Yet in All These Things We Are More Than Conquerors...
The Feast of the Cross is celebrated on these two days of the year, outside of Holy Week.
What is two times, September 27th and March 19th?
St. Paul wrote Colossians during this imprisonment.
What is his first imprisonment (Rome)?
This Roman official sentenced Christ to crucifixion.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
This is the number of stations included in the Procession of the Cross.
What is 12?
A Christian should treasure this, according to the lesson.
What is heavenly treasures/treasures in heaven?
God gave mankind this gift to know Him better.
What is reason (the mind/intellect)?
"For the message of the cross is ______ to those who are perishing."
What is foolishness?
These two Coptic calendar days are when the Feast of the Cross is celebrated.
What is Thout 17 and Paremhotep 10?
Colossae is located in this modern-day country.
What is modern-day Turkey?
This Old Testament leader lifted up the bronze serpent.
Who is Moses?
The 12 stations are divided into this many major groups.
What are 3 groups: The Story of Salvation and Servants of Salvation, Icons of Salvation, and the Sanctuary of the Church?
This happens to our priorities when our desires become heavenly.
What is our priorities become centered on God and eternity rather than temporary pleasures?
This is one danger of knowledge without humility.
What is pride, self-reliance, vanity, drifting away from God?
"Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty ______."
What is deceit?
Name three symbolic persons (types of Christ) mentioned in the lesson.
Who are: Abdel, Melchizedek, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Job, Jonah?
According to Colossians, Christ is the image of this.
What is the invisible God?
Incarnation is necessary for salvation because...
What is because only the God-Man could fulfill all the qualifications of the Savior and die on behalf of humanity?
This event from Luke's Gospel is read in front of the icon of St. Mary.
What is the visitation of St. Mary to St. Elizabeth?
Name two practices that help strengthen heavenly desires.
What are: prayer, scripture, repentance, confession, Eucharist, service, fasting?
Explain why knowledge should lead to worship rather than pride.
What is because true knowledge should produce humility, thanksgiving and worship of God, not self-glory?
"Your life is hidden with Christ in ______."
What is God?
Explain why Christ's sacrifice does not need to be repeated.
What is because Christ's sacrifice was once for all, unlimited in power, and sufficient for all humanity?
Give two differences between Colossians and Ephesians.
What is: Colossians emphasizes Christ as the Head, Ephesians emphasizes the Church as His Body. Colossians stresses Christ's supremacy, Ephesians focuses on the unity of the Church?
Christ did not choose death by burning because...
What is because Christ had to rise int he same recognizable body, proving His bodily Resurrection?
At the first station, this verse describes angels ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.
What is John 1:43-51?
The lesson teaches this about investing in eternal treasures instead of temporary ones.
What is we should invest our lives in what has eternal value, because earthly possessions pass away?
Give two characteristics of godly knowledge.
What are: humble, Christ-centered, obedient, life-changing, rooted in Scripture?
"Continue earnestly in ______, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving."
What is prayer?
Name five declarations made when we sign ourselves with the Cross.
What are: belief in the Holy Trinity, belief in the Incarnation, belief in Redemption, God's love, Christ carried our sins, we belong to Christ, we boast in the Cross, we receive the blessings of the New Covenant?
Explain why the phrase "Christ is all and in all" answered both the Judaizers and the Gnostics.
What is: Judaizers added the Law to salvation, Gnostics added philosophy, secret knowledge, and angel worship. St. Paul answered both by teaching that Christ alone is completely sufficient for salvation and perfection?
Explain how the Cross demonstrates both God's justice and His mercy at the same time.
What is God's justice required the punishment of sin, while His mercy moved Him to bear that punishment Himself through Christ's sacrifice on the Cross?
Explain why the procession begins with "The Story of Salvation" before moving to the icons of the saints.
What is because salvation begins with God's saving work, and the saints are honored as participants in that work - not its source. The procession emphasizes that Christ's salvation comes first?
Give three examples of how a teenager today can practically choose heavenly desires over earthly ones.
What are: choosing prayer over excessive entertainment, serving others instead of seeking popularity, reading scripture instead of wasting time online, forgiving others instead of holding grudges, or giving generously instead of living selfishly?
Compare worldly intelligence with spiritual wisdom by giving at least three differences.
What is: worldly intelligence seeks success; spiritual wisdom seeks Christ, worldly intelligence often produces pride; spiritual wisdom produces humility, worldly intelligence is temporary; spiritual wisdom prepares us for eternity, worldly intelligence accumulates facts; spiritual wisdom transforms hearts?
"He is the image of the invisible God, the ______ over all creation."
What is firstborn?