Reflection Paper (Chapter 5) 1. Consider the rich spiritual suggestion in Genesis 1:3‚ where light was the first thing created by God. Reflect to the importance given to light in this account. How important is light in your life today? Personally‚ I think the main reason why light was the first thing ever created because it what brings beauty to all other creations because without Light‚ there is only darkness. Light‚ for me‚ also symbolizes the Word of God that is what made everything‚ including
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Jesus is the Son of God‚ the Virgin Mary is His mother‚ and He was born in a Manger in Bethlehem. Jesus was sent to earth by His Father to spread His word and to die on the cross for everyone’s sins. In the Bible‚ it talks about how no one believed that Jesus was the Son of God and did not believe that He was a healer. There is a core of Jesus vision‚ this comes straight out of the Old Testament‚ and this is the promise that the kingdom of God was coming. Dickson‚ J. (n.d.). Life of Jesus (p. 101)
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hammer made its decent on the glass‚ a pan covered the glass and took the blow of the hammer to save the glass. This pan represents Jesus because Jesus sacrificed himself to God so that God would forgive us for our sins. Atonement is the action of putting things right between us and God. This story illustrates a very simplified version of one Atonement theory. Jesus‚ the "Pan‚" accomplished Atonement by sacrificing himself for mercy and forgiveness. He died for us so God would forgive our sins.
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February 2014 Proving That Jesus Walked on Earth Jesus Christ was biologically and archaeologically proven to be a real person. Jesus was proven to be real through categorized lineage such as in the book of Mathew in the Bible: “Abraham was the father of Isaac…Solomon the father of Rehoboam… Jacob the father of Joseph‚ the husband of Mary‚ and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.”(Matthew‚1:16) This directly proves that Jesus was born of kings‚ as stated in
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Peter’s Denial of Jesus. (Mark 14:66-72) 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard‚ one of the high priest’s maids came along. 67 Seeing Peter warming himself‚ she looked intently at him and said‚ “You too were with the Nazarene‚ Jesus.” 68* But he denied it saying‚ “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” So he went out into the outer court. [Then the cock crowed.] 69The maid saw him and began again to say to the bystanders‚ “This man is one of them.” 70Once again he denied it
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synoptic gospels‚ Jesus came with his followers to Jerusalem during the Passover festival where a large crowd came to meet him‚ shouting‚ "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel!"[19] Following his triumphal entry‚[20] Jesus created a disturbance at Herod’s Temple by overturning the tables of the moneychangers who set up shop there‚ and claiming that they had made the Temple a "den of robbers." (Mark 11:17). Later that week‚ Jesus celebrated the Passover
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A Contrast and Comparison of Jesus and Muhammad Bettye Joyce Davis Hum 130 A Contrast and Comparison of Jesus and Muhammad According to "Comparing Jesus and Muhammad" (n.d.)‚ “Each year‚ thousands of Christian homes and churches are torched or bombed by Muslim mobs‚ and hundreds of Christians‚ including dozens of priests‚ pastors‚ nuns and other church workers are murdered at the hands of Islamic extremists. The so-called justification varies‚ from charges of apostasy or evangelism‚ to
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Throughout the Gospel of Mark‚ Jesus is seen performing miracle‚ which can lead the reader to believe Jesus was a magical and flawless figure. With this‚ the reader holds Jesus to a higher standard of character. In reality‚ Jesus was just like every other human‚ but it is easy to allow the human identity of Jesus to escape the mind. The few instances in the Gospel where we see Jesus angry serve to remind the reader that he his human. In Mark 11‚ we see Jesus overturning the tables of those selling
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listed to have the detailed dialogue between the rich man‚ Jesus and His disciples. When the rich young ruler came to Jesus asking what he could do to inherit eternal life‚ Jesus told him to sell all that he had and follow Him. The scripture goes onto to say that the young man went away sorrowing (Mark 10:17-31‚NIV). Jesus used this confrontation to express‚ How hard it is for the ones who have many possessions to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus then states an example for his disciples. "It is easier
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provides us with 10 arguments that the Bible is spoken Word from God. I think the most convincing argument that the Bible is the Word of God is the unique revelation of Jesus Christ because it simply puts whom Jesus Christ is and how the Bible clearly states the deity of Jesus Christ. The Bible teaches us that the unique revelation of Jesus Christ is “that the person of Christ existed before Creation‚ that He was the Creator‚ that He manifested Himself in the Old Testament through Christophanies‚ that
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