...Tom, Well Jesus’s teachings are spreading and people are believing in his work every day. Like I said in my book, The Prince, that our founders had great virtue and they were successful in their rise of ruling our nations. They took advantage of a situation and rule with great pride. This new guy has virtue indeed like our founders but, I don't think he will get very far. To be a successful ruler, you need to have good arms and to be prepare to protect yourself at all times. In my work, I stated “The principal foundations that all states have, new ones as well is old or mixed, are good laws and good arms. And because there cannot be good laws where are good arms there must be good laws, I shall leave out the reasoning on laws and shall speak of arms” (Ch.7, pg.48). He has good laws but, he doesn't have the good arms to enforce the people to follow. How can he expect the people or even the great to follow him if he has no protection? He states that God has our...
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...Explain the ethical teachings of Jesus with special reference to the Sermon on the mount. Jesus of Nazareth was born a Jew. He was raised in the Jewish faith, as both his parents were Jewish, and some theologians would argue that Jesus never taught anything that was against the Jewish faith, and was just another new thinking Rabbi. The understand Jesus’ teachings, however, it is fundamental to have a comprehension of the Jewish way of like, and their rules. The Hebrew word for this is Halakah, which translates exactly as ‘the path that one walks...’ Halakah is made up of a series of Mitzvot Aseh (positive commandments ‘to do’) and Mitzvot lo ta’aseh (negative commandments ‘do not’) which are Mitzvot D’oraita (Laws directly from the torah). Then there are Mitzvot D’rabbanan which are Laws instituted by the Rabbis. There are 613 Mitzvot, made up of 248 mitzvot aseh and 365 mitzvot lo ta’aseh, which some of the early Jews claimed to have special meaning because there are 365 days in a year, and 248 bones in the body, but this is actually wrong, and just something said to make the numbers appear to be a sign from God, which they do not appear to be. Also, Manson says that the numbers are not important, merely the content that is of importance. The main teaching of Jesus was Love. He said that love should be the reason for any action. There are 3 types of love mentioned in the bible, Agape which is unconditional love e.g. for one’s family, Phila which is the love for a friend (from...
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...mankind to sin forced God to send him to the world. However, God was too kind and sent his own son, Jesus, to the world to save man and ensure he will still be guaranteed internal life after physical death. Therefore, Jesus came to the world to fulfill a well planned mission of saving man through extensive biblically based teachings. This was challenging and consequently, it was inevitable to deploy different techniques targeting at ensuring the teachings are tailored towards fitting mans life hear in the earthly world. Throughout the New Testament and the Old Testament, Jesus deployed methods such parables and sermons to ensure his teachings could be related to the world. It is important to realize that most teachings were tailored towards ensuring the fallen mankind transforms his behavior. To achieve this, Jesus relied more on parables and Sermons to emphasize on his teachings. In particular, the sermon in the mountain is considered as the core of Christianity life. It took place early in Jesus live immediately after being baptized by John the Baptist. The crowds followed him and climbed at the mountain and started giving the sermon. The teachings targeted at guiding Christians on various aspects affecting them. It also provided an opportunity for Jesus to teach the crowds how to pray. Most of the teachings presented are popular to most Christians today. Most of the teachings are extremely relevant to Christianity lives today. Though various weaknesses are eminent, the strength...
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...Life and teaching of Jesus Jesus was of Jewish descent about 2,000 years ago in the land of Israel and spoke Aramic. The Apostle Paul spreaded the teaching of Jesus to both Jews and non Jews (Gentiles). Jesus is the Savior of the world and the sonship of Jesus is the incarnation of God. Ordinary bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. Jesus provides a mode of love and sinlessness. Christians celebrate a yearly cycle that leads them through the life of Jesus and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Christmas,Easter,Ascension and the Pentecost are celebrated through Christ. Jesus was executed by the the Roman Government and after his death attempts was made to record his teaching. Life and teaching of Jesus Jesus was of Jewish descent about 2,000 years ago in the land of Israel and spoke Aramic. The Apostle Paul spreaded the teaching of Jesus to both Jews and non Jews (Gentiles). Jesus is the Savior of the world and the sonship of Jesus is the incarnation of God. Ordinary bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. Jesus provides a mode of love and sinlessness. Christians celebrate a yearly cycle that leads them through the life of Jesus and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Christmas,Easter,Ascension and the Pentecost are celebrated through Christ. Jesus was executed by the the Roman Government and after his death attempts was made to record his teaching. Christianity Ethel Ragland | 6/11/2014 | [Edition 1, Volume...
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...the disciples and Jesus was speaking to were the Jews. In Luke 4:18 Jesus is teaching the principal that the Gospel or good news is for everyone including the poor. In Matthew 5:47 I feel that Jesus is teaching his listeners that even though things don't happen as fast as we would like them to our job is to be patient and remain faithful. God will provide for his people. Matthew 6:19-24 Jesus is teaching us to not store up treasures here on earth but instead our focus should be on storing up treasures in heaven and how it's impossible to serve two masters because we will be fully devoted to one and despise the other. Matthew 6:25-34 Jesus does not say the word money but it does express the necessities we need in this life to survive like clothes, food, and drink as well as shelter. We all know in order to have any of these necessities we have to have money. But the principal here is to not worry ourselves with these matters because we serve a God who is going to meet all of our needs. Matthew 10:33-37 in this teaching from Jesus he is first teaching us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. If we see a neighbor hurt, hungry, or in need and we can provide it's our God giving duty to help. Matthew 2:13-21 Jesus is teaching his disciples to not focus their lives on worldly possessions but instead with our worldly wealth. We ought to be rich toward God and be willing to help in anyway we can to build up his kingdom. Matthew 27-34 Again Jesus is teaching us to number one...
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...creation of the currently accepted standard form of Christianity, there was a time period of pivotal decision making in which many sects were fighting for authority. Just as Orthodox Christianity gained authority as containing “true” Christian teachings, opposing groups such as Gnosticism gained followers which posed threats to the stability of the Orthodox Church. The tumultuous and unstable background of the time period is reflected in the variety of religious scriptures at this time period. This is most clearly seen in the opposing views of Judas between the synoptic and gnostic gospels which portray very different accounts of the immediate events surrounding...
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...T he concept of the ‘secret teachings of Jesus’ supposedly generates apprehension for various Christians; for a number of folks think the possibility is generally all folly and ‘made-up,’ and feel this terminology provokes negativity. So I felt the following information was a notable case in point; which relates the likelihood of such teachings; furthermore, why the majority of Jesus’ mystical teachings ‘could not’ exist openly. Powerfully, this letter provided gives a window to peer through to understand the time, and apparent problems the early Christians had with some misinterpretations of early text and the apparent fear and cover-up that took place. In 1958, Professor Morton Smith claims to have found a secret gospel of Mark that gives us another example of a ‘sexual tone’ concerning Jesus. It is the subject of the Mar Saba letter, a previously unknown fragment of a second-century document, and claims to be written by Clement of Alexandria. Credibly, Clement endured as one of the earliest and most mysterious of the Fathers of the Church, a...
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...nephites gathered in the land of bountiful conversing about jesus christ. Then some people start to hear a soft voice and they pay no attention to the voice. Then the voice spoke again and again the people did not understand it. Then the voice call out a third time and they listened and the voice said “ This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased and they looked into heaven and saw a man in white come down. The man was jesus and he tells about how he suffered for the sins of the world and invites the people to touch the nail prints and spear wound in his side. And they praised him as the most high god and then the lord called nephi to him. Nephi greeted the lord by kissing his feet and praising him where the lord tells him that nephi needs to baptise the people the same way he was baptised. Chapter 12 outline: Nephi starts to baptise 12 people who will become the 12 disciples of christ. and he tells about how the man who will believe the teachings of these twelve will be well blessed in the kingdom of heaven. Christ also goes on to tell that the man who shines his light and does not concle it from the world will become wealthy in the kingdom of heaven. Chapter 13 outline: Jesus teaches the nephites about how to pray privately and not to boast about them. And to lay up treasures in heaven. Because the prideful and boastful with their affairs towards god already have their reward. Chapters 14 outline: Jesus tells of how there will be Hypocrisy/ false prophets warning...
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...Eastern and Western Different people have different morals and teachings that they live by. These morals and teachings, referred to as central beliefs, are influenced by their religion and religious practices. Many of these teachings are still alive in today’s world. Two major religions that are growing rapidly throughout the world are Christianity and Islam. History teaches that they both have similar teachings being that they are monotheistic religions. The evolution of Christianity and Islam religions have spread all around the continent in support of two influential prophets. Jesus Christ and Muhammad were leaders that stressed the importance of their faiths and practices in everyday life. Christianity’s faith was established from the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus was born a Jew in the land of Israel as the son of God. His mother was Mary and her husband’s name was Joseph. As a virgin, Mary conceived Him by the Holy Spirit which, according to the Christian doctrine, He is considered to be the reincarnation of God born as “flesh” into a human being (Fisher. P., 2014). God sent His son so that there would be life. Jesus’s baptism by John the Baptist was merely an announcement that the Messiah had arrived. This is when His ministry began. Jesus taught his followers that in order to follow Him they would have to leave worldly things and self-centered thinking behind. His teachings focused more on the Spirit and worship of His Father. One...
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...when he spoke with Him and ate with Him, when he watched Him die and saw Him rise again. He tells us that Jesus was surely the Son of God. With all that John saw, how could he think otherwise? And so, in his old age, he decides to tell us about it too so that we might believe this movie tell the story of Jesus birth, His miracles, His teaching, His torture, His death and His resurrection. It is good to tale again for the sake of some people who may not have yet heard it because they don’t go to church, who may never read the Bible, through this visual storytelling become a way of knowing Jesus and how He come to life. As such Jesus is kind, merciful, determined and brilliant. A man who seems indeed to be both fully human and fully divine. He is as John says “The light shining in the darkness.” The one who came to saves us all. He works miracles, and He preaches the Good news. This movie also depicts a compassionate Christ, who finds himself moved by the plight of humans and who refuses to condescend to them. Jesus tenderly touches the face of the disgraced adulterers and forgives her sins, moments after challenging the hypocrisy of her would-be killers. He sends a lame man walking after morally restoring him as well. Before nourishing their souls, He attends to the physical needs of thousands who have gathered on a hill to hear Him by feeding them. Jesus also became a good teacher. He would explain difficult things in ways that made them easy to understand. He...
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...History of Jesus and Muhammad hum130 March 20, 2011 Michael Emmart The History of Jesus and Muhammad The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." --Luke 2:10-11 The religion Christianity was founded on the life and teachings Of Jesus Christ. Around or just before the Common Era, about 2000 years ago Jesus was born in a small town called Bethlehem. Jesus was born unto a devout Jewess by the name of Mary and a carpenter named Joseph. Jesus was conceived by a miracle of the Holy Spirit before Mary and Joseph had any sexual relationship. Jesus was born in Bethlehem because the Roman emperor stated that all families register for a census in their ancestral hometowns. Joseph and Mary made the long difficult trip to Bethlehem, only to find that all the inns were full, with no inns to stay at, Mary gave birth to Jesus in a stable among the animals. The Gospels do not talk a lot about Jesus’ early life, but some information can be traced back to some references elsewhere. Jesus was from a town called Nazareth, where he probably worked with his father and trained to be a carpenter. At the age of twelve Jesus wander away from his parents into Jerusalem to discuss religion in the temple; the rabbis were very impressed on the knowledge, understanding and answers when discussing the Torah. When his parents finally found him, Jesus asked...
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...Two very important religious men in history were Jesus Christ and the prophet Muhammed Al Amin. Both men have qualities and history to compare and contrast throughout their lives connected with their respective religions and followers. The lives of these two men took place at different times in history yet the impact they had in history is monumental. The comparisons between the two are few in relation to the men themselves but the similarities in their beliefs are closer than might appear. Jesus' life is recalled in the New Testament. According to Gospels, his mother Mary was visited by an angel announcing that Mary will give birth to the Son of God. Jesus was born in 4 CE at Galilee. His mother Mary is said to have been "A virgin when she conceived him by the Holy Spirit; her husband was Joseph, a carpenter from Bethlehem" (Fisher, 2005, p. 288). Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph by immaculate conception and from a very young age Jesus claimed to have a very different relationship with God, whom he called his Father. Jesus, which means "God Saves" (Fisher, 2005, p.288) made mention of his relationship with God at a young age. He made a journey with his parents to Jerusalem for Passover when he was a young boy of twelve years old and discussed the Torah with the rabbi's there showing his above average capacity for knowledge as a youngster and when leaving, Jesus stated aloud "Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Fisher, 2005, p.289). This statement would...
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...Jesus and Muhammad University of Phoenix Jesus and Muhammad differ in so many different ways, although many people have different consumptions of Jesus, it is pretty clear on who Muhammad was and is. However, it is impossible to worship both or even believe that the two are equal to one another. I will first begin to discuss who and the works of Jesus. Many peoples perspective differ on who Jesus was or is. These beliefs are based on the religion that one follows. I will start with main stream Christian believers; Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God. It is believed in this religion that, God sent angels down to Mary, a virgin and told her she would have a son and his name will be Jesus. The angels also told Mary that, God sent Jesus to preach and deliver his words, so that people may have faith in him all over the world. Jesus did just that, and more. Jesus healed the sick, taught God’s word and died for the sins of the people, so that they may be saved, have eternal life, and enter the gates of heaven, according to the Holy Bible. However, Jesus teachings were primarily about The Kingdom of God (heaven). Never the less, he speaks of morality and prayer. Jesus had many believers has he had non- believers. As Jesus exhibits the works of God, many of the non-believers were displeased on these actions of prayer, healing and talks of eternal life. After The Last Supper, Jesus was arrested in the night...
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...The benevolent way in which Jesus respected and valued women in first century Palestine, significantly revealed the Kingdom of God and highlighted how society can be a more inclusive and compassionate place today. This essay will explicate the Kingdom of God, exemplify the ways Jesus demonstrated the Kingdom of God with women and express the importance of Jesus' teachings in today's society. • Linking sentence to Paragraph 1 The central message of Jesus's teachings, the Kingdom of God, is the conceptual spiritual realm where God reigns as king in the lives of his people. According to Zanzig, Jesus saw the Kingdom of God as the reign of God’s love over the very hearts and lives of people. This delineates that the Kingdom of God is already present among us, thus it is the saving presence of God within us and our...
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...Jesus & Mohammed There have not been any other men to have influenced our world more than that of Jesus and the Prophet Mohammed. For centuries Nations all over the world has used there teachings as a solid foundation to live by. These two men are responsible for the continuously teaching of their respective religion. In about 6 B. C. in Bethlehem Jesus Christ was born. About 600 years after Jesus Christ was born, in the city of Mecca the great Prophet Muhammad was born. A look at the lives of Jesus and Mohammed and the death of both of them. A look into the life of Jesus Christ tells us that he was born in the city of Bethlehem, a village in the Roman province of Palestine. Jesus was giving birth by the Virgin Mary; an angel name Gabriel proclaimed him as the son of the most high, the savior of men. (godresources.org). His birth occurred during the Judean reign of King Herod. (Fisher, 2006). Early on Jesus worked as a carpenter in a town near Nazareth called Galilean. He began to minister public at the age of 30. He was teaching the word of God and performing miracles. Jesus preached about God his savior in such a manner that it marveled everyone the heard him speak. Jesus amazed his followers by turning water into wine, walking on water, giving sight to the blind, healing paralyzed limbs, and restoring life to the dead. (godresources.org). Jesus had the ability to speak so well and with so much wisdom that it was that no man has ever spoken...
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