10 Commands
Finish this verse: "Then God spoke all these words: I am the LORD your God...you shall _______..." Exodus 20:1-3
What is 'have no other gods before me'?
The word 'credo' is the Latin word which gives us the word 'Creed," which means this.
What is "I believe".
2 part answer: This person taught his disciples how to pray, using this.
Who is Jesus, with the Lord's Prayer.
The first season of the church year.
What is Advent?
This is the name for someone who confesses that Jesus is a historical person, who puts us in touch with God, and that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the anointed one).
What is a Christian?
This tiny book helps us to understand what the 10 Commandments mean for our lives.
What is Luther's Small Catechism?
The 1st Article of the Apostles Creed addresses how God the Father does this.
What is Creates?
When we pray as God commands (using the Lord's Prayer or other prayers), God promises to do this.
What is Hear our Prayer?
Red.
What is the color for the Day of Pentecost and Confirmation?
This is created in you by the Holy Spirit. Another word for it is trust. It is something that occurs in relationship.
(It activates our minds and hearts, planting in us a new curiosity about everything - pointing us to place us trust in Jesus.)
What is faith in Christ?
The first three commandments deal with relationship between these two parties.
What are us & God (vertical/up and down)
The 2nd Article of the Apostles Creed addresses how God the Son (Jesus) does this.
What is Redeems or Saves us?
Even if you're out of town, you can do this to hear God's Word and receive God's gifts?
What is worship?
We call these two things the "means of grace." They are the ways that God gets through to us through the power of the Holy Spirit. (hint: you experience W___ and S____ in worship)
What is Word and Sacrament?
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Draw the Shield of the Trinity. (hint: the shield of the trinity is a visual picture of the relationships between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
The Shield of the Trinity has God in the center, with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit on the corners; all persons of the Trinity are separate, but they are all still one as God. Words connect the parts; the Father IS God, the Son IS God, etc... the HS is NOT the Son, etc.
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Write down Commandments 1, 2, and 3. *must get all 3 correct to score.
1. I am the LORD your God, you shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your god in vain.
3. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
In the 3rd Article of the Apostles Creed, God the Holy Spirit does this.
What is Sanctifies, or makes us holy?
This faith practice involves paying attention (reading, listening, reflecting) to God's Word and can be done independently and as a group. Doing this regularly is a key way of loving and following God.
What is studying Scripture?
This one day of the church calendar reminds us of our mortality; and how we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. It precedes the season of Lent.
What is Ash Wednesday?
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Make a list of the ways faith makes a difference.
Faith makes a difference in many ways.
We no longer feel we are responsible for everything (freedom!) We know that we can't manage everything (relief!) Gives you someone to trust beyond yourself (gift!) You realize you aren't alone because God is participating in your life (companionship!)
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Write down FIVE of the final 7 commandments. *must get 5 correct to score.
4. Honor your Father and Mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbors house.
10. You shall not covet neighbor's wife...or anything else.
A Lutheran is a type of Christian who believes in these three 'solas' or 'only's' that were defined in the Reformation. (Sola ______, sola _______, and sola ______.)
What is 'Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, and Sola Gratia?
Fill in the blanks (same word): We are ______ from: sin, death, and the devil. We are _______ for: Loving God and loving our neighbor.
What is saved?
(salvation is God's grace through faith)
What is Lent?
The 'Word of God' refers to these three things, sometimes called the spoken, written, and living Word of Christ.
Spoken - preaching! Written - the Bible! Living Word = Jesus Christ!