If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

• Mark 3:24-25

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.

• Acts 18:12

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

• 1 Corinthians 1:10

I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

• John 17:23

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

• Ephesians 4:3-6

This quiz focuses on three words: unity and unite(d).  In working on the Ephesians 4 Bible Study, it came to mind.

The title is a play on “United We Stand…” and I am uncomfortable with making “quiz” a verb, but I suppose it works.

The questions are in biblical order with a multiple answer for the last question.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	The first use of “unite” in the Bible is when a man leaves his mother and father, to be united with whom and become what?
2	The next use of the word “unite(d)” is in Judges.  It is not recorded until this incident that the Israelites united as one group against one city.  In what tribe was this city?
3	The first use of “unity” was when what king of Judah celebrated the Passover, inviting the northern tribes to obtain “unity”, but only three of the northern tribes sent people.
4	Who are the three people who are united against one man, jeering, striking his cheek in scorn?
5	David said in an ascension psalm that it was good and pleasant when who live together in unity?
6	Isaiah proclaims prophecy against Babylon and then states that who will unite with the descendants of Jacob and Israel will rule the nations?
7	Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was interpreted by Daniel.  The large statue had a head of gold, arms and chest of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, but why were the feet a mixture? Bonus for what the mixture was.
8	If we are united in Christ in death like His, then what else are we united with Christ in, according to Paul in the book of Romans?
9	If we engage in sexual immorality, according to Paul in the book of 1 Corinthians, it is as if we are united with what?
10	How many times is the Scripture for question 1 mentioned in the New Testament? Bonuses for:  Who says it, and in which books is this quotation recorded.

The Apostle Paul speaks of unity among believers in four of his letters, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians.

Paul wrote these letters because the churches, in all four of these cases, were having problems in this area.  In some cases, the rift within the church was from the heresies and false teachers that Jesus warned them about.

In seeing the degradation of the present church, it is not an old stodgy person who refuses change that warns the church, maybe in most cases, but it is someone that sees the parallels between what happened in the first century and what is happening now.  We need to take Paul’s warning in Romans to heart.  “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2)

And why try to remain “united” when we stray from what the Bible says and we have division and divisiveness within the church?  Sure, we might be equal members, but we are not united in Spirit.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	The first use of “unite” in the Bible is when a man leaves his mother and father, to be united with whom and become what?	Genesis 2:24
2	The next use of the word “unite(d)” is in Judges.  It is not recorded until this incident that the Israelites united as one group against one city.  In what tribe was this city?	Judges 20:11
3	The first use of “unity” was when what king of Judah celebrated the Passover, inviting the northern tribes to obtain “unity”, but only three of the northern tribes sent people.	2 Chronicles 30:12
4	Who are the three people who are united against one man, jeering, striking his cheek in scorn?	Job 16:10
5	David said in an ascension psalm that it was good and pleasant when who live together in unity?	Psalm 133:1
6	Isaiah proclaims prophecy against Babylon and then states that who will unite with the descendants of Jacob and Israel will rule the nations?	Isaiah 14:1
7	Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was interpreted by Daniel.  The large statue had a head of gold, arms and chest of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, but why were the feet a mixture? Bonus for what the mixture was.	Daniel 2:43
8	If we are united in Christ in death like His, then what else are we united with Christ in, according to Paul in the book of Romans?	Romans 6:5
9	If we engage in sexual immorality, according to Paul in the book of 1 Corinthians, it is as if we are united with what?	1 Corinthians 6:15
10	How many times is the Scripture for question 1 mentioned in the New Testament? Bonuses for:  Who says it, and in which books is this quotation recorded.	N/A

I have a rhetorical question, not part of the quiz, but it relates to the quiz.

My wife passed away more than a year and a half ago.  She often told me that if her diseases took her life before I passed away, she wanted me to find someone new.

I think of the joke told by Jimmy Stewart for a television show about the best jokes you ever heard.  A woman is deathly ill, and she asks her husband, “If I die and you marry again, will she live in our house?”  Her husband says, “Yes.”  Then the wife, a little concerned, asks, “If I die and you marry again, will she sleep in our bed?”  Her husband says, “Well, umm, yes.”  Now even more concerned, his wife asks, “Certainly, she will not play with my golf clubs, will she?”  The husband shakes his head and says, “No.  She’s left-handed.”

I did not and I do not have a left-handed golfer lined up to take my wife’s place.  It was until death do we part, and I am still in that mode of “I have not died…”

When you make that commitment to make that union and you only missed out on your 50^th due to illness, when is a good time to even think of looking at another woman in that fashion?

But, if that thought ever comes across my mind, who will teach me how to go on a date?  Even if the rules have not changed, I really never learned.  My wife was attracted to my total clumsiness in that regard.  I was clueless, and somehow confident in my cluelessness.  But behind the veneer, I was constantly afraid that I would do something that messed up what we had.  She admitted she was a flight risk due to her own insecurities, and that made me insecure also.

So, I do not think the world has enough antiacids to handle the GERD issues that I will have, if I ever get the idea to try.  But from my writings, you have probably figured out that I have not let go yet.  I think that is the real reason that this quiz topic came into my mind.

She inadvertently gave me the idea of Babs for the Babs and Harold conversations, and yesterday’s story marks Babs leaving, and I already miss her.  She might pop in on occasion, but if I said when, that would be a spoiler.  But then, the Friday afternoon posts are down to the last two Bible study lessons, with only one thing that she wrote to follow.  That one thing might last another six months, a series of disconnected Bible verses and prayers that she wrote down.  Some may be inappropriate, so maybe short of six months.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	The first use of “unite” in the Bible is when a man leaves his mother and father, to be united with whom and become what?	Genesis 2:24	United with his wife and they become one flesh.
2	The next use of the word “unite(d)” is in Judges.  It is not recorded until this incident that the Israelites united as one group against one city.  In what tribe was this city?	Judges 20:11	In Gibeah, a Benjamite city, after the men of the city raped and killed the concubine of a Levite who was travelling through to serve at the Tabernacle.
3	The first use of “unity” was when what king of Judah celebrated the Passover, inviting the northern tribes to obtain “unity”, but only three of the northern tribes sent people.	2 Chronicles 30:12	Hezekiah
4	Who are the three people who are united against one man, jeering, striking his cheek in scorn?	Job 16:10	Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar
5	David said in an ascension psalm that it was good and pleasant when who live together in unity?	Psalm 133:1	God’s people
6	Isaiah proclaims prophecy against Babylon and then states that who will unite with the descendants of Jacob and Israel will rule the nations?	Isaiah 14:1	Foreigners (or the Gentiles)
7	Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was interpreted by Daniel.  The large statue had a head of gold, arms and chest of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, but why were the feet a mixture? Bonus for what the mixture was.	Daniel 2:43	The empires represented by gold, silver, bronze, and iron will rule in unity, but the iron and clay mixture means an empire that is not united, and it will collapse.
8	If we are united in Christ in death like His, then what else are we united with Christ in, according to Paul in the book of Romans?	Romans 6:5	United in His resurrection
9	If we engage in sexual immorality, according to Paul in the book of 1 Corinthians, it is as if we are united with what?	1 Corinthians 6:15	A prostitute
10	How many times is the Scripture for question 1 mentioned in the New Testament? Bonuses for:  Who says it, and in which books is this quotation recorded.	N/A	FOUR, Jesus mentions it in Matthew 19:5 and Mark 10:7-8. Paul mentions it in 1 Corinthians 6:16 and in Ephesians 5:31

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is New Wine singing Unity in the Spirit.

Here is Dan Loewen singing United.

Here is Mike Donehey singing Unity Hymn.

Here is Alan Jackson singing Standing on the Promises.

When I think of this topic, I am reminded of something that I told a preacher a long time ago.  He asked if the PUP (Purity, Unity, and Peace) Commission could ever reach their goal.  I said as long as there were those members who did not believe as the Bible states, we could either have unity or purity, but never both.  The pastor cried.

In a recent episode of my favorite television show where four pastors answer audience questions from the Bible (called in or written and sent in), and the subject of predestination came up. One pastor was a Calvinist and he quoted Scripture.  Another pastor quoted John 3:16, and took liberties with the “translation” and began to cry, thinking that someone on the panel could possibly think that predestination exists.  The other pastors tried to excuse away the verses that discuss predestination, and being a lifelong Presbyterian, I might lose my membership by saying that I at least sympathize with them.  But after the ten-minute segment, one was heated under his collar, two were bewildered, and the fourth was still crying.  But after the commercial break, it was as if they had a group hug.  They were all friends that were united in Spirit whether their theologies agreed or not was a totally different thing.

I pray for that type of unity.  We can argue.  We can disagree, but if Christ is King within us, we can be unified in Spirit.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.