1. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 1. What book was written by God? 4 The Bible 4 Inspired 4 God breathed

2. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 2. How many times does the Old testament say, “Thus says the LORD”, or “God spoke these words”? 4 A = over 1,000 times 4 B = over 2,000 times 4 C = over 3,000 times 4 B = over 2,000 times. 4 The Bible tells us over and over that it is God’s word to us.

3. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 3. How many languages and dialects has the Bible been translated into? 4 A = over 100 4 B = over 500 4 C = over 2,000 4 C = over 2,000. 4 Most books are not translated into other languages.

4. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 4. What important discovery in 1947 shows that the Bible has accurately been preserved? 4 A = Ebla tablets 4 B = Jericho Parchments 4 C = Dead Sea Scrolls 4 These very old scrolls prove that the Bible was preserved accurately through time.

5. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 5. The Bible is the best-selling and most- read book of all time. 4 True 4 False 4 True

6. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 6. Before we had machines to print the Bible, who copied the Bible’s Old Testament? 4 A = Priests 4 B = Scribes 4 C = Pharisees 4 B = Scribes 4 They had very serious rules on how to copy the Bible.

7. Scribes 4 Put on clean clothes. 4 They had to recount the letters to make sure no mistakes had been made. 4 If they made a mistake, they had to destroy the page and start over. 4 While they were writing, they did not even look up if a king entered the room. 4 When they wrote the name of God, they always dipped their pen in fresh ink.

8. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 7. How many promises are there in the Bible? 4 A = over 4,000 4 B = over 6,000 4 C = over 8,000 4 God cannot lie. His word is truth. You can trust God.

9. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 8. People have tried to ______ the Bible, but they were not able to do so. What word tells what they tired to do? 4 A = destroy 4 B = hide 4 C = lose 4 A = destroy 4 God protects the Bible from evil people who try to destroy it.

10. The Bible is the Word of God 4 Jesus said, 4 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” 4 Matthew 24:35

11. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 9. The word, Bible, means _______ 4 A = paper 4 B = record 4 C = book 4 The Bible is God’s word to us and is the Book of Books.

12. Cadet Challenge Pit Your Wits 4 10. What is the most loved book of all time? 4 A = the Bible 4 B = the Bible 4 C = the Bible 4 The Bible

13. Book of Books 4 Inspired 4 God breathed 4 God told men what to write down. 4 It is the only book like this in the world.

14. Book of Books 4 2 Timothy 3:16 4 All Scripture is God-breathed

15. Book of Books 4 History and archeology 4 Science 4 The Bible agrees with itself. 4 Fulfilled prophecy 4 Proven to be true in our lives.

16. How the Bible Came to Be 4 In the beginning, God talked directly to people. 4 God wrote the 10 commandments with His own finger on tablets of stone. 4 God told men, including Moses, what to write in the Bible. 4 They wrote God’s word down on several different things.

17. What the Bible was written on 4 Clay tablets—wooden or metal sticks 4 Stone—metal or rock chisels 4 Scrolls 4 Parchment from the skins of animals—ink 4 Papyrus—ink 4 Books 4 Paper—ink

18. Printing Press 4 Johannes Gutenberg 4 Faster 4 Not as expensive 4 Didn’t have to be copied by hand. 4 All of us can have the Word of God, the Book of Books in our own hands. 4 We can listen to what God wants us to know.