Jesus Vs Scripture

Whilst the bible does not specifically mention euthanasia, it does address closely related topics. Euthanasia is essentially killing out of mercy, hence the name ‘mercy killing’. The bible tells us that we are not to murder (Exodus 20:13) and any form of taking a life is seen as killing. It says that we die when God chooses us to, and to murder is an attempt to deny God his right of appointing death. Therefore, ‘mercy killing’ is going against God’s will and is a sin. The sixth commandment is “You shall not murder”, and that justifies what is previously said. However, in the beatitudes, it says “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy”. If we show mercy by killing,

Perkins affirmed the traditional division of Scripture into the Old and New Testaments. Each book of the Old Testament Perkins considered as historical, doctrinal, or prophetic. Historical books “record stories of things which took place, which illustrate and confirm the doctrine which is expounded in other books. . . . Doctrinal books . . . teach and prescribe the doctrines of our theology. . . .The prophetic books contain predictions, either of God’s Judgements [sic] or deliverance;” Perkins added, “These predictions of the prophets are interspersed with calls to repentance. They almost always point to the consolation which would be found in Christ by those who repent.” The Old Testament, Perkins taught, unfolds the ‘old covenant’ of works, whereas The New Testament contains the apostle’s teachings that “expounded” the new

In comparison to many of the initially accepted books of the Biblical canon, John’s book of Revelation was written decades later, around 96 CE, and was forced to address the failure of the kingdom’s arrival. Many earlier Biblical books argued that God’s kingdom was imminent and would arrive swiftly, but the passing of time may have led to a gradual decrease in this sense of urgency and, by extension of this, religious faith in Jesus and his teachings. In response to this, John’s contemporaries faced him with a unique challenge to renew their eschatological beliefs and answer the mystery behind the delayed coming of the kingdom of God. Within the book of Revelation, John encourages his readers to strengthen their belief in the urgency behind

Overall, there seems to be a very high Christology in the New Testament. However, due to the various authors of the books that comprise the anthology, there is an inherent variation of the level of Christology found between the different books. In order to examine the Christology of a religious text, one must first understand the notion of Christology. Christology refers to the level of divinity that Jesus is portrayed to have, and can be understood as a spectrum with an extremely high Christology at one end and an extremely low Christology at the other. The highest possible Christology refers to texts in which Jesus is described at being equal to God, while the lowest possible Christology refers to texts in which Jesus is described as being completely human. These extremes are typically never fully realized in the New Testament; a position on the spectrum between them is usually taken. When analyzing the Christology of the Gospel of Mark, the Book of Revelation, and the Pauline Epistles, it becomes apparent that there is in fact a difference in the Christology of the three. Mark seems to have a lower Christology than the Pauline Epistles, which have a lower Christology than the book of Revelation, which has a very high Christology.

The deepest and strongest root that is planted in the Old Testament is the relationship between God and his people. By far, the inner workings of the Old Testament just barely scratch the surface of what is to come through God's love and devotion to the beings created in his image. It is important to recognize that even through the rollercoaster of faith found in the biblical context, there are scattered hints of God's plan for redemption in the coming of Christ. In light of this, the New Testament drafts the fulfilment of promises that were whispered throughout the first few millennium of creation.

In the New Testament Jesus’s identity as the Jewish messiah who is fully man and fully God is revealed. This notion of the God-man identity is logically supported by the argument called the Trilemma. The concept of Salvation History signifies that Jesus is the fulfillment of the New Testament promises and more importantly covenants. Subsequently, typology is the interpretation of the Old Testament in the light of the New Testament with accordance with Jesus’s identity as the God-man. For example, God revealed more knowledge to us through the stages of revelation. In these stages God used words and deed to give us a fuller revelation. In the preparation stage God essentially prepared for the coming of Jesus. This foreshadowing of Jesus took place in many parts of the Old Testament.

When one attempts to understand Scripture, taking the context of it into account is a vital part of that process. As Margaret Nutting Ralph observes “When we consistently ask questions about the context as part of our process of understanding Scripture, we act as contextualist. When we fail to consider context, we act as fundamentalists.” (Nourushed by the Word; Catholic Basics, “the Catholic Approach to Scripture” p 27). When studying the story of Genesis, it is evident that taking the context into account is vital part of that Scripture and therefore understating it we must act as contextualists. In William P. Loewe article ‘Kingdom of Deeds’ he discusses the importance of understanding the time period Jesus lived in, in order to properly

In this reading, Jesus talks about how he believes the least among all are the greatest. This takes place right after the loaves and the fishes and Jesus had just come down the mountain to this argument of the people. Now if this was a song I would be doing for voice, my teacher would have me break down all these words and explain what they mean to me personally. So that’s what I plan to do.

After reading these chapters in our text book, it was not easy for me to choose just three insights. There is a great deal that I learned that has definitely changed or should I say affected what I thought I already knew of the Old and New Testament. Here are my three:

The Bible points to proof that Jesus was fully human. Throughout scripture we see evidence of him sharing the same characteristics of other humans. For example, although his conception was rather miraculous (Matthew 1:18 ESV) he was born into the world the same way as any other human has been (Luke 2:4-7 ESV). Once he was born Jesus was physically the same as any other human, he grew as others, he suffered pain (1 Peter 4:1 ESV), hunger (Matthew 4:2 ESV) and sorrow as others (Mark 3:5 ESV). Jesus was tempted by sin just as any other human (Luke 4:2 ESV). Jesus even died in the same way that others would die if they were crucified (Luke 23:44-46 ESV). He was even seen through the eyes of most people as fully human, being referred to as Jesus of Nazareth indicating that he was raised from that town (John 18:5 ESV).

Revelation is a book unlike the rest of the Bible; it is mostly a record of a vision that John received from the Lord about the days to come. There are many other books in the Bible written about things to come, the minor and major prophets, but Revelation stands alone in the realm of solely containing vision and not a mixture of sermon style teachings. Revelation has a reputation of being solely about doom and gloom and scary creatures and the end of the world, but in reality it is just a God-sized vision given to a human brain that could not fully understand what it was being given. This human brain was John, and he begins by greeting the Christian churches in seven cities and then following up with prophecy of the return of Jesus Christ and the events that surround that.

The central theme of the New Testament is Christology. From the Gospels documentation of the historicity of Yeshua to the return of Yeshua in Revelation, the entirety of the New Testament is based upon Yeshua. The book of Matthew begins with, “The book of the genealogy of Yeshua ha-Mashiach, Ben-David, Ben-Avraham:” Matt 1:1 (TLV).[1] And the book of Revelation ends with, “May the grace of the Lord Yeshua be with all!” Rev 22:20 (TLV).[2] These along with many other scriptures found throughout the New Testament continue to state over and over again the importance of Yeshua and the centrality of Him in the New Testament.

Jesus was a great teacher who came to help us live better lives. There are many accounts of this in the Gospels where Jesus’ teaches his people. We learn about Jesus in the Gospels from his birth, death, resurrection, and everything in between. Other than his teachings in the Gospels, we see miracles that he has done like healing a leper and a paralyzed man, or feeding 5,000 people with just two fish and five loaves of bread. We can learn a lot about Jesus from names he is given like Messiah for example. Messiah is used many times in the Bible and it means “anointed one.” The Jewish people expected God to send a Messiah to help them with their problems and this would be Jesus. By knowing the meaning of Messiah,

There will be a point within any christens life where they will be asked to defend why they believe in the Bible and the Word of God. Peter even states that we should “always be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you…” In this particular case the jogger is questioning if the Bible is authoritative. I would explain to the jogger that the bible is authoritative because of the divine inspiration and the inerrancy of the scriptures. These simple truths are the basic presuppositions of the Christian faith.

Many Christians focus majority of studies in the New Testament. The New Testament catches many attentions because it describes Jesus’ life and birth of the church. As people focus more on the New Testament, the Old Testament is viewed as an unnecessary book to read. Christians have debated whether the Old Testament is needed to be read. Many Christians have claimed that the Old Testament is unnecessary to the biblical study with the New Testament containing all the study materials needed. Even so, Old Testament is vital literature needed for Christians. The Old Testament’s importance comes from its prophecies, stories, and ideas. The Old Testament helps to complete the New Testament