Sermon on the Mount Quiz

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

• Love your neighbor as yourself.

• Hate your neighbor as yourself.

• Ignore your neighbor as yourself.

• Annoy your neighbor as yourself.

What did the central prayer that Jesus taught his followers begin with?

• Glory Be

• Apostles' Creed

• Hail Mary

• Our Father in Heaven

What does it mean for God's Kingdom to come on Earth?

• Humans ruling with God's wisdom and love

• Humans ruling with their own wisdom and love

• Humans ruling with God's anger and hate

• Humans ruling with no wisdom or love

Why did God choose only one family, the Israelites, to represent his Kingdom?

• To make them famous

• To make them wealthy

• To make them powerful rulers

• To transform them by his wisdom

What was the response of religious leaders to the absence of God's Kingdom in Jesus' day?

• All of the above

• Blaming Israel for not being faithful enough to the Torah

• Becoming freedom fighters against Rome

• Cooperating with Rome

Where did Jesus say the arrival of God's Kingdom was starting?

• In the hills of Israel

• Among the rich and powerful

• In the desert

• With the powerless, the weak, the nobodies

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

• To pronounce several curses on his listeners

• To pronounce several blessings on his listeners

• To teach about the Roman oppressors

• To teach about the scribes and Pharisees

What is the significance of the first line of the Sermon on the Mount, 'blessed are the poor in spirit'?

• God's Kingdom is beginning with the rich and powerful

• God's Kingdom is beginning with the scribes and Pharisees

• God's Kingdom is beginning with the people who feel crushed and defeated

• God's Kingdom is beginning with the freedom fighters