Instructions:

Submit as PDF before leaving the class, but if you do not finish, you have a grace period to
finish it out as a homework and resubmit by tonight.

-Read the article by C.S. Lewis and answer the follwing questions. Please submit as PDF
before leaving the class today. The article and questions are also in your google slides Unit
2.3.

In Mere Christianity by C.S. LEWIS: In this summary article HERE, there are 3 parts.
Please summarize in your own words about each of the 3 parts:

1.

Part one:

a. Lewis discusses the law of nature when he is

studying human history. he claims, one is struck by
how similar different societies’ moral codes are,
and argues that moral law isn't just an arbitrary
human invention, but that its actually real, and a
timeless thing that was invented by an all-powerful
being who stands outside of the confines of
material space and time, and revivals itself
through a moral law.

Part two:

b. Lewis discusses a few competing theories about

powerful beings’ identity, some religious groups,
and patheists that believe that god is the universe.
Other religious groups like Muslims, Jews and
Christians believe that god created the university.
God is good and he wants humans to work hard to
make the universe a better place. Christians also
believe that a “devil” exists, and the evil is “spoiled
good”
 c. When Lewis was a much younger man, he found it
impossible to believe in a god who would allow the
earth to become unjust, and a sad place. Hoerer
the only way for an atheist tot criticize the
Christian model of god would be to appeal to
some standard for just and unjust. at the end of
part 2 lewis also introduces Jesus christ, and the
cornerstone of the Christian religion.

Part three:

d. in part three if the book, lewis studies the life of a

good Christian, and

2.

Who did Jesus claim to be from the Bible?

2. the son of god

What does John 10:33 say about Jesus? Why is this important?

3. We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for
blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”

this is important because it says Jesus is god?

What does John 8:58 say about Jesus? What is this important?

4. It shows that jesus was born before Abraham

In John 8:59, Jesus states, “I am”... what does this mean? Why is this significant?
 5. he has directly claimed the same name as God

What does John 1:1 say about Jesus? Why is this important?

6. several important facts, and introduces an important term, jesus was

referred to “the word”

What does John 1:14 say about Jesus? Why is this important?

7. Jesus was truly, fully, physically human

What does John 20:28 say about Jesus? Why is this important?

8. he not only declares Jesus his Master, but he overtly refers to Jesus as
"my God!"

What does Titus 2:13 say about Jesus? Why is this important?

9. a discussion on the grace of God

10. What does 2 Peter 1:1 say about Jesus? Why is this important?

Peter attests to the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Here, though, he reinforces the truth that
Jesus is fully God.

11. Write 3 Old Testament prophecies about who Jesus is?

OT prophecies 1:

a. “I will bless those who bless you, and

whoever curses you I will curse; and all
peoples on earth will be blessed through you”
(Genesis 12:3).

OT prophecies 2:

b. “Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will

bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I
will establish my covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his descendants
after him'” (Genesis 17:19).

OT prophecies 3:

c. “Your descendants will be like the dust of the

earth, and you will spread out to the west and
to the east, to the north and to the south. All
peoples on earth will be blessed through you
and your offspring” (Genesis 28:14).

12. John 14:6 states, “ I am the way and the truth and the life
13. Why is this statement, “Jesus is truly God”, important to all mankind?
because jesus is the human version of god