Parable of the Lost Sheep

those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God (Luke 6:12). Then in Luke 11 his disciple asked him to teach them to pray and the Lord’s Prayer is introduced to us. Later in Luke after Jesus teaches by parable He says, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. (Luke…

Who was Jesus Christ? Some claim he was a prophet while others claim he is the Son of God. Some say he was a historical figure while others say he was never even here. So who is this man know as Jesus Christ? From Messianic prophecies to the coming of the Son in the end times, no matter who Jesus is to someone he is a historical figure with a background that has been documented within the Bible. The book of Isaiah was written almost seven hundred years before Jesus was born. Isaiah claims the…

28: Aeneas And Turnus Summary: Turnus makes the decision that he wants to fight Aeneas alone against the king and queens wishes who want him to surrender and save his life. Turnus, however is more concerned about saving his honor so they plan the fight for the next day and the armies surround them acting as spectators. Juno is worried about how Turnus is going to do in battle so she enlists the help of Turnus’s sister who comes disguised as an officer and tells the Latins to attack while their…

Luke is the gospel of great pardons. In Luke 7:36-50, a story is told of a sinful woman who anointed the feet of Jesus. The woman was pardoned despite her many sins. The theme is also depicted in other stories in the gospel such as the story of the lost sheep, the coin and the story of the prodigal son who was pardoned by his father despite his sins. Furthermore, a story is told of a man called Zacchaeus, a tax collector who stole people’s belonging was pardoned by Jesus (Mcnamara, 2016). The…

Essay 4 —“The Synoptic Gospels” The nature of the four Gospels When one opens the New Testament, he is introduced to four narratives which are concerned with the activity and teaching of Jesus of Christ. These records are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These four Gospels constitute a single literary genre and their central message is distinctive. Their content is similar, but their presentation of Jesus takes on a slightly different form. Each Gospel differs from the other. John is the most…

“In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.” 2 Timothy 2:20-21. Samaritans, tax-collectors, and children, are three groups of people groups that have one thing in common. Surprisingly, all these people were despised in Jesus’ time. However…

taking action, and subsequently the man’s hand was restored (Matt 19:13, Mk 3:5; and Lk 6:10) .Another observable difference was Matthew’s inclusion of a short narrative of a man and his sheep (Matt 12:11). This particular statement was not found in Mark, but Luke makes a similar reference to the lost sheep parable later in his narrative (Lk 15:4). Although there are syntactical changes and grammatical differences…

The speaker of the poem presents this concept abstractly in the second stanza of the poem, using a mini-parable of a woman who lived in Greece: “when she walked on the high road above the sea back to her house from the village in the dark, and the sky seemed immense, the moon terribly bright, she wondered if her life would be a fit gift.” The diction in the…

includes parables about then and gives the recognition, unlike other gospels. The Gospel of Luke was written around the same time as that of Matthew, around the mid-80s of the first century CE and was written in the most refined Greek of any gospels in the New Testament. Like Matthew,…

There are many different worldviews when it comes to people’s beliefs, specifically religion. According to Waddell, “a worldview is a foundational set of assumptions to which one commits” (Waddell, 2014). These assumptions influence one’s understanding and interpretation of the world. This is prevalent in Christianity. The Christian worldview has its own beliefs in regards to God, humanity, Jesus, and the restoration that require some analysis and self-reflection in order fully understand the…