20 Amazing Things Jesus Said The way I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me. – John 14:6 We get access to the Father through Jesus. 2Sam22:29 Kingdom First But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. - Matthew 6:33 Prioritize the Kingdom and God will take care of the rest. Receiving blessings Ask and it will be given. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened for you. –
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1 (a) Explain the arguments surrounding the dating of Luke’s Gospel. There has been arguments predicting the date of Luke's gospel and the possible dates are the AD60’s, AD80’s (middle late first century), AD180’s (late second century). The argument for the dating to be the AD60’s is that the book of acts had to have been written before AD62 as the book suddenly ends with the imprisonment of the apostle Paul. The book of acts ended with Paul’s imprisonment which was unexpected as it did not
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facilitate the proclaiming of the Four Gospels. Theological Differences between the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John The Gospel According to Matthew The first three books of the New Testament have been identified as the synoptic gospels. These books are Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The first book of the New Testament is identified as the book of Matthew. Matthew was one of the first twelve disciples of Jesus, as recorded in Matthew 9:1; 10:1-4 and therefore an eye-witness. Matthew records more of
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David Trobisch and David Parker on the Origin of the New Testament, the Historical Jesus, and How Manuscripts Can Reveal What Texts Conceal Tom Dykstra I grew up with a picture of Paul traveling through Asia and Europe, founding congregations, counseling and teaching the men and women who had given their life to Jesus. If he could not visit them, he sent letters. When Paul died, his letters were kept as treasures. Each church that had received one of his letters saved it, had it read during worship
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Critique Lehman Strauss the author of the article, Why God Became Man, taught Old Testament history for eight years. From there he served as a Pastor of 2 different Baptist churches and then devoted himself full time to a Bible conference and evangelistic ministry. Writing his 19th book, he passed away in 1997. This article provides a very in depth look at why God became man. It is informative, full of knowledge and wisdom. It lays out the incarnation and the virgin birth in detail that helps people
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The Formation of the Canon, 5-6 page paper. Thus far we have come to a closing about the date and source of the individual books of the New Testament, but another questions remains unanswered. We can ask ourselves, how did the New Testament itself come into being? Who collected the writings and on what ideology? What conditions led to the creations of a canon, of trustworthy books? Throughout history Christian’s belief is that the Holy Spirit, who controlled the writing of the individual books
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Spirit-filled life, Paul must reckon with Israel's place in the overall scheme of God's plan and show how the Gentiles are grafted into that plan. As Moo states, "If they are to embrace the gospel, they must see how it is truly the fulfillment of the Old Testament."1 Additionally, this section answers questions concerning the promises of past, present and future that God is in fact honoring. Murray notes that, "If this section of the epistle were absent, there would be a hiatus leaving us with unanswered
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Sun, May 15, 2005 9:51:02 PM Re: short stories contest ... From: Pius Peter ... > Pius Peter wrote: > (AGE:25yrs) > "TOWARDS THE MAN" > Down my veins, I know that that wool-gathering > attitude I had developed over time concerning my > personal Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the only Son > of God has come to a stop.The yen I sensed within me > that evening was that of salvation of my soul. I > realised that I cannot continue to be a wastrel. > Clearly, I recalled that this volt-face
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Bible Summary. The origin and definition of the word tithe is derived from the Hebrew word, “aser” meaning ten. Many of the hundreds of laws given down from God to Moses are related to tithes and offerings. Another aspect or definition of tithe is a reverent and willing response to give a portion of your earnings for God’s use. The origin and definition of the word tithe is derived from the Hebrew word, “aser” meaning ten. The “ma’aser.” or tithe, thus means the tenth part. Tithing is mentioned
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and form (Fee/Stuart p182). Most dictionaries define the word “prophecy”as ‘foretelling or prediction of what is to come. Using the prophets in this way is highly discerning, for less than 2% of OT prophecy is messianic; less than 5% describes the new covenant age and less than 1% concerns future events (Fee/Stuart p182). The prophets usually announced the immediate future of Judah, Israel and the surrounding nations, rather than our future. Those events were forthcoming for them but past for us
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