DEEP Prayer Book Discipleship Course · Dr. Steve Foss

Chapters 9-12

The Divides, The Unity, The Towel, The Table

Concept Review Test · 30 Questions · 50 Points · Dr. Steve Foss

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Chapter 9 - The Great Divides: the decade-of-extremes prophecy and the Church's fear-driven response to COVID; Psalm 133's oil blocked by pride; the three great historical fractures at Chalcedon (451), the Great Schism (1054), and the Reformation; Acts 2:1's one accord before Pentecost.
Chapter 10 - The Power of Unity: symphoneo - agreement, not volume, as the key to binding and loosing; even the enemy's kingdom cannot stand divided; selfish ambition and conceit disguised as vision; the Herrnhut revival of 1727 and its communion-table breakthrough.
Chapter 11 - The Towel and the Basin: eis telos - love with no terminal point, even toward Judas; pride disguised as vision; Moses' humility and intimacy with God; the cloak of humility and low vessels versus weak ones; the full bath versus the daily foot-washing.
Chapter 12 - The Covenants of Communion: the two covenants renewed at the table - vertical and horizontal; the kiddushin betrothal pattern behind the Last Supper; koinonia and the early church's shared life; Paul's warning about discerning the Lord's body; the Bride's final prayer, "Come."

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Part A

Multiple Choice - 20 Questions · 2 pts each · 40 pts

Chapter 9 - The Great Divides

Question 1

In late 2019, God warned Steve that the coming decade would be a decade of extremes, and that His people must find stability not in circumstances but in hearing His voice. When COVID struck soon after, Chapter 9 says the global Church faced a critical choice. What does the chapter say actually happened, and what caused it?

A. Instead of uniting in love to release heaven's power, fear, division, self-preservation, and a failure to clearly hear God's voice caused even highly regarded churches to shut down and retreat rather than stand together in prayer. B. The global Church united seamlessly during this season, with no meaningful division among believers. C. The divisions that emerged were based entirely on sound theological reasoning with no element of fear or pride involved. D. God's warning about the decade of extremes referred only to political events with no application to the Church itself.

Question 2

Psalm 133 describes the oil of unity flowing down from the head when brothers dwell together in unity, with the Lord commanding the blessing there. According to Chapter 9, what happens to that oil when pride and the lust for power replace love?

A. The oil is unaffected, since Psalm 133 describes a purely historical Old Testament image with no ongoing application. B. The oil is blocked, the blessing stops, and the prayer anointing that could change nations is cut off from the Church. C. The oil simply transfers automatically to a different group of believers who remain unified elsewhere. D. The oil flows even more strongly, since conflict tends to intensify spiritual passion and prayer.

Question 3

According to Chapter 9, the Council of Chalcedon in 451 addressed a genuine theological question about Christ's two natures, yet the chapter says most ordinary believers on both sides could not have explained the dispute. What point does the chapter draw from this?

A. That the theological dispute was ultimately trivial and should never have been discussed at all. B. That ordinary believers were simply too uneducated to participate meaningfully in church councils. C. That disputes originally rooted in real theological questions get inflamed by leaders defending position and power, entangling questions few ordinary believers could even explain into permanent, centuries-long fractures. D. That only bishops and patriarchs experienced any spiritual consequences from the split, while ordinary believers were entirely unaffected.

Question 4

Chapter 9 says the Reformation had genuine grievances behind it - indulgence sales, political overreach by Rome - yet the response on all sides sank into pride and bloodshed, including events like the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and the Thirty Years' War. What is the chapter's point in presenting the Reformation this way?

A. That the Reformation was entirely unjustified and Luther had no legitimate grievance against Rome. B. That genuine grievances can still exist alongside pride taking over the response to them - the legitimacy of a grievance does not guarantee the response to it stays free of pride and division. C. That violence following a reform movement proves the original grievance must have been imagined rather than real. D. That the Reformation caused no lasting division within Protestantism itself, only between Protestants and Catholics.

Question 5

Acts 2:1 says the Holy Spirit fell at Pentecost when believers "were all with one accord in one place." According to Chapter 9, what does this detail teach about the conditions under which Pentecost occurred?

A. Pentecost required that every theological debate among the believers first be fully resolved and formally documented. B. Pentecost occurred through genuine relational unity and agreement among the believers, not through the resolution of every doctrinal disagreement. C. Pentecost happened randomly, with no connection at all to the spiritual condition or unity of the gathered believers. D. Pentecost required a single supreme leader to be formally appointed over the 120 believers beforehand.

Chapter 10 - The Power of Unity

Question 6

Jesus repeats the binding-and-loosing language of Matthew 16:19 again in Matthew 18:18-20, this time tying it to two or three gathered in agreement. According to Chapter 10, what does the Greek word symphoneo reveal about what actually activates this governing authority?

A. The volume and emotional intensity of the prayer being offered. B. Distinct voices tuned to the same key producing something none of them could produce alone - real governmental authority deposited inside genuine agreement, not volume, religious intensity, or the reputation of the one praying. C. The formal reputation or credentials of the person leading the prayer. D. The total number of people gathered, regardless of whether they are in genuine agreement.

Question 7

Chapter 10 cites Jesus' observation in Luke 11:17-18 that even a divided kingdom of darkness cannot stand. What point does the chapter draw from the fact that Satan's own kingdom operates on this principle?

A. That the enemy is unaffected by unity or division among believers, since his kingdom operates by entirely different rules. B. That the enemy is not afraid of a divided Church - he built his entire strategy around keeping it that way, since even his own kingdom would collapse if divided against itself. C. That Satan's kingdom is actually more unified than the Church has ever been at any point in history. D. That division only weakens human institutions and has no bearing on spiritual kingdoms.

Question 8

At Herrnhut in 1727, the community had been tearing itself apart over predestination, baptism, and church government for years. According to Chapter 10, what actually happened on August 13, 1727, and what does the chapter say caused the breakthrough?

A. The community's theological disputes were formally debated and resolved by a panel of theologians before any spiritual breakthrough occurred. B. A missionary sending ceremony occurred, which finally settled the community's doctrinal disagreements once and for all. C. Count Zinzendorf delivered a definitive theological lecture that convinced all parties to adopt identical positions. D. During a communion service, the presence of the Holy Spirit fell so powerfully that old divisions simply melted away - the community chose covenant and love over their disputes, and it was the glory falling, not settled theology, that made the remaining differences small.

Question 9

Philippians 2 names selfish ambition and conceit as the two enemies of unity, both of which the chapter says disguise themselves as vision and healthy confidence. According to Chapter 10, what is the antidote, and what practical form does it take?

A. Lowliness of mind - esteeming others as more important than yourself - which practically looks like Romans 12's call to readily adjust yourself, not reluctantly or only after a long argument. B. Avoiding all conflict or disagreement entirely, even on matters that genuinely require discussion. C. Insisting on identical opinions among all believers before any cooperation can occur. D. Waiting for a designated leader to resolve every dispute before taking any personal action toward unity.

Question 10

According to Chapter 10, what does the Greek word symphoneo picture, in contrast to a misunderstanding some might have about what unity requires?

A. Complete uniformity, meaning every believer must hold identical opinions on every issue before real unity exists. B. Distinct voices sounding together in harmony, like a symphony - not identical notes, but different voices tuned to the same key. C. The complete absence of any discussion or disagreement among believers on any topic whatsoever. D. A single voice suppressing all others until only one perspective remains within the group.

Chapter 11 - The Towel and the Basin

Question 11

John 13:1 says Jesus "loved them to the end" (eis telos), including washing the feet of Judas while already knowing the full extent of his coming betrayal. According to Chapter 11, what does eis telos actually mean?

A. That Jesus' love had a natural limit that was reached and exhausted once His disciples failed Him. B. That His love applied only to the eleven disciples who ultimately remained faithful, excluding Judas entirely. C. To the uttermost, to the farthest reach, to the fullest possible extent - love with no terminal point, extended even to Judas despite full knowledge of his betrayal, reaching prophetically to the end of history itself. D. A phrase describing only the physical duration of that particular evening's events.

Question 12

Just before Jesus began washing feet, Luke 22:24 records a dispute among the disciples over who should be considered greatest. According to Chapter 11, how does pride typically operate, based on this example and God's later warning to Steve about preachers mistaking influence for favor?

A. Pride always announces itself openly as arrogance, making it easy for people to recognize and reject in themselves. B. Pride rarely feels like selfishness from the inside - it looks and feels like vision or healthy self-awareness, the same mask covering insecurity that a preacher can mistake for God's favor, when true favor is measured only by access to His presence. C. Pride is limited to church leaders and does not affect ordinary believers in any meaningful way. D. Pride is a purely modern problem that did not exist among the original twelve disciples.

Question 13

Numbers 12:3 and 12:8 describe Moses as the most humble man on earth, and as someone God spoke to "face to face, plainly, not in dark sayings." According to Chapter 11, what does the Moses example teach about the actual reward of humility?

A. Humility's primary reward is public recognition and promotion to greater positions of visible authority. B. Humility guarantees exemption from all future trials and hardships in a believer's life. C. The direct consequence of Moses' humility was the most intimate form of divine communication available to any human being - access to God's presence, not public recognition or promotion. D. Humility has no meaningful spiritual reward and functions only as a moral virtue with no practical benefit.

Question 14

In the vision from Rick Joyner's The Final Quest referenced in Chapter 11, warriors who set aside the plain cloak of humility eventually became prisoners of the enemy, while those who stayed low beneath a fog layer remained invisible to enemy fire. According to the chapter, what principle does this illustrate about the D.E.E.P. prayer anointing?

A. The D.E.E.P. anointing flows through low vessels, not weak ones - staying low in humility keeps a believer hidden from the enemy's aim, while lifting the head above the fog exposes them to attack. B. The anointing is only available to believers who avoid any form of spiritual warfare altogether. C. Spiritual armor becomes unnecessary once a believer has had a significant encounter with God's glory. D. The fog in the vision represents confusion that believers should actively try to escape by any means possible.

Question 15

Jesus told Peter, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me" (John 13:8), and later commanded, "You also ought to wash one another's feet" (John 13:14). According to Chapter 11, what is the difference between the "full bath" of salvation and this ongoing "daily foot-washing"?

A. There is no meaningful difference; both refer to the same one-time event of salvation and never need repeating. B. Only church leaders are required to participate in the daily foot-washing; ordinary believers are exempt. C. The full bath is a one-time justification that never needs repeating; the daily foot-washing addresses ongoing defilement - a distinct, continual practice of humble service and restoration among believers. D. The daily foot-washing is optional and was only intended for the original twelve disciples on that specific evening.

Chapter 12 - The Covenants of Communion

Question 16

According to Chapter 12, when believers come to the Lord's Table, they are reaffirming two aspects of the covenant, not one. What is the second aspect, and why does the chapter say it has been largely forgotten by the Church?

A. The covenant with one another - the mutual, self-denying, foot-washing covenant of love inseparable from the table - because Jesus said "do this in remembrance of Me" to a room full of people whose feet had just been washed by the Son of God, sealing the horizontal covenant along with the vertical one. B. A covenant with angels present at the table, which most churches no longer formally acknowledge. C. A financial covenant requiring tithing before communion may be received. D. A covenant with future generations of the believer's own family line specifically.

Question 17

Chapter 12 describes the first-century Jewish practice of kiddushin (betrothal), in which the bridegroom paid a bride price and shared a cup of wine, and the bride's drinking was her act of acceptance of a legally binding covenant. According to the chapter, how did Jesus deliberately use this pattern at the Last Supper?

A. He rejected the betrothal pattern entirely as an outdated cultural custom with no relevance to the new covenant. B. He paid the bride price with His own blood, shared the cup, and promised to go prepare a place and return for His Bride - meaning every time the Church gathers at the table, she is re-enacting the betrothal covenant, declaring she is waiting, ready, her lamp filled. C. He used the pattern only as a historical illustration with no ongoing significance for how believers should understand communion today. D. He reserved the betrothal pattern exclusively for describing His relationship with the nation of Israel, excluding the Church entirely.

Question 18

Acts 2:42 says believers "continued steadfastly" (proskarterountes) in fellowship (koinonia), and Acts 2:44 adds they "had all things in common." According to Chapter 12, why does this necessarily follow from what happens at the table?

A. Because proskarterountes describes only occasional participation, and koinonia refers merely to polite social interaction with no deeper covenant meaning. B. Because the early church was legally required by Roman authorities to share possessions communally. C. Because you cannot drink the cup of the new covenant and walk out treating your brother as a stranger - koinonia means deep covenant sharing where what belongs to one belongs to all, making persistent, wholehearted devotion to one another the natural outworking of the table. D. Because Acts 2:44 describes an isolated, temporary practice with no connection to the meaning of communion at all.

Question 19

Paul warned the Corinthians that some among them were weak, sick, and some had even died, because wealthy members ate and drank to excess before the poor arrived and had nothing left. According to Chapter 12, what was Paul's actual diagnosis of their failure (1 Corinthians 11:27-30)?

A. They were failing to discern the Lord's body - the poor person at the edge of the room was the Lord's body too - meaning their mistreatment of fellow believers at the table, not merely private unworthiness, was the source of the judgment. B. They were suffering from an unrelated plague that had nothing to do with their conduct at the Lord's Table. C. Their sickness was caused exclusively by poor personal hygiene practices common in first-century Corinth. D. Paul attributed their weakness entirely to persecution from Roman authorities rather than to their own conduct.

Question 20

Chapter 12 notes that Jesus said He would not drink of the fruit of the vine again "until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom" (Matt. 26:29), and cites Revelation 22:17. According to the chapter, what is the final prayer of the Bride, and what does it reveal about the table's ultimate direction?

A. A formal doctrinal statement summarizing the Church's theology of the sacraments. B. A request for personal blessing and prosperity in the present life. C. A private confession of sin unrelated to any corporate or future hope. D. The single word, "Come" - every Lord's Table looks forward to the Bridegroom's return, the Bride remembering what He paid, staying ready, and calling for the wedding feast where the next cup will finally be shared.

Part B

True or False - 10 Statements · 1 pt each · 10 pts

Lessons 13 & 14 - Secrets & Revelation

Chapters 9 & 10 - The Divides & The Unity

1. According to Chapter 9, the divisions that broke out across the Church in 2020 were caused mainly by sincere doctrinal disagreement, with fear and pride playing no meaningful role.

TRUE FALSE

2. According to Chapter 9, Jesus placed His new commandment to love one another immediately before His greatest promises of greater works and answered prayer.

TRUE FALSE

3. According to Chapter 10, the Greek word symphoneo requires that everyone hold identical opinions on every issue before God's governing authority can operate through agreement.

TRUE FALSE

4. According to Chapter 10, Jesus taught that even a divided kingdom of darkness would be brought to desolation, implying that the enemy himself understands the destructive power of division.

TRUE FALSE

5. According to Chapter 10, the breakthrough at Herrnhut in 1727 happened because the community's theological disputes over predestination, baptism, and church government were first fully resolved through debate.

TRUE FALSE

Chapters 11 & 12 - The Towel & The Table

6. According to Chapter 11, pride rarely feels like selfishness or arrogance from the inside; it typically disguises itself as vision or healthy self-awareness.

TRUE FALSE

7. According to Chapter 11's use of the Moses example, humility's primary reward is public recognition and promotion to greater visible authority.

TRUE FALSE

8. According to Chapter 11, Jesus washed the feet of Judas even though He already knew the full extent of his coming betrayal.

TRUE FALSE

9. According to Chapter 12, the Lord's Table only renews the believer's vertical covenant with Christ, with no covenant dimension existing between believers themselves.

TRUE FALSE

10. According to Chapter 12, Paul taught that some believers in the Corinthian church were weak, sick, and some had even died, because of how they treated each other at the Lord's Table.

TRUE FALSE

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Part A - Multiple Choice (20 questions × 2 pts)

Part B - True or False (10 questions × 1 pt)

Total

"Choose unity. Pick up the towel. Keep the cloak of humility on. Build the mercy seat. Then come to the table - and let the oil flow, and the dew descend."

- Dr. Steve Foss, Chapters 9-12 · Psalm 133:1-3 · John 17:22

Chapters 9-12

The Divides, The Unity, The Towel, The Table

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