Battlefield of the Mind
Chapter 17 Study questions
1.) Read Genesis 11:31
a.) How is responsibility often defined?
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b.) What does it mean to be responsible?
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c.) How did Terah (Abram’s father) respond to the
opportunity God placed before him?
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d.) How are we like Terah? Why do we respond that way?
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2.) Read Exodus 32:1-14, 30-32
a.) For what did the Israelites want to take
responsibility? Who did it for them? How? ________
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b.) As a parent, what does God want to teach His
children? ______________________________
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3.) Read Proverbs 6:6-11
Why is it important to be motivated from within, not
from without? ________________________
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4.) Read Matthew 20:16
In regard to responsibility, the last part of this verse can be
interpreted to mean that many are
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5.) Read Joshua 1:1-3
If we are not willing to take our responsibility
seriously and go forth to claim our spiritual inheritance, what will be
the result? ____________________________________________________
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6.) Read Ecclesiastes 11:4
a.) How will meeting resistance to taking
responsibility help you? _________________________
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b.) What will happen if you only do what is easy?
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7.) Read Matthew 25:1-13
According to verse 14 of this passage, what do we need
to do while we are waiting for the Master’s return?
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8.) Read Matthew 25:14-28; John 15:16
a.) How should you respond to the ability that God has
placed in you? Why? ________________
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b.) What does the Bible clearly show us about God’s
will for us? __________________________
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9.) Read 1 Peter 5:6-7 KJV
a.) What can we learn about care and responsibility
from this chapter? _____________________
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b.) What should you remember if God gives you whatever
you ask Him for? _________________
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c.) Anyone operating in the mind of Christ will walk in
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d.) Give a two-word summary of this entire chapter:
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