Zadok Discipleship Course - Armed for War · Dr. Steve Foss

Lessons 13-17

Intimacy with God

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

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Lesson 13 - The Secrets of God: God is a God of secrets; the secret place as habitation; fear of the Lord defined; the nitroglycerin analogy; beholding and being transformed; gifts vs. character.
Lesson 14 - Nothing Hidden That Will Not Be Revealed: God conceals to reveal; the misquoted verse (1 Cor. 2:9-10); humility as the doorway; tongues as speaking mysteries; the Young Warriors account; the chain of revelation.
Lesson 15 - Approaching God the Right Way: Invitation vs. pursuit; Cain and Abel; Nadab, Abihu, and Uzzah; feeling vs. being close; presence as everything; ministry to God vs. ministry to people; sons of Zadok.
Lesson 16 - The Sacrifice of Praise: Malachi's rebuke; Psalm 100:4 as a map; God's specific worship commands; the Hebrew word halal; lame worship and powerlessness; gratitude as the gate; the Benjamin story.
Lesson 17 - The Power of High Praise: Praise vs. worship defined; high praise as spiritual warfare; God enthroned in praise; the names of God released; Jericho and Jehoshaphat; Jesus joins the praise; the Father rises and sings.

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Part A

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

Lesson 13 - The Secrets of God

Question 1

A believer has attended church for twenty years, knows hundreds of scriptures, and serves faithfully. Yet they report that God feels distant and they have no sense of His secrets or deep revelation. According to Lesson 13, what is the most likely diagnosis?

A. They need to pray more hours each day to break through the distance. B. They may be visiting the secret place but have not made it their habitation - Psalm 91 reserves its deepest promise for those who dwell there, not those who drop in occasionally. C. They lack the spiritual gifts required to receive revelation knowledge. D. God is withholding Himself until they complete a specific season of testing.

Question 2

A minister moves powerfully in supernatural gifts even after it becomes clear their private life is deeply compromised. A student says, "The gifts must mean God is still endorsing them." What does Lesson 13 say that directly challenges this conclusion?

A. God only works through people whose character is fully intact, so the gifts must not be genuine. B. The gifts are being counterfeited by the enemy to deceive the congregation. C. The minister should immediately step down; gifts do not operate apart from character. D. The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable - King Saul prophesied after God had already rejected him. Operative gifts do not indicate divine endorsement; they prove God is careful about who receives His deepest secrets.

Question 3

Someone argues, "The fear of the Lord just means respectful reverence - the kind you would show a beloved grandfather." What does Lesson 13 say about this definition?

A. It is almost universally inadequate. The original Hebrew means terrifying, dreadful fear - not polite admiration. The nitroglycerin analogy captures it: every interaction governed by full awareness of what God can do, with no casual handling and no presumption. B. It is essentially correct - the New Testament upgrades the Old Testament's frightening picture to the intimacy of a Father. C. It is correct for new believers but too mild for mature disciples, who must experience something more intense. D. It is the standard lexical definition and the lesson affirms it as accurate.

Question 4

A believer memorizes Deuteronomy 29:29 - "the secret things belong to God, the revealed things belong to us." They quote it frequently but have not experienced personal breakthrough. What distinction does Lesson 13 draw that explains the gap?

A. The promise in Deuteronomy 29:29 applies only to Old Testament Israel and does not transfer to New Testament believers. B. They need a prophetic word from a minister before the revealed things can become personal property. C. Knowing a scripture and having it revealed are not the same thing. Until a truth crosses from information to revelation, it still belongs to God - it has not yet become a living inheritance available for use. D. The verse requires consistent tithing before the revealed things become accessible.

Lesson 14 - Nothing Hidden That Will Not Be Revealed

Question 5

A preacher cites 1 Corinthians 2:9 - "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, the things God has prepared" - as proof that God's deepest things are permanently unknowable to humans. What does Lesson 14 say about this use of the text?

A. The preacher is correct - that verse establishes the limits of human access to divine knowledge in this age. B. The preacher has stopped one verse too early. Verse 10 immediately follows: "But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit." Stopping at verse 9 uses Scripture to justify spiritual poverty God never intended. C. The verse applies only to heaven, not to spiritual insight available now. D. The preacher is misidentifying the audience - the verse was written only to the Corinthians, not to the universal church.

Question 6

In the Young Warriors account, the senior vice president could not instruct how to release the anointing through reasoning or technique. What happened instead - and what does that illustrate about tongues?

A. The anointing lifted when human instruction failed, proving that instruction is necessary before the Spirit can move. B. Prayer in English was used instead, showing that tongues is one option among many equal alternatives. C. The laying on of hands individually was the method that finally released the healing, confirming physical touch as primary. D. Tongues were spoken, and understanding landed in the spirit before it formed in the mind - illustrating that tongues is a door through which the mysteries of God are accessed, not an emotional habit with no real content.

Question 7

Lesson 14 presents a chain: Fear of God → Intimacy → Revelation → Knowledge of God → Grace Multiplied → Power → Everything for life and godliness. A church focuses exclusively on the last link - practical power and results - without cultivating the earlier ones. What does the lesson suggest about this approach?

A. It has inverted the chain. Power is the fruit of the full progression - trying to access it without fear, intimacy, and revelation severs it from its source. Grace and peace are multiplied through knowledge of God, which comes through revelation, which comes through intimacy and fear. B. It is a valid approach because God sometimes bypasses the earlier stages for those with urgent ministry needs. C. The chain can be entered at any link - the lesson does not prescribe a sequence. D. Focusing on results is wise because practical fruit validates the chain's integrity.

Question 8

Isaiah 55:8-9 says God's thoughts are higher than ours as the heavens are higher than the earth. Lesson 14 says this verse is not an invitation to give up understanding God - it is a warning about what?

A. A warning that only ordained ministers can access the higher thoughts of God. B. A warning that God's thoughts will never be accessible in this life and must be awaited in eternity. C. A warning about the instrument being used to approach God - natural reasoning alone cannot reach His thoughts. Humility is the doorway: the natural mind must stop insisting on understanding before submitting, and instead yield first and receive understanding afterward. D. A warning that emotional worship experiences are unreliable guides to understanding God.

Lesson 15 - Approaching God the Right Way

Question 9

Uzzah reached out and steadied the ark when the ox stumbled, and was struck dead. Many find this unjust - his motive seemed protective. What does Lesson 15 identify as the real issue?

A. Uzzah had a hidden sin in his life that had disqualified him from touching holy things. B. The ark was under a judicial curse that made touching it fatal regardless of method. C. Uzzah's action was an act of unbelief - he did not trust God to protect the ark. D. David had been transporting the ark on a Philistine cart rather than on the shoulders of Levites as God prescribed - the wrong approach was already in place. The motive was irrelevant; the method was wrong, and the glory of God demands approach on His terms, not ours.

Question 10

A person attends a Spirit-filled meeting, feels a powerful atmosphere, is moved emotionally, and reports having been "in the presence of God." Lesson 15 draws a distinction that challenges how this experience might be classified. What is it?

A. Emotional responses in worship are generally unreliable indicators of the Spirit's presence. B. Feeling the presence and being close to the presence are different things. Even unsaved people feel the radiating effects of God's presence at considerable spiritual distance. True closeness means access - to His time, thoughts, plans, and heart. C. The person needs to speak in tongues to confirm that what they felt was genuinely from the Spirit. D. Large group settings cannot produce genuine encounters with God - only private prayer can.

Question 11

In Ezekiel 44, God demoted the Levites who had led Israel into idolatry. What was their demotion - and why does Lesson 15 say this matters for the modern church?

A. They were removed from all ministry entirely, as a warning that moral failure disqualifies permanently. B. They were given lesser assignments in the outer courts as a temporary discipline, to be restored after repentance. C. They were demoted from ministry to God to ministry to the people - what most churches treat as the primary thing is actually what the unfaithful are reduced to. The modern church has largely inverted God's order, making the sermon and program central while treating worship as preparation. D. They lost their priesthood entirely and were reassigned to agricultural labor.

Question 12

Lesson 15 says that God pursues the lost to the ends of the earth to keep them out of hell, but He does not pursue believers into the throne room presence in the same way. Why not - and what does He do instead?

A. He only invites. Access to the throne room presence is available but governed by the same principle as the rest of the course - you must come to it the right way. He makes it available; He does not compel approach. B. He dispatches the Holy Spirit to draw believers deeper automatically as they mature. C. He withholds the throne room presence until believers reach a specific level of doctrinal maturity. D. He pursues believers through circumstances of difficulty designed to drive them to seek His face.

Lesson 16 - The Sacrifice of Praise

Question 13

A worship pastor argues, "The commands about clapping, shouting, and dancing in the Psalms were for Old Testament Israelites - New Testament worship is about internal sincerity, not external expression." What does Lesson 16 say in response?

A. The pastor is correct - the New Testament spiritualizes worship away from physical expression. B. The commands carry cultural weight but not binding authority for today. C. External expression is appropriate only when genuine internal feeling precedes it, not as a commanded discipline. D. God does not change (Malachi 3:6), and these are commands - not descriptions - carrying the same weight as any other commandment in Scripture. Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." Applied to worship: obedient expression is love in action, not performance.

Question 14

The Benjamin story in Lesson 16 - where a thirteen-year-old gives half his birthday money as thanks - illustrates something God spoke directly into that moment. What was it, and how does it define the gate of thanksgiving?

A. That God values financial sacrifice above any other form of gratitude. B. That when God's people are genuinely, costly, freely grateful, He wants to open the treasuries of heaven and pour out everything He has - because real gratitude flows from a soul that has reckoned with what is actually deserved and found grace overwhelming. C. That gratitude is primarily expressed through financial generosity, not verbal praise. D. That God responds to the innocence of children more readily than to the gratitude of adults.

Question 15

A church has excellent production quality, a well-rehearsed worship band, and draws large crowds who describe the services as "amazing experiences." But the lesson warns about a specific inversion that may be happening. What is it?

A. Large crowds indicate that the presence of God is genuinely present, so the concern is misplaced. B. The problem is the style of music - contemporary worship lacks the reverence required for genuine approach. C. When worship becomes a performance to impress people rather than an offering to God, the approach has been abandoned. His presence is replaced with an adrenaline-induced, sensory-overloading spectacle - which may produce crowd response but not the manifest presence of God. D. The church needs to add more Scripture reading before worship begins to ground the experience.

Question 16

Lesson 16 says that the divorce rate in the church matching the divorce rate in the world, moral failure among believers, and the absence of genuine revival are not unrelated to worship quality. What is the connection the lesson draws?

A. Lame, half-hearted worship forfeits the conditions in which God's power flows. The approach He prescribed carries the spiritual mechanism that releases His presence - bypass the approach and the power remains locked, leaving the church to navigate life without the transforming force of genuine encounter. B. The divorce rate is a symptom of biblical illiteracy, not of worship quality. C. These problems would be solved by better pastoral counseling and accountability structures. D. The connection is indirect at best; social conditions are primarily responsible for these trends.

Lesson 17 - The Power of High Praise

Question 17

A worship leader teaches: "Praise is the fast, celebratory songs about God, and worship is the slow, intimate songs to God." What does Lesson 17 say about this definition?

A. It is a helpful distinction that captures the two movements of a typical service. B. It is accurate for corporate settings but does not apply in private devotion. C. It is broadly correct though imprecise in some details. D. It is not only imprecise but essentially wrong. Worship literally means being laid prostrate before God - it is an attitude of the heart, a condition of surrender. Praise is worship physically expressed. The tempo of the song has nothing to do with the distinction.

Question 18

Jehoshaphat faced an overwhelming enemy coalition. Instead of deploying his best military strategists, he sent the worshipers out in front of the army. According to Lesson 17, what happened - and what principle does it establish?

A. God sent angels to fight alongside the army while the worshipers provided morale support from a distance. B. The enemy was scared off by the unusual tactic, giving Israel a psychological advantage. C. As the worshipers sang the beauty of God's holiness, God arose and set ambushes in the enemy camp - the armies turned on each other. Not a single conventional weapon was drawn by Judah. High praise was the decisive military strategy: when God is enthroned, the battle is already over. D. The enemy withdrew when they saw the size of the Israelite army approaching with the worshipers.

Question 19

Lesson 17 says the enemy is not disturbed by Christian entertainment or a well-produced worship service that stays safely within the range of the pleasant and comfortable. What specifically does terrify him - and why?

A. The enemy fears Scripture being quoted loudly in worship, because the Word has direct binding power over demonic forces. B. A people pressing through into genuine high praise, because when God becomes enthroned in their midst He arises as Almighty God and the strongholds the enemy has maintained begin to collapse - Psalm 68 says His enemies are scattered like smoke before wind and wax before fire. C. Large numbers of worshipers gathered in one place, because God responds to corporate volume. D. Fasting combined with worship, because physical self-denial amplifies spiritual authority in praise.

Question 20

Lesson 17 describes a full progression: the saints press into high praise → God is enthroned → God arises and enemies scatter → Jesus declares the names of God → Jesus joins the praise → the Father rises and sings over His people. A congregation reaches the end of that progression. What does Zephaniah 3:17 say the Father does at that moment?

A. The Father Himself rises from the throne and rejoices over His people with singing and dancing - the word for rejoice carries the meaning of whirling and spinning under violent emotion. The worship that began with the saints ends with God Himself joining in. B. The Father releases a fresh wave of the Holy Spirit as a reward for the sustained worship. C. The Father speaks audibly to the congregation, delivering specific words of prophecy. D. The Father sends angels to record the worship and present it as an offering before the heavenly court.

Part B

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

Lessons 13 & 14 - Secrets & Revelation

1. Because God is omniscient and sovereign, He reveals His secrets equally to all sincere believers regardless of their posture of fear, intimacy, or preparation - selectivity would be unfair.

TRUE FALSE

2. According to Lesson 13, the transformation described in 2 Corinthians 3:18 requires continuous, habitual beholding of the glory of God in Scripture - not a single encounter, but a sustained dwelling in His presence.

TRUE FALSE

3. The concealment of God's secrets is a permanent condition - He hides things from humanity as a sign of His transcendence, and this hiddenness is His final design, not a temporary posture.

TRUE FALSE

4. Lesson 14 teaches that praying in tongues bypasses the natural mind entirely and engages the spirit directly with the mysteries of God - which is why Paul's extensive use of tongues and his depth of revelation are not coincidental.

TRUE FALSE

Lessons 15 & 16 - Approach & Praise

5. The account of Cain and Abel is primarily a story about sibling rivalry and God's mysterious favoritism - the lesson does not establish any clear principle about how God should be approached.

TRUE FALSE

6. According to Lesson 15, the defining characteristic of hell is not primarily fire and torment - it is banishment from the presence of the Lord. The absence of His presence is the ultimate horror.

TRUE FALSE

7. God has left how He wants to be worshiped to individual cultural preference and personal expression - Scripture gives general encouragement to worship, but no binding commands about specific forms or actions.

TRUE FALSE

Lesson 17 - High Praise

8. High praise is not something that comes easily or automatically - it is the fruit of deliberate, sustained, intense exaltation of God through praise, pressing past distraction, self-consciousness, and what is comfortable.

TRUE FALSE

9. According to Lesson 17, the walls of Jericho fell because Israel deployed a superior siege strategy that combined silence and coordinated timing to create structural vibration - the shout was the final element of a tactical military plan.

TRUE FALSE

10. When God is enthroned in the praises of His people, Jesus Himself declares the names of God in the midst of the assembly - and what He declares comes to pass, bringing healing, peace, freedom from strongholds, and supernatural provision.

TRUE FALSE

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

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

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"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. The fear of God opened a secret that changed everything. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand."

- Dr. Steve Foss, Lessons 13-17 · Psalm 91:1 · Psalm 149:6

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