Study Guide New Testament

Study Guide New Testament Gospel of Mark. Overview: Text pp73. Class Notes 1. When was Mark’s Gospel written? 2. Who is the author of Mark’s Gospel? 3. What do we know about the author of Mark’s Gospel? 4. Why did Mark write this Gospel? 5. What did Mark want the Christians to understand about Jesus? 6. What are some characteristics of Mark’s Gospel that make it different from other Gospels

Themes: Look up the answers in the Gospel. 7. Find and explain a passage in the Gospel of Mark that shows that Jesus is willing to suffer for his people. 8. Find and explain a passage a in Mark that teaches that Jesus will fulfill Jewish expectations of what or who the Messiah will be. 9. Find and explain a passage in Mark that shows that Jesus is truly human. 10 Find and explain a passage in Mark that shows Jesus is a teacher and lawgiver: a new Moses 11. Find and explain a passage in Mark that shows Jesus is a miracle worker like Elijah. 12. Find and explain a passage in Mark that claims that Jesus will build a a new kingdom. 13. Be able to explain this idea: God will not save us from our suffering. He will save us through our suffering. The cross is the only way to receive new life.

Discipleship Mark 1:16-20. Text pp87-88 14. When does Jesus call the disciples? What are they doing? 15. How do the disciples respond? 16. What does Jesus tell them they have to do to be a disciple? 17. Who calls the disciple?. 18. What are they called to do? 19. Who are they called to follow? 20. What will they experience when they follow Jesus? 21. What story follows the call of the disciples? What happens in the story? Parables: Text pp 77-80. Mark 4:3-20, 4:26-29, 4:30-32. 22. Explain the allegory found within the Parable of the Sower. 23. What does the parable of the Sower teach about the different responses to Jesus’ teaching? 24. What do the parable of the growing seed and the parable of the mustard seed teach about our faith and response to Jesus?

Homework #4 Write an essay: How does a person live as a disciple of Jesus Christ in the modern world? What should a person do? How should a person think? Does a person need to risk anything to be a disciple?

Divinity of Christ: Text pp75-77, Class Notes 25. Why are titles such as Son of Man, Son of God, and Messiah important references to Jesus? 26. In what sense is Jesus both God and man united in one person? 27. What authority does Jesus have if he is the Son of Man ?

Humanity of Christ: Text pp 75-77, Class Notes 28. How does the Gospel show that Jesus developed as a normal person? 29. What do the Gospels tell us about Jesus’ relationships with other people? 30. What do the Gospels tell us about Jesus’ emotions and attitudes? 31. What do we mean when we say that Jesus loved people sincerely and intensely? 32. What does the story of the Transfiguration teach about the divinity and humanity of Christ?

Feeding Stories: Eucharistic Images: Class Notes. Read Mark 6:34-44, 8:1-10. 33. Why does Jesus feeds a hungry multitude in the two feeding stories? 34. In what ways are the feeding stories related to feeding stories in the Old Testament ? 35. How are the feeding stories related to the Last Supper and the Messianic Banquet of the future. 36. What do the feeding stories teach us about Jesus? 37. How do the feeding stories help us answer these questions: Who is close to God? Who can understand what God wants? Who is chosen by God to share in the heavenly feast?

The Suffering Servant. Text 84-87, Class Notes, Isaiah 52-53. 38. How does t he second half of Mark’s gospel challenges the expectations that Jesus is a new prophet, a new law giver, a miracle worker, or even the Messiah? 39. What are the similarities between Isaiah’s prophecy of the Suffering Servant and the life of Jesus? 40. What does Mark’s Gospel teach us about our own suffering?