Research Paper On Jesus 1-14

If I was to ask who Jesus was, I would have said that he was Jesus the son of David, son of Abraham. Jesus led many into Christianity and they were called Christians as Jesus was the Christ the son of God whom God sent to save mankind. I believe in Him as a leader and savior, and follow his teachings. I believe in one God, God the father the almighty. Who created heaven and earth, and all things; seen and un-seen Jesus is a divine being whom a virgin mother conceived of. God made this occurrence possible. Jesus however grew and lived among humans on earth over 2000 years ago. Jesus was a Jew, where he lived and died in Israel and spent his life in ministry with his disciples, teaching and spreading of the word of God and

The Gospel of Matthew, at least in its final form, is dated in the 80s AD and was possibly written in Treasures New and Old (9: The Good News of Jesus) 2015 Syria. It gives us insights into the painful transition from Judaism to early Christianity, including a growing number of Gentiles. • Matthew’s community faces the problem of self-identity – Who are we? Where do we belong? Jewish Christians discussed among themselves what it means to follow Jesus, the Christ, and yet remain Jewish. Could these two things be reconciled? • Evidence of this dilemma occurs in those texts that describe the arguments that Jesus had with members of the Pharisaic group. The Pharisees were a reforming group within Judaism. They were sincere and genuinely concerned

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

Jesus then reaches out his hand and says to the tax collector, “Matthew, come.” And Matthew grabbed his hand and followed. The Pharisee then shouted, “See! Now he even calls the sinners to follow him! One has to wonder of the sins committed by his other followers.”

He then goes on to advise the crowd on how to handle anger, adultery, divorce, oaths, retaliation, and enemies. In doing so, he relates each subject back to the law and explains a new point for each and how it fulfills God’s overall commandment. An example of this is when he mentions how the law says that you are to love your neighbor and hate your enemy, but God commands that you pray for your prosecutors and love those who hate you (Mt 5:43-45). This further reinforces the point that the kingdom that Jesus preaches of is not achieved by following the world’s rules, but only those of God. This example also correlates back to the passage in which Jesus washes the disciples’ feet.

I know it is strange but I really do enjoy mowing the lawn. Call me crazy, I know! Let me explain, what I love about it is the sense of accomplishment. What I enjoy is I can see what I have done and what I still have to cut. Not all jobs and tasks in life are like that. Other jobs and tasks are not so clearly defined.

I certainly don't think Jesus didn't have any intention(s) when he gave the Sermon on the Mount. There could very well be more than just one intention that Jesus had during this episode. However, I'm going to just focus on one possible intention that came to my mind as I was recently reading the passage in The Bible. My hypothesis is that one of the intentions Jesus had while giving his talk, was to show our need of a Savior. In other words, we need a Savior because we can't come anywhere near keeping the Law of God. I'm now going to now cite verses/passages that support my hypothesis.

Likewise, the Pharisees and the Herodians, a political party at the time, concocted a plan to entangle Jesus in His convictions (Matt. 22:16). The aforementioned leaders orchestrated the plan; however, they sent some of their disciples who were zealous, conscientious men to pose their assumedly trick question to Jesus. At this time in Israel, there was a controversial question of having to pay taxes to Caesar or not and they wanted a clear-cut answer from Jesus (Matt. 22:17).

As we have surveyed in the previous section, the ML and the Sabbath functioned as external manifestations of what God’s truly desires from humans: love and holiness. These are manifest in obedience, respect, honor, and a general alignment of the human will with God’s will. This is why Jesus had such an energetic disdain against external, legalistic, and pharisaic manifestations of the law: it corrupted the true meaning of the law and turned God’s commands into an external and mechanical recipe to gain righteousness—something it was never meant to be. Jesus uses colorful language to describe this attitude: he said they “strain out a gnat but swallow a camel,” that they are “blind guides,” “hypocrites,” “whitewashed tombs” full of “bones and all uncleanness,” “serpents,” “brood of vipers” destined to hell. For Jesus, keeping the Sabbath without love was sacrilegious. Jesus was always more concerned with the heart, with true faith, and with internal devotion, than with external “cleanness.” Jesus and his disciples were accused of violating the Sabbath in multiple occasions; however the problem resides in the interpretation and meaning of the Sabbath for Jesus versus what it meant to the Pharisees. Jesus was not laboring for economic gain, but doing good deeds for man’s benefit (Matt 2:27). The Pharisees instead turned the Law into an outward observance devoid of spiritual significance. In short, they misapply it to “score points” with God and gains

Moreover, Jesus persists as constantly attacking people for their erroneous beliefs, and other unruly behaviors; such as the Scribes, (Matt 5:20, 23:14-15), the Pharisees, (Matt 23:25, Luke 11:44); the Sadducees, (Matt 16:11-12). He discredits Gentiles, and Samaritans (Matt 10:5); people buying and selling in the temple (Matt 21:12); heathens (Matt 6:7); publicans (Matt 18:17); anyone outside of the house of Israel (Matt 15:24- 26);

In Jewish tradition, working on the Sabbath was not lawful. In Deuteronomy Chapter Five, it said that “observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work” (5:12-14a). Whoever breaks the law could be stoned to death (Numbers 15:35). The behavior that disciples pluck and ate the grain was considered as “work” in Pharisees’ mind. However, by mentioning David’s “law-breaking” behavior in the house of God, Jesus emphasized that God’s mercy outweighs men’s sacrifice, and “the Son of Men is lord of the Sabbath” (Matthew 12:8). Jesus defended for the disciples and pointed out the importance of God’s mercy. People in Jesus’ time, either Pharisees or Jesus’ followers, held different ideas towards Jesus, so do the scholars two thousand years later. Since Thurman, Fredriksen and the Institute interpreted historical Jesus from different points of view, I would imagine their attitudes towards this passage based on their

Have you ever experienced the birth of Jesus?Well I have because I am the angel that told the birth.I am a pretty important person in the bible.However,Jesus asked me that night to help him.Here is my story,and experience of his birth.

In John’s gospel, the Pharisees were portrayed as the main violators of the misconceptions. They were a popular and respectable among the lower classes as they provided education for moral dilemmas. They also provided the people with ‘fence laws’ to help them stray away from sin. ‘Fence laws’ consisted of outer rules to follow so that one could not get tempted to violating the ten commandments given in the Torah.

The Pharisees heard of this and publicly challenged Jesus, accusing him of having the power of Satan. He defended his actions with a parable, then questioned their logic and told them such thinking denied the power of God, which only further hardened their resolve to work against him". Jesus was challenged many times but, he always got the better side of the argument. If Jesus failed an argument his ministry may have been crushed because the Pharisees and the teachers of the law would have spread the news that Jesus was a fraud. Another example of a threat to Jesus’ ministry is, “It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication. He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade. The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

In order for us to experience God’s grace, we must take seriously the need to repent and to have a change of heart. We must repent and turn our hearts to our Savior, Jesus, so we can receive the grace of God. Jesus helps us to understand that life is not just about following every rule and declaring or deciding who is righteous in the sight of God. People can follow all the ordinances of the church and still not have a heart of God or the heart of God’s people. Because the Pharisees had the rules down, they knew how to obey the traditions and the festivals of their faith. They knew how to enforce the laws which were given to their ancestors by Moses in the Torah after their great exit from the oppression they faced in Egypt. The Ten Commandments and the laws found in the book of Deuteronomy. Their failure was they ensured the religious community