Bible Trivia Quiz | Promises for the Faithful | Digging Deeper

Question 1. What did Jesus promise the church in Smyrna if they stayed faithful even to death?

Answer: A crown of life (Revelation 2:10).

Context & Exhortation: Smyrna was a wealthy port city loyal to Rome, and Christians there faced poverty and persecution. 

Jesus told them, “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer” (2:10). He warned that the devil would cast some of them into prison, “and ye shall have tribulation ten days” (2:10).

Jesus did not promise Smyrna an easy road. He promised a reward at the end of it, and Smyrna is one of the few churches He did not rebuke.

James also speaks of “the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him” (James 1:12). Faithfulness under pressure is never wasted. So, if you are suffering for doing right, hold on. The Lord sees, and the crown is waiting.

Question 2. Paul said a crown of righteousness was laid up for him. Who else did he say would receive it?

Answer: All those who love His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8).

Context & Exhortation: Paul wrote this near the end of his life, from a Roman prison, knowing his execution was near. 

He said, “the time of my departure is at hand” (4:6), and “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” (4:7).

The crown of righteousness is not only for apostles or famous believers. It is for everyone who loves His appearing.

Paul wrote to the Philippians, “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:14).

Are we eagerly looking forward to Jesus’ return, or are we afraid of the day He comes back? Let us live so that we can look forward to His coming with joy.

Question 3. What did Jesus warn the church in Sardis would happen if they did not watch?

Answer: He would come on them as a thief, and they would not know the hour (Revelation 3:3).

Context & Exhortation: Sardis had a reputation as a city that could not be taken, yet ancient historians record that it was captured more than once because its guards failed to keep watch. 

Jesus said to the church there, “thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead” (3:1). He told them, “Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain” (3:2).

A good reputation is not the same as being ready. A church or a person can look alive outside and be asleep inside.

Even in Sardis there were “a few names” who had not defiled their garments, “and they shall walk with me in white” (3:4).

Family, we must wake up and strengthen what remains in our spiritual lives. My aim, and I believe yours is as well, is to be among the faithful few, even when others are asleep.

Question 4. Paul told the Galatians not to grow weary in well doing. When did he say they would reap?

Answer: “In due season,” if they do not faint, or give up (Galatians 6:9).

Context & Exhortation: Paul wrote to the churches of Galatia. Just before this verse, he said, “whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (6:7).

Farming was part of everyday life, and everyone understood that a harvest takes time. The harvest God promises will come, but not always on our timetable.

Paul goes on, “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith” (6:10).

Famly, doing good can be tiring, especially when you see no results. But we must keep doing good and don’t give up. Your season is coming. My Season is coming.

Question 5. In the parable of the talents, what did the master say and promise to the servant who turned five talents into ten?

Answer: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” He would be made ruler over many things and enter into the joy of his lord (Matthew 25:21).

Context & Exhortation: A talent was a very large sum of money, worth many years of wages. The servant with two talents gained two more and heard the very same words of praise (25:22–23). The reward matched faithfulness, not the size of the gift.

God does not ask us to have what others have. He asks us to use what He has given us.

The servant who hid his talent said, “I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth” (25:25). His fear kept him from doing anything at all.

We cannot let fear or comparison stop us. Use what God has given you, however small it seems, and look forward to hearing “Well done.”

Question 6. At the close of his great chapter on the resurrection, how does Paul tell believers to live?

Answer: Be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing their labour is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58).

Context & Exhortation: Paul wrote this to the church in Corinth, where some doubted the resurrection. 

He had just declared, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (15:55), and “thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (15:57).

Because the resurrection is real, nothing done for the Lord is wasted, even when no one else sees it.

Paul told the Colossians, “whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord” (Colossians 3:23). Stand firm and keep working for the Lord, Family. Our labour is not in vain. It counts.

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