Throughout my readings of Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography by John Crossan‚ I went in with somewhat low expectations. My reason for this was that the topic of religion‚ christianity especially was something I did not have too much care for. After finishing the book however‚ it did enlighten some questions I had on the religion. One answer that came into light when I read the book was concerning the gospels and testaments. I wonder why was there a need to have so many different variants‚ with minor
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Explain what Jesus’ mission was on earth.(what was his aim or why was he here) The reason that Jesus came to earth because he is the only Son of God despite coming from a woman named Mary. He is the light that came to earth to clarify our path and our soul. He is a man that walked to earth all the way from Israel. Want to let everyone know who god was shown through this 1:1 ‘In the beginning was the word‚ and the word was with god‚ and the word was god. What was his mission? His mission was
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records the seven great “I AM” statements of Jesus‚ each one used to give insight into His person‚ His deity‚ and how He relates to God in the OT. “Seven times John records Jesus saying‚ ‘I am…‚’ attaching it to a metaphor. These seven statements give special insight into who Christ claimed to be…He was identifying Himself with Jehovah of the Old Testament”. The “I AM” statement that I will be focusing on is “I AM the true vine”. Jesus says this in John 15:1 “I AM the true vine‚ and
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Session: Thursday 3pm Topic 3: Why was Jesus called the “Lamb”? Identify verses in the New Testament that associate Jesus with the lamb. Describe significant events and passages in the Hebrew Bible involving lambs (as well as rams and goats‚ two animals closely related to lambs)‚ and explain how they shaped the meaning of the word “lamb” as applied to Jesus. Although many names like “Messiah”‚ “Prophet”‚ “Preacher”‚ “King” and “Teacher” are used to describe Jesus‚ only one name‚ “Lamb of God”‚ stands
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Herculean myth resembles Jesus in many areas. The mortal and chaste Alcmene‚ the mother of Hercules‚ gave birth to him from a union with God (Zeus). Similar to Herod who wanted to kill Jesus‚ Hera wanted to kill Hercules. Like Jesus‚ Hercules traveled the earth as a mortal helping mankind and performed miraculous deeds. Similar to Jesus who died and rose to heaven‚ Hercules died‚ rose to Mt. Olympus and became a god. Hercules gives example of perhaps the most popular hero in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Reflection of Jesus’ Life and Biblical Principles I. Introduction Paragraph A. Summarize 1. Jesus Film a) Messianic Prophecies b) Jesus’ Teachings c) Miracles 2. Journal #2 a) Messianic Prophecies b) Jesus’ Teachings c) Miracles B. Miracles Topics 1. Messianic Prophecies a) one sentence summing up passages 2. Jesus’ Teachings a) one sentence summing up passages 3. Miracles a) one sentence summing up passages C. Thesis II. Messianic Prophecies A. Isaiah 9:1-7 B. Isaiah
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Miracles Features Response The questions asked were “What is a marked feature about Jesus’ miracles at all stages of His ministry? What did the miracles of Jesus sometimes reveal about the disciples?” At first glance‚ my first thought was centered on one word “faith”. However‚ upon further investigation of the scriptures‚ it was revealed that out “of the 35 miracles recorded in the Gospel accounts the faith of the recipients is exercise in only 10 of the accounts” (Oppenheimer‚ 2009‚ p. 1). Those
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Jesus was a Jew‚ believed by all Christians to be the son of God. However the Jewish religion does not recognize him as the son of God; why is that? The Jewish religion believes that Jesus was a prophet‚ but not the “Messiah” only because he did not fulfill the messianic prophecies‚ Jesus did not embody the personal qualifications of the Messiah‚ and the Biblical verses referring to Jesus were “ mistranslated”. What was the Messiah supposed to accomplish? Throughout the Old Testament of the Bible
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In their book Lead Like Jesus Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges encourage readers to ask themselves three key questions: 1) Am I a leader? (pg. 4) 2) Am I willing to follow Jesus as my leadership role model? (pg. 11) 3) How do I lead like Jesus? (pg. 19) The authors try to define who is a leader. They say “Leadership is a process of influence. Anytime you seek to influence the thinking‚ behaviour‚ or development of people in their personal or professional lives‚ you are taking on the role of a leader
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QUESTION to REFLECT on • What contrasts and similarities are made between Aaronic high priests and Jesus? HEBREWS 7:1-10: MELCHISEDEC GREATER THAN LEVI VERSE 1 For this Melchisedec‚ king of Salem‚ priest of the Most-High God‚ who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the Kings and blessed him; For: Links the following discourse with Hebrews 6:20. The words and historical setting have already been dealt with when commenting on Hebrews 5:1. and blessed him: He blessed Abraham. This
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