5 marker question

• Describe what happened at the crucifixion of Jesus


  He was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate

  Whipped, stripped given a crown of thorns and made to carry his cross,

  He was nailed to the cross

  Jesus asked God to forgive those who were crucifying him

  As he died darkness covered the land
• Describe Christian beliefs about Jesus as the Messiah  


  Sent by God to save humanity  

  Miracles and resurrection prove he is the Messiah/ saviour

  We must accept Jesus as Lord to get to Heaven (achieve salvation), 

  Jesus said “no one comes to the father except through me”
• Describe Christian example of forgiveness 


  Jesus asked God to forgive those who crucified him  

  In Lord’s prayer, it says to forgive as we are forgiven by God  

  Christians are taught to love enemies 

  Jesus also told his disciples to forgive people “seventy times seven” times, which means as often as possible  

  Jesus’s parable of “the prodigal son” explains that God is a forgiving father. 
• Describe Jesus’s teachings on treasure and wealth 


  Jesus taught doing good deeds is like putting savings into a spiritual bank 

  Spiritual treasure is safe from being stolen or destroyed

  The parable of the rich man and Lazarus explained that wealth has no benefit in afterlife

  Those who help others will be rewarded whilst selfish will be punished

  Jesus said "It is much harder for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
• Describe the role of the church in its local community


  For believers it is a place of worship

  A place to celebrate rites of passage such as weddings and funerals

  Place to celebrate festivals such as Easter and Christmas

  Provides moral and spiritual guidance

  Provides charity such as food banks
• Describe the trinity


  God has 3 aspects: father son and holy spirit

  Sometimes symbolised by water, ice and steam

  Father - the creator

  Son - God became human

  Holy spirit - present in the world
• Describe the resurrection


  Resurrected on the third day

  Mary Magdalene went to visit his tomb and it was empty

  Some disciples also visited the tomb

  Jesus was seen that day by Mary and the disciples

  Over the next 40 days many people saw Jesus