the person of jesus

Question 1

what are jesus’ titles

Answer 1

the son of god
teacher of wisdom
liberator

Question 2

who is jesus

Answer 2

described to be the son of god, his divine nature is shown through his miracles, resurrection and knowledge of god

Question 3

what is authority

Answer 3

the influence that a person or thing has to command respect of others. the chief characteristics of authority is recognition. without recognition and acceptance of authority by others, the authority is nothing

Question 4

why does jesus have authority for christians

Answer 4

was part of the reincarnation
knowledge of ideas that were unknown by humans

Question 5

how does the divinity of jesus show through his miracles

Answer 5

breaks laws of nature
shows the link with God
shows jesus’ omnipotence

Question 6

how is jesus’ divinity shown through his resurrection

Answer 6

only jesus came back to life
jesus conquered his death
what the gospels culminated

Question 7

how does jesus’ divinity shown through the knowledge of god

Answer 7

the trinity
jesus’ brith
the father and I are one (john 10)

Question 8

how does the new testament apply the term god to jesus

Answer 8

“in the beginning the word already existed; and the word was with god, and the word was god”

Question 9

what are some miracles of jesus

Answer 9

walking on water
blind man see
feeding of 5000

Question 10

what does freud say about miracles

Answer 10

would say its a problem with the brain - wish fulfillment

Question 11

what does hume say about miracles

Answer 11

states there are no modern day miracles and so therefore the writers of bible have embellished the stories of jesus

Question 12

what does karl rahner say about jesus

Answer 12

if jesus had his fathers awareness of all time, he can hardly be called human

Question 13

what does gerald o’collins say about jesus

Answer 13

challenges the possibility of answering these sorts of questions because understanding the inner experiences of jesus’ life is very challenging particularly as he left no writings

Question 14

what does hick say about jesus

Answer 14

if jesus was only aware of gods will and his willingness to act - no different to many others
without the incarnation christianity becomes one of many religions that each perceive god in a different way

Question 15

what does c.s.lewis say about jesus

Answer 15

rejected anyone who accepted jesus as a teacher but not the son of god

Question 16

what is the context of jesus and the law

Answer 16

religion that was followed was judaism
jews follow mitzvot religiously
leaders were strict pharisees
jesus taught that laws can be broken

Question 17

what are some of jesus’ teachings setting a moral example

Answer 17

he forgave humanity on the cross
miracles
agape

Question 18

what is repentance

Answer 18

radical change of mind set or heart; a desire to change a whole way of life

Question 19

whats forgiveness

Answer 19

cancellation of debts, literally and metaphorically - once a person is forgive they are set free mentally and materially to start afresh

Question 20

whats inner purity and moral motivation

Answer 20

to do what is truly right because of a good heart; to develop good and true character

Question 21

what does richard dawkins say about jesus

Answer 21

jesus was a great moral teacher

Question 22

what does gerd theissen and annette mez say

Answer 22

jesus is a rabbi
taught in the synagogue

Question 23

what does john hick say about jesus

Answer 23

tried to remove beliefs about jesus that he sees as contentious but attempts to keep jesus and christianity

Question 24

what does c.s.lewis say about jesus

Answer 24

criticised those who accepted jesus as a teacher of moral wisdom but not as the son of god

Question 25

why was jesus a role model

Answer 25

he died on the cross - showed agape
revolutionary to fight for social justice
he knew part of the eternal law
god incarnate

Question 26

what are some examples of teachings about forgiveness

Answer 26

adulterous woman
forgave saul
crucifixion
the lost sheep
forgave peter for betraying him and cutting off a guards ear
forgave the romans ‘father forgive them’
forgave judas for betraying him
forgave thomas for doubting him

Question 27

what are the examples of teachings about inner purity and moral motivation

Answer 27

good samaritan
healed the sick man
feeding of the 5000
teaches agape
prodical son
jesus spent time with the marginalised
the golden rule
jesus taught about service and servant hood

Question 28

what is a liberator

Answer 28

someone who brings freedom to the oppressed

Question 29

whats the marginalised of the poor

Answer 29

people pushed to the edge of society

Question 30

whats challenge to political authority

Answer 30

goes against those in power at time

Question 31

whats challenge to religious authority

Answer 31

questioning the religion at the time

Question 32

what were the main groups in society

Answer 32

romans
pharisees
scribes
sadducees
zealots

Question 33

whats were the romans

Answer 33

the controlled the holy land and allowed the jews to keep order in in daily society

Question 34

what were the pharisees

Answer 34

these were the peoples party and followed the old testament religiously. they wanted strict religious law to be obeyed

Question 35

what were the scribes

Answer 35

experts at interpretation of the law

Question 36

what were the zealots

Answer 36

a revolutionary group who wants to overthrow the romans by force/jesus tried to distance himself from this group

Question 37

how was jesus a liberator

Answer 37

liberated from sin through death
liberated from earth - kingdom of god
liberated from a legalistic society
liberated from social barriers

Question 38

what is a revolutionary

Answer 38

someone who causes a complete or dramatic change; political revolutionary

Question 39

how was jesus a revolutionary

Answer 39

challenged the social and cultural norms of the times with many examples when he lived under the roman occupation

Question 40

what political statements did jesus make

Answer 40

preached about the kingdom of god which was seen to take authority and power from those who were holding it at the time
welcomed tax collectors
brought groups of people together that were shunned by other areas of society

Question 41

whats the nicene creed