The Role Of Religion In The Gospel Of Jesus

While reading the bible or excerpts from it, you might be asking yourself many questions. In many ways the “Gospel of Mark” and “Gospel of Matthew”, will leave you wondering? Three main points at which will be explained in some verses. As they are; what are the roles of the people involved, what can the events say about discipleship in Christianity, and what do these events say about what it means to be human. We will see one event from Mark and two from Matthew that will go more in depth with what was said before. All of these events will better explain many points behind what many others wonder.

The gospel describes Jesus as a great teacher who astounded the crowds who gathered to hear him. Though he engaged in debates with Pharisees and Sadducees, he took great interest in ordinary people. He often taught them in parables, stories that used vivid images from everyday life to illustrate spiritual truths (Invitation to World Religions, pg.416). The central theme in Jesus’ teachings was the Kingdom of God. For Jesus, the kingdom of God was not an ordinary kingdom, but that exists when human beings recognize God’s sovereignty over the world and respond in love and in

The Synoptic Gospels are composed of the gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. These three gospels covered many of the same stories; yet, they disagree with each other on various details within certain stories. Also, numerous events that are in Mark, is not in Matthew or Luke and vice versa. Many historians have concluded that Mark was the first of the three gospels written and that Matthew and Luke used Mark as a source to their own gospels. The Synoptic Gospels were first written in Greek, which would suggest to some ambiguity within Mark, Matthew, and Luke due to certain perceptions and translations within the Greek language. One ambiguity that is shown within the Synoptic Gospels dealt with Jesus’s view on marriage and divorce. Using

Matthew’s narrative of Jesus walking on the water serves to illustrate the saving power of faith, Christ’s always present help, and the issue of testing God and doubt. Peter, the leading disciple in the story, introduces the issue of a divided mind conflicting between faith and doubt as he attempts to walk out to Jesus who is coming to the ship. Jesus’ purpose for walking out on the water is to save the disciples in the ship “tossed with waves” (Matt 14:24 KJV). The waves, representing chaos, serve as a barrier between the disciples and Jesus, representing God’s divine power. Upon walking on the water, saving Peter, and calming the waves with entering the ship, Jesus proves the power of God to overcome all fear and chaos found in matter.

The purpose of Matthew's gospel was to, "tell the story of how the coming of the Messiah has inaugurated a new phase in the history of God's people and to explain how they were expected to live in that new age." (Barr)

     Matthew next describes Jesus through his passionate and loving ministry. The many stories of his work among the people are evidence of who he was as a person. He was a teacher, preacher, and healer to everyone who knew of God’s righteousness. Jesus had strong faith in his Father, and it was important to him that others did as well. Jesus spoke of the proper way to live life in order to be granted eternal life. Some of the first teachings that Matthew mentions in his gospel are of Jesus’

Beare, Francis Wright. "Mission of the Disciples and the Mission Charge: Matthew 10 and Parallels." Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 89, no. 1, Mar. 1970, pp. 1-13.

The books of Matthew and John though have many similarities, also have many differences due to the goals that they are trying to achieve and the importance of points/events they are trying to get across. The reason behind the initial portrayals of Jesus helps achieve the goals of each book; whereas Matthew’s book tries to ‘convince’ the educated readers and quarrelers (Pharisees), John’s book does not care much about reputation per se. For example, Jesus turns on the Jews who believe in him to generate a readers response to him as the definitive expression of God 's will or revelation as opposed to Matthew’s intentional readers response to God 's will as expressed in the Mosaic Law. While there are many qualities I could delve into regarding the difference in characters of Jesus, my essay in particular will look at what each book views is especially important with regard to Jesus and his intentions. Specifically, my main focus will be on the presentation of Jesus and reasons for doing so; setting in context what the book is basically about.

The gospel changes everything, it becomes the very lens through which we look at all of life and its challenges. The gospel transcends all cultures. The essential truths of the gospel can be expressed in any language or clothed in any culture. the truth of the gospel shapes my thinking and conduct in a way that produces a Christ-like love and holiness - putting his kingdom values into practice in the power of the Holy Spirit. Humility, boldness, dependency and the assurance of his presence replaces all my self-reliance, pride, selfishness. Putting my faith in God and his word has helped me become a firm believer that he is always there, always watching and protecting his follower. The passage “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper’’

The gospel writers tell us the story about the life of Christ, told from different perspectives because each disciple had a unique message to a different audience. They were written between two generations after the death of Jesus, and are based on the stories of Jesus and his ministry, told by his followers. The church did not combine these accounts into one gospel, but preserved them as four, maintaining their individual views of the teachings, ministry and life of Jesus. In Matthew, Jesus was the Messiah of Israel. He is the ideal servant

St. Matthew's Gospel was written to fill a sorely-felt want for his fellow other people who live in the same country, both believers and unbelievers. For the first thing just mentioned, it served as a sign of his regard and as an encouragement in the trial to come, for the last thing just mentioned, it was designed to convince them that the Messiah had come in Jesus, our Lord, in Whom all the promises of the God-related Kingdom supporting all people had been satisfied in a (related to religion or the soul), rather than in a sexual, way:

A Book that was significant to me in my early life and childhood, was the Holy Bible. For the sake of not wanted to get into the commonly used explanations, of why the Bible has made such a big impact on other people and me. I will do my best to change it up a bit, by tell numerous stories in this paper on the topic of religion and the Bible. To extend the length and quality of this paper, will tell only stories that were crucial to me learning about the Bible or the religion in general. My Knowledge of the things of God had essentially started when I was in Second Grade, although I have gone to church for all my life. But let’s be honest, a first grader would not have knowledge of what cookies are made, of let alone the ordinances of an almighty

At the start of Jesus ministry, he ended up passing the water of the baptism of John, As Jesus was finally baptized he came up from the water and said this is my son. God had instructed Moses to deliver a message to the Pharaoh and by this text, Matthew has left his audience to believe in the identity of the relationship between Jesus and God.

Matthew and Luke create a portrait of Jesus that is simultaneously compassionate and divine. Both books eliminate any text that would depict Jesus as human or incompetent and replace it with divine authority. Likewise, the disciples are cast in a better light, no longer of “no faith” (Mark 4:40) but now of “little faith” (Matt. 16:12). Both Matthew and Luke conclude with hopeful endings, in which Jesus declares his eternal companionship (“I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:20)) and ascends to heaven (Luke 24:50-53). The authors of Matthew and Luke have taken the core essentials of Mark and the Q Source and reimagined them in ways that would comfort and spiritually aid the persecuted audiences for which the Gospels were intended. Christ’s divinity affirms his authority, and that authority gives readers comfort in knowing that their suffering will not go unacknowledged in the kingdom of

The New Testament contains various groups of literature that include The Gospels, the Book of Acts, a collection of Letters, and the book of Revelation. The Gospels is a unique literary group that early Christians discovered to profess the good news related to Jesus. The good news shared the story about Jesus’ spiritual work, demise, and resurrection (Harris, 2014, p.13). The second book of Acts is known as an extension of Luke’s Gospel that represents Jesus’ supporters as they carried on his work, influenced by the exact godly spirit that is related to Jesus (Harris, 2014, p.14). Also, the books of Acts provide a theological aspect about the history of the Early Church and the aftermath of Jesus’ life and death. The third book consists of