5th Grade Mahragan Al Keraza 2024 Study Guide.docx

**5^th^ Grade Mahragan Al Keraza 2024 Study Guide** **Lesson 1: The Lord is My God** - How many Gods do we have? - Memorize this verse: "For there are three that bear witness in heaven; the father, the word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one." (1 John 5:7) - Our Lord Jes...

**5^th^ Grade Mahragan Al Keraza 2024 Study Guide** **Lesson 1: The Lord is My God** - How many Gods do we have? - Memorize this verse: "For there are three that bear witness in heaven; the father, the word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one." (1 John 5:7) - Our Lord Jesus Christ is God, one of three Hypostases - Be able to list the proofs of the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ - The prophecy of his birth from a virgin in the New Testament (know the Verse) - The prophecy of his crucifixion in the Old Testament (know the verse) - Our lord announced he is God "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM." (John 8:58) - Know the divine characteristics of God (God is unlimited, God is the creator, God is ever existing, God is unchangeable, God knows everything, God is omnipotent) **Lesson 2: The Lord is a Light to our Path (St. John the Beloved)** - St. John was the son and brother of Who? Son of Zebedee and brother of St. James - St. John was the disciple of who? St. John the Baptist - St. John's Job? Fisherman - Who was St. John's accompanying? Jesus - He accompanied the lord to the cross, he also went to the tomb of our lord Jesus very early on the day of Christ's resurrection - He was the only disciple who recognized our lord Jesus after the resurrection at the sea of Tiberias - Know this verse " For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you" ( 1 Corinthians 11:23) - St. John experienced many hardships and persecution - He was arrested and exiled to the island of Patmos - Wrote the Book of Revelation - St. John is called the 'disciple of love' and 'St. John the beloved' - St. John wrote 5 books in the New Testament - The gospel of St. John, the 3 Epistles (1 John, 2 John, 3 John), and the book of Revelation - He departed when he was 100 years old - Only disciple was not martyred - Know this verse "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life" (John 8:12) **Lesson 3: The Lord is My Salvation** - Who was the defender of faith? St. Dioscorus - Which school he joined? The theological school - Studied the Greek Language - Ordained the 25^th^ pope of Alexandria - Who tried to convince the emperor of St. Dioscorus's false teachings? Leo the Bishop - How many natures does our lord Jesus have? 1 nature, not 2 as Leo believed - Pope Dioscorus is called the "Champion of Orthodoxy" - Know this verse " And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." (2 Timothy 2:2) **Lesson 4: The Lord is My Refuge** - Our lord taught us the importance of prayer: - when he healed Simon's mother-in-law, he woke up very early and went out to a place to pray - before choosing the 12 disciples the lord spent the whole night praying - be able to list some of God's Commandments for us to pray - how many prayers in the Agpeya do we have? 7 and be able to name them - know this verse "Praise the Lord, for his mercy endures forever." ( 2 Chronicles 20:20) **Lesson 5: The Lord is My peace** - Where was Daniel from? Tribe of Judah and lived in Jerusalem - Who is the king of Babylon who came to Jerusalem and captured many people? Nebuchadnezzar - How many years will the young men spend in the palace? 3 years - What did the king dream of? - Who was able to explain the dream to the King? - Daniel was appointed Daniel as one of the 3 governors - "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you." (Daniel 6:16) - What happened to the lions? - The king wanted Daniel to worship? An Idol named Bel - Who ate the food that was given to Bel the Idol? The priests -