BIBLE QUIZ

Dear Boys and Girls,

This month we again have a crossword puzzle for you based upon the Heidelberg Catechism. In December we had one based on the second Lord's Day, which spoke to us about our misery, and therefore this month the quiz will be about the third Lord's Day, which tells us what caused these miseries.

Perhaps some of you wonder what these miseries really are. In a small catechism booklet I found the following answers to this question, and thought it might be helpful to show you what is said about misery.

Q. What are the miseries which the fall brought upon us?

A. They are of three kinds: temporal, spiritual, and eternal.

Q. What are the temporal miseries?

A. They are the troubles and afflictions of the body, such as famine, wars, pestilence, poverty, reproach, sickness, and the pains of death at last.

Q. What are the spiritual miseries we are liable to by the fall?

A. They are the plagues and diseases of the soul, such as the loss of God's image and communion with Him, blindness of mind, hardness of heart, searedness of conscience, weakness of memory, and the like.

Q. What are the eternal miseries we are liable unto?

A. The pains of hell hereafter, which never have an end.

God's Word and the catechism tell us so plainly that our sinfulness and miseries are the result of the fall in Paradise. It opened, as it were, the door for them, and since that time misery has been the portion of each person born in this world. God did not create us in this way, but we have brought it upon ourselves through our first parents, Adam and Eve.

We will see this more clearly as we search out the answers to the quiz this month. Most of the texts shown in the margin alongside this Lord's Day in the back of your Psalter have been used. Where the answer is found in one of these texts, you will find the question marked with an asterisk, which gives you quite a few clues.

Garret J. Moerdyk serves as elder in the Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

May the lesson taught us here in this part of the catechism be made plain to us by the Lord Himself, so that we might learn to know our deep need as sinners before Him.

ACROSS:

1. "And God saw that the wickedness of man was _______in the earth."*

4. "And that ye _______ on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."*

7. The Lord Jesus said, "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in _______ case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

8. "For as by _______ man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of _______ shall many be made righteous."*

9. "And God said, Let us make man in our _______, after our likeness."*

10. "And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a _______in his own likeness, after his image."*

11. " _______when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved:)."*

13. "Behold, I was shapen _______iniquity, and _______sin did my mother conceive me."*

15. "And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the _______of the air, and over the cattle."*

17. "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and _______created He them."*

19. The serpent said unto the woman, " _______, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"

21. The woman answered, "But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye _______it, lest ye die."

23. The Lord God said, "Now, _______he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:" therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden.

25. "And have put on the _______man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him."*

27. "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be _______of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."*

28. "As by one man sin entered into the world, and _______by sin: and so _______passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."*

DOWN:

1. "For ye are bought with a price: therefore _______God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's."*

2. "And the _______ of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked."

3. "Who can bring a clean _______out of an unclean? not one."*

4. "To the _______of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved."*

5. "And the woman saw that the _______was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a _______to be desired to make one wise."*

6. "What is man that he should be clean: and he which is _______of a woman, that he should be righteous?"*

12. Adam called his wife's name _______

14. Jesus said, "As it was in the days of _______, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man."

16. "How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like _______?"*

17. God said to Adam, "In the sweat of thy _______shalt thou eat bread."

18. "As by the offence of one judgment came upon _______men to condemnation: even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon _______men unto justification of life."*

20. In the first chapter of Isaiah we read, "From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in _______."

22. In the book of James we read, "Of His _______will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures."

24. Eve took of the fruit thereof and did _______, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did _______

25. Quoting the psalmist, Paul wrote in Romans, "There is none righteous, _______, not one."

26. "And God saw every thing that _______had made, and behold, it was very good."*

Your answers should be sent to:

Garret J. Moerdyk

5211 Woodmont Drive Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.

The answers to the quiz of last month are as follows:

''And Few There Be That Find It"

Matthew 7:14

Abram — Genesis 12:1

Nineveh — Jonah 1:1-2

David — 1 Samuel 27:10

Faint — Matthew 15:32

Egypt — Genesis 43:15

Wearied — John 4:6

Truth — John 14:6

Home — Ecclesiastes 12:5

East — Matthew 2:1-2

Return — Nehemiah 2:6

Eunuch — Acts 8:39

Barnabas — Acts 15:39

Etham — Exodus 13:20

Thither — Genesis 19:22

Highways — Matthew 22:9

Ahimaaz — 2 Samuel 18:23

Tabor —Judges 4:14

Far — Luke 15:13

Italy —Acts 27:1

Needs — John 8:34

Damascus — Acts 9:3

Italian — Acts 10:1-5

Tarry — Judges 5:28

Again there are letters to answer:

Aline Bosch

There are two letters from you, Aline, so your letter will be the first one. You really found quite a few texts in the Bible about winter and summer. Thank you for your chart on creation. It shows very clearly what took place on each day of that first week.

Derek Kreft

It was interesting to hear that Rasco and Scruffy were getting along so well together, Derek. They can often be an example for us. The Word of God quite often uses the animals as lessons for us. Even the ants are pointed out to us by Solomon in order to learn from them. Have you ever watched ants as they worked together in the summer?

Suzanne Van Den Bosch

Suzanne, usually the names are one month behind when they appear in the Banner of Truth. This is because of the mailing time and also the printing time necessary. We try hard notto miss anyone, but that can also happen. Your answers were really nicely done, and we hope we may hear from you again next month.

Janice Phillips

We are always glad to hear that boys and girls enjoy the Bible quizzes, Janice. It is a way to learn to know your Bibles well, and we pray that the Lord may bless these studies to young hearts. Many years ago I was also sending in my answers for the Bible quizzes which then appeared in the Banner of Truth.

Cindy Kreft

We were also saddened when we heard about your minister, Cindy. We hope and pray that the Lord may send others to take the places of those who no longer are able to bring God's Word to us. I have a grandson who is also learning to play the violin. It doesn't look that easy to me. How are all your younger brothers doing?

Many thanks again, boys and girls, for your replies to the quiz again this month. The school year will soon be over for many of you, and we look forward to the summer months. But the need of God's Word and His instruction by means of it continues. May we often pray for it, asking Him to teach us those things which are so necessary and important. We look forward to hearing from all of you again next month. With love,

Your friend,

"Uncle Garret"

Answers have been received from:

Bernie Bakker

Billie Bakker

Jason Bakker

Joshua Bakker

Trish Bakker

Brian Baum (2)

Amy Beeke

Bill Beeke

Lori Beeke

Jeff Bisschop (2)

Greg Bleeker

Jeremy Boot

Connie Bos

Melanie Bos

Sara Bos

Stephanie Bos

Stephen Bos

Aline Bosch (2)

Neil DeBoer

Peter DeBoer

Rachael De Bruine

Jackie Den Dekker

Neil Den Dekker

Glen Den Hoed (2)

Larry Den Hoed (2)

Susan Den Hoed (2)

Tim Den Hoed (2)

Chantal De Patie

Marc De Patie

Wendy Derksen

Marco De Wilde

Mary De Wilde

Willard De Wilde

Anita Droge (2)

Annette Droge

Jennifer Droge (2)

Joleen L. Droge (2)

Gordon Eckhardt

Sue Eckhardt

Andrea Engelsma

Peter Flanagan

Thane W. Fluit

Chris Heikoop

Michelle Heikoop

Daniel Herfst (2)

David Herfst (2)

Jason Herfst (2)

Thys Hoedeman

Wieska Hoedeman

Carrie Hoogendoorn

Peter Hoogendorn

David Hoogerheide

Katharine Hoogerheide

Brenda Hulshof

Cindy Hulshof

Katie Hulshof

Ronald Hulshof

Gary Kanis

Kathleen Kanis

Jody Kegel

Karen Kegel

Stephanie Kegel

Kerri Kleyn

Jim Kranendonk

Mary Kranendonk

Susan Kranendonk

Cindy Kreft (2)

Derek Kreft (2)

Joan Lamain

Kristy Lamain

Sara Lamain

Erik Langerak

Katie Markus

Joshua Meeuwse

Nathan Meeuwse

Nicole Meeuwse

Gerrit Neels

Julia Neels

Leanne Neels

Mark Neels

Alyce Nieuwenhuis (2)

Bethanne Nieuwenhuis

Cheryl Nieuwenhuis

Lauren Nieuwenhuis

Karen Nyenhuis (2)

Craig Phillips

Janice Phillips (2)

Mark Phillips (2)

Wendy Phillips

Billy Remijn

Heidi Remijn

Sonya Remijn

Darla Rus

Jason Rus

Anne Schelling

Becky Schelling

John Schelling

Pam Schelling

Eric L. Schipper (3)

Elise Schipper

Joel Schipper

Kristina Schipper (3)

David Slingerland

Ben Slingerland (2)

Diane Slingerland

Jolene Slingerland

Marco Slingerland

Brett Smith

Cara Smith

Laura Smith

Stephen Sporte

Aaron Stubbe

Darrell Stubbe (2)

Heather Stubbe (2)

Kevin Stubbe

Steven Stubbe

Jonathan Ten Elshof

Tim Ten Elshof

Amanda Timmer

Angela Timmer

Rachael Timmer

Sally Van Bemden

Andre VandeBruinhorst

Corine VandeBruinhorst

Lida VandeBruinhorst (2)

Mary VandeBruinhorst (2)

Jaron VandeHoef

Suzanne Van Den Bosch (2

Leona VandenBrink (2)

Louise VandenBrink (2)

Jon VandenToorn

Marsha VandenToorn

Michael VandenToorn

Benji Van Der Brink

Christopher Van Der Brink

Michelle Van Der Brink

Karen Vanderspek

Joyce Vanderspek

Scott Vanderspek

Rebecca Vander Stad

Coreen Van Hemert

Peter Van Hemert

Daniel Van Kempen

Sara Van Pagee

Dawn Van Seters

Kristy Van Tilburg

Trina Van Tol

Kristi Van Veldhuizen

Phyllis Van Veldhuizen

Sheila Van Veldhuizen

Jason Van Voorst

Larissa Van Voorst

Rachel Van Voorst

Corinna Van Wingerden

Mark Van Wingerden

Mariene Van Wingerden

Jacqueline Velthove

Pieter Len Velthove

Leah Wielhouwer

Cindy Ymker

Denise Ymker

Edward Ymker

Gregory Ymker

Janice Ymker

Tim Ymker

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