Joseph Of The Holy Ghost

Once upon a time, in a far off land lived a man named Jesus. Jesus was the Son of God. His mother was named Mary, and his earthly father was Joseph. Joseph was of the line of King David, whose line of heritage was traced back all the way to Adam and Eve. Jesus had the power to heal the sick and paralyzed, give sight to the blind, speech to the mute, and life to the dead. This may very well sound like a fairy tale, but all of this was as true and real as you and me. Jesus was the living proof of God, and was literally God on earth. Jesus was perfect in every way, and was without sin; yet the Pharisees did not like what Jesus was preaching and accused him of blasphemy. This of course was not true; because God is inerrant, and Jesus was the living and, the human version of God, he speaks no lies, nor commits any crimes. Because of the charges against Him, and the Roman Empire convinced that He was causing trouble, He was sentenced to a crucifixion. The crucifixion of

( John 10:30) The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are equal and have always existed. I believe Jesus before His physical birth (John 1:1-3)

The son will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest and God will give him the throne of David. He will also reign over Jacob’s house forever. Mary, just like Zachariah doubts the angel’s words since she didn’t know a man. The angel tells her that she will conceive of the Holy Spirit and Jesus will be called the Son of God. He tells her that her relative is also pregnant for with God nothing is impossible. Mary says that she is a servant of God and he could do whatever he wished with her.

The story of Joseph and his family is complex, it is full of conflicts, great stress while at the same time we can see how in the worst of situations forgiveness and hope is always present and living, should we choose to see. But most of all, if we choose to allow God walk along us during all days of our life. After reading the scripture and reflecting upon the Family Joseph, all eight concepts of Bowen’s Family Systems can be seen and applied, however sibling position is an important aspect of this story. As I read the story, I cannot help but see that the reason for Joseph’s inheritance is because Jacob loved Joseph’s mother, Rachel, more than his other wife or other women he laid with. He was in fact, deceived into marrying Leah. Additionally,

The Holy Spirit of God is the active force or power in one’s life, which most certainly includes spiritual formation (Pettit, 2008, p. 46). When Jesus was speaking with his disciples he made it clear – by using the analogy of a vine and branches – that apart from him they could do nothing (John 15:5). Only if one is connected to Christ will they have the ability to bear fruit and the way Jesus empowers those connected to him is through the Holy Spirt that that father will send in his name (John 14:26). The fact is that the triune God dwells in the Christian in and through the Holy Spirit. One sees this when they place multiple passages together to gain a full understanding of this concept. For example, Jesus made it clear that he and the father would come and make their home with the disciple (John 14:23). In 1 Corinthians 6:19 Paul reminds the Corinthians that their bodies are the very temple of God because the Holy Spirit dwells in them which is similar to what Jesus said would happen when he sent the Holy Spirit after his resurrection and ascension (John 14:17, 16:7).

The Holy Spirit has many functions. He is involved at every point of development in a Christian 's walk with God. The Holy Spirit convicts of sin. The Holy Spirit bears witness of your salvation.

Luke’s Gospel however contradicts such assertion stating that the angel Gabriel came to Mary (who at the time was fully conscious) and divulged Jesus’ incarnation to her. Additionally, Luke’s gospel focuses extensively upon the series of events leading up to the birth of Jesus of which includes: Mary’s visits to Elizabeth, Elizabeth giving birth to John the Baptist, John the Baptist’s being named Benedictus, and Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem for

The first claim made by Jesus is that he is the son of God. He says in Matthew 11:27, “All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” (NIV) In this verse he says that God is his father and his authority comes from God.

Aquinas doesn’t seem to mention anything about the importance of Joseph. Is there an explanation as to

(Cf. Luke 1: 26-35). The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: “Mary, in whom the Lord himself has just made his dwelling, is the daughter of Zion in person, the Ark of the Covenant, the place where the glory of God dwells. She is ‘the dwelling of God… with men.’” 2.

It is important to note the defined goals of the Trinity. One being that God sent His Son, Jesus did not send God. Jesus tells us in John 6, that He came to do the will of His Father. Jesus was not doing His own selfish will but everything He did was for His Father. Jesus and God sent the Holy Spirit according to Jesus’ words in John 14:26, “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you”. It is necessary to recognize the distinctions of the roles of the Trinity as if the roles were not distinctive there would be no Trinity.

Although John 21:25 is important to keep in mind when discussing the basses for Marian Doctrine the Bible itself is also very use full. The Bible contains support, both direct and indirect, for the four Marian Doctrines. The Divine Maternity can be found in scripture, with the help of some logic. The Divine Maternity refers to Mary as the mother of God.

10. Why did Joseph wait until Mary had given birth to her first Child? If Joseph had known Mary when she was with Child by the Holy Ghost, then the seed created by the Holy Ghost without sex would be tainted by sinful blood again. That was why God made Joseph to wait until Mary had given birth to the Holy Child. (Matthew

The idea that Mary created Jesus is false because Jesus is God, and Jesus was not created. It is a universal truth that something already created can’t be created again, something can be replicated but not created twice, for example a piece of chocolate can be replicated to make two more pieces of chocolate but that first piece of chocolate can’t be created again after already being created. Based on this logic Jesus could not have been created by Mary seeing that Jesus is God and God existed

In previous chapters, the real identity of Jesus is unknown- the crowds wonder if he is the Son of David (Matt 12:23), the disciples previously said that he was “the Son of God (Matt 8:29, 14:33) and Jesus himself identifies himself as “the Son of Man” (Matt 10: 23; 2:8; 12:40) and even likening himself to a Prophet (Matt 13:57).