The Beginning Of A New Church Year

The post presents a clearly defined explanation of Jewish traditions and culture in the Book of John. Correctly stated, the use of the term “the Word” plainly displays an entity that is more than just mortal. Jewish scripture accurately predicts a messiah that was eternal. John’s explanation of “the Word” plainly lays out the fact that He was existent from all eternity. (TOWNES X). Furthermore, in John’s Gospel care is taken to provide chronological timeline by identifying Jewish holidays. Especially unique is John’s mention of the Feast of Tabernacles. Customs such as the wedding at Cana and the agrarian references to sheepherding assume the reader would be familiar with a particular way of life. Continuing, the notice of John’s

Jesus tells of how the lord will send a messenger to prepare the way for the second coming. He also explained the importance of tithing and how we will receive blessings.

I was attending a chapel service and at Pittsburgh Theological seminars. I’m not sure who was ordained, because I’m still new, I know that these are my class mates, and we don’t really get in to who is ordained and who is not. So, I’m going to assume that they were all lay persons. There were about 6 people involved in the service, there were 3 musicians a 3 people that read different part of the service. It was a beautiful call and response type of service, which I thought was interesting. I want to say that the on participant is the one who runs our chapel service.

In the beginning Gospel of Mark, it states the coming of John the Baptist to make way for Jesus Christ. In John the Baptist's message he states while he baptizes with water the one to come will baptizes with the Holy Spirit. When Jesus came from Nazareth to be baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River the sky opened and the Holy Spirit came upon him like a dove as he was being baptized. God spoke audibly stating that he was pleased with his son. Right after this, the Holy Spirit guided Jesus to be in the desert for forty days, in that time he was tempted by Satan. After John was put in prison. Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the good news. As he walked along the sea of Galilee he approached Simon and Andrew who he told to follow him.

As we enter a new Church year and the season of Advent, the time is now to prepare our hearts to more fully experience the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We must rid ourselves of those attitudes and behaviors that prevent God from making a dwelling place among us. Let us take to heart the words of Jesus and “…stay awake! For [we] do not know on which day [our] Lord will come.”

I have learned a lot about the bible that I didn’t know throughout the class. The first person to see the risen lord out of his tomb was Mary Magdalene, which is written in the gospel of John. Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem in a manger on December 25th. Jesus left Simon a very direct message to start the church. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the writings about Jesus, or gospels, and the first four books in the New Testament. “In the beginning,” are the first words of the New and Old

John’s message was urgent as he explained to Israel that the kingdom of heaven is near and that is why they should repent. John announced a literal kingdom here on earth under the personal rule of God’s covenant Messiah. John’s announcement generated a widespread response, because the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and willingly submitted to John’s baptism (Mark 1:5).

Jesus, on the other hand, presents to us a model of resilience. The setting given to us in Luke reveals multiple issues that place the option for violence as such a high priority – it would have been on everyone’s minds. The start of John’s ministry in chapter

In the Bible in the gospel of Mark 1:14-15 it says, “After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: ‘This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom

The Word and John the Baptist

This week’s devotional that presented the issue the Corinthian church had concerning the eating of meat offered up at pagan worship service is not an issue we have in today’s church. However, there is the basic application of Christian liberty that was introduced in the first century and is practiced in the 21st-century.

John is baptizing Jesus kneeling on a rock to show Jesus status as a God. John is using the rock to elevate himself to Jesus’ head for pouring the water. John is bowing and at the same time baptizing Jesus Christ. Here we see a great tension, because John is baptizing God. In his early life he has baptized people and incorporated them to the new kingdom: Church. But in this

John starts his anecdote by introducing a straightforward conversation between Jews and Jesus regarding Abraham and freedom. This interaction extends for various paragraphs and shows a clear lack of exacerbated emotional response from the Jewish community. The Jews in this passage simply aspire to learn more about Jesus’s ideology and thoughts instead of threatening him with death. This short interaction is crucial to the humanization of the Jewish community in the reader’s eyes. Contrasting the emphasis on hate and anger that Matthew portrays on the Jew population, John depicts them as people who are simply obeying the law. When asked if they desire to crucify the King of Jews, the Jews answer with “We have no king but the emperor.” This small, yet powerful line, demonstrates that the Jewish community was not furious due to the claims performed by Jesus, but rather by the threat to the social status that had been established in the era. Many philosophers believe that Jews had strong connections to the head of the government and they might have believed that if Jesus was to become the new king, their advantages and benefits would suddenly

Within in the first chapter of the Gospel of John, a reader begins to see Jesus as the fulfiller of Passover. John the Baptizer “saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” The Baptizer knew and declared that Jesus was the long awaited Messiah, the ultimate Pascal Lamb, and the fulfillment of the Old Testament Feast of Passover. The Gospel writer, John, has proven this in particular in the last of three Passovers he records. The information is going to take what information is learned from above and how it is both applied to the person of Christ and the events that surround his last week of life, which is normally called Passion Week.

Since the day I was born my parents took my sister and me to church ever Sunday. I grew up in a loving Christian home and was encouraged at an age where I could fully understand, to purse a relationship with Jesus. I accepted Christ into my heart when I was in the second grade and was baptized in the fourth grade at age 10. Growing up I have always been super involved in Church. I have a heart for people and love serving. Since 3rd grade until now, my senior year of high school I have been on the leadership team with my youth group. I can not imagine my life without Jesus as the center. I have been pushed to step out of my comfort zone and because of that I have grown in several different ways. For example, I am an extrovert and enjoy getting new people, but never liked public speaking as I felt nervous and intimidated. By the many adult leaders, and pastors coming along side of me and encouraging me to step of on my comfort zone I now highly enjoy speaking and spreading the truth about The Lord in big groups of people. I am so thankful for the many God loving people that have come in my life and helped stretch me. Jesus is my entire life and I am nothing without him.