The Gospel of John The movie The Gospel of John (Seville, 2005) is a visual representation of the accounts of Jesus Christ life on earth. The big picture is that of God’s plan for a personal relationship with us. When God created humans, he put them into relationships, first with him and then with each other. The strength of the movie is how Jesus core values of truth, love and compassion are portrayed through his relationship with his disciples. Jesus fostered the relationships with his disciples, showing love through his teachings and interactions with societal outcast. He displayed his value system through the use of parables and commandments, and performing miracles. God reveals himself to the tribe of Judah through Jesus, although they reject him. The movie ultimately shows God’s plan for restoring his relationship with mankind, through the sacrifice of his son Jesus. The greatest personal insight gained from the movie was the political and spiritual battle with the religious establishment and the blindness of the Jewish culture that lead to the rejection of their symbolic spiritual Passover. Values As a Christian every part of my life is to be guided by my relationship with Christ. The core values portrayed throughout the movie by …show more content…
Judah, with the help of their religious leaders, rejected the words of Jesus Christ. They would not believe the truth about who God is. They believed they already knew God through their own interpretations of the Old Testament scriptures. Year after year, the Jewish people used animal sacrifice during Passover in order to thank God for how Moses led them out of Egypt. They did not understand that the Passover was something far greater than a deliverance out of a slavery in Egypt. The paradox is that the Jewish people rejected the Lamb whom God had sent to deliver man from sin, their Passover
The makers of this film have done a breathtaking job of capturing the universal struggle of mankind to make sense of evil in the world – “supreme acts of cruelty” if you prefer. Out of all the views expressed, only one gives a sufficient response to the problem of evil; that is the Christian faith. Pantheism, transcendentalism, atheism, and agnosticism only reinforce a futility in living and thus cannot provide a means of dealing with the pain and suffering which evil brings. A Christian faith offers a God who is altogether good, who has a plan for man that includes destroying all evil and its accompanying pain for all eternity.
When contrasting First John to Second and Third John, you notice how First John lacks the typical stylistic features of a letter. However, the genre of First John is an epistle. This outstanding book joins twenty other letters in the New Testament. First John is probably best regarded as a written sermon or pastoral address. Walt Russell gives us clear principles when reading and interpreting an epistle. He states the following steps: read the whole epistle in one setting the get the big idea of the letter and its main contours, think in terms of the paragraphs being the main units of thought, knowing the structure of epistles helps you know where you are in the letter, and do some background reading in order to understand better the epistle’s main concerns and its historical and cultural setting. One of the most important tools to use while interpreting an epistle is to thoroughly know the historic background of the human author and the readers.
John lived throughout the greatest time in human history. He lived during the time of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, God incarnate on Earth. His Gospel thoroughly documents the teaching of God, the miracles He performed, and the ultimate sacrifice that He gave. John thoroughly describes how the Word became flesh in Jesus Christ. By a thorough analyzation of the Nicodemus story, one can clearly see the necessity of Baptism and the need for the Holy Spirit in the Christian faith. Jesus is the Lamb of God and the Bread of life. We are invited to literally eat Jesus as the Eucharist and drink His blood as wine. Jesus is the light of the world that gives light to the man born blind when he gives him sight. Those that witnessed His divine testimony would certainly ascertain that Jesus is God. The son of God, the one that fulfills and surpasses the Old Testament prophecies as revealed in the Gospel of John. With John’s teaching, one can clearly see Jesus’ true identity as the New Adam and Universal Savior.
6) What role did God, a greater power, or the gods, play in the movie? What were the main characters' attitudes toward God, a greater power, or the gods?
"It appears, that of all the apostle John was especially favoured with our Lord's regard and confidence, so as to be called the disciple whom Jesus loved" (Peoples Bible-John 1). Even though John loved his leader so much, he still ran away like the other disciples did when Jesus was arrested. John was still their when Jesus had his trial and was crucified. Jesus also in trusted John with the care of his mother. John was there with Jesus when he would perform all of his great miracles. On of the famous lines from John is "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (Peoples Bible- John 6). John was the spiritual evangelist. John and his brother James were called the Sons of Thunder.
John the I of England was king of england between the 6th of April 1199 until his death in 1216. King John was born in Beaumont palace Oxford England. King John was also known by his counterparts as “Lackard”. King John has achieved some remarkable things in British history. He is one of the most well know monarchs in history.
The book consists of three parts. The first part has five chapters of which focuses on explaining what the key questions are and why we find them difficult to answer. The second part has nine chapters explaining in detail what N.T. Wright considers Jesus’ public career and the approach he had in first century Palestine. The third part of the book, the last chapter, challenges readers to wrestle with the questions of Jesus’ life and ministry.
The book of James is a collection of ancient letters for the Jewish Christian audience. The letter contains scriptures that encourage readers to “be doers of the word, and not hearers only;1:22” (Sumney, 2014, 350). The book of James elucidates Jesus’ regard of how his followers should conduct their life. Actual authorship and date leaves a lot of room for interpretation and many scholars have different view-points. James remains an obscure person throughout the bible, his name matching with several apostles and the blood or half-brother of Jesus. There’s lack of mentioning of Jesus Christ in the letter and the superior level of Greek seems too advanced for James to produce. The author of James appears to be well-versed in Hellenistic philosophies which was 323-31 B.C. However, there are some linguistic similarities in Acts 15 and James does seem to have
John the Baptist burst on the scene when the people desperately needed a savior. John’s voice was a lone voice in the wilderness. “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness; make straight the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said” (New Revised Standard Version, John 1.23). This passage illustrates God’s master plan in action as God selected John to be His special ambassador to proclaim His own coming.
1. How does 1 John 1:1-5 echo John 1:1-18? What common words and ideas are used? How is there a progression of ideas from John 1 to 1 John 1?
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.
Within the gospel of Matthew, John the Baptist baptizes Jesus. Before he baptizes Jesus, he has been preaching within the wilderness of Judea. The description in the gospel of Matthew almost makes John the Baptist look like an untamed and wild man as his “…clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey” (Matthew 3:4, The Holy Bible, NIV). People throughout all of Jordan sought him to confess their sins and to be baptized the in the Jordan River. John the Baptist is the preparer of the way for Jesus as it was John who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah. “This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him’” (Matthew 3:3 The Holy Bible, NIV).
The Gospel is defined as the ‘good news’. After over 400 years of silence from God, in the small town of Bethlehem, in a manger, the Savior of the world was born. Jesus was sent on a collision course of compassion from the Father to reclaim His people. The Messiah had been prophesied about centuries ago, and now Jesus has arrived on the scene. The Gospels recount the beautiful story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection.
If you were to ask multiple people of different religions what their interpretation was of Jesus, there would be an abundant of diverse replies. Although, a more universal outlook of Jesus is that he was loving, compassionate and faithful person. I am a firm believer in Jesus Christ and his writings. As a young girl, I attended a Catholic grammar school. Eventually, I moved to Upper Westchester and then attended a public school. While I was attending public school, it was extremely looked down upon to talk about or refer to any kind of religion. I feel that because of this forbiddance of recognizing my religion in school led to a major decrease of practicing my religion overall. Now being a college student, it was a shock at first when religion
There is and always has been one, true King. Jesus Christ existed as God and Creator long before He came to earth as flesh and blood or was named Jesus by his earthly parents. He was always King, and in Creation He established His great Kingdom of Light. The book of John tells us about the eternal existence of the King and of His Light.