Jesus‚ Our One True Shepherd Tuesday‚ October 30‚ 2012 Introduction Throughout the Gospel of John‚ Jesus offers to those around Him‚ most specifically His Disciples‚ metaphors to help them understand who He is and what His purposes are. Jesus uses common phrases to illustrate His point. He does this twenty-three times in the Gospel of John Repeating important. He begins seven of those important statements with two exceptional words‚ “I AM”. These words illustrate his world-saving purpose.
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In The Original Jesus‚ author Tom Wright examines Jesus in the historical perspective. He attempts to take you back to Jesus’s own time in order for the reader to recognize the message Christ was actually proclaiming and to interpret it and the Gospels in the context of those times. In other words‚ Wright tries to "take you there" to see Jesus as he was 2‚000 years ago. It is a short and seemingly uncomplicated book‚ filled with a number of illustrations of Jesus in the Holy Land‚ yet it does succeed
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Jacklyn Reaviles L24877830 BIBL 104-D16 LUO 12/11/2012 Summary of the books of the New Testament Books John The genre of the book of John is gospel. John was written so that people may believe Jesus is the Messiah‚ the Son of God‚ and that you can have eternal life if you believe in him. The author gives examples on the signs of Jesus to portray his identity and mission. The book begins with a description of the Word becoming flesh. John the Baptist declares that Jesus is the Lamb
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Holy Bible. N.p.: Zondervan‚ 2014. Print. LaVerdiere‚ Eugene. Luke. Wilmington‚ DE: Michael Glazier‚ 1980. Print. The New King James Bible: New Testament. Nashville: T. Nelson‚ 1979. Print. Throckmorton‚ Burton Hamilton. Gospel Parallels: A Synopsis of the First Three Gospels. Nashville‚ [Tenn.: Thomas Nelson‚ 1979. Print.
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individual help someone else if they cannot help themselves. Therefore‚ scholars Johnson and Daniel both argue that “Acts should be read in the light of the Gospel” in order to understand the literary patterns and paradox established. Thus‚ both scholars stated that the narrative in Acts must be also read as the continuation and confirmation of the Gospel story‚ “where Jesus is shown as the prophet sent by God to visit the people”. Hence‚ much of Jesus responses are in the passive voice and are unclear
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Unlike Mark and Matthew‚ Luke is thought to be the third gospel to be written. As Luke is known as the first Church Historian‚ the content of his gospel come from interviewing individuals who knew Jesus personally (Bible‚ 684). One of the greatest individuals who Luke interviewed was Christ’s mother. As a result of these interviews‚ Luke includes many stories about women and money (Bible‚ 645). Luke‚ a Gentile himself‚ aims to prove to other Gentiles that Jesus is the universal Savior of all
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Hubert Rivera TRS 100 Gospel of Matthew One pager Throughout the Gospel of Matthew‚ Jesus is portrayed as a teacher‚ a healer‚ and a fulfillment of the Torah. The Gospel starts off describing Jesus’ lineage as a descendant of David and Abraham‚ Christ was the anointed to preach. Jesus’ genealogy showed the Jews his ancestors were traced back through the patriarchs and back to Adam. It was very important that Matthew‚ who also was a Jew emphasized this‚ so many Jews believed that Jesus is the
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Common Concepts in Parable The parables appear often in the passages of the Gospels. As people read through the Gospels‚ they know they are reading the parables‚ but it is difficult to distinguish them. The book of Luke contains numerous amounts of parables which are concentrated in chapter 10 to chapter 16. Some bluntly shows that they are parables‚ but some are hidden among the passages. Through examination of Luke chapter 10-16‚ there are many concepts the parables are common in. The greatest
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Joseph Fletcher was a leading academic in the 1960s who published a book called “Situation Ethics: The New Morality” This book portrayed a new idea on how moral decisions should be taken. Fletcher based his ideas on the idea of Agape love which he felt was shown from Jesus Christ throughout the New Testament. Situation ethics was set up so that the basis of moral decisions was agape love instead of the ideas of legalism and antinomianism. Fletcher based his idea of situation ethics on a throw away
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Computer technology and multimedia is vastly becoming an important tool in the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The ability to utilize new technology and implementing innovative ways of delivering the message to the lost has generally proved to be a successful formula. In the past‚ the translation of the scriptures into different languages and implementation of different practices has proven to be vital tools in reaching different cultures and adapting to the changing times. In the
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