Jesus Interview Questions

Questions taken from “CHAPTER ONE” of “Living Out the Mind of Christ” by Dr. Gutierrez

During childhood we begin to learn the meaning of integrity. Having patiently awaited Jesus? appearance for what must have seemed an interminable amount of time, the pressure on Hughes to get up and go to the altar must have been ponderous. Finally, when Jesus failed to make an appearance that evening Hughes had a choice of continuing to wait or rising and satisfying the expectations of the congregation. In making his decision to approach the altar, Hughes is fearful, as most children are when disobeying the ?rules?. Hughes? reticence in coming forward probably reflects his type of up bringing, and he watches his friend to see what punishment God will mete out and bases his decision on the fact that nothing appears to happen. In embracing his friend Westley?s deception, in being saved without seeing Jesus, and because of his own up bringing, Hughes had to acknowledge his own dishonesty.

Pastor David took an interesting approach to preaching this particular passage in which Jesus' feet are washed by the sinful woman who cleans his feet and anoints them with perfume to the ire of Simon the Pharisee. Jesus uses this as an opportunity to use a parable to teach about grace and its availability to everyone. After reading the passage he began to break down the different perspectives of the characters in the story as if analyzing a play. He examined the perspective of the woman, Simon, Jesus and the others at the dinner.

1. Jesus is using what is known as the “Socratic method” of teaching, using question and answer. It was not for the teacher to quiz

In our Gospel reading Jesus retreats to a Gentile area where he thought he would be anonymous, and no doubt Jesus was weary of preaching to people who did not listen; but, on this retreat, he was approached by a woman, and not just any woman. She was a Syrophonecian Gentile woman who probably worshiped Greek gods; yet, she goes to Jesus knowing what Jews of those days thought of her. She is desperate; she needs help; she presents her case to Jesus (Mark 7:24-30).

“It’s my turn now!” he exclaims, his eyes lighting up like a child. This time, Jesus takes more of the ingredients and pours them all into the bowl. “When you look in the mirror, you don’t realize how beautiful you are; when you participate in the rope courses at camp, you don’t realize how brave you are; when you tend to someone’s physical wounds, you don’t realize how caring you are…. and those are just some of many.” He looks back at me, his eyes filled with one emotion: pride. For me.

• Be able to identify the following verses as they are written in your textbook and have an understanding of Dr. Earley’s and Dr. Wheeler’s teachings on these verses:

Overall, Jesus’ struggles against authority are biblical allusions that consistently appear in the novel through the ward’s Shock

Christ as she wanted this meal “to be her very best.” Her actions are also, “condemnable”, as her

She tries to convince him that he is actually a good man. She then turns it around telling the misfit that he should pray. He takes this as an excuse for his behaviors stating maybe if he had known the truth about Jesus he wouldn’t have done the things he did. The grandmother then states “Why you’re one of my babies. Your one of my own children!” (529} and reached out and touched him. This could be seen as good after all of the things he had just done. Or it could be seen as yet another manipulation to save her own life.

• Be able to identify these verses as quoted in the textbook and be familiar with Earley’s and Wheeler’s teachings on the following verses:

Jesus was able to teach the woman that He is the Living Water. Like Nicodemus, she was confused at first and asked how he would be able to give her water when he had nothing to draw it out of the well with. Jesus explained to her that what he would give to her would be water that whosoever drink of it, would never thirst and would spring them up to everlasting life. When she realized the Jesus is the Messiah, she was able to discern that

He suggests that thorough launguage given—such as the cross bleeding from its side—further imply that the crucifix is used as if a warrior would use his sword. Furthermore, he employs a brilliant way of comparing the epitaphs to biblical scriptures. His article is significant for future research because he explains the importance of the poem—as it would have been interpreted for its time. Furthermore, his references are impeccable. He uses direct biblical scriptures [from The New American Bible published by Catholic Book Publishing] to compare the version of the poem from The Norton Anthology English Literature text

Throughout the story Jesus was fighting the whether he should help the young lady or not. This is shown in the story when he first notices the girl. He was wondering how he could help

By physically seeing Jesus, it gave her an even stronger conformation that the experiences were valid and not from her imagination. The beauty was too indescribable not to be genuine. When she was questioned, she defended herself by saying,