The Life Of Christ Test 2

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For our purposes today when we talk about the kingdom in tangible terms we are talking about

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The Church

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what kind of kingdom were the disciples and everyone looking for?

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• An earthly kingdom in Jerusalem where Jesus is the king.
• Drive out the Romans.
• The disciples being the closest advisors
• When Jesus tells kingdom parables we should think what would be the impact on them when Jesus describes it this way. They would have been completely shocked.

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What is the context of the kingdom parables that are found mostly in Matthew?

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o He is teaching the crowds
o He is by the sea
o However there are two explanations and four parables given to the disciples alone

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What is the point of the parable of the sower?

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that there is some ground that bears fruit.

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In the parable of the sower what is the soil stand for?

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the heart

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Who was the official sower in the parable of the sower?

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God

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Who/what was the seed in the parable of the sower?

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is the word of the kingdom

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Explain the parable of the sower

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The sower is God and the seed is the word. The soil is our heart. If we have a good heart then when God plants the seed it will grow. However, if we have a heart with thorns then it will choke out the word.

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What are the four types of soil in the parable of the sower?

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• Hard heart
• Shallow heart
• Distracted heart
• Good heart

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Who was the sower in the parable of the sower?

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The sower can represent anyone who shares the word of God

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Summarize the Parable of the Weeds

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A man sowed good seed in his field but in the night his enemy came and planted weeds in with his seed. So when the wheat began to grow so also did the weeds.

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Summarize the Parable of the Weeds

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He told his reapers to let them grow together and when it was time for harvest to gather all the weeds first and burn them and then gather the wheat and put it in his barn.

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Parable of the Weeds:
Who sows the good seeds?

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The Son of Man

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Parable of the Weeds:
What is the field?

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the world

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Parable of the Weeds:
Who is the good seed?

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sons of the kingdom

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Parable of the Weeds:
Who are the weeds?

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sons of the evil one

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Parable of the Weeds:
Who is the enemy who sowed the weeds?

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the devil

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Parable of the Weeds:
The hardest is what?

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the end of the world

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Parable of the Weeds:
The reapers are?

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the angels

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Parable of the Weeds:
THe weeds being gathered and burned signifies what?

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the evil ones being gathered and burned by the angels at the end of time

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Summarize the Parable of the Net

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o Kingdom of heaven is like a net that has been thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind
o When its full the men pull it ashore and sat down and sorted it. They put the good in containers and the bad they threw away

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How can the parable of the net be compared to the end of times?

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in the end of times the angels will come and sort the good from the bad. They will throw the evil into a fiery furnace.

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What happens in both the parable of the weeds and the parable of the net?

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• Separation
• Judgment
• Destruction

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Which parables talk about the good and the bad kingdoms?

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parable of the weeds and parable of the net

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Which parables tell of how the kingdom grows?

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The parable of the seed growing of itself, the parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the leaven

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Summarize the Parable of the seed growing of itself

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o He compares the kingdom to a man who scatters seeds on the ground. The seeds grow and sprout all on their own. Then on the last day he cuts it down because the harvest has come

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In the Parable of the seed growing of itself he explains that the kingdom is what?

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- gradual- it doesn't happen overnight.
- orderly- we plant the seed, water it by teaching and encouragement, we begin to see the seed to take root and germinate, then you will see it bear fruit.
- from God

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What does the Parable of the Mustard seed teach?

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the importance of the little things
- we tend to be impressed with big things but this teaches us of the little things.

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What does the Parable of the Mustard seed teach?

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o Small beginnings
• The whole thing started with only 12 apostles and grew to thousands

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What is leaven and what does it do?

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its yeast and it makes things grow and expand.

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From the parable of the Leaven what can you see that the kingdom is a matter of?

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a matter of influence- a matter of the heart

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How does one put leaven in dough?

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by taking a little pinch of yeast and sticking it right in the middle of the dough. When you leave it it grows on its own.

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How can we compare the leaven to the to the kingdom of God?

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You put it in the middle (or in the heart) and then it spreads. It influences how a person thinks and begins to spread. The influence then brings change

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What parables describe what the kingdom is worth?

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The hidden treasure and the precious pearl

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Summarize the Parable of the hidden treasure

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A man finds and covers up a treasure. He then sells all that he has and buys the field.

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In the Parable of the HIdden Treasure what is the treasure compared to?

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the kingdom

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Parable of the HIdden Treasure
What is the significance of the sacrifice?

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He was willing to sell it all to get the treasure- he will willingly give up absolutely everything.
We must be willing to give it all up for the kingdom

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Summarize the Parable of the Precious Pearl

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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

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What does the Parable of the precious pearl tell us about the kingdom?

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That the kingdom is searchable. It can be found and is worth the effort it actually takes to find it.
- we have to be willing to pay the price

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Summarize the Parable of the unmerciful servant

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A man was brought before his king because he owed a debt. He could not pay it off and the king ordered that he be sold (along with his family and his things) So that he could pay for the debt.

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Summarize the parable of the unmerciful servant

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The servant fell on his knees and begged the king to let him have more time to pay. He master had pity on him and forgave him the entire debt. The servant left and ran into one who owed him a debt.

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Summarize the parable of the unmerciful servant

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He choked the guy and told him to pay the money he owed. THey guy begged for more time and the servant his his debtor in jail. the other servants saw this and told the king.

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Summarize the parable of the unmerciful servant

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The king became angry and said i gave you mercy you should have given your fellow servant mercy. So he throw the servant in jail until he could payoff his debt.

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From the Parable of the unmerciful servant what can we learn about the nature of human judgement?

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• We are not entitled to judge someone else.
• We are condemning

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From the Parable of the unmerciful servant what can we learn about the nature of divine forgiveness?

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- it is what God's forgiveness looks like
- it is merciful and just

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From the Parable of the unmerciful servant what can we learn about the nature of the human debt

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it is un payable

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In the parable of the unmerciful servant both servants ask for what?

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patience
- God is patient with us and we should in turn be patient with others.

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briefly summarize the parable of the laborers of the vineyard

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the one about the guy who hired a bunch of people to work at his vineyard some starting earlier and others starting late and all were paid the same amount of money.

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What can we learn from the parable of the laborers of the vineyard?

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o The wages that are paid are beyond anything that we could expect
o Everyone gets the same wage in the kingdom
o In the kingdom everyone is the same
o The last will be first and the first will be last.

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What is the focus in the parable of the laborers in the vineyard?

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grace

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parable of the laborers in the vineyard:
Who is do the laborers belong to?

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God

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parable of the laborers in the vineyard:
Who does the vineyard belong to?

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God

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Parable of the laborers in the vineyard:
what do we know that the laborers did not?

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that all in kingdom will receive more than we deserve

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Briefly summarize the parable of the two sons

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The father said to one son go and work in the vineyard and the first son said no i will not go but then later changed his mind and went and worked. Then the father went to the second person and said go and work and the second said i will go but then never went

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Parable of the Two Sons:
who did Jesus say were related to the second son? Why?

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the Pharisees
because they say they are doing right but they really are not.

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Parable of the Two Sons:
Why will the tax collectors and the prostitutes enter the kingdom of heaven before the pharisees?

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because its better to first say no and the do rather than never do

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Parable of the Two Sons:
Being in the kingdom is not a matter of words but a matter of what?

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what you do

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Summarize the parable of the tenants

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a man bought a vineyard and then leased it out to people. When time of the harvest he sent his servants to collect some of the fruit. But the tenants killed his servants. this happened several times until the owner sent his son.

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in the Parable of the Tenants who does Jesus compare the tenants to?

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the people he was talking to (all of us)

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in the Parable of the Tenants what will God do with those people with those people who killed his son?

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kill them