Murphy Introduction to New Testament I Dr. Lawson Reflection Essay #3 The Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Matthew was written to prove that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah from God‚ the King of all Earth and to make plain the Kingdom of God. Matthew uses the genealogy of Jesus that traces him back to Abraham‚ to further prove that it was yet another fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy. Theologians consider this gospel the most Jewish‚ with a high regard and similar organization of the Torah;
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The Gospel of John and its Correlation to the Synoptic gospels with the Continued Use of Farrer’s Hypothesis With the discovery of similarities between the gospels of Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke‚ and John‚ it can be seen that these synoptic gospels are constantly utilizing one another in order to better relay the story of Jesus. This evidence continues to become even more prominent as a deeper analyzation of each one progresses. With this in mind‚ I will be focusing on the gospel of John and its relation
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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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Parables of Matthew 13 Thesis The Kingdom of God emerges as a key focus on the pages of Scripture‚ and can be seen as the overall message of the Bible. Despite the Kingdom’s importance in the bible‚ there is no greater theme in the gospel that invokes greater confusion and debate. The questions that arise are such: What is the nature of the Kingdom of God? Is the Kingdom of God here now or only in the future? The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the Kingdom of God based on the gospel of Matthew
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JESUS CURSES THE FIG TREE Submitted To --------------------- In Partial Fulfillment Of REL2240-Intro to New Testament By May 1‚ 2014 Jesus Curses the Fig Tree: An Exegesis of Matthew 21:18-22 Introduction Jesus is always recognized for His miracles‚ His miracles that characteristically heal and restore God’s creation. Yet here‚ and here alone‚ He intentionally curses and destroys something that God has made. This act seems
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the days of Herod the king (Matthew 2:1). Besides his birth‚ the early life of Jesus is somewhat of a mystery as it is not as nearly written about as his adult life. Only in the book of Luke in the bible do we hear of Jesus being found in a temple teaching when he was yet twelve years old. There is pretty much no record of his life from then up until around the time he began his ministry at the age of 30. According to the account in the fourth chapter in the book of Matthew in the New Testament‚ Jesus
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‘The Secret of Kells’’ was the wild card in the recent Oscar animation race — the little Irish movie no one had heard of‚ let alone seen. Call it luck or a brilliant promotional strategy‚ but the movie opens at the Kendall today with local animaniacs primed to happily pounce. As well they should‚ for “Kells’’ is a visually overwhelming labor of love‚ a hand-drawn medieval adventure tale that seeks and finds cosmic connections. Yes‚ you can still bring the kids. The hero of “Kells’’ is Brendan
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Mark and Matthew are that they both believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Another similarities found in both Gospels would be the use of parables told by Jesus and similar stories about Jesus for example; Jesus baptism‚ Jesus healings‚ and Jesus stilling of the storm‚ "Jesus burial and the woman discovering of the empty tomb" (Harris pg 174.) and Pilate’s condemnation of Jesus. Lastly‚ two more similiares both Gospels have in common is the fact Gospels writers stay anonymous and both Gospels believe
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Nature Miracles of Jesus: 1.Jesus turns Water into Wine (John 2:1-11) 2.Miracle of draught of fishes (Lk 5:1-11) 3.Jesus walks on water (Matthew 14:22-33‚ Mark 6:45-52 and John 6:16-21) 4.Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:1–9‚ Mark 9:2-8‚ Luke 9:28–36) 5.Jesus calms the storm (Mark 4:35-41‚ Luke 8:22-25 and Matthew 8:23-27) Healing Miracles Of Jesus: 1.Jesus heals the Blind man in Bethsaida (Mk. 8:22-26) 2.Jesus heals the blind near Jericho‚ named Bartimaeus (Mk. 10:46-52) 3
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Key Teachings of Jesus The Gospel of Matthew is rich with teaching statements by Jesus that give us insights into how he would like his followers to live. "The Sermon on the Mount" is referred to as Jesus’ basic teachings in a capsule. 20 key teachings of Jesus from the Gospel of Matthew; 1. The Christian life is marked by baptism (Matt. 3:13-17). 2. God is available to help us not give into temptation (Matt. 4:1-11). 3. Jesus asks us to repent—turn away from wrong‚ confess wrong doing
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