John Thomas 's The Gospel

Christians and Jews alike use the term Messiah, however not always in same way. Stanley E Porter wrote “Christians have equated the word “Messiah” with Jesus,” he anointed one, because they believe that he fulfilled the messianic duties that were a part of the Jewish belief which was in place well before he had walked the earth. However, the Jewish people has not accepted Jesus as being the Messiah, because they believe that the Messiah that is to save them, has yet to come. They view the Messiah as a messenger sent from God, whom will come at the end of time to deliver them from nations and they will glorify Gods name. However, Joseph A. Fitzmyer agrees with Christians; He wrote “The term messianism derived from the Hebrew word Mashiah (“anointed”)

The Gospel of John compared to the others has developed a lengthy, philosophical manner of speech which describes Jesus’ divinity as the highest Christology. Through this it expresses Jesus as the flesh of the eternal and living God, as a Source of Light and a Son of God. John’s Gospel focuses on the individual believers and their relationships with Jesus, as well as, show that the Spirit is the central connection between God, Jesus and believers. The main purpose of this Gospel is to make God Known, to inspire belief in himself and the Father, to glorify the Father and to bring salvation. Throughout the Gospel, Jesus’ character is described as miraculous due to his kindly actions towards the oppressed and his desire to help them. Jesus appears

Discovered in the twentieth century, The Gospel of Thomas was founded by peasants that were digging for fertilizer close to the village of Nag Hammadi, Egypt. The peasants revealed a container containing thirteen leather-bound manuscripts that were buried in the fourteenth century. The container contained fifty-two tractates that represented “heretical” writings of Gnostic Christians. Dated back to 200 A.D., there was not much known about the Gospel of Thomas besides that there were only three small fragments from Oxyrynchus. The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of literary works that contains 114 ‘opaque sayings’ of Jesus that were collected and written down by St. Didymus Jude Thomas, but nobody knows if St. Didymus Jude Thomas wrote the

Miraculously, John was born to an old priest Zachariah and a pious, old, barren mother named Elizabeth (Luke 1:5-7, 57). Indeed, John’s birth indicated the inception of God’s promised program to redeem His people. At last, God sent the last of the Old Testament prophet to Israel to break the four hundred years of silence. As God promised, John appeared in the role of a prophet proclaiming the coming Messiah, but he was introduced as John the Baptist. John’s ministry was associated with baptism, so baptism became his identifying sign and caused John to be known as John the

Throughout the recorded history of the Christian religion, countless writings, both canonical and non-canonical, have been discovered and translated. As is the issue with most religious texts, scholars fiercely engage each other’s interpretations and opinions regarding these texts. The Gospel of Thomas is no different. Considered Gnostic by some and canon by others, the Gospel of Thomas is a collection of sayings that were spoken by the living Jesus, and recorded by Didymos Judas Thomas. Throughout the length of the text, there are a number of common themes; the most notable being the idea that the people look to Jesus

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The Gospels goal is to combine the gospel message with other important material as it relates to Jesus' life and teachings. Collectively to say that Jesus is the one true Savior of the world and through him we could have eternal life.

The Gospel of John proclaims: “whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him at the last day. For my flesh is true food and my blood true drink” (Jn 6:54-55). The words of Apostle John give us the ultimate assurance of the many blessings that the Cross of Christ has won for us in which, there overflows numerous blessings which come to us whenever we participate in Eucharistic sacrifice, because to receive the Eucharist during Mass, is to receive Christ Himself who has offered himself for us, who promised his disciples eternal life and intimate union with him. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, our Christian life has foundation in the Eucharistic banquet and we need daily nourishment from it in our pilgrimage journey until the moment of death, when it will be given to us as viaticum.

The Gospel of John was called the divine gospel by Clement of Alexandria, and Maximus the Confessor praised it for being “theology itself.” The Gospel of John presents the relationship between the Father and the Son as paradigmatic for the relationship between God and believer, as mediated through Jesus Christ. In Jn 5:17, Christ equates himself with the Father when he says, “My Father is still working and I also am working.” He emphasizes this saying, “just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes” (Jn 5:21). The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son” (Jn 5:22). This equality with God shows the relationship of Christ with God the Father, and also later on becomes

John’s emphasis on Jesus as the Word of God incarnated is indebted both to Hellenistic philosophy and to his Jewish heritage. The Greeks developed the concept of a divine force governing the balance between binary opposites in the universe. They called this concept, logos, interpreted as “Word.” It is logos that controls the balance between light and darkness, flesh and spirit. From all of the evil and darkness, light came though and overpowered it. The darkness and light translates to the relationship between of the Word with creation and with man. A world without logos, the Greeks believed, would be chaos. Jesus is the Word, the logos, who is the instrument of total victory of light over darkness. John’s reference to Hellenistic philosophy

He is believed to have lived to 100AD. John was raised in a fishing village on the Sea of Galilee and in his early life he was a fisherman (Mark 1:17–20). John and his brother James were among the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament. He is most likely thought to be the unnamed disciple of John the Baptist who was mentioned in John 1:40. He is most likely the author for the Gospel of John, three epistles, and is the author of the book of Revelation. He was one of three who were with the Lord at the raising of Jairus’s daughter (Mark 5:35–42), at the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:1–9), and in Gethsemane (Matt. 26:36–46). In his own writings he refers to himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved (John 13:23; 21:20) and as the “other disciple” (John 20:2–8). (Austin Cline, 2015, WEB) Jesus referred to him and James his brother as Boanerges, “sons of thunder” (Mark 3:17). He is referenced many times in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Luke 22:8; John 18:15; 19:26–27; 20:2–8; 21:1–2).When John was banished to Patmos, he authored the book of Revelation (Rev.

According to the New Catholic Encyclopedia the definition of the term Messiah is derived from the Hebrew word māšîah, which was used either as a noun or an adjective, meaning “anointed” or “anointed one.” The term “Messiah” has been used and referred many times in the Old Testament. It was especially used to refer to kings who were often chosen, and anointed by God through the prophets.

We need to understand the full meaning of these titles to decipher who Jesus was as no human being can adequately be described by one title.

Once again, the man of God revealed the details of his assignment, however, this time it was not to a king, but to a man who formerly operated in the same office as him. This was his third and fatal folly. There must be some aspect of our spiritual destiny that no one knows, but us. It is with this hidden information that we can distinguish our friends from our foes. The enemy will always speak contrary to heaven’s plan for our lives.

The Gospel according to Matthew is one of the main books that form the New Testament, it is actually the first book of the New Testament. It tells the story of how the Messiah, a Hebrew word meaning “the Anointed One” or a prophesied perfect king; identified as Jesus, is rejected by Israel and decides to send his disciples to preach his Gospels throughout the world. Mathew uses Mark as a reference throughout his gospel; however, he focused on Jesus’s teachings as much as his acts. The Gospel of Matthew differentiates from Mark’s Gospel, because Matthew goes back farther still, to show Jesus as the Son of God from his birth.