be the LORD of the Old Testament. Jesus went on to tell them that if the Jews truly believed Moses, they would believe Jesus too, because Moses wrote about Jesus. Now, I believe that Jesus implies that it goes both ways: those who believe Moses should believe Jesus, but those who claim to believe in Jesus should also believe Moses (in other words, a literal interpretation of the Old Testament)! After all, according to Jesus, Moses wrote about Jesus.

Answer: True

Yes, both of these statements are true. I think a lot of people are aware that the LORD spoke to Moses through a burning bush, but I don't know how many realize that it was actually the so-called "Angel" of the LORD who appeared to him in the burning bush. There's something interesting about this being. Throughout the Old Testament, this being appears to people and speaks as if He is God; in fact, most of the time He is equated with the LORD. People such as Gideon and Samson's parents believed that they saw God because they saw the "Angel" of God. Exodus 3:6, in fact, says that Moses hid his face so he wouldn't look at God, once again implying that this being was God Himself. The title of "angel" sounds weird because we usually think of angels as spiritual beings that God created and therefore not equal to God, but the word translated as "angel/Angel" comes from the Hebrew "malak" and it simply means "messenger".

Certain Christian theologians believe, and I strongly believe, that the Messenger of the LORD was the pre-incarnate Jesus, the Word of God.

Note: some translations capitalize it as the "Angel of the LORD" while other translations use "angel of the LORD". I prefer to capitalize it myself.

When Jesus made the statement in John 8:58, He stunned the Jewish leaders. They accused Jesus of blasphemy.

Answer: Let anyone who has ears hear.

Okay, I'll quote here. The New American Standard Bible says, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." The New Life Version states it like this: "You have ears, then listen!"

This seems to go along with Jesus being the Word or Messenger of God, don't you think? He had important messages to preach and He wanted them to listen, learn and understand. In addition, Jesus said this not just in Matthew 11:15, but multiple times throughout the Gospels. The Book of Revelation includes Jesus saying a similar phrase as well.

Answer: Isaiah

The verses are Isaiah 48:12-16.

There are many parallels between these verses and what the New Testament teaches about Jesus. First of all, the speaker is God; He says He created the universe. The New Testament argues that Jesus created everything (Jesus is God). The speaker wants people, especially Israel, to listen to Him; this is like Jesus in the New Testament. Jesus said "I am He" (John 18:6) and "I am the first and the last" (Revelation 22:13). Like the speaker in Isaiah 48, Jesus said the Father sent Him and He would send the Spirit.

Answer: Hebrews

The verses are Hebrews 1:1-3. With a title like "Hebrews", one might think it belongs in the Old Testament, but actually, the writer of Hebrews (whoever he or she was) wrote this book to Hebrew or Jewish Christians. Many of the New Testaments books or letters were written to Gentile Christians.

The New Life Version uses "preachers", but a better term is "prophets". The writer told those who were learned in the Old Testament that, in the past, God sometimes spoke through prophets such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc., but He also speaks through His Son, Jesus.

Answer: Revelation

The verse is Revelation 19:13. Traditionally, many Christians have believed that the disciple John, the son of Zebedee and Salome, was the author of the Gospel of John, Revelation, and three other letters, 1, 2 and 3 John. John repeats the concept of Jesus as the Word in the Gospel of John, Revelation and 1 John. John 1:1 famously says, "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God," while 1 John 1:1 states, "Christ is the Word of Life".

Although some modern scholars disagree with the traditional identification of John as the author of the books that bear his name, I think John 21 gives a pretty good hint that he was the author. Jesus implied to Peter that Peter would be crucified for Christ's sake, which prompted Peter to ask, basically, "Lord, what about him?" while referencing "the beloved disciple". Jesus replied to Peter that Peter shouldn't be concerned about whether Jesus wanted that disciple to live until Jesus came back. Peter should be concerned about following Jesus only. We know that John was alive and apparently old when he wrote the Book of Revelation, so it makes sense that the same author was younger in John 21 and then lived to an old age instead of being martyered like the rest of the disciples were. Granted, John didn't actually live to see Christ's second coming, but he did see a vision and write about it.

It's possible that John was also Christ's cousin. The idea comes from John 19:25, which states that Christ's mother, her sister (His aunt), Mary (the wife of Clopas) and Mary Magdalene stood by His cross. Some Christians believe that Christ's aunt was Salome, John's mother; therefore making John His cousin.