Story of Jesus - Final Exam

Spring 2025

When the angel Gabriel came to Mary to announce the birth of Jesus, Mary asked how this was possible. Gabriel’s response was…

“With God, all things are possible”

Gospel of John 1:14

“The world became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.“

“The world became ___ and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, _____.“

Flesh, full of grace and truth

When the devil tempted Jesus on the wilderness, we are reminded of the temptation of Adam and Eve in the garden and the testing of Israel in the wilderness.

What does Jesus represent?

Jesus represents humanity and Israel, but does what they could not do: Jesus resisted temptation and was faithful to God and his mission

When Jesus announced his mission at the beginning of his ministry in Galilee, the salvation he declared was and is ____

Holistic

Jesus spent time with tax collectors and sinners and poeple with all kinds of diseases. He even touched lepers. Sin and disease was not contagious, instead…

Jesus’ holiness was contagious

Jesus’s was of discipleship and salvation was to invite people to ____, so that they might ____, and then ____ people who take on his way of life.

Belong, believe, become

What is Jesus’s description of discipleship from Luke 6:40?

“A student is not above their teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.”

“A student is not ___ their teacher, but everyone who is fully ____ will be like their teacher.”

above, trained

John the Baptist preached a message and baptism of repentence and the forgiveness of sins. His message ____

Did not necessarily call for tax collectors and soldiers to change professions, but to be faithful to God’s way of living within that profession.

Did not necessarily call for tax collectors and soldiers to change professions, but to be ___ to God’s way of living within that profession.

faithful

Jesus often ____ and taught that prayer is a ____ with God, not about getting our way, but about ____ – “your kingdom come, your will be done.”

practiced solitude and prayer, relationship,God having his way with us

Jesus’ many interaction with women, including the woman who washed his feet and Mary who sat at his feet to listen to his teaching , shows ___.

Jesus wants women to be full disciples and participants in the kingdom of God.

The story of the compassionate samaritan was an example of someone who loved the ____ and was a good ___

stanger, neighbor

One of the main messages of Jesus is love. Jesus taught that we should ___, ____, and ____

Love one another, love our neighbor, and love our enemy

What is the working definition for the Messiah?

The anointed king of God who comes to make it right all that has gone wrong in the world.

The ____ King of God who comes to make it _____ all that has gone wrong on the world.

annointed, right

What is Jesus’ description of what it means to follow him as a disciple?

“whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”

“whoever wants to be my disciple must ____ themselves and take up their cross ____ and ____ me.”

deny, daily, follow

Luke 15 gives 3 parables; a shepherd and lost sheep, the woman and the lost coin, the father and the lost sons.

What message do these parables show?

These parables show the kind of God God is: a God who sometimes pursues, sometimes waits, and always rejoices when people repent

These parables show the kind of God God is: a God who sometimes ____, sometimes ____, and always ____ when people repent

pursues, waits, rejoices

When the teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus, he demonstrated that he was full of grace and truth. When the leaders could not trap Jesus and left him with the woman, he said to her, ____

"Neither do I condemn you; go now and leave your life of sin."

What does the story of the woman who was caught in adultery to Jesus teach?

Jesus shows people that loves people the way they are, but wants them to be changed and to flourish

"Neither do I ____ you; go now and ___ your life of sin."

condemn, leave

Jesus taught the disciples that the Old Testament Scriptures had been pointing to a ___ Messiah who would be ___ and killed, but be ___ on the third day.

suffering, rejected, raised

 Jesus taught extensively about money, wealth, and possessions. He taught:

1. These things are ____

2. That people are ____; God is the true ___.

3. Disciples must be ___, like God.

4. We must not live for or ___ money, wealth, or possessions.

temporary, stewards, owner, generous, serve

John Mark Comer’s primary description of discipleship to Jesus is:

a. ___ with Jesus.

b. ___ like him.

c. ___ as he did.

Be, become, do

John Mark Comer’s primary description of discipleship to Jesus is:

1. Be with Jesus

2. Become like him

3. Do as he did

Jesus’ death on the cross was:

a. the _____

b. The sacrifice of the ____, who ____ of the world

c. For the _____, not just Israel or the Jews

d. It is a part of the ___ (gospel) of what God has done for us

innocent for the guilty, Lamb of God, take away sins, sins of the world, good news

The resurrection of Jesus:

a. ____ “Nothing is impossible with God.”

b. The resurrection shows that ______ (which means He’s in charge of the world, and He is the Messiah/Christ, which means He makes right all that has gone wrong in the world.)

c. The resurrection gives meaning to the death of Jesus. Jesus’ crucifixion was no ordinary execution. His _____

d. The resurrection gives _____ in a new and different life, starting now.

Jesus has conquered death, Jesus is Lord, death was for the sins of the world, power to those who believe

The _____ is not about my work for God, but about God’s work for me through the cross and resurrection of Jesus to bring holistic salvation (“the flourishing life you are created for”).

gospel

What does the death and resurrection of Jesus show us?

shows that God loves us

Jesus can guide us through the process of ____ and ____. He can help us ___ down and ____ back up.

deconstruction, reconstruction, break, build

Jesus spent 40 days with the disciples after his resurrection. Before he returned to heaven, he told the, “I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the disciples were to be his witnesses, going into the world to tell others about him and to teach them how to live like Jesus

The Six Acts of the Big Story of God:

1. ___ for good

2. ___ by sin

3. ___ to bless

4. ____ by Jesus

5. Sent to ___

6. Redeemed to ___

chosen, damaged, chosen, redeemed, represent, full