Study Guide for Tawawa 2017 ages 9-12 Bible Bowl-AME Challenge Game boards will be populated by questions drawn from this content. Each game board will include 25 questions ranging in difficulty from 100 point to 500 point levels. Bible passages are from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) unless otherwise noted. Categories for Study • Old Testament & Social Justice • New Testament & Social Justice • AME Church History & Social Justice • AME Church Now & Social Justice • Our World Today & Social Justice Old Testament & Social Justice Isaiah 1:17 learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. Zechariah 7:9-10 - 9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; 10 do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. Psalms 82:3 - Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. Proverbs 31:9 - Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Micah 6:8 - He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Isaiah 58:12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. Proverbs 31:8-9 Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Name a place in the Old Testament where we see that the human person is made in God's own 1 image or that he or she is created with dignity. Genesis 1:27 So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Name a place in the Old Testament where the people of God are commanded to help those who are poor or vulnerable. Leviticus 19:10 You shall not strip your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the alien: I am the Lord your God. Find a place in which on the prophet Isaiah tells the people that God cares about their actions toward the hungry, oppressed, widow, stranger, or orphan. Isaiah 58:10 if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. Name one passage from the Old Testament that could help us to recognize why we should care for creation. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, New Testament & Social Justice Matthew 7:12 “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. John 3:17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. In what book, chapter and verse in the Gospels does Jesus proclaim the following? "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, / because he has anointed me / to bring glad tidings to the poor. / He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives / and recovery of sight to the blind, / to let the oppressed go free, / and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord." Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Describe Jesus' parable of The Good Samaritan that is about the way we should treat others. 2 Please provide book, chapter, and verse and summarize the parable. Luke 10:25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” 29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii,[k] gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” Explain the story in the Gospel of Luke when Jesus' words or actions demonstrate his concern for the children. Matthew 19:13-15 Jesus Blesses Little Children 13 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And He laid His hands on them and departed from there. Explain the New Testament letter James where the Christian communities are chastised for not treating the poor as equals when telling them where to sit. James 2:1-9 Warning against Partiality 2 My brothers and sisters,[a] do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?[b] 2 For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, 3 and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat here, please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my feet,”[c] 4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters.[d] Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? 7 Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? 8 You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. Name the place in James' letter in which he discusses the connection between "faith" and "works." What is the relationship between the two? 3 James 2:14-26 Faith without Works Is Dead 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters,[e] if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? 17 So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder. 20 Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is barren? 21 Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was brought to completion by the works. 23 Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.