Preparation for Heavenly Living Correspondence School
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TW 403 from PFHL Course 411-- Trust
(special compilation of verses by Bill Stevenson)
Directions:
Answer the thought provoking questions. Notice the subtitles. Sometimes the question or
questions will refer to more than one passage, so before answering such read all
Scripture until the next question. This assignment is worth 3 units, so write at least 4
quality pages (single spaced lines and no redundancies).
Introduction:Trust is so important, especially in a Christian\u2019s growth in faith. The word \u201cbelieve\u201d in
the New Testament usually means \u201cbelieve with complete trust as if one\u2019s life depended
on such\u201d. Remember, it wasn\u2019t just Judas who did not completely trust Jesus Christ
about what He said about Him being resurrected from death. They were very scared after
the Crucifixion.
1.)
What do these passages say about trust? How is trust related to doubt?
Matthew 28:16-20
John 20:18-31
Wrong things and people to trust in:
2.)
What .is vanity? What does recompense mean? Why would trusting in vanity lead encourage one
to lie and become wicked?
Job 15:31
Isaiah 59:1-5
3.)
What does trusting in your own heart mean? What are you relying on for your decisions? What
does trusting in beauty mean? What does trusting in one\u2019s own righteousness mean?
Proverbs 28:26
Ezekiel 16:15
Hosea 10:13
Isaiah 47:10-15
Ezekiel 33:13
Luke 18:9-17
Philippians 3:4-9
2 Corinthians 1:9
2 Corinthians 10:7
4.)
How can trusting in other human beings be wrong?
Psalm 41:9
Isaiah 30:1-13
Jeremiah 17:5-6
Isaiah 36:4-6
5.)
What do trusting in horses, chariots, \u201cmy bow\u201d, and \u201cmy sword\u201d, \u201call of his armor\u201d mean? How
could trust in such things go against God\u2019s desires for us?
Isaiah 31:1
Psalm 20:6-9
Psalm 44:6-8
Luke 11:21-23
6.)
What does trust in wealth or riches mean? What kind of problems have you had in such trusting?
How could a wealthy Christian man or woman avoid such trusting?
Psalm 49:6-14
Psalm 52:1-7
Psalm 62:9-10
Proverbs 11:27
Jeremiah 48:7-8
Mark 10:17-31
1 Timothy 6:17
Incomplete trust:
7.)
How is the following problem not just true of the Jews back in Jesus\u2019 human ministry time? How
do even professing Christians have incomplete trust of the Bible?
John 5:18 & 45-47
Trust in God the Father:
8.)
Why trust in God?
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Psalm 5:11-12
Psalm 13:5-6
Psalm 16:1-3
Psalm 17:6-7
Psalm 25:1-6 & 16-21
Psalm 26:1-5
Psalm 28:6-7
Daniel 3:28
Psalm 31:1-20
Psalm 32:10-11
Psalm 33:16-22
Psalm 34:8-9 & 22
Psalm 86:2-7
Psalm 71:1-5
Psalm 36:7-10
1 Timothy 6:17-19
Psalm 57:1-3
Psalm 73:24-28
Psalm 84:11-12
Psalm 91:1-6
Proverbs 30:5
Nahum 1:7
2 Corinthians 1:7-11
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