John 1-10
The gospel according to John is one of my favorite biographies about Jesus Christ. I love how the writer explains in great detail about the works of Christ. John 1-10 is largely about the love that Jesus Christ had for his people.
Jesus Christ love for his people is so great that he came down from glory and lived a human life to save the world. Jesus Christ went through a lot of persecution and rejection but his love did not waver it stayed the same. The gospel of John confirms that “he came into the very world he created, but the world did not recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him” (John 1:10-11). I believe that if this would have happen to a normal person, that person would have given up but it does not end there because Jesus is not normal he is the son of God. The gospel of John emphasizes “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12).
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Jesus Christ loved us so much that he gave us gifts that we did not earn or deserve and one of those gifts is the Holy Spirit. While Jesus was talking to Nicodemus he say “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life”(John 3:5-6). This is not the only time Jesus talked about the Holy Spirit he did it again while he was talking to the Samaritan woman, Jesus Said “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to you would ask me, and I would give you living water” (John 4:10). Jesus also says that if you drink this living water you will never be thirsty again (John 4:14) this living water that Jesus Christ is talking about is the Holy Spirit. The Gospel of John confirms that “When he said “living water” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him (John
“The King James Bible was 400 years old in 2011, and it remains one of the most favored translation used today” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). “Some statistics from a newspaper said, that out of the people polled thirty-one percent said the King James language was beautiful, and twenty-three percent said it was easy to remember” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). When the King James Bible was published in 1611 there were many ways it could have been improved. The King James Bible has had a huge impact on the world of today. The King James Bible was published by scholars that King James I gathered from 1604 to 1611. King James did this in order to create a
, He had no qualms about telling His opponents that He was the son of God (John 10:36 TLB [The Living Bible]), the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6), and that anyone who had seen Him, had seen the father (John 14:9). Due to the nature of these statements, it is understandable that some assumed that He was a raving lunatic and a liar; however, none of these assumptions could be supported by His day-to-day activities. Additionally, in spite of all threats of intimidation, and even though He was given every chance, He never denied His claim to be God. Therefore, Christians believe that Jesus was God in human form. Next, His life matters because of how He lived. His manner of living provided for us, a model by which we can compare our own
"I put my mind on Christ and try to listen and obey the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:5), the Holy Spirit will give me life and peace (Romans 8:6). If a man is a Christian, he has the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9). His spirit has been made alive (Romans 8:10) The Holy Spirit is giving life back to his body, bringing it back from the deadness of sin (Romans 8:11) and bring abundant new life in Christ."(Graham)
One of the main protagonists within Brave New World--John--expresses beliefs connecting to the essence of Christ. Therefore, the embodiment of Christ displays John's desire to save the world that criticizes his ideals. John represents this Christ figure through the decisions he enacts. A Christ figure, according to Foster, consists of features such as: self-sacrificial actions, crucifixion, and the redemption of a world that is not worthy.
The words of Jesus are quite clear. I presume some might want to read the Lucan account of the sending of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-13) into this account given in John. This seems natural to equate the two, but when considering gospel narratives, we must seek to consider each on its own terms first, rather than initially reading one into the
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."(New Revised Standard Version, John 1:14) As the only son of God in the Christian theology, Jesus Christ was tasked with a multitude of trials, and horrors the common man would have rebuked and refused to undertake. However, as a demi-god born of the divine Christian deity and the mortal, virgin Mary, Jesus was not the average mortal man.
The central theme of all these books was to be like Christ. John was talking to not only the people of that time but us as well. He teaches us about forgiveness, grace and how to live the christian live well and also how to get back up if we fall.
His role changes dramatically in the New Testament. As the New Testament opens, the main member of the Trinity that is focused on is Jesus, but without the Holy Spirit, Jesus would not have come. Luke 1:35 says, “And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God” (ESV). The Holy Spirit had a direct role in Jesus’ incarnation and throughout the Gospels. The Spirit appears to lead Jesus and Jesus mentions Him to His disciples as one who is to come (Luke 4:1, John 6:63, John 16:13,
James 4:17 is one of those passages in the Bible that haunts faithful Christians. The teaching that comes from it has been called "the sin of omission". That is, it is sin that is not actually "committed", but is the intentional refusal to obey some command. It's a legitimate thought, so let's examine it.
Reading the Bible takes time and patience. Understanding the meaning of the stories can make the Bible more interesting to read. The baptism of Jesus is one such story that may seem small, but it has a deeper meaning to it that sheds some light on Jesus’s mission. The baptism of Jesus is recorded or indicated in all four gospels of the New Testament. It was specifically mentioned in Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21-22, and John 1:24-34. All the gospels give different accounts of how the baptism took place. True to their name, the Synoptic Gospels have stories that are almost similar, but the Gospel of John has its own unique story. Understanding the different accounts of the baptism is crucial to understanding the significance of why Jesus was baptized and by whom.
Many times Jesus showed his love for mankind and even had that love and compassion spread through to his twelve disciples. Jesus taught them the ways that were needed to be followers of Christ and they were true to these methods. Jesus was the true symbol for love and compassion, which is why people had a hard time understanding and believing that he was the true son of God. People thought that Jesus was supposed to be the one who was to condemn the sinners and bring back judgment. But little did they know that Jesus did not come back to condemn the world but to save it from their own mistakes. Pharisees tried really hard to try and get Jesus to slip up so they could charge him with anything they could find, because they did not believe that he was who he said he was. An example of this was whenever Jesus was near the Mount of Olives and the Pharisees tried to stone a woman who was an
But it is very important to understand that the holy spirit is a person, he has mind will and emotions. he 's not just a force. Divine attributes that are shared by the father and the son are equally shared by the Holy Spirit. When a person receives Christ the Holy Spirit resides in that person.
The doctrine of the Holy Spirit begins with examining biblical witness to the work of the Holy Spirit in the history of Israel, as well as the ministry of Jesus, and in the life of the church. During the creation account it was the breath of God that grave life to all creation. The Holy Spirit has been a primate actor sin the beginning of time. While the Spirit was present prior to the ministry of Christ, the New Testament speaks in greater detail of the Spirit because it empowered Jesus. From his conception to the day of Pentecost the Sprit was present and active in the life of Christ and the believers. We see in ...
Many of us see the manifestation of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. These become more and more evident as we read the Bible, and grow closer to God through His Son Jesus.
...though some of Jesus' messages and teachings were diluted or miscommunicated through the expansion of a religious institution, Jesus' original words and life still speak loudly for themselves. Only a few months later in that same city of Jerusalem one record states that some 3000 new followers were added in a single day. The religious leaders responded by trying to stomp out Jesus' followers. Many of these people chose to die rather than deny their belief that Jesus was truly God. This is how faithful Jesus' followers were. So as you can see Jesus Christ lived a hard yet experiencing life. He changed the lives of others, help them by taking away their sickness and giving them good health, and also helped those in need and started a very popular faith within christianity which is followed by million and millions of individuals each day, and is still increasing rapidly.