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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Jesus’ powers of being able to perform miracles started spreading between the people so when Jesus arrived in Jewish territory‚ a huge crowd had formed (21). The large crowd shows how well the word had spread and how many people wanted to see Jesus and his miracles. One person in particular‚ Jairus‚ was in urgent need of Jesus’ miracles‚ and he came to beg for Jesus’ help (21-22). Jairus was a Jewish leader‚ and during this time‚ Jewish leaders tended to be suspicious of Jesus. The leaders were angry
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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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teaching of Jesus Christ. Kong Qiu‚ better known as Confucius‚ focused his teaching on history‚ law‚ poetry‚ and spiritual writing. The Biblical teaching of the Old Testament also provided similar structure of teaching. Like Confucius‚ these teachings included the books of Genesis and Exodus to provide history‚ Leviticus‚ Gods law which included the Ten Commandments‚ and Psalm which is focused on songs and poetry. Even though Confucius lived hundreds of years before the time of Jesus Christ‚ his
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say was written before the exile 6th cen bc. back to Daniel 9 24-26 written in the first person. prophecy about the destruction of the temple again. the romans destroyed it. and still‚ if this was written 150 years after Alex death‚ guess what still a prophecy. John 2:19 Jesus was talking about the temple being destroyed‚ he said if you see these things happening flee leave and don’t look back pretty much. luke 21-20-22
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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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FEAR OF AGING AND DEATH Forever 21: Americans Fear of Aging and Death Christianna Newton Liberty on Line Liberty University Online PSYC. -210-D33 –LUO This paper is going to be about the views that American’s views on aging and the perspectives of death. Americans attitudes also on these two points will be coved in this paper. Relationships will also be covered between life and death. Overviews on death studies will be explained in this paper. This paper
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Mockingbird‚ Jem helped Scout with a lot of things. Not only have my brothers helped me‚ but I have seen them help other people as well. In seventh grade bible class‚ we studied how Jesus served others and the different miracles he performed. Serving others is a strong belief of mine‚ and not only have I learned how Jesus served others in bible class‚ but Jem showed it to me‚ as well as my brothers. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ I feel the closest to the character Jem‚ Scout’s older brother. Jem
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what I felt that day. I would be rented for useless tasks until a man named Joseph came. I am the Donkey who carried Mary to Bethlehem and this is my story about the birth of baby Jesus. It was the most amazing thing that had ever happened to me. I was chosen to journey with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem and see baby Jesus. The first thing that happened to me was being chosen by God to be the one who carries Mary all the way to Bethlehem. My whole life was to be rented to people who had useless purposes
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