Lesson 1

Question 1

Who is the earliest recorded written witness to the Gospel of Christ

Answer 1

Paul

Question 2

When Peter spoke of “calling on the name of the Lord” to whom would his audience have understood him to be referring?

Answer 2

Yahweh

Question 3

How did the Jewish people ensure that they did not violate the third commandment of Moses

Answer 3

Never say the name of the Lord

Question 4

Give the names that the translators substituted for YHWH in the OT and NT

Answer 4

Hebrew: Adonai
Greek: Kyrgios

Question 5

For many Jews the words “Jesus is Lord” would have been the essence of what

Answer 5

Blasphemy

Question 6

What does Paul consider the greatest evidence of Christs death and resurrection

Answer 6

The Scriptures themselves, rather than eyewitness testimonies

Question 7

Why is the hallucination theory - that, in order to cope with their grief, one or all of the disciples simply saw a dream or vision of Jesus after His - death - extremely unlikely

Answer 7

It discounts the over 500 people that saw resurrected Christ

Question 8

What proves that the doctrine that Jesus is Lord was not just a fabrication of the later church

Answer 8

The Gospel as it had been around for a couple of decades

Question 9

What informs almost everything we do today

Answer 9

Christian principles or understandings

Question 10

What has every culture that has come into contact with Christian beliefs done

Answer 10

Adapted Jesus in their own unique way