Historical Jesus

hands, they will bear him. Robertson believes that this statement means that the angles will catch Jesus before he hits the ground, and he will be safe. But, Jesus does not do this, because he says that you should not tempt God. This means that no one should do things for the sole propose of seeing if God will do something about it. This story is not supposed to be a literal fight between Jesus, and the devil. This story is meant to show the conflict between good, and evil. It shows the…

birthday party ever for all to receive the most wonderful gift. The birthday party is for our Lord, Jesus Christ and we need to be “good” and ready for his coming. Sitting in a circle the children listened carefully and then one little boy asked why we don’t sing the “happy birthday” song and my response was we sort of do every Sunday in worship. Needless to say we then sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. Was this experience to be part of my Advent message? It was time for me to begin what Florence…

Furthermore, Jesus teaches the importance of generosity to Zako because the distribution of wealth is the key element of the Upside-Down Kingdom. Jesus says, “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard… So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Matthew 20: 1-16). Jesus explains to Zako that she needs to be the last one to receive any of the profit and that all profits should be use to provide the needs of her…

reveals the kingdom of God that Jesus talks about in first century Palestine. The main point that Kraybill develops in his book is that the kingdom of God that Jesus teaches during His time on earth appears to be upside down in the sense that He focused on winning by serving and triumphed by losing. His principles were seemingly unorthodox as they disregarded the commonality of that time where the wealthy became wealthier and the poor became more impoverished. Jesus came to reverse this…

The Gospel of John Introduction The Gospel of John is arguably legacy of john ministry. “Highlighting intimacy in a way we had not seen Jesus reveled in prior gospels.” The literature, both profound and conveying really can be quite confusing at times. Even with this, the gospel was given a high place of honor. The following is a study to dissect the inside of many scholars trying to unravel the gospel that is been filled with intimacy and expression. The analysis of The Gospel of John's…

think they ought to have some evidence. “ Summary of Pro’s argument Pro argues that Jesus existed, that the New Testament is a reliable source for history and thus as it claims Jesus was raised from the Dead that Jesus is God. It should be apparent already that even if you grant a miracle, like resurrection, it does not lead to proving one is God. This is a non-sequitur. Also of note, even if it is found that Jesus existed historically, it does not follow that this means the Christian God…

The destiny of the unevangelized is an apologetic problem because it can be used as an objection to God’s existence. It seems as though an all-loving God would desire that all people be saved, and that this would require Him to provide all people with the opportunity to be saved. Christians argue that salvation requires hearing and faithfully responding to the Gospel, yet some never get the opportunity to do so. This would suggest that either God doesn’t desire all to be saved, which seems…

the hermeneutic Jesus provides in these verses, the Christological Approach proposes that Christ can be preached from all the Old Testament including all the Psalms. Belchers Christological Approach is sound in that it recommends establishing the historical-grammatical meaning of the Psalm prior to reflecting on the Psalm’s relation to the person and work of Christ. Some caution needs to be taken to not apply the Christological Approach to the extremes in relating a passage to Jesus. Psalm 45…

Matthew was a tax collector who became a disciple of Jesus (Strauss, 2011, p. 5531). It is believed that he wrote the book of Matthew. He was more than qualified to write a book in the Bible because “as a tax collector, Matthew no doubt would have been proficient in both Aramaic and Greek” and would have been highly organized. Furthermore, he was one of Jesus’ twelve thus, he knew Jesus personally and likely captured numerous personal encounters with Jesus (Strauss, 2011, p. 5549). Specifically…

Is the Bible trustworthy based on what we know from history? Sources outside the Bible all confirm what the Bible says. Josephus was a Jewish historian and mentions Jesus several times. He notes Jesus’ role as a religious teacher and his death by crucifixion. Tacitus was a Roman historian and says Jesus lived during the N.T. times and that he was referred to as the “Christ” by His followers. Modern historians accept these two as reliable reporters and historians and neither one were Christians…