Unit 5 Faith Test
What is a parable?
A short figurative story with a spiritual meaning
After the exile of the northern kingdom, who did the remaining inhabitants marry and who did they worship?
Assyrians; worshiped Mesopotamia and Syria
Parable of the Lost- The audience and what promoted the parable?
Eating with sinners
The Good Samaritan- What Jesus says directly after the parable? What is your evidence?
Go and do likewise
Parable of the Sower (Seed)
Gods word
Parable of the Sower- What is the main point of the parable?
Gods word goes out to all people, but many do not endure because they stop listening
Parable of the Lost- The Shepherd
Jesus
Parable of the Sower (Sower)
Jesus
Who taught in parables?
Jesus
Parable of the Lost- What is the main point of the parable?
Jesus seeks the lost and rejoices when we are found
Parable of the Sower- What scripture says elsewhere?
John 15:6
Parable of the Sower- The audience and what promotes the parable? What is your evidence?
Large crowd coming to him from all over
Parable of the Sower- Does the parable teach Law, Gospel, or both?
Law- Sinfulness Gospel- in the good soil/God sends his word to everyone
Does The Good Samaritan teach Law, Gospel, or both? How so?
Law- love our neighbors/ and we don't always do that
Parable of the Lost- Does the parable teach Law, Gospel, Both?
Law- we stray from Jesus gospel- Jesus seeks us and finds us
What is the main point of the Good Samaritan?
Love your neighbor including your enemies
Parable of the Sower (Path)
People who hear Gods word but have no effect
Parable of the Sower (Thorny Soil)
People who hear and believe but fall away (because of desire)
What did the Samaritans want to help the Jews build after they came back from the Babylonian exile? How did the Jews respond?
Rebuild the temple of Jerusalem. They despised the Samaritans renegade.
Parable of the Sower (Birds)
Satan
Parable of the Lost- What Scripture says else where?
See all three parables
Why did Jesus teach in parables?
So people didn't understand; to hide from those who trust in themselves; to reveal himself to those who trust him
The Samaritans are the descendants of which kingdom?
Southern Jewish Kingdom
The Good Samaritan- The audience and what promoted the parable? What is your evidence?
The Lawyer the guy who thinks he is good enough
The Jews of the Babylonian exile are descendants of which kingdom?
The Northern kingdom
What caused the "full break" between the Jews and Samaritans?
The Samaritans tried to undermine the Jews with their Persian Rules and slowed the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
Parable of the Lost- What Jesus says directly after the parable?
There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
Parable of the Sower (Good Soil)
Those who hear and remain in Gods word
The Good Samaritan- What scripture says elsewhere? What is your evidence?
Yes; Matthew 5:44
Parable of the Lost- What are four things that all three parables of this chapter have in common?
a. something lost b. someone seeking c. someone being found d. someone rejoicing
What contextual questions should we ask when interpreting parables?
a. who is the audience and what promotes the parable b. What does Jesus say directly after the parable c. What does scripture say elsewhere? (study notes/ cross references)
Parable of the Sower- What Jesus says directly after the parable? What is your evidence?
challenge to keep hearing and believing
What did the Samaritans do to the Jewish Temple?
destroyed the temple and ravaged the territory
What do the figurative aspects of the parable represent? The Samaritan
good neighbor
What does the Gospel show us?
good news; our savior
What do parables teach?
law and or gospel
What does the Law show us?
our duty and our sins
Parable of the Sower (Rocky Soil)
people who hear and believe but then fall away (because of difficulty)
Why did God instruct his people not to intermarry with foreign nations? (1 Kings 11:1-2)
recounts on how to worship God of the Yahweh was mixed with the worship of God
What did the Jews do to the Samaritan Temple?
scattered bones and dead people in the sanctuary
Parable of the Lost- The Ninety-Nine Sheep
self-righteous
Parable of the Lost- The Lost Sheep
sinners
What do the figurative aspects of the parable represent? The beaten man
someone who is in need
Parable of the Lost- ho do you think the older son of the final parable represents?
the Pharisees
What do the figurative aspects of the parable represent? The Levite and the Priest
us/ lousy neighbors
