Desiree Martinez
22 November 2015
Gospel Paper In the Gospel of John 18-33B-37 Pilot and Jesus are having a conversation. Pilot asks Jesus if he is the King of the Jews. Jesus asks Pilot in return if he asked that question because he thought Jesus was the King of the Jews, or because he was told that. Pilot responds to Jesus and said that he was not a Jew and it was his own people who turned in. Pilot then asks Jesus what he has done to make them turn him in. Jesus answers and tells Pilot that his kingdom does not belong to the people of this world. He continues saying that if it did the people would be defending him instead of turning him in as they had done. Pilot asked Jesus for the second time if he was the King of the Jews. This time
“I am the resurrection and the life; He who believes in Me, even if he should
In Matthew and Luke, the robbers play specific roles to help show that Jesus was the Son of God. There is no effort to prove Jesus as the Messiah, as expected from a Roman like Mark. However, Mark’s efforts to show the frightening power of Jesus come out in the end of the passage. “And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.” (Mark 15.33). The scene becomes dark and depressing, and soon Jesus’s strength is shown when he calls out to God and in response the tomb is destroyed. “And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, "Truly
This essay will look at Luke 7:11-17 the retelling of when Jesus Christ raised the child of a widowed woman, and 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 a section of the Pauline letter to the church at Corinth where he is trying to address in this section the issue of the division of Corinth.
When the context of a passage is considered but the literary genre is ignored there will be confusion as to what the message is pertaining to. It is difficult to understand what the message is when we just open the Bible up and find a random chapter and try to find what it is teaching us. Everything builds upon eachother and the Bible has many parts that encompass different events and share different lessons. We can look into the surrounding context as Duvall and Hayes explained in chapter six by dividing the book into paragraphs or sections and trying to summarize the main idea of each section. We would be limiting ourselves though if we truly don’t know the genre that could be a type of parable, poem, law, or wisdom.
The First sign in John’s gospel is when Jesus changed water into wine at a ceremony. Second sign will be that with a word of command Jesus cured a son of a royal. The third sign is that Jesus healed a man who was paralyzed for a long time. The fourth sign is when Jesus multiplied seven loaves and fishes to feed the people who gathered to hear his word. These signs revealed to the reader that Jesus has control over the world, nature and materialistic stuff. Jesus also has a lot of power to create and restore what was broken. Jesus to the readers appeats as loving and wise. The signs also revealed Gods power to heal and give life to those who thought there was no
The word abide is used over forty times in Scripture, and most frequently in the fifteenth chapter of John. As followers of Christ our deepest yearning should be to ‘dwell (abide) in the house of the Lord all the days of our life (Psalm 27:4). But often our desires sway and we find ourselves wandering around helplessly searching for other places to dwell.
John 11 : 1-44 When Mary and Martha (the sisters of Lazarus) called for Jesus because their brother was ill ... Jesus sent a message to Mary and Martha, telling them that the sickness that had stricken Lazarus "was not for death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it!". Through this message Jesus was setting them up to witness the almighty power of God. Rather than rushing to Lazarus (whom Jesus Loved), he finally arrived after Lazarus had been dead four days!
In John 20 verses 6-8 says, "Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed." From this point, the two disciples went back to their home and to be with the other disciples. A little while later Jesus appeared to the disciples and said, "peace be with you" (John 20:19). Thomas was one of the disciples and he was not with the others. When the other disciples told Thomas that they had seen Jesus, he was in disbelief. Thomas insisted that he had to see the hands and feet of Jesus
Jesus is amongst his disciples, teachers, and chief priests, whom he is arguing with in the temple courts (Mark 11:27-28). Prior to this parable, the leaders asked Jesus about what authority he has to teach in the temple, however Jesus’ reply about John the Baptists puts them on the defensive end. This parable is aimed towards the teachers and the chief priests (Mark 12:12). At the conclusion of this parable, Jesus is ambushed by the Pharisees and Herodians so they may attempt to catch Jesus off guard (Mark 12:13).
From the Lucan narrative there is universal presentation of Jesus 1:32-33 the incarnation of the son of God as narrated in Scripture from the infancy refers to the Messiah being born into the world from a specific geographical setting beginning from Adam. This narrative obviously unveils two most important insights. The Lukan author conveys first of all that a child is about to be conceived and “the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” (Lk. 1:32-33). This obviously refers to the Messiah, a message that was not beyond the horizon of a young Jewish girl.
The Gospel of Matthew is one of the synoptic gospels and the first book of the New Testament. I will be looking specifically at Matthew 5:38-42, a passage that preaches peace and love in the face of violence, but may also have a deeper underlying message. Although these verses are a part of the broader section known as the Sermon on the Mount, a teaching that deals with many issues of community living and faith, I believe this specific passage was an encouragement to the Jewish Christian converts to not strike out against a dominant Roman power, but to instead embrace a different path; a path of peace. The Jews who identified with the new movement of Jesus followers were in the midst of a great change at the time the Gospel of Matthew was written.
In the gospel according to John 15: 1-11 talk about the passage/parable of the vine and the branches. He said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruits he prunes, so that it will be more fruitful.” Jesus tries to point out to the disciples how important He is to human salvation. The only way branches (people) can bear fruit is if they are fed the nutrients needed. It nutrients can be supply through the xylem and phloem which runs through the stem/vine of the tree. Jesus is the vine and without Him we will not bear fruits and according to John 15: 6 states that if we do not remain in the vine (Jesus) we will be thrown into the fire. This
The Gospel of John tells us that Jesus is the Son of God. Many miraculous signs that Jesus performed in the Book of John prove it. In today’s scripture, the miracles of the loaves and fishes and of walking on the Sea of Galilee also show us that Jesus is the Son of God. Many theologians match today’s scripture to the Old Testament, Moses’ story. For example, as we know that God gave the Israelites manna and quail in the wilderness, Jesus fed a large crowd who followed him. Also, as God allowed the Israelites to go across the Red Sea by dividing the water, Jesus walked on the Sea of Galilee and controlled the rough wave and the strong wind. We can see that Jesus is the son of God through the Gospel of John. Now, let us see and keep focusing on who Jesus is, today.
For this Bible study, my passage comes from Matthew 8:5-13. It is the story of the Roman Centurion with the servant who was very sick. This is the Centurion whom Jesus said had the greatest faith in all of Israel.
The Bible shows how to be faithful to Almighty in every Chapter. However, the most outstanding is the conversation between Jesus and the Jewish leader Nicodemus. The story of Ruler of the Jews is in print in the Gospel of John Chapter Three, Verses 1: 1-21. THE LORD is straightforward with the teacher of the Jews. He explains born again to the educator as an allotment of God’s precious love. So, everlasting life is given succeeding evildoers confession of transgression to The Author of Salvation. Then they find comfort in knowing the Beloved Son rose from the grave, to protect believers’ deliverance.