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How Would You Answer?

How Would You Answer?

How Would You Answer?

EXPLAIN THE PARABLE

1. In Jesus’ parable recorded at Matthew 18:12-14, what happened to one sheep?

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2. What is a shepherd?

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3. How did the shepherd feel when he found what he was looking for?

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For Discussion: How is Jehovah like a shepherd? How are you like a sheep?

WHEN IN HISTORY?

Name the writer(s) of the Bible books below, and draw a line connecting the book to the approximate date it was completed.

After 443 B.C.E. Before 62 C.E. After 70 C.E.

455 B.C.E. 64 C.E.

4. Malachi

5. James

6. 2 Peter

WHO AM I?

7. James said that I was declared righteous because I received messengers hospitably.

WHO AM I?

8. I was a cousin of Barnabas, and Peter called me his son.

FROM THIS ISSUE

Answer these questions, and provide the missing Bible verse(s).

Page 8 What did Job say about the earth? (Job 26:․․․)

Page 11 How did the early Christians view the Holy Scriptures? (1 Thessalonians 2:․․․)

Page 12 What were Israel’s kings told to write? (Deuteronomy 17:․․․)

Page 28 What does the Bible advise you to prove to yourself? (Romans 12:․․․)

Children’s Picture Search

Can you find these pictures in this issue? In your own words, describe what is happening in each picture.

(Answers on page 27)

ANSWERS TO PAGE 31

1. It got lost.

2. A person who guides and protects a flock of sheep.

3. He was happy.

4. Malachi, after 443 B.C.E.

5. James, before 62 C.E.

6. Peter, 64 C.E.

7. Rahab.​—James 2:25.

8. Mark.​—Colossians 4:10; 1 Peter 5:13.