Essential Question: Why did Jesus teach in parables? A parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson‚ as told by Jesus in the Gospels. Jesus used parables to illustrate divine truths making the stories easy to remember. Parables were common when teaching in Judaism and may also be why Jesus used them often. Jesus explained the parables only to his disciples and those who had always rejected his messages were left in spiritual blindness‚ meaning that they never understood
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1-13 1. Genealogy of Jesus 1. Jacob was the father of Joseph 2. There were 14 generations in all from Abraham to David‚ 14 generations from David to the exile to Babylon and 14 generations from exile to Christ. The birth of Jesus Christ 1. Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph. She was with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph was going to secretly divorce Mary when he found out she was with child. An angel spoke to Joseph telling him she was bearing the Son of man
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about Jesus Christ. The Jesus I Never Knew is a thrilling‚ difficult‚ and fulfilling book that compels the reader to examine their preconceptions of Jesus Christ‚ and see how it aligns with The Holy Bible. In this book‚ Yancey brings the reader alongside himself in a journey of rediscovering who the Jesus of the Bible really is. I found Yancey’s book causing me to see Jesus through 3 different perspectives that cumulate to form a proper whole view of Jesus. These 3 perspectives include Jesus as the
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the most famous events throughout religion‚ as well as‚ history. Even those who belong to a faith outside of Christianity are aware of Christ’s resurrection after he was crucified. However‚ what many don’t know about are the theories that attempt to discredit that the resurrection and the historical information that prove these theories wrong. On top of this‚ many people don’t realize just how important the resurrection is to the Christian faith and what
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What does it mean to follow Jesus? Following Christ can take your life. I don’t believe most people‚ including myself‚ truly recognize the true meaning of being a disciple. It sounds almost easy to follow Jesus‚ and too simple to be the way to everlasting life. Its actually very difficult‚ but that is because we make it that way. The end result ( salvation‚ peace‚ no more worries or fears about tomorrow‚ everlasting joy‚ security‚ freedom) is so rewarding that the difficulties are forgotten.
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Abstract Christianity is a religion on the beliefs and teachings of Jesus. The belief that there is a one true God and that he sent his only son Jesus to Earth to die on a cross to save the sins of the world‚ so that one day when we except him as Lord of our life we can go to Heaven. The believers in Christianity are called Christians. Through this one religion there are many groups and sub groups branched from it. The three major groups of Christianity are the Roman Catholic Church‚ the Orthodox
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portrayed two versions of Jesus with distinct characteristics through depicting Jesus’s emotions and behaviors during healings. In Mark‚ Jesus appears to be a man who cares a lot for people who have faith‚ including all of them into the city of God by removing both their physical and spiritual sins through healings; while in John‚ Jesus aims for showing his supernatural power through his miraculous healings‚ attracting more believers and glorifying himself. The two images of Jesus in Mark and John are
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When Jesus is preaching He always says “Come‚ walk with me”. For us‚ it is sure that Jesus is with us in our everyday lives. We are sure of this because of our faith to Him. Therefore Jesus wants us to realize that if we follow him with all our hearts we are sure that we are in his protection but if you are away from Him‚ He is still with you that is because sometimes if we are making sins we come to realize the things that we’ve done wrong. God is very serious that we must be devoted in asking
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only Jesus’ leadership which is true‚ honest and righteous. Jesus describes a leader like this: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them‚ and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead‚ whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant‚ and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be saved‚ but to serve‚ and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:25-28‚ NIV). Jesus’ life was pure
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1. How would you describe Sally’s Disability to other professionals in your school? When approaching this topic with professionals in my school‚ I would provide them first and foremost with information of what cerebral palsy means. I would educate everyone using PowerPoints‚ YouTube videos‚ and online resources to help them understand the disability. I feel that before you can describe a particular student‚ you have to be able to have the background knowledge about the disability. Now‚ having knowledge
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