Anointing of Jesus

be the apostle John) - “But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:31). John’s Gospel differs from the Synoptics in form and perspective - but not, of course, in the basic storyline. He is born as prophesied, to much fanfare. John opens with echoing back to Genesis- “In the beginning…” and goes bigger with the point of Jesus being the fulfillment of prophecy. In John- He is God’s Word. He 's…

link to faith in Jesus Christ. That is why it is so important to determine biblically who Jesus Christ is. Is Jesus God in the flesh? Or was he just a man? The Book of Acts contributes many things to help support the deity of Christ, such as he is worshiped, He bears the names and titles of deity, He has the same life giving power that God has, and he shed his own blood. Jesus Christ bears the name and titles of deity in the book of Acts in by showing that God made Jesus Lord and Christ.…

Christianity there were followers who had experienced different things with Jesus and at different times, they had to come together to write their experiences into Scripture so that could have caused confusion within the Christian community. When it comes to determining the "right belief" there is…

We believe that the only way to reach heaven is through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. In practice I would say that my family is very observant of Christian doctrine. I wasn’t allowed to swear growing up but I remember one time when I accidently said “oh my God” instead of “of my Gosh” and I was reprimanded…

Christian etc. Does religion matter In a Marriage ? " For most people, the God they serve and their faith, is at the core of their essence. I’m not any different. My mom is Baptist and my Dad is a Jehovah’s Witness. I was raised as a believer of Jesus Christ. I respect my father’s way of life and have even tolerated some of his attempts to convert me, but my heart has never been swayed. " In this example the person says they have not been swayed to any religion which is fine , but lets say if…

Christ. Despite where you might have come from (rampant sexual immorality, greed, selfishness, and pride if you were the church at Corinth), Jesus Christ can make things new. It was awesome for me to watch the transition from the "1 Corinthians" church of sin to the "2 Corinthians" church of repentance. 2 Corinthians 12:9 hit me really hard this unit, when Jesus spoke to Paul saying: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (ESV) I struggled a bit to…

Introduction Knowing God is a influential evangelical book by James Innell Packer and holds to be the authors best-known work. Packer was an Oxford graduate who was influenced greatly by another famous Christian author, C. S. Lewis, and eventually committed his life to Christian service where he spent a brief times teaching in different places and eventually ended up back in Oxford to study theology, then later he became the Regent College Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology in 1996. Soon…

particular topic (Grudem 483). Therefore, it has some application to our lives. In addition, the most important reason for studying our beliefs is to “to obey the command of Jesus to teach believers to observe all that he commanded” (Grudem 22). According to Matthew 28:19-20, we are to go and make disciples of all nations by using what Jesus had taught them. As Christians, we cannot fulfill this commission if we do not study our faith and know what we are to teach to the world. It is important…

When Jesus was on earth, spreading the word of salvation, he chose twelve men to accompany him. We call theses men the twelve disciples.Each of the 12 disciples had a key part in the spreading of the gospel and the building of the church. The names of the twelve disciples are: John, James, Peter, James the Lesser, Matthew, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Simon, Thaddeus, and Judas. These men, for the most part, stood by Jesus, and without them we might not have the bible stories we have…

Evangelical Theology Essay The Evangelical movement was rooted in the tradition of the reformation as well as the 18th-19th century American revivals. Evangelicalism is not exclusive to a certain denomination, but is a part of several different denominations. The evangelical faith consists of four specific elements: Biblical, theological, historical, and cultural (Webber, 2002). Evangelical faith includes the supremacy of the Gospel, Scripture and early church creeds, a renewal of historic…