Quizlet MPCS8thBibleLesson6

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  1. Had the baptism of Jesus already taken place when John interacts with the religious leaders?: yes
  2. How did John respond when the leaders ask who he was?: no - I am not the Christ, I am not Elijah, not a prophet
  3. How did John see himself compared to Jesus?: much less - Jesus was so great that he was not even worthy to unloose HIS sandals
  4. How did the priests and the Levites function in the story in John?: they had become cold-hearted and self-righteous. They made decisions according to tradition and not with a heart for God
  5. How were the Pharisees spiritually confused?: they had an inability to understand the scriptures
  6. How were the Pharisees spiritually ignorant?: Though Isaiah had prophesied about him, they still did not know who he was
  7. How were the Pharisees spiritually prideful?: they believed that John had no right to tell the people to repent because he was not one of them
  8. What are spiritual doldrumns?: when the sails of our spirits go limp while the rest of our life is proceeding full speed ahead
  9. What are the names of the sects of Jewish religious leadership?: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essences
  10. What did John say he was unworthy to do?: to unloose or untie Christ's sandals
  11. What happened that caused John to know that Jesus was the Messiah?: because God had instructed him that after he had baptized the right one, he would see the spirit descend on HIM
  12. What is an example of the difference between the voice and the word?: the word exists in the mind before the voice utters it and the word remains long after the voice is silent
  13. What is the approximate date when the story opens in John 1?: late fall of A.D. 28 shortly after the baptism of Christ
  14. What is the difference between the voice and the word: John the Baptist was the voice and Christ was the word
  15. What was the strictest group of Jewish religious leadership?: the Pharisees as they adhered to the Mosaic Law and felt they were spiritually superior
  16. Where was John baptizing believers?: Bethabara across from the Jordan River
  17. Who did Jesus come to earth to be, as opposed to what the religious leaders were looking for?: He came to be the lamb - the ultimate sacrifice while the religious leaders were looking for a king
  18. Who did John put the attention on?: on Christ - NOT on himself
  19. Who did John say he was?: "I am the voice"
  20. Who did the religious leaders ask John who he was?: If he was the Christ, if he was Elijah or if he was a prophet