1.  Who were Ananias and Sapphira?

2.  What was occurring in the church that possessions had to be sold?  (see Acts Chapter 4).  How was this beneficial to the Church?

3.  Explain what was done that angered God.

4.  What was Sapphira’s mistake?  In what way do we find ourselves in similar circumstances?

5.  What was Ananias and Sapphira’s punishment?

6.  Give some examples of lessons that the Church can learn from this experience.

1.  What did the Apostle John mean when he described Jesus as having a “sharp sword with two edges”?

2.  What were some of the positive attributes that the Church at Pergamos displayed in the midst of adverse conditions?  What can we learn from them?

3.  What does the death of Antipas tell us about Satan’s motive and about the work of Christ?

4.  What was the doctrine of Balaam?

5.  What was the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes?

6.  Why was the Church being required to repent?

7.  What was the reward for repentance?

1.  John the Apostle encourages the church “not to fear those things they would suffer”.  What does fear have a tendency to do in the lives of people?

2.  What was the purpose of some of the Saints going to prison?

3.  Explain what the time period of tribulation means to those who have put their trust in Christ Jesus.

4.  What does it mean to “Be thou faithful unto death”?

1.  In verse 8 why is this particular letter to the Church at Smyrna?

2.  Who is being referred to as “the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive”?  Explain how it is so.

3.  According to verse 9 explain how Smyrna’s problems made them prosperous?

4.  Identify some of those issues that the Church of Smyrna had to face.  How do some of those problems mirror those of the modern-day church?

5.  Explain what is “The Synagogue of Satan”?  Does it exist today?

1.  In verse 1, John is writing to the angel of the Church.  Who is the angel and why was it necessary that he receive this message?  2.  What are some of the things that this church is commended for?  How important is it for a church to possess these attributes?  3.  What was one of the problems that the church at Ephesus had to deal with that John highlights?  4.  Explain what it was that the church was being reprimanded for?  5.  Who were the Nicolaitanes and what did they do?  In verse 7, Jesus gives the solution.  What is it and how can it be beneficial to us in this age?

1.  How does verses 1-2 help us to understand the magnitude of love showed to us by Jesus Christ?

2.  In what ways does this “hope” help us purify ourselves?

3.  Verses 11-12 give an example of what to do as well as what not to do.  In Genesis 4, what characteristics did Cain have that we must guard against?

4.  What does it mean “we have passed from death unto life”?

5.  Explain the contents of verse 17 and the requirements of those who are saved.

 1.  In verse 1 of Chapter 2, James refers to the subjects of his writing as brethren.  Why would it be necessary to address saved people concerning their conduct? 

2.  In verse 2, he uses a scenerio of prosperous man and a poor man in our midst.  How can the differences between the two individuals cloud our judgment? 

3.  How can our attitude or reaction to them hurt or harm the work of Kingdom building? 

 4.  List various ways in which us as Christians and members of a local assembly can be helpers in Kingdom building when new people come in our midst.

2.  Why is it so vital that we not fear the influence of man?

3.  What is the writer of Hebrews admonishing the “Remembrance of those who rule over you”?  What does the word rule in this text mean?

4.  How can we take consolation in verse 8?  What does it mean to you?