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 ___________________ - not

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     d.) Give a two-word summary of this entire chapter: __________________________________!