Genealogy of Jesus

truth of the virgin birth, life, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As diverse as the world-wide Christian culture is, the truth in the birth and life of Jesus stands without border and language limitations. Just as each individual life story can be adapted to be relevant for a variety of audiences, the birth story of the Messiah was also. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke are an example of the well-rounded and diverse narration of the birth story of Jesus—Matthew’s narration spoke to the history of the

say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” What situation looks impossible to you? Stupified! Twice in the bible, Jesus marveled and his chin hit the floor in shock at such great FAITH

him. The Imitation of Christ The way I imitated Christ was when I showed people the true meaning of kindness and cheerfulness. What I did was a great example of what Jesus did for his people. He helped and in return, he brought back the idea of contentment to the people. Not only I served the people, but most importantly, I served Jesus. He expected us to follow his way meaning to help each and everyone, no matter who the person is. According to Matthew 25:40, “And the King will say, ‘I tell you

house, which is called and known as Beth Sarim. The Hebrew words Beth Sarim mean 'House of the Princes'; and the purpose of acquiring that property and building the house was that there are those on earth today who fully believe in God and Christ Jesus and in His Kingdom, and who believe that the faithful men of old will soon be resurrected by the Lord, be back on earth, and take charge of the visible affairs of earth. The title to Beth Sarim is vested in the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in

This uncertainty is beneficial for our spiritual life.” Jesus is still answering the disciples questions asked in Matthew 24:3 "As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”" (Matthew 24:3, ESV) The setting is the Mount of Olives. The lessons are called the Olivet Discourse. The longest answer Jesus gave to any line of questioning. The first part of their

Who was the author of the text? Lawrence Boadt states that the book of Genesis was “collected from many different traditions.” whereas David Clines states that Genesis is one of the narrative books, which makes a point that it is a book that belongs to the oral tradition. The Eerdmans Commentary points to the J author source as a narrative source. (27, Eerdmans) c.      What is the level of authorship – historical event, oral tradition, redactor, etc.? The level of author is a combination of

through 25) is an either or question. It asks: Does the Scripture picture the second coming of our Lord Jesus as [1] a series of events (multiple comings, judgments, resurrections, the great tribulation, the rise and fall of the great Antichrist, the Battle of Armageddon, and the millennium) covering a period of seven plus 1,000 years, or [2] does Scripture picture the second coming of our Lord Jesus as a single multi-faceted event—His coming in glory for judgment? (“The Second Coming--The Gospels”

last Sunday of the Christian year as Christ the King Sunday. You might be thinking, but isn’t every Sunday about Christ? What makes this Sunday different? While it is true that Jesus Christ is our focus in worship

disciple of Christ Between AD 50-70 Written by a Jew, to Jews and about a Jew The purposes of Matthew’s Gospel are many, one being to convince the Jews that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Jewish messiah. Context – 2 mins Our text finds its place in the section famously called “The sermon on the mount”. This sermon is the most famous sermon Jesus ever gave, perhaps the most famous sermon ever given by anyone spanning from chapters 5-7. You can find a condensed version of this sermon in Luke 6:20-49

Motivation Motivation for parish staff to continue work at St. Joseph’s resides in their desire to foster the mission of the Church—both on the broad level and on the more specific level of St. Joseph’s. We felt the fulfillment of the parish staff strongly. While working at the parish is indeed a job, we experienced a mentality that staff members felt privileged to work at St. Joseph’s. One of the accountants, Cathy Bohnen, stated she looks forward to coming in to St. Joseph’s. We believe this supports