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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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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prove to the Jewish congregation of the specific truth that Jesus Christ is better. Jesus is superior to the angels. Christ Jesus is superior to the prophets. Moses was not better than Jesus. The priesthood of Jesus was greater than Aaron’s. The new promises of Jesus are greater than the ancient promises because the old promises could never be fulfilled. The blood of Jesus surpasses and is superior to the bull’s blood or the goat’s blood. Jesus is better in every way (Kruger‚ 2014). The published document
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Throughout the Gospel of Mark‚ Jesus implemented a series of 4 different types of miracles. The 4 types of miracles Jesus performed were exorcisms‚ nature miracles‚ healings‚ and raising from the dead (life and death) miracles. After all his miracles‚ Jesus would perform the "messianic secret". The "messianic secret" is Jesus’ practice of telling anyone who recognized his true identity to keep it a secret. Through the many works and miracles Jesus performs‚ there are many examples of him also performing
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of the film and the gospels‚ the persona of Jesus shown can be described as completely original. Instead of focusing on his divinity like in Luke or his miracles in Mark‚ this film explored the more human side of Jesus of Nazareth‚ who faced many of the same struggles every human does while on Earth. In modern Christianity‚ Jesus is often portrayed as someone who stands apart from and above humanity. “The Last Temptation of Christ” instead entrenches Jesus within humanity. In order to effectively communicate
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In "yancey’s "book Jesus I never knew" in the last chapter titled "what he left behind". When I first read the title I could releate a lot to this title. I remember after graduating high school I was at home applying to college. My little cousin was in elementary school she brought her assignment from her Christian religious study class and one of the question was "what did Jesus leave behind for us?" my little cousin said to me "what’s the answer" I said "he left so many things behind for us
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A Look at the Allegory of Death and Resurrection Within “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” Man of Steel debuted this past weekend to shatter all previous box office records for a June release. The overwhelming success of this newest installment in the Superman franchise capitalizes upon our need for a hero‚ for good in the midst of bad‚ and for hope in the midst of despair. Though comic books and superheroes are a fixation of more recent years‚ the art of creating characters that portray redemptive
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The book‚ Jesus & Muhammad‚ is written by F. E. Peters. Peters is a professor at New York University‚ where he teaches Islamic Studies and Religion. Peters is said to be a leader in the comparative studies of Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam. The book is written to compare and make a clear idea of how Jesus and Muhammad had parallel lives. Author‚ F. E. Peters states‚ “Jesus and Muhammad have been the subject of the most sustained and detailed biographical inquiries in the Western tradition‚ and
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themselves. The Romans charged Jesus in makeshift trials that went against the laws and rules that they themselves had established for the way that they would handle trials. Jesus was charged with blasphemy‚ claiming to be the Son of God‚ the Messiah. Yet instead of leading the charges in these trials the romans (more specifically Caiaphas) stated that Jesus was guilty of sedition. The Romans stated that either Jesus himself‚ his followers‚ or that other people claimed Jesus to be the king of the Jews
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I think there are three reasons of why Judas betrayed Jesus. There could have been many reasons for why Judas betrayed Jesus‚ but I think in the text and from what we know about Judas‚ the reasons behind his betrayal were pretty clear. The first reason is that Judas is corrupt when it comes to money‚ as he was a tax collector‚ and he would do anything to get extra money. It says in John 12:6‚ “…he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag‚ he used to help himself to what was put into it.” Judas went
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