Discuss the occasion and purpose for the writing of Galatians. Who were the opponents of Paul in Galatia? What was the nature of the opponents’ doctrine and how did Paul respond to it? The letter to the Galatians was one which was written by Paul to defend the one true Gospel. According to Köstenberger‚ “the most important contribution of the letter is its exposition of the doctrine of justification.” The letter is a letter that ultimately unshackles the believer from slavery of the law. Instead
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Introduction The book of Romans is the longest and the most systematic letter written by the apostle Paul in the New Testament. The theme of Romans is the revelation of God’s judging and saving righteousness in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Judgment in the New Testament was misconstrued among the unrighteousness of the Jews until Paul’s message clarified the meaning of God’s judgment and kindness. The focus will be on this practically passage‚ Romans 2: 1-11. It is vital to understand the correct
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INTRODUCTION The epistle to the Ephesians is believed to have been written after many churches had already been founded and that could have been after Paul had had an opportunity to ponder the meaning of the new organism that had come into being‚ called the church. When talking about church‚ we should be able to know exactly what we mean as the word “Church” means the church universal (catholic)‚ rather than the local grouping of people. From the contents of this Epistle‚ we can see that this epistle
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First Century Corinth The Epistles to the Corinthians were written by the apostle Paul in the mid 50’s A.D. These were letters written to a church community that‚ according to the book of Acts‚ Paul had a hand in founding on an earlier journey (Acts 18:9). The epistles themselves speak much about the cultural‚ economic‚ and spiritual significance of this very heavily Roman influenced Greek city located on the Isthmus of Corinth. By examining the epistles and further historical source‚ the context
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for a lot of different reasons. One of the quotes from the literature reason about the bible that I would like to include is ’The Bible has a transforming power to change the lives of individuals. We can take the Apostle Paul and look at how he was change on the road to Damascus. Paul conversion happen when he thought he was doing things in the name Christ but he was yet to be converted until he encounter Jesus on that road. It’s an interesting how Gods meets us where we are in our sin. Another quote
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I Corinthians is thought to be the second letter Paul had written to the church at Corinth‚ in I Corinthians 5:9 Paul says I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. This is thought to refer to an earlier letter called the warning letter sent to the church at Corinth at some point before this letter. Then we have the second letter to Corinth which we know as I Corinthians. Now we move to Paul’s third letter some call Paul’s Severe Letter he refers to in II Corinthians
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Biography of Saint Peter After Jesus‚ Saint Peter is the most known and quoted Apostle in the New Testament. He is mentioned 154 times with the nickname "Petros‚" "stone"‚ "rock"‚ which is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name Jesus gave him directly‚ "Kefa". The name Simon is the Greek form adapted to his original Hebrew name‚ Simeon. The call of Jesus It took place on a day like any other day‚ while Peter was doing
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From Romans to Timothy‚ the Bible contains many letters written by the apostle Paul. Paul was a significant figure in early christianity who traveled the known-world‚ preached‚ and started new churches. As Paul went about his ministry‚ he kept in contact with many of the churches he helped initiate‚ and many of the people he came in contact with along his journey. While Paul’s letters are a significant to the new testament‚ and contain many valuable and relevant insights‚ in order to truly understand
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What is a “call to the ministry” ? by Ken Temple Regional Representative Southeast USA Frontiers (770) 277-6399 ( office ) kentemple@juno.com What is a “call to ministry” ? Is it more subjective or objective? It is just for preachers and pastors and missionaries‚ or is it also for the Christian businessman and plumber‚ the housewife and mother? Is it only one’s vocation‚ or does it also refer to salvation and relationship with Christ ? Os Guinness‚ in his book‚ The Call‚ writes: “Calling
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY EXEGETICAL PAPER EPHESIANS 6:10-20 A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. LUCAS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE NBST 652 HERMENEUTICS LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY KELLY TODD LYNCHBURG‚ VIRGINIA FRIDAY‚ MARCH 9‚ 2012 CONTENTS OBSESERVATIONS 1 MAIN IDEA 3 OUTLINE 3 INTRODUCTION 4 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTENT 5 LITERARY CONTEXT 6 CONTENT 7 The Offensive Comes From God 7 The Defensive Comes From God 7 The Battle is Vast 8 The Armor
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