Theology Exam 6

What does Jesus' journey consist of?

Teachings and Parables

What is following Jesus like?

A journey, you learn as you go.

Major theme of Luke Pt. 2

Discipleship costs a lot

Where does murder and salvation come from?

The same place, Jerusalem.

What did Jesus say in Luke's last supper?

"This cup is the new covenant by my blood, which is poured out for you"

Main theme of the Passion

Jesus' innocent suffering at the righteous Servant

Prophetic Voice

A voice that speaks God's will. Jesus is like Old Testement Prophets in Luke.

What does Acts 1-8 serve as?

A table of contents.

What does the Pentacost demonstrate?

God meets people where they're at.

Communal Life: Template for Church

Liturgy of the word

Liturgy of the Eucharist

A Just Lifestyle

What are humans' key role?

To spread the good news

What do disciples think blessing is?

To receive evidence that your life is like the Jesus story

What did the apostles decide about gentiles?

They would allow them entrance in to the Kingdom of God

Pentecost

The moment the Holy Spirit give the apostles the ability to preach the gospel in other languages

What is the Pentecost a sign of?

God is forming a new humanity under his rule

Martyr

Someone who sees something important. Jesus is killed for this.

Luke and Acts are what?

Volume 1 and 2 written by the same person.

Luke's first theme

Jesus is the savior of the whole world

Luke's second theme

Holy Spirit will have a central role in the new age of salvation

Luke's third theme

Good news for the lowly, poor, and oppressed

What is Luke's gospel the only one to do?

Tell us about Jesus' childhood.

What is a true follower in Luke?

Someone who approaches Jesus in awe and humility and gives up everything to follow him

What does Luke see going hand in hand?

Spiritual and social realities

What does Jesus say about outsiders and the proud?

Outsider/outcast will receive forgiveness and healing while the proud and self-righteous will miss out

Salvation

About whole human beings, the present, what God does through people.

What does Paul do when christ reveals himself?

Considers the new covenant, where believers themselves were God’s Temple, on a journey towards the renewed heaven and earth (Promised Land)

What does Paul spend the rest of his life doing?

Traveling the roman empire preaching and establishing churches.

What are the patterns in Paul’s work?

1. He concentrates on cities

2. Begins preaching in synagogues preaching to Jews 

3. Then expands ministry to Gentiles (non-Jews).

What does God Bind himself too?

A story.

What is God, and what does he want?

He is unknowable in His infiniteness, but He wants to be known by us. 

Common Theme of Paul’s letters.

Live the Jesus Story as he has lived the Jesus Story 

Missional

For everyone, telling and living the Jesus story.

What is The Big Idea in John?

That Jesus is alive and real, and that his message can change peoples lives and the world

What does John say about God's Word?

That God’s Word was 'with God,' meaning it is distinct, yet also states 'the Word was God,' indicating that it is divine.

What happens to the Divine Word later in John’s poem?

It becomes human as Jesus

What does Jesus’ seven titles prepare us for?

John’s love of sevens.

What do Jesus’ claims about being the Son of God result in?

misunderstanding or controversy, and people being forced to make a choice about who they think Jesus is.

what does the first miraculous sign reveal?

The generosity of Jesus’ kingdom

What does ‘eternal life’ refer to in John?

A life infused with God’s love that lasts forever.

What does Jesus say about the true temple?

That he is the true temple where God’s presence dwells, and says “I and the Father are one”

What does believing Jesus is the messiah allow you to do?

Live life in his name

What does Jesus telling the disciples to love everybody reveal?

It reveals Jesus and God to the world

What will Jesus’ spirit do?

Draws them into love of the Father and the Son, and will be with them always.

What do Jesus’ “I am” statements refer to?

God’s name in exodus and Isaiah

How does the world’s true king gain victory?

Through self-giving love and letting evil conquer him.

Where does success come from?

Listening to Jesus and Obeying him.

What is the contrast of God’s Kingdom in John’s gospel regarding the world?

God’s Kingdom is for the world but not of the world, implying it has radically different values defined by Jesus’ self-giving love as revealed through his death on the Cross.

722 BCE

Exile

586 BCE

Another Exile and destruction of first temple

70 CE

Destruction of second temple