A Sample Test based on Christian Justice course of work

 

CHRISTIAN JUSTICE

Answer the following questions on lined paper.

  1. What is 'Original Justice' and 'Original Sin' (2)
  2. List 6 ways in which teenagers demonstrate a concern for justice. (3)
  3. In one solid paragraph, explain how the following three ingredients are related to justice. You must explain your answer.
  4. - rights

    - responsibilities

    - relationships (3)

  5. List 4 things which the two Creation stories reveal about God's role in human lives and history.
  6. (2)
  7. Scripture states that God created men and women to 'master' the earth and gave them the authority to name other creatures. What type of 'mastery' and power did God give human beings?
  8. (2)
  9. In half a page, explain the consequences that the Fall of our first parents had on the state of original justice, using the information in the student book and what you see in ordinary everyday life.
  10. (4)
  11. Write down ONE thing this course has taught you about EACH of the following issues in the student book.
  1. Wealth
  2. Poverty
  3. Children
  4. Youth
  5. Women
  • People with disabilities
  • The elderly
  • Refugees
  • Environment
  • Mother Teresa

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    1. 'The first phase in the restoration of God's state of original justice was the coming of Jesus Christ' . In 5 lines, explain the ways in which Jesus showed that the power of God is greater than the power of the Devil?
    2. (3)
    3. In the following Scripture passages, Jesus uses imagery to explain the power of God's Kingdom coming to the Earth. With reference to the imagery, describe what Jesus means by God's Kingdom. What is it? What does it bring about? (4)
    a. Matthew 13: 3-8, 18-23

    And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

    5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil.

    6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away.

    7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

    8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

    18 "Hear then the parable of the sower.

    19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.

    20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

    21 yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.

    22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.

    23 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."

    b. Matthew 13: 32 - 33

    32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."

    33 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."

     

    10. The following Scripture passages describe what we must do in order to help bring about this Kingdom. Summarise what each passage is saying, in less than a line each.

    a. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

    b. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    c. At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

    He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

    d. "So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.

    e. "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

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    11. Without God's help however, we cannot bring about God's kingdom on Earth. Name two ways by which Jesus is present with us even today, in a new way. (You cannot refer to the 7 Sacraments) - 2 marks

    12. List the 7 Sacraments and describe what they OFFER to us. (7)

    13. The third phase of the restoration of Original Justice will be Jesus' return at the end of time. Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?' Then he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

    In 200 words, explain the role that Baptism, Free Will, Obedience and another element of your choice, play in helping us to live the calling that Jesus asks us to live, as outlined in the passage above.

    (8)

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