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Question | Answer |
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What were the two major things that prepared Jesus for the start of his ministry? | -His baptism -Spending 40 days being tempted in the Wilderness |
Who prepared the way for Jesus? | John the baptist |
What was the two main purposes of John the Baptist's ministry? | -to prepare the way for Jesus -to baptize people in a baptism of repentance |
What happened immediately after Jesus was baptized? | The Holy Spirit descended on him like a dove, and the Father declared "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" |
Why did Jesus spend 40 days fasting in the wilderness? | Because it reflected the 40 years that the Israelites wandered and were tempted in the wilderness |
How did Jesus fight temptation? | By knowing Scripture (both memorizing it, and knowing when Scripture was taken out of context) |
After Jesus defeated temptation, what happened? | Angels came to minister to him (refilling his Spiritual cup since it was all poured out) |
How long did Jesus' earthly ministry last? | 3 1/2 years |
Where did Jesus spend most of his early ministry? | Judea |
Where did Jesus spend most of the middle of his ministry? | Galilee |
Where did Jesus spend the end of his ministry? | With his disciples |
Who were the first four disciples that Jesus called? | Simon (Peter), Andrew, James, and John |
What did Jesus say to his first disciples when he called them? | "I will make you fishers of men" |
After Jesus called the first disciples, what was their response? | They followed him immediately and left everything |
What did Jesus do to publicly begin his ministry? | He performed a miracle at a wedding in Cana |
What miracle did Jesus perform at the wedding in Cana? | Turning water into wine |
What was so important about the water vessels that Jesus used for his miracle? | They were ritual vessels meant for purification, he turned them into something for celebration. This was a symbol of the new covenant through Jesus |
Who was Nicodemus? | A Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who secretly met with Jesus for a conversation |
What does it mean to be born again? | Being born again is a spiritual birth into God's family through faith in Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit |
How is Jesus like the Bronze Serpent? | The punishment for the people's sin was death, both Jesus and the bronze serpent were sent and lifted up to save anyone that had faith and looked up. |
What reference to the Old Testament did Jesus use when he spoke with Nicodemus? | The bronze serpent |
Why was it such a big deal that Jesus passed through Samaria? | Because Jews and Samaritans hated each other for hundreds of years |
Why did the Jews hate the Samaritans? | The people of Samaria no longer worshiped in the Temple (in Jerusalem), but stayed in Samaria. Then the people intermarried with Assyrians, which according to the Jewish people defiled them and made them unclean. |
What does Jesus tell the woman about what worship would soon look like? | It doesn't matter where you're from or where you worship, as long as you worship in spirit and truth. |
Who was the first stranger that Jesus revealed his identity to? | The Women at the well |
Why did Jesus reveal who he was to the woman at the well? | Because Jesus cares for the outcasts and the rejects of society, and he chose her because of who HE is, not because of who she was. |
How did Jesus heal the son of the official from Capernaum? | With just his words |
Why did the people of Samaria receive Jesus? | Because they heard his words and believed in him |
Why did the people of Galilee receive Jesus? | Because they wanted him to perform miracles and heal their people |
When Jesus healed the crippled man at the pool at Bethesda, why where the Pharisees angry? | Because he healed on the Sabbath and the man carried his mat on the Sabbath (which defiled their oral tradition) |
What did Jesus say after healing the man at Bethesda that made the Pharisees want to kill him? | He called God his Father, making himself equal to God |
What is so significant about the story of Jesus healing the man at Bethesda? | Jesus reveals more about who he is, claiming the authority of being God's own son |