If Christ was not God, then He lied when He claimed that He was. If He is a lair, then He was not a sinless sacrifice when He died on the cross. If He was not sinless, He loses the ability to save man from sin. Therefore, it is so important for Christians that Christ be God. Christ is one hundred percent God even though He was one hundred percent man. The evidence is displayed in His attributes through His power, His holiness, and His omniscience. First, Jesus displays His deity through His Power
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HEBREW EXEGESIS BS 016 AN EXEGESIS OF THE BOOK OF AMOS 5:4-6 NAME: TABEA MATAUNICERE LECTURER: REV. PAULINI VUICUVU 13-Aug-15 Hebrew Exegesis BS 016 Introduction Hebrew exegesis is the art of taking out the meaning of the text from that Bible and not adding it on. Many times we have looked at the Bible from our own perspective and not what the real author intended it to be its real meaning. Doing exegesis is just trying to get to the original intention of the author. In
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Foundations of Mythology Shannon A. Colon Lampley HUM/105 World Mythology Prof. Lester Lopez-Nieves Mythology is an old study, that goes back time and time before, but mythology is not only an old practice, it also shows you a cultural purpose, most about religion or beliefs, that shows a moral and practical lesson. Mythology came to the interpretations of actual historical events, and other different retellings. There are five types of myths, one being theological, another being physical
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gospels plus John Jewish Sources – Josephus, 2 references; one authentic Talmud: Jesus a rabbi who practiced sorcery and led Israel astray Roman sources – Pliny the Younger letter to Emperor Trajan Tacitus – wrote that Nero blamed the fire in Rome on Christians Suetonius – expulsion of Jews from Rome by Claudius, AD 49 after disturbances initiated by “Chrestus.” NT Apocrypha – stories and sayings (reported) of Jesus - other gospels Difficulties in achieving biography of Jesus – He left no autobiographical
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SANCIFICATION Sanctification has three aspects, initial, progressive and ultimate that must be properly understood. The two great gifts of God which are the forgiveness of sins on the basis of the work of Jesus Christ on the cross and the gift of the Holy Spirit are an integral part of sanctification. Initial sanctification (positional) This means our having been made perfect in Christ because of the work of Christ on the cross of Calvary. Righteousness is imputed to the believer by faith (justification)
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THE FULFILMENT CENTRE ACADEMY FCA 101 - NEW BIRTH Texts: John 3:1-7, 2 Cor. 5:17 Man is made with a God shaped vacuum in his heart, a vacuum that only God can fill. Different attempts by man to fill this void have resulted in the invention of various religions, ideologies, philosophies and habits. However, this vacuum can only get filled at salvation. Man’s way of meeting God = Religion God’s way of meeting man = Christianity Salvation refers to that point in the life of a man when he recognizes
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Biblical theology is a Christian approach in which the theologian studies the Bible from the perspective of understanding the progressive history of God revealing Himself to humanity and following the fall and throughout the Old Testament and New Testament. Biblical theology is an attempt to articulate the theology that the Bible contains as its writers addressed their particular settings. It particularly focuses on the epochs of the Old Testament in order to understand how each part of it ultimately
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You will be known as u were known. In heaven. Wife or family covered by the family that is saved. The saved wife can sanctify the husband or the saved husband can sanctify the wife. So that your children can be sanctified. Children who have not yet came to the age of accountability. Vision of this church within 5 years Drawing up 1700square ft family life center fellowship hall etc we want to open it to all people . Open on Saturdays after school IrEyes on additional land and property
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The distinguishing features of medieval drama are its Christian content and its didactic purpose. Vernacular plays typically dramatized the lives of the saints, stories from the Bible, or moral allegories. The biblical cycle plays, sometimes called mystery plays, were originally performed under church auspices, but by the late 14th century they were produced under the supervision of craft guilds (misteres) and performed in public places on the feast of Corpus Christi or during Whitsuntide. Fairly
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How Far had Northumberland established a Protestant church in England by 1553? After the downfall of Somerset in 1549 John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, assumed the role of protector. By this point however the Church in England was already experiencing a state of unofficial Protestantism where there was no official church doctrine, freedom of religious speech, the removal of church images was in place and the First Prayer Book was introduced in 1548. In the first years of Northumberland's control
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