Jesus Reflection Paper

Kehinde Wiley, African American painter exclusively working in portraiture, creates gigantic works of art displaying african americans fused into iconic works created by the masters of art; Andrea Mantegna, Peter Paul Ruben, Jacques Louis David and many others. His process of selecting his muse in his paintings are scouring throughout the streets of Brazil,China, Israel and New york, starting conversation with people he finds interesting, these civilians are the ones Wiley chooses for his models. After the photoshoot he has hundreds and hundreds images and narrows them down to fifty, fifty go fifteen. He matches them up with historical backgrounds, wallpapers and textiles and they will become the paintings for his show.

While Matthew and Luke both describe Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, each writer emphasizes different themes of Jesus’ teaching and gives different messages to their respective audiences. Matthew, likely writing for a Jewish audience, highlights how Jesus’ message resonated with the poor, how his teaching was not intended to abolish the established religious law, and how Jesus’ followers should live by the spirit of the law. Unlike Matthew, Luke wrote to a predominantly Gentile audience and in his account of Jesus’s speech emphasizes that Jesus’ teaching calls to the poor, asks people to actively do good, and highlights the hypocrisy in his audience. In comparison, Matthew connects Jesus’ teaching to the Jewish religion

Today, as I attend school with the major heading as “Missions,” I hear a lot of talk about different methods in creating disciples. However, “Paul’s modus operandi for training was time on task” (pp. 59). In other words, disciples were made through time spent rather than strictly content. It sounds like relationship was a key aspect. Paul also focused on transferring these converts into true believers. It seems a lot in churches today, individuals are more focused on content rather than time. Therefore, they spend more time in the church “learning” than spending time with those that need “discipled.” With that, people in the church tend to “convert” others or brag about increased attendance, but have no plan to turn these individuals into true believers.

Did you know that Jesus was hiding inside of that Ram when Abraham slaughtered it on the alter? God Himself had prepared this supplying and it materialized at the specific second it was essential. What took place in this trade is that God obligated Himself to perform what He had promised by way of the obedience of a gentleman. From this level on Jesus in human form is essential to carry forth the deliverance of our species from mortality. PS, He obtained the task carried out. This brings us to the on earth ministry of Jesus in human type.

My understanding of the gospel prior to this class was that God sent his only son to earth so that we may be forgiven of our sins. The gospel to me was also about Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. As I was growing up I also learned about the great commission. While I learned about the great commission I realized all Christians are required to go out and take the gospel and share it weather as a missionary in a foreign country or the work place such as a school teacher. I grew up in the church and went to a small private Christian school where I was immersed in the teaching of the gospel. The

Today we want to look at the causality that took place in the Garden Tomb during the 6 day war.

John nine verses one through seven is the being of the grace giving and truth telling of Jesus in this section. When Jesus spoke with the man that was blind I believe he ministered to him and gave him a brief explanation of who he was. The disciples asked him if this man sinned from birth or did his parents sin? Jesus used the truth telling when he answered the disciples by saying this man didn't sin at birth and neither has his parents sinned. It also gives truth-telling by letting the disciples know that it was to give God the glory. Now for the grace-giving part of Jesus, is him giving the Blind man back his sight. The reason why this was grace-giving was because this man had been blind his whole life, but when he came in contact with Jesus, he showed him grace by healing him.

For the Glory of God, we are created: and that we may worship Him wholeheartedly, He provides our needs on a daily basis.

Women played a most important role in early Christianity Women’s interaction with Jesus is very crucial roles within the life and teachings of Jesus. The resurrection of two people are restored to women, Nain to his unnamed mother (Luke 7:11-17), and Lazarus to Mary and Martha (John 11:1-44). Women attend to Jesus at the cross and are the first to see the resurrection of Jesus. More specifically Jesus infers there should be no hierarchy in Christian relationships (Matthew 20:25-26). Women also played a considerable role in the formation of the church. Many early churches were home churches and the environment was provided by the women. For example, Martha becomes a church leader by offering her house as a home church and by assisting in

The Gospels of Jesus tell a story that is a unified story over the four gospels. Each of the four writers had their own point of view that they were writing from. Just a four journalists covering an important story will write from their own point of view

First, I want to ask for my friends' salvation. Recently, I got in touch with my middle school friends whom we have lost contact for more than 10 years. I used to think if they don't follow Jesus then what is the point of being friends with them. I missed my opportunity to build a relationship with them. Nevertheless, God has opened another opportunity that we get in touch again. I do not want them to go to hell without knowing Jesus. I have many friends who are not Christians and a friend who is lesbian (Stevie). They live in a secular world and need the touch of Jesus.

I chose the Gospel reading for Saturday, July 25 Mt 20:20-28 over the parable of the sower which was Friday, July 24th. I was immediately taken back by the mother’s request to for Jesus that her sons may sit at his left and right in his kingdom. A very brazen and bold request answered in an incredibility humble way by Jesus. I can understand why the ten became annoyed with this request. I could picture the jaws dropping as they heard the words coming out of the mother’s mouth. Jesus did not lash out with a response, but calmly started his reply with “You do not know what you are asking.” The choice of words really appealed to me. It was stern but in a gracious way. It was setting the opportunity for Jesus to “teach” them what they do not know. I started thinking of how I would react to a bold request that is inappropriate. My gut reaction would be to become defensive. I learn from Jesus in this story, that we can’t assume that they know fully what they are saying or asking. Take a moment, and talk it out.

Who is Jesus? We have never seen him, so how would we know for sure that he exists and is indeed God’s only son? Jesus is the central figure of Christianity. His name appears in the crucial part of the Bible, especially in the New Testament. The coming of Jesus had been prophesied by many Old Testament prophets, such as Micah and Isaiah. The name Jesus is often used in both positive and negative ways. For example, people receive blessings from God and praise Him; but in another way, they use the name of the Lord in vain when they encounter any mundane failures. Through reading the Bible and devotional books, we can learn more about the interesting and meaningful life of Jesus.

In the Christian faith the Body of Christ symbolizes both Christ’s physical body given for us and the Church as a whole. Christ died giving up His physical body in order for believers to have eternal life. Because Christ did so the group of people that believe Jesus died for their sin and have a personal relationship with Christ are referred to as the Body of Christ. By taking many science course, especially physiology, I know how important each part of the physical body is in order for the whole body to function properly. There is an analogy that can be drawn about how the Body of Christ as believer is similar the physical body in that it cannot function without all of the parts. Each individual brings a different piece to the Body of Christ

There has been an estimated 107 billion people that has lived on Earth. Out of them all, only one has lived a perfect and holy life. That person is Jesus Christ, the Son of God, he came to this world as a man and lived a sinless life. In the Bible, we learn of many different characters, but none of them lived a perfect life except for Jesus. By reading the Bible, we can determine that Jesus is all knowing, all powerful, and all loving.