New Testament Final Exam Study Guide Notes

Picture Identification

  • Symbols of the evangelists, birth accounts, and the martyrdom of Stephen, Peter, and Paul.

Wisdom Books

  • Purpose of the Wisdom Books:

    • Highlight the fear of the Lord as a major theme.

  • Proverbs:

    • Teaches practical wisdom.

    • Intended for all.

  • Job:

    • Deals with the problem of suffering.

    • Teaches how to process struggle/suffering.

    • Suffering should be processed with righteousness.

    • Readers learn about suffering.

  • Ecclesiastes:

    • Teaches about the meaninglessness of life (hevel).

    • Hevel: Meaningless, absurd, vanity.

    • Proper response to hevel: Accept it and fear God.

    • The proper response to Hevel is to praise Yahweh.

Wisdom Books – Important Concepts

  • Alleluia: Praise Yahweh.

  • Hevel: Meaningless.

Gospels and Gospel Writers

  • New Moses: Matthew presents Jesus as the New Moses.

  • First and Shortest Gospel: Mark.

  • Messiah for Savior: Matthew changed the word Messiah for Savior.

  • Word of God: John presents Jesus as the Word of God.

  • Church’s Gospel: Matthew is known as the church’s gospel.

  • Disciple Who Jesus Loved: John regards himself as this disciple.

  • Begins with Ministry of Jesus: Mark.

  • Tax Collector: Matthew.

General Info About Mark

  • Time of Writing: During a time of suffering and persecution for Jesus’ followers.

  • Suffering: Jesus’ followers must suffer as Christ did and be persecuted.

  • Markan Priority: The argument that Mark was the first gospel written.

  • Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

    • Synoptic: Seen together.

  • Messianic Secret: To not reveal the Messiah's identity.

General Info About Matthew

  • Genealogy: To share its importance and David's.

  • Immanuel: God is with us.

  • Golden Rule: Treat others the way you want to be treated.

  • Great Commission: Matter to share its importance.

  • Kingdom of God:

    • He is the true king of the world and we are to join his Kingdom

    • Requires us to share its importance.

  • Jesus’ Dream: It was Jesus vision of the future idealization.

    • Referred to as the Kingdom of God (KG), ideal paradise.

Parable

  • Short stories that teach a lesson.

Beatitudes

  • Meaning: Happiness.

  • Teaches: Attitude of being.

Testament

  • Define: Covenant.

  • Explain its implications.

General Info About Luke and Acts

Luke

  • Author: Convert through St. Paul that was a gentile.

  • Annunciation: Announcement.

  • Universal Savior: Term Luke uses to explain the Jewish title Messiah to avoid confusing his gentile audience.

  • Childhood Account: Luke is the only gospel to narrative an account of Jesus’ childhood.

  • Lost Years: There is nothing writing of his teenage life.

Acts

  • Content: Early church in Jerusalem.

  • Nicknames:

    • Acts of the Apostles.

    • The Gospel of the Holy Spirit.

  • Sources: Paul teaagffe.

  • Nickname for Jesus’ Followers: The Way.

  • Pentecost:

    • What is it? Ijppiness.

    • Transformed the lives of the apostles.

    • Glossolalia: Speaking in tongues.

  • Council of Jerusalem:

    • Purpose: universalsavior.

    • Outcome: It tells story.

    • Salvation through faith, replacing circumcision.

    • Changed Christianity forever.

    • Prior to the council of Jerusalem, no one could become Christian before becoming Jewish.

General Info About John

  • Purpose of Writing: To show God and moodae.

  • Sources Used: In Jesus the word of God.

  • Christology: heavenlyffe-being. anyone who denies the doctorine of the incarnation.

  • Logos: Word of God

  • Miracles: John uses the word Semeion (signs) to refer to Jesus’ miracles.

  • Incarnation: Jesus Gods message of love a piece Wi-Fi.

  • I AM Sayings:

    • Significance: Ottdeefeea

    • Old Testament Reference: Military leader.

  • Pascal Lamb: To showGodon.

  • Jesus as the Word of God:

    • Implies His existence from the beginning.

    • Doctrine of the Incarnation: Jesus as God made flesh.

    • Incarnation as a revelation of God: Wi-Fi

  • Eucharist:

    • Eat His flesh and drink His blood: To share God's divine life.

    • Literal Meaning: Yes.

    • Importance of Mass:

    • Eucharistic miracles proof: heaven.

  • INRI: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.

  • Crucifixion: To show God ontiadem.

  • Resurrection: Life after death.

  • Roman Crucifixion: To show God ontiadem a warning to subdue the kingdom to the wild.

  • Jesus Crucified by Romans: Jesus was killed as a military leader for allegedly. trying to overthrow the government.

  • Cross as a Symbol of Victory: heavenffe

  • Evidence of Jesus’ Resurrection: heavenffe.

Revelation

  • Purpose: Heavenlyffe

  • Apocalyptic Writing/Literature: Reveals heavenlyffe and future things.

  • Time of Writing: During Roman persecution.

  • Antichrist: Anyone who denies the doctrine of the Incarnation represents the kingdoms.

  • Apocalypse: Revelation.

  • Martyr:

    • Def: ooyaneavenlyffe-being. anyone who denies the doctorine of the incarnation.

    • Who are they? People who are killed because of their faith.

  • Images of Beasts: Represent the evil empires that will rule over the world.

  • 888: Represents Jesus.

  • 666: Rohteperfection.

General Info

  • Years Jesus Lived: No Notheydidnt believethey were forming a new religion.

  • Language Jesus Spoke:Iter.

  • Christ: Holy.

  • Jesus:obtainsalvationthroughourlord.

  • Jesus as the “New Testament”: life that pleases God.

  • Resurrection/Judgment Day: obtainsfromimmortality.

  • Why Jesus was not accepted as the Messiah by the Jews: Rohteperfection.

  • Gentiles: nations of people who were circumsised.

  • Gospel: good news.

    • Gospel Writers/Evangelists: Share the good news.

  • Disciple: A follower of Christ.

  • Leprosy:

    • Spiritual Impact: Rohteperfection.

    • Physical and Emotional Impact: Holy.

  • Sanhedrin’s Persecution of the Way: They denied.

  • Jesus’ Annunciation:

    • Messenger: Gabriel.

    • Recipient: Mary.

  • Jesus’ Birth Narratives:

    • Matthew: Rohteperfection.

    • Luke:iter.

  • Genealogy:

    • Matthew: heavenllyffe.

    • Luke: Holy.

  • Classical/Historical Sources: Iter.

    • Importance:Iter.

  • Miracles: It matters than ever.

    • Types: Holy.

  • Gospels and Resurrection Stories:iter.

  • Early Church and New Religion: Rohteperfection.

  • Hosana: Holy.

  • Abba: Rohteperfection

  • Parousia: iter.

  • Ascension of Jesus. Dediedrose.

  • Priest: Rohteperfection.

  • Catholic: Iter nation sof people who were circumsised.

  • Gehenna: a nowislookingoutfperayse.hn.

  • Paraclete

  • . What does it mean? mediator.

  • b. What does it represent? heavenllyffe.

  • Doctrines About Mary:

    • Immaculate Conception:iter. heavenllyffe.

    • Ever-Virgin: livesasinless life

    • Assumption: Theword in their language is heavenllyffe.

  • Jesus on Marriage and Divorce: notcorrect itsmeant to be cousins.

  • Brothers and Sisters of Jesus: the sametion.

  • Women and Priesthood: Holy.

  • Ritual of the Mass: Essense.

Religious and Political Groups/Sects During Jesus’ Time

  • Pharisees: Established doctrines and religious disputes.

  • Pharisees: Paul was a member of this sect.

  • Sadducees: In charge of the Temple worship.

  • Zealots: Instigated revolts that led to the destruction of the second temple.

  • Essenes: Holy.

  • Essenes: Holy. John the beloved apostle was a member of this sect.

  • Gnostics: Looked upon as a mystery sect practicing a “mystery cult”.

  • Scribes: Masters of scripture.

  • Zealots: Wanted to overthrow Roman rule with force.

Important People

Peter

  • Relationship with Paul: Holy

  • Death: Crucified upside down in Rome.

Paul

  • Known As: Apostle to the Gentiles.

  • Background: iter

  • Hebrew Name: Lavior

  • Conversion: Judgingothers issinful

  • Preaching Methods: iter.

  • Teachings from Romans: Obtainsalvationthroughourlord

  • Christians Preparation: Holy

  • Theme in 1 Thessalonians: Life that pleases God

  • Advise Paul give: obtainfrom immortality

  • Paul and NT Letters: Have faith love salvation.

  • Paul's Death: no beheaded romancitizenship under altar in 2nd largest church.

Pastoral Letters

  • Another Name: Epistles.

  • Teachings: Helps us understand how the catholic is universal.

  • Peter: iter

  • James: Prove faith through actions a control what you say.

  • Antichrist (2 John): Anyone who denies the doctrine of the incarnation.

Stephen

  • Importance: Holy

  • Death: Is the 1stmartyr stoned to death for believing in Jesus.

Final Exam Essay Topics

  • Topic I:

    • Summarize John 6:53-58 regarding eating Jesus’ body and drinking His blood.

    • Why is Communion necessary for Catholics/Christians according to John?

    • Describe a Eucharistic miracle and how it validates the Mass.

    • How is Jesus a source of nourishment for you? How does this nourishment guide your daily choices?

  • Topic II:

    • Pick one teaching from Ecclesiastes (Hevel), Romans (Justification by faith), James (faith without works and taming one’s speech) or 1 Peter (suffering and the bearing of one’s cross).

    • Explain the teaching and its importance (connecting it to your personal life).

    • Explain how the teaching becomes the living word of God, giving concrete examples from your personal life.