Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy
Will You Give Your Child a Snake?
Matthew 7
Peter Combes – December 22, 2002                 
(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.        Read Galatians 6:1-5.  Christians should:
                     test each other
                     admonish each other
                     correct each others' faults
                     ignore each others' faults

2.      "Do not give dogs what is holy"  Dogs are frequently a symbol for :
                     prophets
                     evil-doers
                     foreigners
                     soldiers

3.      The Law and the Prophets are summarized in 
                     the Shema
                     the Talmud
                     the Logion
                     the Golden Rule

4.       The gate is wide that leads to:
                     forgiveness
                     the New Jerusalem
                     redemption
                     destruction

5.         Read Jeremiah 21:8-10.  For Jeremiah the two ways were:
                     worshipping God or Mammon
                     being a priest or a prophet
                     militarism or pacifism
                     staying in the city of surrendering to Chaldea

6.         Read Psalm 1.  For the psalmist  the two ways were:
                     activism and meditation
                     trees and chaff
                     faith and scepticism
                     agriculture and sheep-herding

7.         False prophets are:
                     angels of darkness
                     wolves in sheep's clothing
                     demons
                     lost sheep

8.         The criterion for entering the Kingdom of Heaven will be :
                     loving the brethren
                     prophecy in the name of the Lord
                     doing the will of God
                     casting out demons

9.        One who obeys the words of Jesus is like a:
                     soldier
                     lion tamer
                     house builder
                     prophet

10.        The general reaction to the Sermon on the Mount was:
                     anger
                     satisfaction
                     astonishment
                     disagreement