Gospel of John

In Matthews 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49 there are many lessons and wise words of Jesus spoken. I believe Jesus is asking his followers to love each other and nothing more than to show compassion and care for each individual that you cross paths with. It portrays that through whatever you do in life to always look to the Lord for answers. No matter the rough or great times you have throughout life there is always an answer and there will always be an upside to any situation. Jesus wants every human…

In The York Corpus Christi Play: The Crucifixion, Jesus speaks only two times in the three-hundred lines. The rest of the dialogue is between the four soldiers who are attempting to crucify him. There is an odd dark humor among the soldiers while they are crucifying Jesus. More interesting, however, is Jesus’ response to his crucifixion. The first time he speaks his words are directed at God only. The second time he speaks, the first half of his text is directed at man, while he still ends with…

The Petrine confession at 8:29 is a turning point in the life of the disciples’ walk with Jesus as it solves their problem of Jesus’ identity raised at 4:41; ‘Who can this be that even the wind and the sea obey him? He is the Christ! However, the problem of understanding Jesus’ mission now emerges and it is this problem that we shall concentrate on from 8:31:10:45. There are three subsequent points that demonstrate Jesus’ appreciation of the disciples’ progress in their walk with him after…

Peter then immediately changes the focus of his speech from the disciples and starts to proclaim Jesus. He attempts to make his listeners understand what in the past they may have not; he reminds them of how through his signs and wonders Jesus was attested to by God. Then he went on to confront them on the fact that they had been blind to this and put him to death by crucifying him, but that death could not keep him down because God raised him from the dead (v22-24). The apostle then again…

failure. But for the grace of God I would be doomed. 1 John 1:8-9 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. And it is perfectly proper for God to do this for us because Christ died to wash away our sins. In my opinion the greatest verse in the Bible was written just for me and you. John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he…

Formerly known as the Cristo Muerto, The Dead Christ is a sculpture that depicts the aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is made out of wood and from an ancient technique of Polychromed Poplar. It is believed to have been used in Northern Latium and Umbria while also traveling and being used at to other churches. After it had been discovered, it was reinstated to what it would have looked like in the period that it was created. Today, it is renowned for its importance in the history…

perfect sacrifice for the redemption of his creation. Romans 3:23-24 says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (New International Version). John 3:16 provides love as the reason God did this. This paper seeks to unfold and apply God’s plan of salvation through his son, Jesus, by discussing the meaning of the Old and New Testament covenants found in the Holy Bible. Abraham’s Old…

revelation from God giving Oliver Cowdery (or was it Frederick G. Williams?) permission to go to New York to warn his relatives of the impending doom he was about to send upon that part of the world. Was there any doom that came upon that area? In his (John Whitmer’s) history he states: “Joseph and Sidney went to the several churches preaching and prophesying wherever they went, and greatly strengthened the churches that were built unto the Lord. Joseph prophesied saying: God is about to…

John was about thirty years old when Jesus made that statement. More than sixty years later, John had lived through the destruction of Jerusalem and seen the day when each of the other apostles had died. It had been thirty years since the last apostle had died and John is now nearly a hundred years old and he is in prison on Patmos Island. John was, “In the spirit on the Lord’s Day” (Rev. 1:10). Perhaps, the exact meaning…

This is assumed because in John 19:26-27 we are told of Jesus calling for his mother to be in John’s care after His death. Revelation For my book of choice in the New Testament, I chose Revelation. This particular book has always held my interest, even before I was a saved…