Water Vs. Fire Trivia Quiz

Answer: cast him into both water and fire

Mark 9:17-22 tells us the story of the young man whom Jesus cast a devil out of:

"And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him INTO THE FIRE, AND INTO THE WATERS, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us."

Answer: True

In Genesis 6:5-7, we read:

"And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them."

Whenever we think of the wrongs that we do, we often neglect to pay attention to how our actions may affect others, including the absolutely innocent. Sin has a price tag attached that MUST be paid by someone.

Those who believe that Christ is the Messiah, the Annointed Son of God, believe that Jesus died for ALL of mankind; indeed for all the earth and everything in it to pay for man's sin, in order to offer redemption to EVERYTHING that emanated from the earth.

Answer: True

Psalm 106:9-18 begins with a re-telling of the Israelites' flight during the Exodus from Egypt, and how God used the waters of the Red Sea to drown the Pharaoh's pursuing army; then David reminds us of how sin his people's OWN camp resulted in God's disapproval as well. Please read on in verses 9-18:

"He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked."

(Korah, Dathan, and Abiram and their followers were envious of Moses' and Aaron's relationship with God, and decided that THEY were just as important as their leaders. Under the guise of offering "to assist" Moses and Aaron, they were actually planning an overthrow of God's chosen leader.
For the complete story, please read Numbers 16.)

Answer: fire

Leviticus 9:23-24 says this:
"And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces."

This was Aaron's first effort at providing sacrifices to the Lord, after receiving explicit instructions as to how to perform his sacred duties. Like most of us, new things can tend to make us nervous, and with God waiting in the wings, so to speak, I imagine that Aaron was VERY edgy!

Answer: the river of God

Psalm 65:9 make this statement about God's provision for the earth,
"Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it."

Verse 10 goes on to say,
"Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof."

This Psalm of David relates how he felt as to God's provision for mankind and all the inhabitants of the earth; that God's goodness and blessings were sufficient to sustain all the needs of all His creation.

Answer: he beat on rocks

In the King James Version of Exodus 17 and in Numbers 20 we see two distinctively separate incidents concerning lack of water - with one MAJOR difference.

(Please note that the quoted verses are included with my capitalization of a few key words for emphasis)

In Exodus 17:2-6 we read the following account:

"And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses CRIED UNTO THE LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt SMITE THE ROCK, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses DID SO in the sight of the elders of Israel."

In Numbers 20:2-12 we find an incident that occurred some time later:

"And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and THEY FELL UPON THEIR FACES: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and SPEAK ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and WITH HIS ROD HE SMOTE THE ROCK TWICE: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, BECAUSE YE BELIEVED ME NOT, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them."

One simple act of disobedience on Moses' part cost him greatly; he was allowed to SEE the land that God had promised his people, but was not allowed to ENTER it because of his momentary display of anger and unbelief. That does not imply that he did not enter into God's grace, it just indicates that he lost a great blessing in this life. (We might all do well to consider this for ourselves.)

Answer: earthquake, pestilence, blood, rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone

Ezekiel 38:17-23 paints a bleak picture of the fate of Gog, one of Israel's enemies, along with those who accompany that nation, who some believe may represent Russia, or at least portions of the Caucasus mountain regions.

"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be A GREAT SHAKING IN THE LAND of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: EVERY MAN'S SWORD SHALL BE AGAINST HIS BROTHER. And I will plead against him with PESTILENCE AND WITH BLOOD; and I will RAIN upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, AN OVERFLOWING RAIN, and great HAILSTONES, FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."

Answer: strife ceases

"Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth." - Proverbs 26:20

In other words, get rid of the root source of the problem, and the problem gets resolved.

Answer: that she would have asked him for living water, if she knew who he was

Jesus told her that HE was the source of living water, and that He could provide for both her physical AND her spiritual needs. The story found in John 4:7-42 in the King James Version appears in its entirety below:

"There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world."

Answer: as smoke and fire that kindles coals amidst water, all in darkness surrounded by light

David describes God almost paradoxically as appearing to breathe smoke, fire, with water surrounding him, coals kindled by his presence and being in darkness, yet surrounded by light, in 2nd Samuel 22:7-15. Let's observe what the King James Version says:

"In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them."

(Notice here that God rides upon one of the cherubs, an angelic being, much as He is shown to do in the book of Ezekiel.) In this text, David seems to be pointing out God's fierce displeasure at those who oppose His will and His people.