New Testament

Calvin taught that God creates a new soul each time a new human being comes into the world. He also taught that all human beings are born under sin. They are completely bound by sin. They are totally corrupt, which means sin has corrupted every aspect of human life. We inherit the sinful nature from our forefathers, and we particularly inherit the guilt of Adam. Thus the infant is designed for eternal punishment except he is a recipient of God’s grace. 8.6. Predestination Calvin defined…

Recently I have been doing research on the religion, Judaism. In researching, I began to wonder how Catholicism evolved from Judaism. I found out that Christians first branched off from Jews, then branched off even farther. Those who didn’t branch off the second time were then called Catholics. Eventually I wanted to know more things that related, or didn’t relate, the two religions. As many may know, both Judaism and Catholicism are monotheistic religions, believing in only one God. However,…

Gospel is written primarily for a Christian Jewish audience. Matthew dwells on Christ's fulfillment of Moses' laws and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. Matthew was also intentional in the language he used. He wrote in Messianic language such as "Son of David.” "The crowd was amazed and asked, "Could it be that Jesus is the Son of David, the Messiah?” (New Living Translation Matt. 12.23). This gospel was not written chronologically because his purpose was to clearly present the evidence…

In the New Testament there are four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. “Each one of the Gospels was written to provide a unique perspective on the person and work of Jesus Christ”. The Gospels are broken down into two parts, the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) and the Gospel of John. The Synoptic Gospels are separated from the Gospel of John based on their shared stories and language. The Gospel of John provides a more theological outlook on the story of Jesus Christ. From our Four…

“Should we worship on Saturday or Sunday” Today as a practice the New Testament Church meet on Sunday, Did the biblical New Testament Church see Sunday as a replacement for the Jewish Sabbath? The Bible offers the Laws of Moses that command the keeping of the Sabbath, but there no scripture in the New Testament that condemn or punish Sabbath breakers. The New Testament offers the new found Christian Church statements against idolatry, stealing, liars, murderers, covetousness, sexually…

The term holy and its antecedent unclean is the primary theme in the Book of Leviticus. The Levitical cognate as regards both term occurs 132 times in the Old Testament; over 50 percent of these are Leviticus. All of that says to us that if we are going to begin to get some kind of grasp of Leviticus, we must have some kind of grasp over what clean and unclean means and how these words apply to the Israelite. In the Book Of Leviticus, it speaks about clean and unclean foods. Clean foods are to…

In 2015, a group of New Testament scholars, Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston compiled a published book that presents the historical context of Romans through the literature that was present at the time of the composition of the Roman epistle, namely, the Second Temple Judaism era. Plenty of Bible scholars, such as John Piper, study the Bible by only using canonical Bible. Dr. Blackwell, Dr. Goodrich, and Dr. Maston, on the other hand, provided non-canonical literature to…

and teaches how to follow the ways of God. Jesus Christ had twelve disciples and one of His disciples, Judas, betrayed Him. Christ was tortured and crucified on the cross. He rose again from the grave and assigned His disciples to spread the good news of the Gospel. Christ’s death on the cross was to save the earth from sin. Without His perfect sacrifice, a relationship with God would not be possible. Mathew speaks on Jesus’s birth, baptism, teachings, sacrifice, and resurrection. The book of…

1 Enoch Introduction 1 Enoch, also known as the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, is attributed to the seventh descendent of Adam and Eve: Enoch. Enoch is mentioned in Genesis 5:21-24 in which he was spiritually relocated by God. This account gave rise to the story of Enoch seeing the mysteries of the universe, the secrets of the world, and the predetermined course of human history. It can be argued that 1 Enoch is the most important text in the corpus of Jewish literature from the Hellenistic and…

Copan, Paul Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of The Old Testament God. Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, 2011 Introduction Paul Copan is a Christian theologian, apologist, and an author. He is also a professor in Palm Beach Atlantic University. Copan is a very successful author who has written and edited over 25 in the following areas: science and religion, theology, apologetics, philosophy of religion. Another big accomplishment was when he served six years as the president of the…