Isaiah 53

Simply put, salvation is God applying the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to and individual. Jesus is both our propitiation for our sins and as our righteousness. Paul in first letter to the Corinthians, defends his apostleship and stresses adhesion to the Gospel. He summaries the Gospel in the fifteenth chapter: “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel… that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day…

Christ Our Healer Introduction There isn’t just a correlation between divine healing and the atonement. Rather, they have a cause and effect relationship. The atonement is the cause for divine healing to be accessible to humanity. God allows mankind to activate healing through prayer and anointing by the elders etc… So a healing minister should be apart of every local church. My belief in healing rose ten percent when I became a recipient of healing from an illness plagued me for over thirty…

In the fifth verse of the fifty third chapter of Isaiah, the author proclaims that... “[Jesus] was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed” (53 Isaiah 5). The protagonist of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Randall Murphy could easily have had the same thing said of him. Although he fell extraordinarily…

Shepherding Model The role of a shepherd is identified as that of caring, courage and guidance. The qualities of a shepherd are knowing, leading, vulnerability, serving the flock welcoming, cooperating, and equipping. (Petersen, 2007) The call for leaders in the ecclesiastical community to pursue the shepherd-leader model for the advance and the effectiveness of the mission of God. (Resane, 2014) Shepherd have the need to feed God people. A shepherd’s way of thinking is essential to leading…

When John is baptizing The Lamb of God accompanies him and he knows this because he sees “the Spirit coming down and resting” (John 1:33) When he sees this in John 1: 29 he says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” A lamb embodies moral characteristics that we can compare to Jesus. Jesus spends his time on earth doing all his deeds for our Father God. Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice by God, and for all of us. Jesus is the Lamb of God, he holds the characteristics of a…

from Jerusalem to Gaza he encounters an Ethiopian eunuch who is reading the scrolls of the prophet Isaiah. Philip went over to him and hearing what he was reading Philip asked, “do you understand what you are reading” (v.30)? The eunuch replied saying “how can I unless someone guides me” (v.31)? Philip joined him on his chariot and starting from the scripture that the Eunuch was reading (Isaiah 53) and told the eunuch the good news of Jesus. As they got farther along they came to a place where…

The following is the systematic mission education plan for Lansing Woodview Church of the Nazarene. The systematic mission education plan will utilize existing discipleship structures, as well as, point congregants toward future missional practices formed around the missional sermon series. The initial education plan will be five weeks with ongoing practices to continue to shape the congregation’s practice and understanding of missional ministry. The education plan will be shaped around the…

Assignment #1: Critic Review analysis Submitted to: Submitted by: Sujeevan Nesarajah Submitted for: CUL485YB  In this critical review analysis I will be using the following films in order to review and discuss the critical analysis perspectives. The films are: Transformers 4 and Passion of the Christ. I will begin with Passion of the Christ and then proceed onwards to Transformers 4. The following critics work will be used: Roger Ebert, Glenn Kenny Part 2: Roger Ebert review Passion of…

As human beings we are right to have sympathy for those who are blind and it is within us to reach out and guide a blind person and stop him from falling in the ditch or smashing into an obstacle. We take great exception to the mistreatment of blind people for on the whole we do not blame blind people for their blindness even although we know that illegal drugs and a corrosive lifestyle are contributing factors in some cases. We tend generally to see blindness as plainly unfortunate and an…

There are many faces of heroes, but the story of Jesus Christ is known as “the greatest story ever told”. The whole life of Jesus was his adventure; his life was for the life of others. Through his existence as a man the hero 's journey of Jesus Christ depicts the most self-sacrificing adventure know to literature by his humbleness, love, and resurrection. In the first stage of the hero 's journey is the departure stage showing the humbleness of Jesus. Jesus humbly leaves his throne and becomes…