A Light in the Darkness
Jeff Strite
2 Peter 1:16-2:1
OPEN: I have a quiz for you this morning. I'm going to give you 10 different quotes and then ask you if the phrase if from the Bible or not
1. ''To the victor go the spoils.'' (False-This was written by William Learned Marcy in his Life of Jackson.)
2. ''Can a leopard change his spots?'' (True-See Jeremiah 13:23.)
3. ''A heart of gold.'' (False-However, the concept is there in verses such as Proverbs 17:3 that speak of gold refining as a symbol of heart purity.)
4. ''The blind leading the blind.'' (True-See Luke 6:39.)
5. ''Money is the root of all evil.'' False-But this is another trick question. 1 Timothy 6:10 says, ''For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.''
6. ''The serpent tempted Adam and Eve to eat the apple.'' (False-Genesis 3 only says that they ate from the fruit of the tree of knowledge.)
7. ''A house divided against itself cannot stand.'' (True-While many people attribute this to Abraham Lincoln, who did say it in a speech about the Civil War, Jesus said this first in Mark 3:25.)
8. ''Robbing Peter to pay Paul.'' (False-In spite of the biblical names, this isn't in Scripture. But you may recognize a name associated with an early reference of this phrase. It appeared in Wycliffe's Select English Works in 1380, just a few years before he published the first English Bible.)
9. ''No man is an island.'' (False-John Donne wrote this in the 15th century.)
10. ''Flies in the ointment.'' (True-See Ecclesiastes 10:1, KJV.)
Most people may not know that many of the phrases they use in everyday conversation come from the Bible:
''In the twinkling of an eye'' (I Cor. 15:52)
''Den of thieves'' (Matthew 21:13)
''Keep the faith'' (2 Tim. 4:7)
''A stone's throw'' (Luke 22:41)
''Old wives' tale'' (1 Tim. 4:7)
''Drop in the bucket'' (Isa. 40:15)
''Apple of his eye'' (Deut. 32:10)
''No rest for the wicked (Isa. 48:22)
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Jeff Strite
2 Peter 1:16-2:1
OPEN: I have a quiz for you this morning. I'm going to give you 10 different quotes and then ask you if the phrase if from the Bible or not
1. ''To the victor go the spoils.'' (False-This was written by William Learned Marcy in his Life of Jackson.)
2. ''Can a leopard change his spots?'' (True-See Jeremiah 13:23.)
3. ''A heart of gold.'' (False-However, the concept is there in verses such as Proverbs 17:3 that speak of gold refining as a symbol of heart purity.)
4. ''The blind leading the blind.'' (True-See Luke 6:39.)
5. ''Money is the root of all evil.'' False-But this is another trick question. 1 Timothy 6:10 says, ''For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.''
6. ''The serpent tempted Adam and Eve to eat the apple.'' (False-Genesis 3 only says that they ate from the fruit of the tree of knowledge.)
7. ''A house divided against itself cannot stand.'' (True-While many people attribute this to Abraham Lincoln, who did say it in a speech about the Civil War, Jesus said this first in Mark 3:25.)
8. ''Robbing Peter to pay Paul.'' (False-In spite of the biblical names, this isn't in Scripture. But you may recognize a name associated with an early reference of this phrase. It appeared in Wycliffe's Select English Works in 1380, just a few years before he published the first English Bible.)
9. ''No man is an island.'' (False-John Donne wrote this in the 15th century.)
10. ''Flies in the ointment.'' (True-See Ecclesiastes 10:1, KJV.)
Most people may not know that many of the phrases they use in everyday conversation come from the Bible:
''In the twinkling of an eye'' (I Cor. 15:52)
''Den of thieves'' (Matthew 21:13)
''Keep the faith'' (2 Tim. 4:7)
''A stone's throw'' (Luke 22:41)
''Old wives' tale'' (1 Tim. 4:7)
''Drop in the bucket'' (Isa. 40:15)
''Apple of his eye'' (Deut. 32:10)
''No rest for the wicked (Isa. 48:22)
APPLY: you might think: that's all very interestin ...
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