I. Select one teaching of Jesus from the following choices: Matthew 5:21-24; Mat

I. Select one teaching of Jesus from the following choices: Matthew 5:21-24; Matthew 5:43-48;
Matthew 6:19-24; Matthew 7:15-23; Lake 15:1-32; John 13:1-17 and 34-35; or John 15:1-11.
Answer the following questions with in-text citations from a commentary in the topic
Resources. The commentary used should be Included on a reference page at the end of
this dacument.
a. What was Jesus’s point in the teaching?
b. How might someone from an atheist or pantheistic worldview see the concepts of this
passage differently?
c. What does this teaching reveal about Jesus?
2. Select one of the following passages in which Jesus makes statements about his nature and
purpose: Matthew 9:1-8; Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 7:18-23; John 5:16-18; John 10:25-38; Joha
14 5-11. Answer the following with in-text citations from a commentary in the topic
Resources. The commentary used should be included on a reference page at the end of
this document
A. What is Jesus saying about his nature and the purpose of his ministry? What is the
significance of this claim?
3. How would you personally answer lesus’s question. “But who do you say that I am?” (Mark
8:29). Describe yow own beliefs about Jesus.