Final Exam Flashcards
When do the disciples identify Jesus as the Messiah
Matthew 16
What happens in Matthew 16
The pharisees demand a sign
What makes John’s Gospel different
Was written at a different time, contains different stories
Pharisees
Observance of traditional and written law
Sadducees
Excepted only the written laws of Moses
Zealots
Fanatical in uncompromising in their pursuit of religion
What four things does Jesus’s death mean to Christians
Whay does death/resurrection mean? Atonement- making up for human sin
What does his death mean?
Overpowering sin
The debt metaphor, we oew god with perfect obediance
Jesus as a victor who wins the battle
He is and will transform the world
How is christianity still monotheistic?
When do you use the reader for snow Jesus’s identity is the Messiah
When jesus is baptized
What happens in acts two?
Pentecost
What is Jesus is teaching in the law Matthew five
Sermon on the mount
What happens in the sermon on the mount
The beatitudes, fulfillment of the law, I for an eye, love your enemies
Augustines views of sin
We are born with sin
The difference between Islam and Judaism compared to Christianity on matters of atonement
Christianity has sin we are born with because of adam and eve
Islam sin is from the devil, a temptation. An example is during th ehajj they stone the devil and pray their sins away
Christianity in comparison to Islam and Judaism on matters of the law
On the sermon on the mount Jesus disapproved and I for an eye
In judism, however, this was biblical law that one may get reveng efor what was done to them
Hower jesus says when sinned against one should oive their enemies.
What is structural sin?
the idea that there exists a larger, social dimension of sin beyond individual wrongdoing.
