Notes On The Gospel Essentials

The early chapters of Genesis assumes that God exists, and they describe a beginning that only God could know. These chapters tell us about the creation of the world as we know it. The natural world was created by God in six days. In these six days God created light, sky, sea, land, and living things (Genesis 1). “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1 NKJV).

A worldview is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world. I base my worldview on the infallible Word of God. I believe the Bible to be entirely true, that it is the foundation of everything I say and do. I believe in a Christian worldview in which my primary reason for existence is to love and serve God. I stand firm on “The Apostles Creed” believing in God the Father, who is maker of the heaven and earth.  I recognize that “in Him all things hold together” (Col. 1:17), for all true knowledge flows from Him. In this paper, I will explain my belief in Jesus Christ and my Christian worldview.

In this composition, we will talk about Gospel Essentials, it will focus on the defining Christian worldview of God In addition we will explore viewpoints of humanity, Jesus, restoration and study of Christianity. We will conclude with a review of my reflection on the similarities between the Catholic and Christian worldview. The Christian worldview, unlike others, is not only completely clear but consistent when breaking down theological questions such as what is our purpose? Who or what created our universe? Is there an afterlife?

“In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth” (Zondervan Study Bible NIV, Genesis 1:1). This is a well known Bible verse and it also happens to be the very first one. If one is said to believe this verse, then they makes them a Christian. But is this statement really true? To be a Christian, do you just have to believe that God created the Earth and everything in it? No, Christianity is much more than that. The term worldview has been defined as a “foundational set of assumptions to which one commits that serves as a framework for understanding and interpreting reality and deeply shapes one’s behavior” (Krise 2015). Now, what makes the Christian worldview? God who is The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit works

Jeanne, I was thinking like you, I was confused, it took me long time to understand that, the four Gospels were writing for different audiences. I always taught the Gospel was inspire by God but the New Testament write by the Apostles who were with Jesus. Like you said, the reading from this week make me learn more about those four Gospels and the audience they were addressed to according to the time they and the people who reading it.

I believe it was important to have the word from the four Gospels. Each Gospel highlighted different events of Jesus’ life. Matthew portrays Jesus as the son of David and is mostly speaking to the Jews. Mark shows Jesus as the son of Man and starts with the beginning of His ministry. Luke tells about Jesus’ life from birth all the way to His death and ascension. Finally, John writes as an eyewitness of Jesus’ life and shows Him as the Son of God. Without having the four Gospels, we wouldn’t have a true picture of Jesus’ life.

When looking at the relationship between John and the Synoptic Gospels, there are many differences. As there are many differences there are also a lot of similarities. The Synoptic Gospels include Matthew, Mark, and Luke. These Gospels have many commonalities like story lines, sequences, and wording as well. Because the Synoptic Gospels are similar should not lead the reader to believe that one is better or more meaningful than another.

The Synoptic Gospels include Mark, Matthew, and Luke. Syn-optic, meaning “seen together”, because so many of their stories are in common with each other and can be lined up columns and can be compared, often their words are verbatim. The reason John is not included in this group is because his writings are not as similar to those of the Synoptic Gospels. The writers of the Synoptic Gospels had a similar theme going on than that of John. John does incorporate information about Jesus that seems to have come from some of the same souses as Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but he also seems to have a much different view of Jesus and includes many more stories that are unique to him than that of the other three. To break down the Synoptic Gospels and how they each portray Jesus, it is appropriate that I explain how they each relate to, and differ from each other.

The gospel is something that is so important to the Christian worldview. There are many things a Christian believes in and it is also confusing to others. Christian want to spread the word about Jesus and his teaching, so that others who have not heard the word can learn from it and seek forgiveness for sins and be saved through faith. In this paper it will discuss things important to the Christian worldview such God, humanity, Jesus, and restoration; as well as my own personal belief in the Christian worldview.

First Timothy 4:11-15 was written by the Apostle Paul to Timothy. He writes this letter after he leaves Timothy and goes to Macedonia during his fourth missionary. At the time of these letters, Timothy was serving as pastor of the local church in Ephesus. Timothy was a native of Lystra, a Roman colony in the province of Galatia. He was a pastor who accompanied Paul on his second and third missionary. He seemed to become Paul’s protégé, and Paul spoke of himself as Timothy’s “father” and of Timothy as his “son”. First Timothy, along with Second Timothy and Titus are known as the Pastoral letters. Paul has previously warned the Ephesian elders that false teachers would distort the truth and lead people

Why are Mark, Matthew, and Luke called synoptic Gospels? What are the Christologies of the synoptic Gospels? How do the synoptics have Jesus proclaim the Reign or Kingdom of God?

From the time when Jesus ascended into heaven to the present day, Jesus sovereignly works through His children to continue to spread the gospel. For a time, the apostles of Jesus did not have either Jesus with them or His Spirit. During this time, though, the eleven apostles continued to seek God even as they chose a new apostle to take the place of Judas Iscariot. The apostles of Jesus spent this time waiting but not waiting and doing nothing. They prayed and worshiped God together. During one of the times of worship and prayer, the Spirit of God descended upon each one of them. Empowered by the Spirit, they went out preaching and telling people about Jesus in all different languages as the Spirit gave them utterance. As they were preaching, Peter stood up and addressed the gathering crowd and began to preach about Jesus and the crowd’s need for Him. As Peter preached, God pricked many in their hearts and they were convicted of their sins. After Peter’s sermon, many were baptized.

The gospel is part of everyone’s story, whether they accept it or not. The essentials of the gospel are important in order to know what Jesus has done for humanity and to understand His vast love. The central concept of the gospel is “the good news”, which is the fact that Jesus defeated death by dying and thus, saving humanity from sin. In order to understand this more, there are a few

Culture is the behavior and beliefs as well as characteristics of a particular social, ethnic, or age group.(Dictionary.com) The gospel, in sum is the teachings of Christ and the record of his life found in the first four books of the new testament.An age long struggle, since the Gospel message began to spread has been the issue of evangelizing to various cultures and presenting the Gospel in a way relevant to the people. This is the struggle that many missionaries face who work in the fields amongst various indigenous and foreign cultures that carry practices that are strictly against the Gospel. “In proclaiming the Gospel, missionaries should respond to the individual elements of other cultures in various ways. Condemnation of Culture- Missionaries must require the local people to separate from practices which are prohibited in Scripture such as idolatry, cannibalism, and so forth. Toleration of Culture- Missionaries will also teach against certain practices which violate Christian ideals, although temporarily tolerate them while waiting for the development of a more sensitive conscience on the part of the local people, such as slavery or scarification of the body (when done for ornamentation).Conversion of Culture- Missionaries may retain certain local patterns and practices while giving them a new content, meaning or purpose--introducing functional substitutes in order to avoid creating a cultural vacuum in the lives of the believers and churches--for example, using

My position is that the Fourth Gospel was produced by the Johannine School and was finalized in the last decade of the first century CE, most likely in Ephesus. I will keep this assumption in mind as I analyze the text and discuss the relevant social materials. I do not intend to examine the background of the Fourth Gospel in great detail but rather to follow a synchronic approach that examines the text as it presently stands, analyzes topics within the Fourth Gospel, and discusses how such topics interrelate to prayer and help one understand my research topic. Notwithstanding, before analyzing the topic of prayer in the Fourth Gospel a brief summary concerning the background of this document is in order. As such, the section below offers a brief discussion that prepares the reader for the exegetical discussions that follow in chapters 3-6 of the present work.