This class has opened my eyes by reading the Bible. I am embarrassed to say that prior to this class I have never sat down and read the Bible. I have tried, but did not get very far. During Sunday Mass, I have heard excerpts of the Bible, however, I have never listened to a formal discussion on it or about it. I am somewhat familiar with the miracles that Jesus performed, but that is it. I was blown away by the lecture of D. A. Carson. His knowledge and ability to recite and bounce between the Old and New Testament and weaving in John’s gospel I found amazing. I would be sitting in the front row if I was one of his students. After listening to him I can only imagine how in depth his paper would be responding to this assignment.
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5). If we were to be among the skeptics, we would have to say that all the stories of these miracles were made up and all those who say they were eyewitnesses, are lying. When Jesus performed His miracles, there were several, if not hundreds of people gathered around Him. Some were healed, feed, waters calmed, and people saved by Jesus. If it was one or two accounts and only a few people claiming these things happened, I am sure there would be much more doubt. The Bible reflects that “crowds” gathered. I would define crowds as hundreds or …show more content…
When the apostles heard Jesus claimed He was the Son of God there is little doubt they internally questioned His claim. As they followed Jesus as He performed His teaching and miracles and the vision that Jesus was God’s Son became clearer. At that point they must have thought this man could actually be God. Just when the apostles were beginning to figure out who this Man was and to totally believe in Him, He was crucified. The crucifixion of Jesus turned their belief into confusion. The disciples were frightened and did not fully understand what Jesus was telling them. Jesus predicted that He was going to die in a horrible way and rise back to life to be at His Father’s right hand. Any experience the apostles had with death was the end of a person’s life, they could not get their arms around the event of rising from the dead and what did it mean when Jesus said, “One had to die to live.” It did not make much sense. It was not until Jesus’ ascension and resurrection that got the disciples fully believing this was
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5). If we were to be among the skeptics, we would have to say that all the stories of these miracles were made up and all those who say they were eyewitnesses, are lying. When Jesus performed His miracles, there were several, if not hundreds of people gathered around Him. Some were healed, feed, waters calmed, and people saved by Jesus. If it was one or two accounts and only a few people claiming these things happened, I am sure there would be much more doubt. The Bible reflects that “crowds” gathered. I would define crowds as hundreds or …show more content…
When the apostles heard Jesus claimed He was the Son of God there is little doubt they internally questioned His claim. As they followed Jesus as He performed His teaching and miracles and the vision that Jesus was God’s Son became clearer. At that point they must have thought this man could actually be God. Just when the apostles were beginning to figure out who this Man was and to totally believe in Him, He was crucified. The crucifixion of Jesus turned their belief into confusion. The disciples were frightened and did not fully understand what Jesus was telling them. Jesus predicted that He was going to die in a horrible way and rise back to life to be at His Father’s right hand. Any experience the apostles had with death was the end of a person’s life, they could not get their arms around the event of rising from the dead and what did it mean when Jesus said, “One had to die to live.” It did not make much sense. It was not until Jesus’ ascension and resurrection that got the disciples fully believing this was