the identity of jesus exam questions Flashcards
How does the calmimg of the storm cause problems for Christians today?
==The disciples don’t have faith in Jesus.This sets them out as a bad example and highlights their weak relationship with jesus. they were frightened and did not trust jesus
==This is scientifically impossible
==some see it as Jesus guiding people through ‘stormy times’.(symbol of chaos)
===Why does Jesus stop this storm but allows other more dangerous storms to occur around the world.
==The disciple were not able to recognise who Jesus
was.they said amongst themselves,”who is this man?”.If disciples couldnt recognise who he was how could we
D?///Jesus didnt really calm the storm
I agree:
i disagree:==because he was the son of God
====he he was divine
d//The baptism of Jesus shows that he must have been divine
agree:n
==john recognised that Jesus was divine
===the holy spirit descended on Jesus in the form of a doveod ,
==A voice from heaven usually associated woith God said ,@this is my son@
Disagree:
==He must have been sinful as there was a need to be baptised
==Jesus was simply using his baptism as a start of his ministry and nothing elese
==baptism does not make a person divine
b//do u think that the feeding of the five thousand was possible
===Jesus can perform miracles
==Too many people witnessed it to be denied
===It is recorded in Marks gospel .the word of God and therefor it must be true
disagree
===It is scientiffivcally impossible to create something from nothing
==It was never meant to be taken literally(they were fed spiritually)
===other explanations(500 people came and went and some brougt their own food)
c//What do we learn about Jesus in his Baptism
==he is the Son of God .God said
==He is the Messaih that has been prophesised
==It shows that Jesus is ready to start his mission
==It shows that Jesus is special because he is full of the
d//why is the Baptism of Jesus is important ?
===Christians see this as sign of the trinity //God.son.Holy spirit
===today christoians use the baptism as a sign that they are following Jesus’ foootsteps
==Some christians believe that through baptism original sin is washed away.
===baptism is an important sacrament
b//what are the problems caused by the baptism
==baptismsan act of repentance so is Jesus sinful?
==baptism is for welcoming people into God’s family-why does Jesus need to be welcomed into Gods family
c//what do we learn about Jesus in peters confession
==there is still confusion about jesus’ identity
==peter identifies jesus as the messiah
==jesus wants his identity to be kept a secret
jesus must suffer and die
c//what do we learn about jesus at his transfiguration
==it identified Jesus as the son of god,”this is my son”
==It identifies jesus as the messiah-elijah and moses were there.jesus fufils the scripture , fufils law and prophets
c//how does the feeding of the five thousand cause problems for christians today
==it is scientifically impossible to produce food from nothing
==some Christians think jesus set an example by sharing the small amount of food and then others copied
==some christians think mark exaggerated the size
==mark never intended his readers to take this story at face value but to symbolize the fact followers that it was their duty to help the poor and feed the hungery.
c//explain why the healing of the legion causes problems for christians today
==firstly jesus send the evil spirits into the pigs and caused their death.This doesnt match with christ belief that jesus ois a loving and caring god to all living creatures.
==idea of driving out demons is a superstitionand is scientifically impossible.people reject the exoistance of demons
==the man probs had mental illnes .Why couldnt jesus understand this
==jesus did not consider the farmer
c//why did transfiguration cause problems for christians tody?
==first;ly it is scientifically impossible for people to raise back from the dead
==jesus was glowing white is scientifically impossible .It probably had symbollic meaning
==there were only three witnesses
==why didnt the disciples go and spread the news.This means it may have never happened
d//jesus is the Messiah
agree:
==i agree because he was a descendant of king david(important figurr in jewish community)
==he appeared with moses and elijah and this was prophesised in thye scriptures
==lastly god called out to him as the son
dis
==jesus was depressed and scared,human emosions thus he is not the messiah
==jews wanted a warrior ..jesus was loving and kind.
==jews expected messaih to be royal..jesus entered on a donkey.
c//explain what healing of jairuses daughter shows about jesus
==it shows that jesus had passion for the outcast s-he saw everyone equally, it was very unclean for people to go into public.
==jesus had power over sickness
==jesus had power over life and death.brought girl back from the dead
==it shows that if you believe in jesus anything is possible
