The Gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy of Jesus, which relates back to Abraham, the father of the Jews. ... Joseph planned on dismissing Mary, but an angel came to Joseph and told him to marry Mary as she had conceived from the Holy Spirit as a fulfillment of prophesy. In this way, Joseph took Mary as his wife and became the "adoptive father" of her son Jesus. ... After Mary returns home to Nazareth, Elizabeth gives birth to a son. ... In Luke 1:67-80, Luke is "filled with the Holy Spirit" and speaks prophecy of his new son. ...

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Found within the books Matthew, Mark and Luke the bible accounts of Jesus being lead by the holy spirit into the wilderness. ... Here we are told that Jesus was lead out into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit so that he could be tempted by the devil. ... To paraphrase what he said, "if you are the son of God, you can jump and your father would save you." ... It gives an account of how Jesus was compelled by the Holy Spirit to go into the wilderness. ... As in Matthew, it stats that Jesus began to get hungry and the Devil tempted him by telling him that he should turn stone into bread, if he i...

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"How could this humble carpenter's son from Nazareth be their king," they thought, but Matthew believed that Jesus was the King of all the earth, and took it upon himself, but not alone, to spread the word. ... The Gospel of Mark begins with the statement that it is "the good news Jesus Christ, the Son of God." ... Jesus speaks of himself as the Son of Man, who came to give his life to set people free from sin. ... With divine Father and a virgin human mother, Jesus entered history as the Son of God. ...

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The story of Jesus's birth is interesting because Joseph the husband of Mary at first wanted to abandon her until the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, "She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins (Mt. 1:21)." ... This passage explains what it will be like when the Son of man returns for judgment, and separates the believers and non-believers. ... Matthew then ends with Jesus telling his disciples, "Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and ...

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(Carson, 2010) With Jesus' coming, the angels, John the Baptist and the heavenly voice from the Father all proclaim and witness that the kingdom of God is present among humans. ... The church is the instrument of the kingdom inasmuch as disciples through the Holy Spirit made wonders (Matthew 10:8). ... (Klauber & Manetsch, 2008) Social Gospel Walter Rauschenbusch is known as the "Father of Social Gospel. " He was a critic of American capitalism and clamored against the drive for profit at the expense of tyranny of the weak and defenseless. ... Our Father loves people and the life of a fol...

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Jesus struggles in prayer, beseeching his Holy Father to give him the strength to carry out his mighty task. ... "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." ...

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