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Name______Jesus Christ: God’s Revelation to the World Chapter 10 Who Do You Say That I Am? Date______

Directions: Read through the chapter and fill in the missing information. All the questions run sequential to the chapter. If a true/false statement is false, correct it.

Introduction: Who Is Jesus to You? (Pages 331–333)

1. What important question did Jesus ask his followers on the road to Philippi?

2. How did St. Peter answer the question?

3. What do some people today believe about Jesus, short of the fact that he really is the Son of the living God?

4. What question must each person decide about Jesus Christ?

Section 1: The Gospel Portrait of Jesus (Pages 334–337)

5. True or False? In reading the Gospels, one will notice that Jesus enjoyed a great variety of friends.

6. True or False? Although Jesus’ friends included many marginal and undesirable people, he did not have any friends among the Jewish leaders.

7. Fill-in-the-Blanks: Jesus was a ______for everyone: he ______with tax collectors, forgave ______for denying him, and spoke to the ______woman at the well, someone who “lived in sin.” He even ______the people who put him to death. But he also made ______of his friends and some people did not want a ______with Jesus badly enough to ______their ways of life or views.

8. True or False? Because he was God, Jesus did not share true human emotions with his friends.

9. What command did Jesus give to us?

10.Fill-in-the-Blanks Jesus had ______convictions which he would not ______and was not afraid of conflict. He stood up to teachers who laid heavy ______burdens on others while not practicing the ______of the religion and he dramatically cleared the Temple precinct of ______because they were misusing the ______place.

11.True or False? Jesus was sensitive to others, showing tenderness and love. 12.True or False? The Gospels provide no description of what Jesus looked like and Jews of Jesus’ day forbade personal portraits to prevent apostasy.

13.True or False? A common depiction of the crucified Jesus does not become commonplace for about the first thousand years of Christianity.

14.Explain why it is important to think critically about images of Jesus.

15.Fill-in-the-Blanks Jesus ______what he preached. His primary lesson and example was to love others. He taught his disciples to be ______and forgiving. He modeled ______when he washed their feet at the Last Supper. He taught them to ______others, even enemies, something he did to those who ______him. Further, he told them not to do ______to attract attention.

16.According to Jesus, what is the greatest example of love of others?

Section 2: The Early Church Preaches about Jesus (Pages 339–345)

17.What New Testament books tell us about the early days of the Church and the spread of the Gospel in the Roman Empire?

18.True or False? Although the Church began on Easter Sunday, God had the Church in mind for all eternity.

19.What is the kerygma?

20.How do we know that Peter’s Pentecost sermon had an electrifying effect on those who heard him?

21.Fill-in-the-Blanks Paul’s conversion to Christ was an important ______. in history. Prior to this he was ______to Jews who believed in Jesus and ______opposed them and their preaching that Jesus was the ______. Paul was a strict ______. whose upbringing in Tarsus exposed him to ______religions, philosophies, and customs—experiences that proved ______after his conversion.

22.True or False? Ananias had to assure the disciples that Paul had truly turned away from persecuting Christians.

23.True or False? Though thirteen of the letters in the New Testament are attributed to Paul, some may have been written by his closest disciples.

24.List seven important teachings of St. Paul about Jesus.

2 25.Fill-in-the-Blanks The Letter to the ______is a written ______which reveals that Jesus Christ is the supreme ______and model of faith. As a ______, he both offers the sacrifice and he himself is the ______. He willingly offered this for the ______of all which instituted a New Covenant prophesied by ______.

26.True or False? The Letter to the Hebrews offers the example of Jesus Christ in an effort to encourage a community of dispirited Christians to persevere in their faith.

27.Why are seven of the New Testament epistles called “Catholic Epistles?”

Directions: Write the name of the correct epistle described below.

28.Condemns immoral practices by converts

29.Emphasizes that disciples of Jesus must put their faith into action

30.Address heretical teachings that had crept into the Church

31.Instructs Christians to imitate Christ’s patient suffering and endure trials for Christ

32.Instructs Christians to be ready for the Parousia even though the time is unclear

33.States that Christians should have true belief in Jesus as both the Son of God and the Messiah, and avoid heretical views to the contrary

34.Fill-in-the-Blanks The final book of the Bible is the Book of ______also known as the Apocalypse. It is filled with elaborate ______and consequently is one of the most ______books in the Bible to understand. Its message is that Jesus has brought ______over death and he will ______in other situations of sin and ______.

35.Fill-in-the-Blanks There are many ______used for Jesus in the Revelation of John. Jesus is the perfect ______who liberates us from sin. He is ______as revealed by the Greek letters of Alpha and Omega. The titles ______emphasizes that Jesus is the ______, and, finally, King of Kings and ______affirm that he is supreme.

Section 3: Make a Commitment to Really Know Jesus (Pages 347–348)

36.Fill-in-the-Blank It is important to know about Jesus, the Savior of the world, but it is more important ______.

37.List the four steps to becoming Jesus’ friend.