6th - Religion Chapter 14 Flashcards
What did the Israelites have good reason to dislike?
Snakes
Throughout the Israelites years in the wilderness, God had provided for their needs. But eventually they grew tired of what God had given them. What did they grow tired of?
Manna - tasteless food
The Israelites complained about the tasteless food, Moses and even God. What does the Bible tell us that was their punishment for complaining?
God sent serpents among them. The bites of these snakes caused death. Only after many people had died from the poisonous bites did the Israelites realize their sinfulness.
The Israelites went to Moses and admitted that they had sinned by speaking against him and against God. They asked Moses to intercede for them, so then what happened?
Moses prayed, and God answered his prayer. God told Moses to make a bronze snake and put it on a pole where the people could see it. People who had been bitten by a snake came to see the bronze serpent. They had faith in God’s power to heal them. These people lived and were healed of the terrible snake bites.
Over one thousand years later in which Gospel was the story of the serpent remembered?
The Gospel of John
To what does the Gospel of John compare the lifting up of the serpent in the desert?
The lifting up of the Son of Man
When Jesus is lifted up on the Cross, he is offered as what?
A perfect sacrifice of obedience to the Father.
Why did Jesus die for our sins?
So that we might have salvation
We are called to have what in his sacrifice?
Faith
Name some ways that we show our faith in his sacrifice.
- To display cross or a crucifix in our homes
- Being sorry for sin
- Being willing to make up for sin
- Trying to live according to the law of love
- Trying to become more and more like Jesus
Who is the Son of Man?
Jesus
How was the Son of Man lifted up?
He was on a cross
What happened when people looked at the serpent lifted up?
They were healed of their sickness
What will the Son of Man do for us now that he has been lifted up?
Give us salvation
What is the worst evil in the world?
Sin