The Gospel Of Jesus Research Paper

The Gospel of both Matthew and Luke take alternative stances in describing Jesus’ birth narratives. Luke 2:8-20 implicates the annunciation of the shepherds to illustrate Jesus as the Savior, the Messiah, and the Lord; as opposed to Matthew 2:1-12 utilizing Magi to illustrate Jesus as the King of Jews (Ehrman 99). Additionally, Luke 1:26-38 describes how an angel from heaven allays Mary’s fears and Matthew 1:20-25 describes how an angel from heaven allays Joseph’s fears (81). Luke 2:4 discusses Mary and Joseph’s trip to register for the census in Bethlehem (100), and Mathew discusses Mary and Joseph’s flight to Egypt (81). Additionally, in Jesus’ birth narrative, Luke neither quotes the prophet Isiah’s passage nor his birth fulfills Scripture;

John nine verses one through seven is the being of the grace giving and truth telling of Jesus in this section. When Jesus spoke with the man that was blind I believe he ministered to him and gave him a brief explanation of who he was. The disciples asked him if this man sinned from birth or did his parents sin? Jesus used the truth telling when he answered the disciples by saying this man didn't sin at birth and neither has his parents sinned. It also gives truth-telling by letting the disciples know that it was to give God the glory. Now for the grace-giving part of Jesus, is him giving the Blind man back his sight. The reason why this was grace-giving was because this man had been blind his whole life, but when he came in contact with Jesus, he showed him grace by healing him.

The primary focus of each of the three quests for the historical Jesus, endeavors a series of approach to challenge the legitimacy of the Synoptic Gospels as an unreliable resource to study Jesus existence; even more, to question the NT portrayal of Jesus veracity, through an intellectual group of scholars applying other ancient book in their research into what is known as today “the Quest of the Historical Jesus.” Unlike the first century Christians, “It was widely assumed that the Jesus presented in the Bible was the man who lived and died—and rose—in Palestine in the first century.”1

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We are sanctified by the blood of God. We are made right in His eyes by the work of His Son on the cross. 1 Corinthians 1:30, states my belief in the work of Christ, and allows us to be sanctified in our Lord and made right before God.

What have I learned is a great question to answer, beginning with the importance of community. The importance is realizing we are all part of a community, whether, social, small groups of church leadership or business. What I have learned through the importance of community in teaching others is, our service is to God and others should have intended purpose and a positive impact. Likewise, we should value every opportunity given to be a true disciple of Christ. Although, there are many who are at first willing to follow Jesus, but who do not realize that it means walking on the “narrow road” (Matthew 7:14). Nevertheless, the person who follows Jesus must be ready to deny himself. He must also count the cost of being a disciple of Jesus. To be a disciple one must willing to make sacrifices (Luke 14:33). For example, Matthew 8:18-22 records the cost of following Jesus. The disciples one after another found themselves with many excuses or explanation to renege on their commitment to Jesus. Jesus understood to a certain degree, nonetheless, when we cannot do both, we must put Jesus above everything else. Again, Paul records in Luke 9:61-62 exacting discipleship where Jesus

A disciple of Jesus, Peter was quick to act or react impulsively. The first example is in Mathew 14, which describes the story of Jesus walking on water. After seeing Jesus walking on water, Peter, who was in a boat with other disciples, asked Jesus if he could walk on water. Jesus replied, “Yes, come” (Mathew 14:29 NLT) and Peter exited the boat and began walking on water. However, when the wind and waves grew stronger, Peter began to doubt, started to sink, and he cried out for Jesus to save him (Mathew 14:30 NLT). The implication of this story suggests that failing to understand research concepts can lead to doubt. Furthermore, the researcher must trust the data and, without reservation, provide actionable conclusions or recommendations

The Gospels and other passages provide meaningful insight into characteristics of a disciple of Jesus Christ. First, a true disciple of Christ is a follower of him. As Jesus walked along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon Peter and Andrew casting their net into the sea. Jesus said to them follow me, and immediately they left their nets and followed Him. (Matt 4:18-20). Jesus gives a general invitation to everyone to follow Him by accepting his charge and allowing him to be the Lord, leader, and master of their lives. With this invitation and acceptance, Peter and Andrew were willing to give up all earthly possessions to follow Christ Every person must be willing to take up the cross and follow him no matter the cost.

The people told Jesus to perform a miracle if He wanted them to believe. They told Him that Moses gave the Israelites manna to eat, saying “The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

One of the versions of the story of the birth of Jesus is found in Luke 2:1-21. Luke begins by explaining why Mary and Joseph are travelling right before Jesus was due. Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census was to be taken, so Mary and Joseph had to return back to Joseph’s birth town, Bethlehem. While they were there, Mary gave birth to her son. She “wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them” (Luke 2:7). There were shepherds working in a nearby field, who were terrified when light and “the Glory of God” shone around them. Luke explains that an angel came to them and told them about the birth of a baby, our Messiah. The shepherds visited baby Jesus and spread the good news to

A life and teachings of Jesus is the core of the New Testament. However, there is a historical paradox about the birth of Jesus. To begin with, it is said that Joseph and Maria, before giving a birth to the Jesus, returned to Bethlehem for the population investigation. However, there is no such record of census in history, and even if there was, there was no need for Joseph to return to his hometown because ancient population investigation required only basic information of the people. Also, in the ‘Gospel of Luke’, it is said that Jesus was born when the governor Quirinius took a census in AD 6. On the other hand, in the ‘Gospel of Matthew’, Jesus came to Maria during king Herod’s reign. However, the king Herod was dead by BC 4. According

The book of Matthew pairs the prophecies to Jesus’ story and creates a strong notion that anyone who Christian that believes in the scriptures and stories of Israel must see that Jesus is the Messiah that has been promised to the people. Therefore, the book of Matthew uses the prophecies as proof the history of Israel has all been leading up to Jesus as the promised Messiah.

" She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Matt. 1:1 ESV)

In the book of Matthew, the author quotes verses one and two from Isaiah chapter nine in describing Jesus ministry as the fulfillment of this promise. The apostle John in his book refers to Jesus as the light (John 1:9) and Jesus referred to himself as “the light of the world” (John 8:12). In all of these passages, one sees that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Messiah. In addition, the names that this child will be called identify who he is; in particular, we focus on the name “Mighty God.” The only one that can identify with God is Jesus. This promise of a child was not given to people of Judah because they deserve it.

Jesus had been born of Mary who had been a virgin. Everyone was so excited as God had spoken to Joseph, Mary’s husband, and “Magi”, or wise men, came all the way from the East to Bethlehem for the birth of this miracle baby. After Jesus was born, he was baptized by John and became known for his teaching and curing of the sick as he grew older. Jesus told us that he had come to fulfill the law