BIRTH OF JESUS

Before Joseph and Mary were married, however, an angel from God told Mary that, though she was still a virgin, she would have a baby boy. This baby would be from God, and He would save His people from their sins.

BAPTISM OF JESUS

When Jesus was an adult, His cousin John the Baptist began preaching and calling people to be baptized in the Jordan River as a sign of their repentance

MINISTRY OF JESUS

(TERM) was ultimately to preach the kingdom of God and to bring about the redemption of humanity by His death on the cross.

PASSION WEEK

The culmination of Jesus’ ministry began with His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

DEATH OF JESUS

Jesus fulfilled the requirements for mankind to be reconciled to God

RESURRECTION OF JESUS

Jesus then spent 40 days with his disciples teaching them that He had fulfilled all of God's plans to redeem His people. After this, He ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father.

THE GREAT COMMISSION

Jesus’ last words on earth to His followers included (TERM) – the command to go throughout the world and make disciples of all nations, teaching them obedience to Christ’s words and baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

ASCENSION OF JESUS

After appearing to His diciples for 40 days after the resurrection, jesus ascended to the father

GOD THE FATHER

Together with the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ,(TERM) planned before time how to save fallen humanity; He then acted in human history to accomplish that salvation.

HOLY SPIRIT

The (TERM) is at work in the world, performing the will of the Father and drawing mankind to Jesus Christ

JESUS CHRIST

(TERM) was God incarnate

JOHN THE BAPTIST

(TERM) was the forerunner of Jesus Christ, preaching a message of repentance to Israel

SATAN

(TERM) is a fallen angel who opposes God and all His works

MARY

(TERM) was the mother of Jesus Christ

JOSEPH

(TERM) was a carpenter, a righteous man, and Jesus' earthly father

JESUS' DISCIPLES

(TERM) were men Jesus chose as His closest companions to accompany Him throughout His ministry.

PASSOVER

(TERM) commemorates God's rescue of Israel from Egyptian slavery

HELLENISM AND PALESTINE

By the time of Jesus Christ, Palestine had been under Greek influence for close to 300 years, and Palestinian life was deeply steeped in Hellenistic traditions

GENTILE

A (TERM) was a non-Israelite

FIRST CENTURY PALESTINE UNDER ROMAN RULE

(TERM) impacted Jesus' life at every turn, from the place of His birth to the mode of His execution

BETHLEHEM

Jesus was born in (TERM), because His father Joseph was from the family of David

NAZARETH

(TERM) was the town where Jesus grew up and lived until His public ministry began at about the age of 30

FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD

(TERM) refers to the week-long period during which leaven was removed from the bread, and unleavened bread ("Flatbread"), the holiday's primary symbol, was eaten to recall the rapid departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

GEOGRAPHY OF JESUS' MINISTRY

Most of Jesus' ministry in Palestine occurred in the area of Galilee, though He also spent some time early on in Judea

GALILEE

(TERM) was Jesus' home during the first 30 year's of His earthly life.  The first three Gospels focus on His public ministry in this province.

CRUCIFIXION

An ancient for of execution, in which a condemned person would be either tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead.

INCARNATION AND DIVINITY OF JESUS

The two natures of Jesus, one divine and one human, were united in a single person for all eternity

KINGDOM OF GOD

(TERM) was inaugurated with the coming of Jesus and is a present reality, but will not be completely established until He returns to judge the living and the dead.

MESSIANIC FULFILLMENT

Jesus was the descendant of Eve who crushed the head of the serpent, also known as Satan

TEACHINGS OF JESUS

Jesus summed up the Law of Moses as consisting of two commandments; loving God and loving one's neighbour

RIGHTEOUSNESS

When people trust in Christ for salvation, the (TERM) of Jesus is credited to them, so that they stand before God as pure and holy based on the merit of Christ

FOUR GOSPELS

There are (TERM) in the New Testament that tell the story of Jesus Christ; the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

THE TRINITY

The early church and all orthodox Christians throughout the centuries have used the term (TERM) to describe this reality-- that God is one God, but He exists in three eternal, inseperable, and distinct persons.

FORGIVENESS

As the sinless Son of God, Jesus alone has the authority to (TERM) of sins.

PENTECOST

(TERM) was a Jewish feast that occurred 50 days after the celebration of Passover

PAUL'S JOURNEYS

Much of Paul's Christian ministry was spent traveling throughout the known world spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to both Jews and Gentiles.

GOD THE FATHER

Through the Holy Spirit, (TERM) brought honor to the Son, Jesus Christ, who is the cornerstone of the Church

HOLY SPIRIT

After Jesus ascended into heaven He poured out the promised (TERM) upon His people so that they could continue His ministry in the world

JESUS CHRIST

After His ascension, (TERM) sat down at the right hand of the Father in Heaven; where He continues His role as mediator, both through His eternal and all-sufficient sacrifice on the cross and His conitnuing mediation as the High Priest for the people of God.

SATAN

Until his final end, (TERM) and his forces roam the earth, deceiving mankind and battling against God, His kingdom, and His people.  For this reason, he is known as the Adversary, placing all manners of obstacles in the way of mankind.

APOSTLES

The (TERM) (lit. "sent ones") were chosen directlyu by Jesus Christ, spent time learning from Him and ministering with Him, and were witnesses of His resurrection.

SIMON PETER

Originally a fisherman from Galilee, (TERM) dedicated his ministry to the evangelization of the Jews

PAUL

While attempting to find and persecute the Church, he was met by the resurrected Jesus and subsequently placed his faith in Him

ROMAN EMPIRE

The early Church experienced tremendous growth against the political backdrop of the expanding (TERM)

CIRCUMCISION

(TERM), in which the foreskin of all males 8 days or older were removed, was given to Abraham as an outward sign of God's covenant with him.

DIVISION BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY

Initially, the Christian Church was composed of Jews who had followed Jesus the Messiah, and they used the Hebrew scriptures as a basis for faith and practice.

CHURCH

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REPENTANCE

Jesus preached a message of (TERM) to Israel, calling them to turn from their sins and obey God from the heart.

TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE

Scrtipture is the inspired, inerrant, word of God written by human authors under the influence of the Holy Spirit for the people of God.  Scripture consists of the Old and New Testaments as found in the Bible.

BAPTISM

(TERM) with water in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit serves as the initiatory rite into Christ's covenant community, the Church.

JUSTIFICATION

(TERM) is God's declaration that a guilty sinner is considered righteous based on the work of Christ through His death and resurrection

FAITH

(TERM) is the belief in the truth about Jesus as well as trust in Him alone for salvation

SANCTIFICATION

(TERM) is the ongoing work of spiritual maturity in the life of a believer, by which the believer grows to obey God an dtrust Him more through the empowering work of the Holy Spirit

GRACE

Saving (TERM) means that salvation is a gift of God rather than something earned by humans.

LORD'S SUPPER

In the (TERM), Christians partake of bread, representing the body of Jesus that was broken for sin.  They also partake of wine, representing the blood of Jesus poured out to establish the New Covenant, based on mercy and grace.

NEW COVENANT

The  (TERM) refers to the period in history brought in by the death and resurrection of Jesus when peace was restored between God and His people.

SIN

(TERM) is any lack of conformity to God's moral standards.

GOSPEL

The apostles preached the good news of salvation through Jesus' death, burial, resurrection, and exaltation

ATONEMENT

When Jesus died on the cross as the substitute for sinful humanity, He was subjected to God's righteous wrath against the sins of the world; this is called propitiation.

END OF HISTORY

When Jesus will return to the Earth just as He promised.

THEME OF ROMANS

The righteousness of God revealed in the Gospel

THEME OF 1 CORINTHIANS

Problems of a gentile church

THEME OF 2 CORINTHIANS

The heart of an apostle

THEME OF GALATIANS

The Gospel of the grace of God

THEME OF EPHESIANS

The Church of Christ

THEME OF PHILIPPIANS

The joy of knowing Christ

THEME OF COLOSSIANS

The supremacy of Christ

THEME OF 1 THESSALONIANS

Encouragement for new Christians

THEME OF 2 THESSALONIANS

Comfort for a church in distress

THEME OF 1 TIMOTHY

Teachers and leaders in the church

THEME OF 2 TIMOTHY

Encouragement to be faithful

THEME OF TITUS

The grace of God and Christian living

THEME OF PHILEMON

The dilemma of Christian slave ownership