POJ: AUTHORITY AS TEACHER OF WISDOM Flashcards
What is meant by ‘repentance’?
Radical change of mind set or heart.
What is meant by ‘forgiveness’?
Cancellation of debts, literally and metaphorically.
What does the Lost Son parable urge people to do?
Be forgiving. Avoid being unforgiving like the older son in the parable.
What was Jesus’ moral teaching also about?
Inner purity and moral motivation.
Give a quote from when Jesus criticises the Pharisees.
“Whitewashed graves.”
What does Dawkins state about Jesus?
“Jesus was a great moral teacher.”
Give a quote for Jesus’ teachings regarding anger.
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you.”
What other Parable can be applied?
The Good Samaritan.
What are the two moral teachings on?
- Repentance and forgiveness.
- Inner purity and moral motivation.
What does repentance mean?
Radical change of mind set or heart; a desire to change a whole way of life.
What does forgiveness mean?
Cancellation of debts, literally and metaphorically.
What does the Sermon on the Mount urge people to do?
Aim to be perfect like the father is perfect.
Where is there evidence of Jesus’ unique attitude to sinners?
“People who are well do not need a doctor, only those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
What did Jesus call the Pharisees? What is this evidence of?
“Whitewashed graves” - evidence of inner purity and moral motivation.
What did Jesus preach a message of?
Love for all - he healed the sick who were treated as outsiders and mixed with sinners.
What does the sermon on the mount demonstrate?
That intentions are more important than outcomes - deontological.
What did Jesus teach a message of?
Agape - unconditional love.
What did Jesus urge for?
Spirituality not materialism - you need to be genuine in your love of God.
What 3 main things can you talk about in relation to Jesus’ teachings of inner purity and moral motivation?
- “whitewashed graves”
- sermon on the mount
- agape
What is Jesus urging people about in the parable of the Good Samaritan?
To have a changed attitude to the foreigners, the Samaritans. Instead, of socially isolating them, he is urging acceptance.
What did C.S. Lewis reject in relation to Jesus’ relationship with God?
Anyone who accepted Jesus as a teacher but not the Son of God.
What did C.S. Lewis state about Jesus’ relationship with God?
“A man who is merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher.”
