The Book That Made Your World Analysis

Who is the Gospel for? As you read through Luke 4:16-30 and get to verse 18 you see the Jesus is reading from the Book of Isaiah, specifically Isaiah 61:1 which says, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners;” (Isaiah 61:1, New American Standard Bible). Jesus very clearly is telling all those who are listening to him in the synagogue that they are too take the message of God out to all people. They are to specifically, teach the Word of God to those who are hurt, who have found themselves in times of trouble. But how does this tie into social justice? First let’s look at what social justice

He is mentioned to by Paul as "Luke the beloved physician" (Col. 4:14). Luke fixed forth the humanity of the Son of Man and cites it in chronological order the life of Christ. Being a physician, he is more precise when using language. For example, when he indicates a leper he uses the identical medical term to describe the circumstance, for example "full of leprosy" (Luke 5:12). Luke’s gospel is particularly focused towards an individual named Theophilus and is focused on the complete story and past events of Jesus Christ from his birth and ministry to his crucifixion and resurrection. A major theme in Luke’s gospel shows how important the poor were to Jesus and how we should not neglect the poor. Examples of this are seen when the book talks about the distinctive beatitudes “blessed you are poor…hunger now...weep now...” and the distinctive woes “woes to you that are rich...that are full...that laugh now…” which overall say, money and power will tend to bring judgement upon you. In addition, the gospel of Luke refers to certain parables like the Rich man and Lazarus. This sends a message to warn the rich who tend to trust in their riches more than in God, wealth tends to pull us away from God and that if we neglect the poor and prioritize our riches more we will go to hell. Asking oneself- is your existence a blessing for the

In cases of severe poverty and suffering, people may often find themselves asking, “where is God?” People often challenge the church as well as God’s power and wonder how such suffering could be. God has a plan for everyone and provides faith for those in impoverished situations, but can not control every poor decision made that sends such an unfortunate number of humans into despair. Jesus, who was poor himself, focused on the poor and suffering people, and any legitimate church will provide help to those who have historically been marginalized or deprived of their rights. All church doctrine should grow out of the perspective of the poor. Defending the rights of the poor is seen as the central aspect of the gospel.Chapter four of Elizabeth

I as a Christian understand that greatest gift of creation, is our humanity. We as humans have the gift of freedom and free will, which no other species process on Earth. I also understand that being human, means that we are capable of making mistakes

He tells humans that, “each tree is known by its own fruit”, implying that you are loved by Jesus through your actions rather than your possessions. Any man can do good to someone who does good to him, but only a good heart can produce good treasure. The theme of love continues to connect with the themes of poverty and wealth throughout the Gospel of Luke. Rather than being contempt with a life full of greed, Jesus wants you to share your wealth because, “you cannot serve both God and Money.” In order to enter the Kingdom, you must do things for others rather than yourself. If you do what is righteous you will be blessed and repaid in the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus pronounces in chapter 12 of Luke that, “a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” No matter how much wealth you have, you are no different than a man who has nothing if you are not kind-hearted. Chapter 12 of Luke ties back to the golden rule stated in chapter 6, line 31; “do to other as you would have them to do to you”, If you want to enter Jesus’ Kingdom you must share your wealth rather than build a bigger barn and take life easy. If you become choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures then you have not retained the word of Jesus and you must not have, “a noble and good heart”, therefore, you cannot enter Jesus’ Kingdom because you have ears that do not hear. The theme of love connects

Lesley Choyce’s The Book Of Michael illustrates that it is important to move on from hardships that occurred in our past. Michael decided to move on from his girlfriend’s murder, and instead of mourning, he decided to go back to school and do something with his life. “I had nothing to lose. I had already lost it all. I was free. Strangely enough, my parents tried to stop me. They thought I had lost my mind. ‘Why today?’ my dad asked. ‘What do I have to lose?’ was my answer.” (Choyce 147-148) This quotation tells us that Michael wanted to go back to school and start a new life again. He keeps repeating that he has nothing to lose, which shows us that he is starting from scratch again and has nothing that he can possibly lose. In addition, Michael

In the U.S, people go to church every week, it makes them feel physical and mental happiness. Westerners seem very independent, they respect each other, give each other space. They go to the church together at the same time every week. In addition, they have a variety of activities, it can improve friendship and wisdom. Many children grew up in the church. In “the Bible”, "love your neighbor as yourself" is a great moral values of Western people, they are usually willing to reflect on their own. With the constraints of the Bible, they always respect others, always kind to others. Old people teach methods which from “the Bible” to young children. The Christianity make more freedom of the United States, it also create people’s independent thinking and the idea of democracy and equality

Here, Jesus is presented as the promised Savior, and further a Savior to all especially the poor. Likewise, this Gospel seems to focus on God’s fulfillment of his promises. The author highlights Christ’s human nature, giving a detailed narration of his and John the Baptist’s births. In its prologue, Luke’s author writes that the purpose of this book was to give an accurate account of the ministry and life of Christ. Like Mark, this Gospel focuses on Jesus’ miracles and healing. The author also urges the reader to leave earthly possessions and follow Jesus. It is likely that this Gospel was, like Mark, was written for a Gentile audience. This is evident by its evident explanation of Jewish customs and

This passage relates the to Jesus’ mission to the poor because his origins and how he was born shows a humble beginning and shows that even someone as great as Jesus was not privileged from the start. His birth shows us that since he wasn't born in a palace or inn, he can relate to the struggles of the ordinary people. Jesus came from heaven, surrounded by all the power and glory that were rightfully his, and left all of that behind in order to get a comprehension on our lives and give an insight of the compassion of God for everyone, both rich and poor. Another passage from Luke’s Gospel that illustrates this theme of is a verse from Luke that states “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God” (Luke 6:20). This verse illustrates

In Luke’s presentation of our Lord’s ministry, if any words stand as a “mission statement” to make sense of what follows, it’s the sermon in Nazareth. In it, Jesus reads from Isaiah 61, saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.” Of course, rich men were in no way barred from hearing and repenting! But we see through the rest of Luke that Jesus seems to consistently single out the lowly and outcast of Jewish society as recipients of his concern. And who are these pariahs? They are the Gentiles, the women, and the poor. These are the unlikely individuals who Jesus seeks, and these are the people who Luke gives particular attention to in his writing.

The main message is for Christians to have the same compassion that Jesus did. If we see the poor,

“Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just...whosoever doeth this the same hath great cause to repent” (The Book of Mormon Mosiah 4:16). This progressive quote promotes social welfare and an idea of charity and love that many mainstream Republicans today do not support. Believe it or not, this is not a statement recently made on some left-wing political talk show, this is directly from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This same message is echoed throughout all the books of scripture. The doctrine of Jesus Christ teaches the principles of compassion, equality, forgiveness, tolerance, and most importantly love; the political ideology that sides with these ideals is on the left. Stephen Colbert said, “If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn 't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we 've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don 't want to do it.” The teachings of Jesus Christ do not contradict liberal beliefs, therefore we, as His disciples, should be more open to non-conservative political ideals.

The most important text in the development of Western Society, The Bible, is like previous examples. The development from myth (or hereafter religion), to organized grouping, to a mode of power can be summed up in the influence of The Bible. Somewhere throughout history, an individual or group realized the influence of a religion on a group of people. In getting a group to believe something as explicit and detailed as this text is, having these followers support an agenda that, on the surface parallels their beliefs, but in reality is a power ploy by those in high positions, creates an environment that breeds influence and

Luther was convinced that people of every status can become saved…Therefore, the striving for material gain that goes beyond one’s own needs, Luther argues, must be a symptom of one’s lack of grace. Indeed, because striving for gain appears to be possible only at the expense of others, this pursuit must be viewed as an unequivocal abomination. (P. 103)

Jesus gives a sermon saving the blameless and forgiving the sinful. He ensures that if you keep your faith your current circumstances will be blessed. During the speech according to Matthew, Jesus blesses those who are facing hardship by restore hope in their hearts. However, according to Luke, Jesus is preaching to the same people facing hardship but he reaches out to the sinful with a series of woes. The woes mainly focuses on the hypocrites, the hateful, and adulterers. While both Matthew and Luke sat for the same sermon they both read Jesus’s speech differently. Luke’s view point gave more detail and gave his audience a better understanding of the text.