Jesus Christ, Son of God


  1. True or false. To be a Christian, it is necessary that one believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

  2. True or false. Jesus Christ is God by adoption, which is the reason we also can become partakers of the divine nature.

  3. Why is the child born of Mary called "Jesus"?

    1. Because the name "Jesus" means "God saves."
    2. Because he will save his people from their sins.
    3. Because the name "Jesus" means "the anointed one."
    4. Because the name "Jesus" means "the sinless one."
    5. a and b.

  4. True or false. The assertion of Jesus as "Lord" is an implicit recognition that we submit our personal freedom to Jesus and the Father.

  5. True or false. It is because Jesus is both God and man that he alone can be the mediator between God and man.

  6. Which of the following are true? Choose none, some, or all of the below.

    1. The Word became flesh for us in order to save us by reconciling us with God.
    2. The Word became flesh so that we might know God’s love.
    3. The Word became flesh to be our model of holiness.
    4. The Word became flesh to make us partakers of the divine nature.

  7. Which of the following statements is false?

    1. The word "Christ" comes from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Messiah, which means "anointed."
    2. Jesus fulfilled the messianic hope of Israel in his threefold office of priest, prophet, and king.
    3. The term "Christ" became the name proper to Jesus only because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission that "Christ" signifies.
    4. God called Joseph to take Mary as his wife so that Jesus, who is called Christ, would be born of the wife of Joseph into the messianic line of David.
    5. Jesus accepted his righful title of Messiah, understood as one who would break the political oppression of the Chosen People.

  8. True or false. The truth that Jesus is true God and true man means that he has both a human and a divine nature.

  9. True or false. Jesus is a human person.

  10. True or false. Jesus has not only a divine intellect and will, but a human intellect and will.

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