John's distinctive description of salvation is 'eternal life'.
Salvation John's distinctive description of salvation is 'eternal life'. According to the Fourth Gospel, eternal life is a gift from God.1 Barrett sees salvation as the opposite of judgement; it is an Apocalyptic2 unveiling of the future.The basis of salvation in Johannine terms is eternal life is only possible insofar as it derives from God through Christ by the Spirit. Thus men can be rescued from darkness, judgement and wrath: and thus they can pass from death to life.3 This concept of salvation in John, moreover, has a continuing reference: past, present and future are involved in it. Barrett suggests that there are three kinds of eschatology; purely futuristic - this will happen at some 'future unknown date'; realised - this is already happening but with Jesus the final events will happen and personalised - this happens to the individual, when each man individually turns to Jesus. Smalley suggests there is a future tense involved as the person who honours the Son of God is promised the 'resurrection of life' in the age to come.45 John's Gospel explicitly states that it was written to bring people to salvation. It is important to note that only through Jesus can you gain salvation "God did not send his son into the world to judge it but to save it" - here we have links to Christology and the idea that the paraklete will judge. There is emphasis that presents eternal
Capital punishment
Capital punishment INTRODUCTION I am going to write a detailed account that examines and investigates the trials of Jesus; I will be examining the events that took place between the time Jesus was arrested up till he was crucified. I will also be looking at the roles of certain people and how their actions influenced and affected the Course of Jesus' life? THE ROLE OF JUDAS ISCARIOT On the night Jesus was to be arrested he went to a place called the garden of Gethsemane where he was only accompanied by peter and the two sons of Zebedee (John and James). Both Matthew and Mark's gospel mention this but Luke's gospel gives a vague account saying "... and the disciples went with him", He neither names the disciples nor tells us how many of them there were. The reason for Jesus going to Gethsemane was to pray as he himself had predicted that he would die for the sake of man and he wanted to prepare for this painful ordeal and wanted to be spiritually ready. Jesus says to the disciples that " the sorrow in my heart is so great it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch with me." Jesus continues a little farther on and threw himself face downwards on the ground and prays with these words, "my father if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but What you want." It is clear from the above quotes that Jesus though willing to die for the good
Explain what a study of Marks gospel can tell us about the nature of discipleship
COURSEWORK St Mark, peter interpreter, is trying to send a message to Christians about what being a disciple involves and what it takes to be a disciple i.e. The cost, The Reward and The dependency. These are all the things I will be pointing out in this essay, (especially the nature of discipleship and what Mark tells and about discipleship. Disciple means learner or student. Followers of Jesus are all his disciples because they are learning from his teachings, Mk10v13-14 "the disciples scolded the people. When Jesus noticed this he was angry and he said to his disciples, let the children come to me." This is an example of a disciple learning from his master. In the gospel the disciples were the twelve who traveled and worked with Jesus. In Jesus' time a disciple would live and travel with his teacher. "Peter's Declaration about Jesus." Mk8v27 "then Jesus and his disciple went away to the villages", Jesus and his disciples are traveling together, accompanying each other, just like john the Baptist and the Pharisees who also had disciples. Mk2v18 "on one occasions the followers of john the Baptist and the Pharisees". Many people think that "Apostles" and "Disciples" mean the same thing, but they don't because an apostle means "messenger, one sent out" "I will also send you out to preach"Mk3v14. They are sent out to tell sinners and gentiles to believe the good news. They
'Explain The Meaning Of Discipleship For The First Disciples And Christians Today'.
'Explain The Meaning Of Discipleship For The First Disciples And Christians Today' Discipleship is an important part of Mark's Gospel and is also considered an essential part of every day life for most Christians today. The word disciple comes from a Latin word, meaning learner or follower; a disciple is someone who is a pupil of a teacher. This word is used throughout Mark's Gospel because it is the word Jesus uses when referring to his followers. Discipleship helps us in the understanding of faithfulness and how people in Jesus' day gave up their lives to follow him. It sets us a prime example of how we should live our lives today. Jesus had many followers and generally attracted a large crowd wherever he went. However, Jesus wanted to choose a smaller group of people who would be close to him, and help him to preach the Good News about the Kingdom of God. In the first chapter of Mark's gospel, he concentrates on the calling of the four fishermen because it is significant: Mark Chapter 1 vs. 16-18 'As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two fishermen, Simon and his brother Andrew, catching fish with a net. Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people." At once they left their nets and went with him.' This small extract shows us how devoted the first disciples already were towards Jesus because they immediately left their
RE coursework - parables
RE COURSEWORK BIBLICAL DAVID BURNS Year 12 CONTENTS Page Introduction 3 What is a parable? 4 How did Jesus present his teachings through parables? 5 The meaning and relevance of parables to the belief and life of Christians today 7 These parables are still relevant today? 9 Conclusion 10 Bibliography 11 Parables (Part A) Introduction This coursework will look at some of the parables from Luke's gospel and how Jesus used this method of teaching. I will consider why he used parables and how they are different from other stories. I will look at Jesus teaching through some parables which will include The Good Samaritan, The Lost Son and The Rich Man and Lazarus. I will examine what message he was putting across to the people and how he did this through using parables. Then I will discuss what effect and significance they have on the belief and life of Christians now. In doing this I will look at how these teachings can influence people's lives and work and how they can help us learn how to deal with one another. Then I will discuss whether these teachings are relevant today. Part A (i) What is a parable? A "parable" is a simple story with a single meaning to it compared to other stories which may be difficult to understand and may have many meanings.. The word parable came from the Greek word "parabole"
Discipleship - Jesus' mission was to spread the Word of God, this was his dream. His vision was that things could be better and he needed followers to help him achieve his mission.
Discipleship Jesus' mission was to spread the Word of God, this was his dream. His vision was that things could be better and he needed followers to help him achieve his mission. In Mark's gospel, he introduces the first four disciples; he mentions how they obeyed Jesus and how they gave up everything to follow him. Simon and Andrew were preparing themselves to go fishing, along came Jesus and he said, "Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men." The brothers left their things at once and followed him. He did exactly the same thing to James and John, sons of Zebedee. Jesus wanted them to come and be his disciples, he wanted them to help to bring people closer to God and to turn away from sin. Jesus never met these men before and they certainly did not know Jesus, yet when Jesus called upon them, they left everything, responded rapidly by following him. It shows from one glance they trusted and believed in what Jesus had to say to them. Jesus made a huge impact on them, the disciples obviously had great trust and fondness of him, also dedication to become a disciple. He made them forget about themselves in order to serve God. Jesus did not want his disciples to be a rabbi, member of the council or any other important position. He was looking for ordinary men, to take up his important role for them. The first four disciples were only fisherman and were no one
What beliefs would a Christian today derive from the titles used of Jesus?
Theo Yiangou 5 Fisher Coursework Assessment Objective 1: What beliefs would a Christian today derive from the titles used of Jesus? The three main titles used for Jesus were The Messiah, 'The Son of God' and The 'Son of Man'. I will be discussing these titles and will try to answer the following questions to the best of my ability. Messiah The Idea of Messiah in Judaism This idea developed through three stages. Judaism first believed the kings that belonged to King David's line of kingship as 'Messiahs'. Kings, Priests and Prophets were anointed with oil. Judaism looked at King David as a Messiah as he united various tribes of Israel into one kingdom and Israel had become a strong kingdom under his leadership. In the Old Testament it records the Israelite understanding that God would make the Davidic dynasty would last and would be the way that God would save his people from foreign invaders. However, this Davidic dynasty did not remain strong and many kings that followed David were corrupt. This explains why the idea of Messiah moved into its second stage. The people began to look to the one who would be the savior that they were looking for, whom God would establish his reign where there would be no more injustice. There was also a belief that this king would bring Universal peace. The idea furthered when it was believed that the Messiah would not come
Look at three different parables in Luke. What is Jesus teaching about the kingdom of God?
Look at three different parables in Luke. What is Jesus teaching about the kingdom of God? A great deal of Jesus' teaching was done using parable. Luke has more parables than any other of the Gospels. According to Cooper Luke's parables About the Kingdom of God can be divided up into the following groups; first, the Kingdom of God has already arrived, second, to get into the Kingdom of God you have to show forgiveness and repentance and lastly, the crisis of the Kingdom. An example of a parable that suggests the Kingdom of God has already arrived is Lk8: 4-15, The Parable of the Sower. The Parable is about a sower who went out to sow his seed and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. Some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it and some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold. Cooper says the allegorical meaning discussed by Luke later could be seen to be added in by Luke for teaching reasons. More likely the original reason is seen to be that despite all the frustrations and difficulties the Kingdom of God will be successful and there will be a rich harvest. Caird agrees with Cooper that the parable is to assure the disciples that in spite of set backs and frustrations "he
Describing the Features of the Church of The Blessed Sacrament
Describing the Features of the Church of The Blessed Sacrament Description of the outside of the church The church consists of a tower and a longer shorter building joined together. The church is made mainly of red brick. The corners and windows of the church are decorated with white stone. Also along the top and bottom of the church is a white stone decoration. There are two main entrances to the church. One is under a Greek style pillared entrance with a triangular top. The other is in the side of the tower. Both entrances have two doors and are about eleven foot high by six foot wide when opened out. At the end of the shorter building furthest from the tower is a semi-circular protrusion with a domed roof, under this structure is the Sanctuary area of the church. Either side of the Greek style entrance are two sections that stick out from the wall a few feet. On top of these are two white stone statues. On the middle of the shorter part of the church above the Greek style entrance is a picture of a monstrance. General Description of the inside of the church The church of the Blessed Sacrament is about One hundred foot long and fifty foot wide. The walls are painted white. About twelve foot in from either edge of the two lengths of the church there is a row of stone pillars that each supports an arch. Above these arches the wall extends upwards to from a higher part of
Whispers About the Witnesses.
WHISPERS ABOUT THE WITNESSES You may have heard them being talked about, in a derogotory way most probably. They may have visited you once or twice, but does anyone really know who 'Jehovahs Witnesses' are? I will attempt to explain to you In the early 1870's an inconspicuous bible study group began in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Today they are known as Jehovah's Witnesses. The name Jehovah refers to , Gods personal name. This is shown at Psalm 83:18 according to the 'King James' version of the bible, "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth." The name 'Jehovah' or ' Yahweh,' in the ' Roman Catholic Jerusalem Bible' ,appears almost 7,000 times in the original Hebrew scriptures. Most Bibles today do not show the name but substitute "God" or "Lord" for it. Hence, the New World Translation by the Witnesses have put Gods name back in its rightful place. Their beliefs are supported by the scriptures, not the teachings of Popes Bishops vicars priests and men who interpret the scriptures with their own reasonings. They believe the entire bible is the inspired word of God and that all of Jehovahs promises come true because of Jesus Christ, who is the very key to the knowledge of God. They consider themselves accountable to no one except God Although law abiding, they pay their taxes, yet they give priority to Gods laws and