that oppress the poor. The church must proclaim Jesus Christ as the liberator of the poor and the oppressed. “The Age of Sabbath,” shows that the kingdom includes the observance of the Sabbath. Since, Jesus has not inaugurated the rest kingdom people must observe the “Sabbath-rest…, for the kingdom has not yet come in its fullness. We must make every effort to enter that rest” (Heb. 4:11); we must still seek first the kingdom of God.” “The Age of Jubilee,” is the kingdom that is realized through when the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is Jesus Christ that will bring liberation from bondage. The Jubilee gospel turns its focus to the gospel of the poor. The concern of Jubilee is economic justice. The task of the church is learning how to work Jubilee justice in our world at the present moment, but in anticipation of the coming kingdom of Jesus Christ.
The Present Challenge A guest lecturer who was a Commissioner was giving his presentation when he said something that struck me immediately, “All we need is Jesus.” He continued to make the same comment, and I sincerely wanted to ask, “Which Jesus?” The problem I had was that the Jesus I see in the Gospel is a radical fellow that is causing upheaval in his society. I start this way because I think that the …show more content…
We must nurture new disciples, as seen in Matthew 28:19-20. It is important to teach these individuals of why and how to relate the Bible as the revelation of God in matters of life, salvation, kingdom work and theology. This is vital to the new believers, because they must learn how they view God and his response to their lives; as well as to their response to the world. Through discipleship believers learn how to communicate God’s love to those who are lost and without love. They also learn how to convey God’s incarnational love to
The Present Challenge A guest lecturer who was a Commissioner was giving his presentation when he said something that struck me immediately, “All we need is Jesus.” He continued to make the same comment, and I sincerely wanted to ask, “Which Jesus?” The problem I had was that the Jesus I see in the Gospel is a radical fellow that is causing upheaval in his society. I start this way because I think that the …show more content…
We must nurture new disciples, as seen in Matthew 28:19-20. It is important to teach these individuals of why and how to relate the Bible as the revelation of God in matters of life, salvation, kingdom work and theology. This is vital to the new believers, because they must learn how they view God and his response to their lives; as well as to their response to the world. Through discipleship believers learn how to communicate God’s love to those who are lost and without love. They also learn how to convey God’s incarnational love to