1. What does Jesus mean when he says that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed?
    1. He means that we should go around telling everyone about Jesus, thus planting seeds, and then some will grow.
    2. He means that the kingdom of God was small then but would grow bigger as time goes on.
    3. Right Answer!He means that the seeds of truth are very subtle things, that grow in our hearts to become things of great importance.
    4. A Mustard plaster was use to heal wounds, so like that the word of God is a healer.

     

  2. What is the significance of the seed being very small?
    1. It is not the size that is significant, but the fact that mustard, when mature, is yellow, and symbolized boldness.
    2. The mustard seed is small, like the letters of each word in the Bible, but the Bible is a big book.
    3. Right Answer!Biblical understanding starts with a glimmer, but blossoms into great truths.
    4. Small minded people cannot contain the flowering word.

     

  3. What does the garden symbolize?
    1. It is symbolic for the original sin committed in the garden of Eden.
    2. Right Answer!It is symbolic for the heart of a person, that is, the spirit.
    3. It is symbolic for the nation of Israel.
    4. It is the place that the fruits of righteousness grows.

     

  4. Are the kingdom of heaven, and the kingdom of God, two names for the same thing?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
    2. No.

     

  5. What does the mustard seed symbolize?
    1. The Word of God.
    2. Truth.
    3. Jesus Christ.
    4. Right Answer!All of the above.

     

  6. What does the yeast symbolize?
    1. The Bible.
    2. The Word of God.
    3. The teachings of Christ.
    4. The Truth.
    5. Right Answer!All of the above.

     

  7. What does the flour symbolize?
    1. The Church.
    2. The mind.
    3. The Word of God.
    4. Right Answer!The heart of a person.

     

  8. Is the amount of yeast significant?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
    2. No.

     

  9. Is the fact that the yeast was used by a woman significant?
    1. Yes.
    2. Right Answer!No.

     

  10. How much did the man pay for the treasure hidden in the field?
    1. It was free, the gospel cannot be earned, nor can it be purchased.
    2. Right Answer!Everything that he had.

     

  11. What does it mean that the man "bought" the field?
    1. It means that Jesus died on the cross to purchase our freedom.
    2. Right Answer!It means that the man gave himself over to God.
    3. It means that the supporting of the Church through financial gifts is important to God.
    4. It means that entrance into heaven can be "bought" with good works.

     

  12. Is this really a repeat of the treasure hidden in the field parable?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
    2. No.

     

  13. Is the price paid for the pearl significant?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
    2. No.

     

  14. What does the pearl symbolize?
    1. The Word of God.
    2. Right Answer!A relationship with God.
    3. The temple in Jerusalem.
    4. One of the doorways into heaven.

     

  15. What does the seed represent?
    1. Good deeds.
    2. Hard work.
    3. Church attendance.
    4. Right Answer!The Word of God.

     

  16. Who makes the seed grow?
    1. Right Answer!God.
    2. The man.
    3. It doesn't grow.
    4. The water.

     

  17. What does the grain represent.
    1. Prosperity.
    2. Health.
    3. Right Answer!Spiritual growth.
    4. Authority.

     

  18. What is meant by the man scattering seed on the ground.
    1. It means that he has been spreading the gospel.
    2. It means that he has been going to church regularly.
    3. It means that he went to Bible college.
    4. Right Answer!It means that he has been reading the Bible.

     

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