Jesus Loves Me

There are six hundred and thirteen laws Mosaic Laws and many Christians today find themselves wondering which of the Mosaic Laws are to be followed and which ones are to be considered obsolete. According to Matthew 5:17, more importantly according to Jesus, the Laws have been fulfilled; "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." 1 I found it stated in the following way; Although the New Testament cites many individual…

our view of the Bible. This is where Matthew, Mark, and Luke are a lot alike, but are also different. During our discussion, several views came up. Some believed that the likeness and differences in the text causes a problem, while others did not. To me, it does not matter. During our studies, we see where the gospels seem to form off of each other. Some books include stories that some do not, and some books reflect another. Personally, I feel that God inspired these people to write down…

power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul identifies this as "the power of his resurrection" (Philippians. 3:10). It is a power which all true believers possess which enables them, if they choose to count on it, to do "all things through Christ who strengthens" (Philippians. 4:13). Thus any failure to live a godly life is due to our weakness or folly and not to God's lack of supply. As has been suggested, this power is meted to us as our knowledge of God and Jesus increases. This is the…

My little surprise was a four-year old at the nursery school Wednesday morning chapel service asking me if I believe in Santa. This possibly came in response to my complimenting their holiday decorations in how the Christmas Spirit is there soon as I walked in the room. I paused; remembering my daughter asking the same question and the answer was the same, yes there is a Santa Claus. Dangerous as this was, I shared the story I created for my daughter in which Santa Claus is a party planner…

When I was younger I can remember going to Catechism class every Sunday after church, when I was Catholic, to learn more about Catholicism. It was during these classes I first learned about the seven sacraments that were bestowed upon man by Jesus Christ. I remember having to memorize the name of each one and what exactly they were. Now, while I remember memorizing them as a child, as an adult I could not remember them to save my life so I had to look them up. The seven sacraments are, as I…

children. This is the seventh Beatitude that Jesus preached in His Sermon on the Mount. A Beatitude is a characteristic in which we can learn from. Most people strive to become peacemakers or help contribute to world peace in some significant way. To help people succeed in becoming peacemakers, God has given us peace through Him. The Bible provides a wide variety of scripture verses from a plethora of different books telling us how to have peace or showing how Jesus represents peace. A modern…

As I write this meditation for your prayer consideration, I greet you in the name and steadfast love and righteousness of God the Father, Jesus his Son and our Savior who is gracious and merciful, and God our Helpful and Healing Advocate standing and empowering all chosen and called to speak and proclaim their Living Word to the voiceless and rejected so that they may know a better word and world without prejudice and discrimination as the church and community of faith and service to all…

path of belief? What in particular is there about God that makes us want to follow Him, to have faith in Him? Through the four Gospels we learn of Jesus’ works among man, as a man and savior. We see his teachings and good works and learn more of God through Jesus, his son. This paper will explore God and His relationship with humanity through his son Jesus. God God exists in three coequal and coeternal elements- God the Father,…

authority over me. The authority comes from the risen King, Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior. He loves every one of us just the way we are and we have nothing to prove to those people around us. In the culture today, the white man is in power, they mistreated God’s Word and believed white is perfect and even thought that Jesus the perfect man would be white. Now, this has created an unfair divide among us and is alienating people from God. No race is better than the other and we cannot make…

the friend they have in Jesus or go up to the girl whose boundaries are being continually pushed down and love her as Christ does. If anything, this event was, for me, a reinforcement of calling. My heart was utterly broken and for many days following it was most of what I talked about with friends and family back home. Unknowingly these students gave me a great gift by breaking my heart, they showed me as nothing else could the importance of youth ministry. They gave me a glimpse of their…