Jesus

Joseph was going to Nazareth in order for a prophecy to be fulfilled. Can this idea be related to Christianity’s strong belief in Jesus? Yes, it can. Christians believe that there was a Messiah who arrived in order to redeem Israel. They even demonstrate that he was a man that saved people from sin. Yet, this is not the only major deed that Christians believed in. Jesus is a man that risked his own life in order to save others. That is a why he forgave people for their wrong doings. His other…

The biggest mistake we make about Jesus is making him too small. In essence, we underestimate the fullness of what his entrance into our world meant. He was light breaking into the dark world to set the captives free (Luke 1:78-79), but more than that he was the great restorer of the brokenness that began in the Garden when our first parents—Adam and Eve sinned (Romans 5:15-17). Jesus came to reconcile humanity with their creator God. Often our limiting of Jesus comes from our upbringing—much…

In this chapter, we get the chance to explore the amazing parables that Jesus spoke to the crowds and explained to the ones who were in close relationship with Him. Although parables are not allegories, they do resemble allegories in that they have metaphors, similitudes, similes and the fact that they have a beginning, and ending with a plot. The point of Jesus's parables was to call forth a response from the hearer who understands the reference points within the parable. Think of it like a…

is in answer to the ‘Righteous’ that ask when did they see Jesus struggling in need of help. We should see everyone, since they are made in the image and likeness of God, as the face of Jesus, and help them as such. This all means that when you hold the door for someone who has their hands full, you just held the door for Jesus. When you help your friend think some things through that they had weighing on them for a while, you were Jesus’ therapist. The church gathers most all of the nice things…

University of Otago, New Zealand, compares the sinlessness of Jesus Christ from a biblical viewpoint by providing a clarification of the moral characteristics found in Jesus Christ. In addition, this particular article provides a set of questions, that answers the modernism, idealism, contemporanism, and liberalism ideologies. In this article, Davidson describes the Sinlessness of Christ with the following statement: “To reduce the matter of Jesus' morality to something that must be…

This particular passage was one of many Jesus’ sermon on the Mount. It was also known as one of the centerpieces of Jesus’ teachings to the people and His disciples. This compilation of Jesus’ sermon on the Mount begin after Jesus saw the crowds that made Him went up on a mountainside to teach these people (5:1). Before He begun to teach them about “how to pray” or mostly known as the passage of “the Lord’s prayer,” Jesus had covered several different aspects, such as “being the salt and light…

N.T. Wright’s book, The Challenge of Jesus, drew my attention to three very interesting and important concepts. The first, discussing the importance of relating to Jesus in Jesus’s time. Especially when it comes to the use of figurative language, expression, cultural and societal norms of the time, as well as getting to know how exactly it was that people understood God and the arrival of the Messiah, for first century Jews. The second thing that really got me thinking, when reading the book,…

To me, Jesus is the Bridegroom. I have this image from reading the Bible, spiritual books, saint stories, homilies and lectures from different bible scholars such as Scott Hahn. Through all these basic knowledge, I've learned that from the beginning of the Bible to the end has always mentioned that God wants to be wed with us. The Bible tells the story of God the Father’s love for us and His plan to gather all into one holy family. God unfolds His plan of salvation through a series of…

It is finished. When Jesus spoke these words, he was speaking of the fulfillment of the scriptures, the inauguration of the Kingdom redemption, and the kick off to the new exodus. He was the perfect, sinless, blameless lamb crucified to absorb all evil, to wipe away the wrongdoing of human rebellion and confirm God’s signing of the new covenant. God’s ultimate rescue by sacrifice. His death represented the cleansing of the temple, defeating the kingdom of darkness, and taking our punishment of…

Interpreter of Maladies and Jesus Shaves The setting between Interpreter of Maladies and Jesus shaves are two completely different things. The Interpreter of Maladies is told in third person point of view and is about an Indian-American family who is on vacation in India. The father hires Mr. Kapasi to drive them to see the Sun Temple. However; Jesus Shaves is a story told is first person point of view by an American student in French class. Jesus Shaves goes into depth on several views on…