SOAs

Question 1

SOAs for Jesus as the Messiah

Answer 1

Mark:
- ‘Peter answered, “you are the Messiah”’
- ‘Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?’ And Jesus replied ‘I am’
- ‘Let’s see if Elijah comes to bring him down from the cross!’ -> references OT prophecy

Question 2

SOA for Jesus’ Baptism

Answer 2

Mark:
- ‘I baptise you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit’
- ‘the spirit coming down on him like a dove’

Question 3

SOA for The Calming of The Storm

Answer 3

Mark:
- ‘be quiet … be still! The wind died down’
- ‘even the wind and waves obey him’

Question 4

SOA for the Feeding of The 5000

Answer 4

Mark:
- ‘his heart was filled with pity for them’
- ‘everyone ate and had enough’
- ‘gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people’

Question 5

SOA for Jesus Walks On Water

Answer 5

Mark:
- ‘they saw him walking on the lake’

Psalm 77:
- ‘your paths led through sea’

OT:
- only someone with divine power can conquer the waves

Question 6

SOA for Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus’ Cloak

Answer 6

Mark:
- ‘your faith has made you well’ (about the woman)
- ‘she got up at once and started walking around’ BUT ‘Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone)

Question 7

SOA for the Healing of Legion

Answer 7

Mark:
- ‘this man had an evil spirit in him’
- ‘go back home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you’ -> spreading the Word
- ‘lived among the tombs’ ‘irons on his feet’

Question 8

SOA about Peter’s Confession

Answer 8

Mark:
- ‘you are the messiah’ .. ‘do not tell anyone about me’
- ‘the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected by the elders’

Question 9

SOA for the Transfiguration

Answer 9

Mark:
- ‘Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has risen from death’
- ‘a voice came from the cloud, this is my own dear Son - listen to him’
- ‘his clothes became shining white’

Question 10

SOA for the Healing of the Paralysed Man

Answer 10

Mark:
- ‘when Jesus saw their faith he said … your sins are forgiven’
- ‘why are you thinking these things?’ -> Jesus rebuked the Pharisees who questioned authority and believed he was blaspheming

Question 11

SOA for the disagreements over the Sabbath

Answer 11

Mark:
- ‘sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath’
- ‘to help or to harm?’ -> Jesus after curing a man with a paralysed man on Sabbath - angered the teachers

Question 12

SOA for Jesus Goes to the Temple

Answer 12

Mark:
- ‘you have turned it [his temple] into a hideout for thieves’
- ‘began to drive out all those who were buying and selling’

Question 13

1 Corinthians

Answer 13

• instructs the Christians to remember the Last Supper -> ‘do this in remembrance if me’
• tells them to do it in honour and that the cup is ‘God’s new covenant’

Question 14

SOA for the Last Supper

Answer 14

Mark:
- ‘the Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will’ -> recognises God’s plan
- ‘one of you will betray me’
- ‘my blood which seals the new covenant’

Question 15

SOA for Peter’s Denial

Answer 15

Mark:
- Peter said ‘I will never leave you’

Question 16

SOAs that confirm Jesus’ divinity and him as the incarnation

Answer 16

Luke: ‘you will conceive and give birth to a son’

John: ‘the Word became flesh’

Question 17

SOA for Prayers in Gethsemane

Answer 17

Mark:
- ‘take this cup of suffering away from me’
- ‘the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak’

Question 18

SOA for the Betrayal

Answer 18

Mark:
- ‘the one I kiss is the man’
- Jesus says ‘the scriptures must be fulfilled’

Question 19

Evidence the Jewish authorities had against Jesus

Answer 19

Mark:
- ‘yours sins are forgiven’ (Paralysed Man)

Question 20

SOA for Jesus’ Crucifixion

Answer 20

Mark:
- ‘the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two’
- ‘the teachers of the Law made fun of Jesus’

Question 21

SOA for Jesus Calls Four Fishermen

Answer 21

Mark:
- ‘follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men’

Question 22

SOA for Jesus Calls Levi

Answer 22

Mark:
- ‘people who are well don’t need a doctor but only those who are sick’
- beliefs shouldn’t dictate whether someone is worth saving and those who don’t belief need more help than those who already do (in order to achieve salvation)

Question 23

SOA for the Sending out of the Twelve

Answer 23

Mark:
- ‘he sent them out two by two and gave them all authority over evil spirits’
- ‘they went out and preached that people should turn away from their sins’
- ‘they drove out many demons’ -> shows Jesus had trust in them

Question 24

SOAs for discipleship in the 21st century

Answer 24

Mark:
- ‘let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me’ -> to be a disciple you have to act like Jesus and get rid of distractions

• ‘he said to them “go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned”’

Question 25

SOA for Parable of the Tenants

Answer 25

Mark:
- ‘the stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all’

Question 26

SOA for the Parable of the Sower

Answer 26

Mark:
- ‘whoever has ear to hear, let them hear’

Question 27

SOA for Jesus’ Teachings on Service

Answer 27

Mark:
- ‘whoever wants to become great (..) must be your servant’
- Jesus himself ‘did not come to be served, but to serve’
- ‘whoever wants to be first must be slave of all’

Question 28

SOA for the Problem of Being Rich

Answer 28

Mark:
- ‘it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God’

Question 29

SOA for the Spirit Cast Out of the Boy

Answer 29

Mark:
- ‘everything is possible for him who believes’
- ‘this kind can come out only by prayer’
- ‘he foams at the mouth’