Theology Revision Lesson__th May 2010

The Theology Exam

Your Theology exam will take place in the time you usually have your Theology lesson.

It will last 45minutes. You will be expected to revise all that you have learnt this

year. You will be tested on:• Christology• Theology - The Nature of God• Pneumatology -The Study of the Holy Spirit• The Life and Works of Paul

Words and definitions

1. A message from God2. People who give such a message3. Existing forever4. Statement of belief5. Christ or Anointed One6. God

Choose from: creed Messiah divine prophetsprophecy eternal

More words and definitions

7. A shadow or promise of the Messiah to come8. Christ appears9. God appears10. Right belief11. People without right beliefs

Choose from: christophany theophanyheretics typeorthodox

Who was it?

a) The priest who was excommunicated for claiming that there had been a time when Jesus did not exist.

b) The man who “struggled with God” and lived.c) The man who met a man with a sword before

the battle at Jericho.d) The king who saw four men walking in a fire.e) The man who was going to sacrifice his son. f) The creature whose blood was on the door

frames of the Israelites’ houses in Egypt.

Finding Jesus in the Old Testament

Each of these pictures recalls something in Psalm 22 which then happens on the cross. What is it?

How do you explain this?

Give at least TWO explanations.

The nature of Jesus – human or divine?

• List 5 ways in which the Gospels say he was human.

• List five ways in which the Gospels say he was divine.

Titles of Jesus

Which title is it? e.g. a. Messiah

a. Jesus: anointed to rule over God’s people.

b. Jesus has the attributes of God.

c. Jesus is human.

d. One of the earliest Christian confessions of faith. It was used of God in the Old Testament and of the Roman Emperor.

e. Jesus saves people from sin

f. It is either true or it is blasphemous.

Keywords (1)• Theology - The ___1____ of God

• LORDWhen LORD is written in capital letters in the Bible it shows that the __2_ of God is being used.

• AnalogyA form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be ____3____ to another thing in a certain respect even though they are different.

• Samuel, son of ____4_____.As a young boy he was sent to live and work with the Priest Eli. God used him as a ____5_____.

Keywords (2)

Tabernacle A __6__ that was used to house the Ark of the Covenant in the time before the __7___ was built.

Shiloh The place where the Tabernacle was when

_8__ was priest.

Job A good man that endured great ___9____.

Prodigal A person who is ____10____.

Keywords (3)

Ark of the Covenant

A gold covered __11__that represented God’s presence in a special way.

It contained the two __12___ on which were written the Ten _____13________.

What do we know about God …

• from analogies in the Old Testament– e.g. “The Lord is my Shepherd”

• from the story of Samuel– e.g. God answers prayers – because …

• from the story of Job– e.g. God allows people to be tested –

because …

• from the story of the Prodigal Son

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

• The Holy Spirit came upon individuals:

– Bezalel was given _________.– Samson was given ________.– Gideon was given ___________.– Isaiah became a ____________.

The promise of the Holy Spirit

• How did what happened on the day of Pentecost fulfil the prophecy of Joel?

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Can you think of an example from the Bible of the following gifts?

•Wisdom•Word of knowledge•Faith•Healing•Miracles•Prophecy•Discernment of spirits•Speaking in tongues