Sermon on the Mount Quiz

What are the most well-known words of Jesus that have shaped the lives of billions of people throughout history?

• Love your neighbor as yourself.

• Do to others what you would have them do to you.

• Both of the above

• None of the above

What is the central prayer that Jesus taught his followers?

• Our Father in Heaven

  (The Lord's Prayer)

• Glory Be

• Hail Mary

• Apostles' Creed

What is the first line of the Sermon on the Mount?

• Blessed are the healthy

• Blessed are the rich

• Blessed are the powerful

• Blessed are the poor in spirit

What is the meaning of God's Kingdom coming on Earth?

• Humans ruling with God's wisdom and love

• Humans cooperating with Rome

• Humans withdrawing to the desert

• Humans ruling with their own wisdom

What did the religious leaders, the scribes and the Pharisees, think was the reason for God's Kingdom not coming?

• Israel becoming freedom fighters against Rome

• Israel withdrawing to the desert

• Israel finding a way to cooperate with Rome

• Israel not being faithful enough to the Torah

What did the Sadducees think would be best for Israel?

• Israel becoming freedom fighters against Rome

• Israel not being faithful enough to the Torah

• Israel withdrawing to the desert

• Israel finding a way to cooperate with Rome

What did the zealots do in response to the Roman oppressors?

• Figured out their lives as best they could

• Withdrew to the desert, waiting for God to start a new Israel

• Ran for the hills to become freedom fighters against Rome

• Became the power brokers of Jesus' day

What did Jesus announce to the people while healing the sick?

• The arrival of God's Kingdom was starting with the powerless, the weak, the nobodies

• The arrival of God's Kingdom was starting with the zealots

• The arrival of God's Kingdom was starting with the rich and powerful

• The arrival of God's Kingdom was starting with the Sadducees

What is the intentional design of the Sermon on the Mount?

• It begins with Jesus pronouncing several questions to his listeners

• It begins with Jesus pronouncing several blessings on his listeners

• It begins with Jesus pronouncing several commands to his listeners

• It begins with Jesus pronouncing several curses on his listeners

What did God appoint humans to do on his behalf?

• Rule the world with God's wisdom and love

• Cooperate with Rome

• Rule the world with their own wisdom

• Withdraw to the desert