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    Many people were brought to Jesus through John (Matthew 3:5-6.) 10. In Matthew 3, John the Baptist preached in the wilderness of Judea (Matthew 3:1.) It is stated that John the Baptist lived as a timid man and was straight to the point. My assumption is he did not enjoy preaching in a town. He probably would feel very uncomfortable, so he chose to teach in the wilderness. 11. John the Baptist is the one who baptized Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17.) 12. John didn’t intend to baptize Jesus. Immediately

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    reflects the discourses of the passages, through grammar and liturgical context, for instance, how other scholars reviewed the books of the Lord Supper. The comparison and contrast of the Lords Supper throughout the synoptic gospels, such as Luke, Matthew, Mark Acts and 1 Cor.15:33 The thesis will prove to you that the Lord’s Supper and the Resurrection are connected to Jesus Christ and the believer for today’s society through unity. In the book Old Testament, according to Exodus 6:6-71.the Lord’s

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    The question asked about this passage of Scripture (Matthew 24 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

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    and statements.” The Gospels complement one another as they present four different aspects of Jesus’ earthly mission. The Gospel of Matthew Matthew presents Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, the Son of David In addition, the Fourth Gospel introduce a greater degree of testimonies “that Jesus is the divine Son of God and prophesied Messiah.” The Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke consist of many parallel material whereas 90 percent of John’s gospel is unique. The Gospel of Mark The two major themes

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    The title of chapter one is called A People Formed. The authors begin to talk about the difference between knowing the gospel and being consumed by the gospel. They also describe the importance of understanding the gospel and what the gospel means for the church. It is mentioned that “Sin has fractured the ‘shalom’ of the universe. (9)” God spoke and formed an entire “nation”, a community of faith. The gospel creates a collective people. In chapter two, the authors talk about worship and what

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    The Gospel of Matthew historically was thought to be the first Gospel written, followed by the Gospel of St. Mark. Early church historians believed that Matthew was one of the twelve Apostles. Gospel of Matthew according to biblical historians came from the Gospel of Mark. Gospels of Matthew written before the destruction of Temple in Jerusalem in seventy AD. Matthew was a tax collector and as a tax collector considered a sinner by members of the Jewish community. Sinners, because they were unclean

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    they all recorded the scene of feeding the five thousand. Now John is different from the other gospels in a few different ways. The first way John is different from the others is the journeys talked about throughout the gospels, for instance only Matthew and Luke contains accounts of Jesus’

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    In this assignment, I will be going into depth who God is, I will talk about humanity, Jesus, as well as Restoration. They will all be very tricky for me to write about, but I feel like the restoration of humanity will be the most difficult. This paper will hopefully give some new insight to how important God is in this world, and how much of a part He played in the creation of this world. God In the second discussion question of week two, we had to provide three characteristics of God. The characteristics

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    What Christians Mean When They Refer to Jesus as Lord When we think of the name Lord as Christians we think of God, as he is powerful, almighty and great. Jesus however was a human and to be called "Lord" is very special because no one in history has been called that before. As Christians we would say the name Lord means miracle worker, ruler and faithful. Jesus was mainly all these things as he performed many miracles in his life which many different types of people

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    The Sadducees were a very influential group in Judaism, many being priests (Wenham and Walton 40). There was no worry to the Sadducees of losing their position because it was “secure under Roman rule” (Wenham and Walton 41). Their beliefs were different from the Pharisees in that they did not practice oral traditions, that is verbally telling the stories of the Scriptures. Even though they accepted the Old Testament scriptures, they only practiced the beliefs that were in the Pentateuch, which is

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