Who was Jesus?
Who did Jesus claim he was?
God
Jesus was born in Abbotsford.
False. Where was he born? Bethlehem.
Crucifixion was a mark of what?
Shame.
A special person to rescue everyone.
What is a name of Jesus involving food?
Bread of Life.
Some prophets wrote about Jesus up to 1000 years before he was born!
True. (Pslam 22 says," They have pierced my hands and feet.") written 1000 years before Jesus was born.
What did early Christians face for their belief in Christianity?
Death.
What is the definition of a hoax?
A story created to attract attention or make people believe something that isn't true.
Which 4 authors wrote about the story of Jesus?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
The chances of one person fulfilling just eight of the prophecies was one in 100,000,000,000.
True. Some smart math guys figured this out!
What does the author say must be the case in order to believe Jesus didn't die on the cross?
You need to choose certain facts in the gospel to believe and ignore others.
What is it called when two or more sides of the story are exactly the same?
Consistent.
Whose writings help us know that the stories of Jesus are not a hoax? List 2 names.
Historians. Josephus and Pliny the Younger.
The Bible has been successfully disproved by many historians.
False! In 2000 years, no one has been able to disprove the Bible.
List 4 Old Testament Prophecies Jesus fulfilled.
Birthplace-Bethlehem. Family-David's line. Blood money-30 pieces of silver. Gambling for clothes-cast lots for clothing.
What is the definition of perspective? Give an example.
Someone's point of view of a subject or event. (I might explain a car crash happening in front of me differently than someone coming from a different direction.)
What are 3 reasons we know that Jesus wasn't crazy?
He performed miracles, there were too many witnesses, he spoke to large active crowds, spoke loudly, performed miracles from far away, calmly and sanely claimed to be God, died for his claim.
Jesus appeared to ONLY his twelve disciples after he rose from the dead. No one else saw him.
False! He appeared to his disciples and at least 500 more people. There was no doubt he was alive!
Did Paul write his eyewitness account before or after the Gospels were written?
He wrote it BEFORE the Gospels were written.
What does gospel mean? Explain.
Gospel means good news. The good news is that we are forgiven and made clean because Jesus took our punishment.