Another example is the death of Jesus Christ. Though it was sad Jesus had to be crucified, his death is the key aspect to salvation and Christianity. Christ redeems us from sin meaning we are sinners and only Jesus can forgive our sins and through him we receive salvation. ...
Another example is the death of Jesus Christ. Though it was sad Jesus had to be crucified, his death is the key aspect to salvation and Christianity. Christ redeems us from sin meaning we are sinners and only Jesus can forgive our sins and through him we receive salvation. ...
He exemplifies that as one person can have right over different substances, similarly Jesus Christ has the right over both humanity and divinity, and both exist in equality (Roberts). ... The three persons are The God, The Spirit of God and Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God. ... Marcoin's argument was based on the exoteric view that there cannot be one same God for both Jesus Christ and the rest of the world as if this was the case, then Christ would have all the attributes of God. ... Since both these attributes cannot be associated with Christ, they tend to deny the concept of sole po...
God allows His children to suffer because disappointments strengthen one's character and make them more like Jesus Christ. ... "God will use the disappointments of life to teach and train you and to make you more like Jesus Christ. ... Christ suffered more afflictions than any human could endure, before He entered into His glory. ... But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. ... The benefits include developing perseverance, becoming more like Jesus Christ, and having the ability to witness the revealing of Go...
There is a triple parallel in the person of the lamb: Christ- Lamb of God, the lambs of Christ's flock and a lamb, the animal as the symbol of one or the other. The first possibility is to interpret the Lamb as Christ Himself. ... In a few places in the Bible Jesus appears in white clothes. ... Secondly, in the verse Gave thee life, and bid thee feed thee might also stand for Jesus. ... In other place Jesus says: "All things have been committed to me by my Father." ...
(Romans 8:28-30, NRSV) "The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." (2 Peter 3:9, ESV) "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to t...
Jesus is introduced in the Old Testament with the Davidic covenant in 2 Samuel 7:13 and through prophecy of the coming Messiah in Isaiah 52-53 The Trinity is seen in the New Testament with the birth of Jesus. God then demonstrates His plurality in the divinity of Christ in Matthew 3:16-17 "As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. ... Each part of the Trinity plays a role in salvation, God wills salvation, Christ dies for it, and the Holy Spirit draws us to salvation. ... I do agree with John of Damascus that there is a distinction between the preceding of the Holy Spirit and...
It should, furthermore, be noted that Paul begins this chapter by saying, "Therefore, being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.... His position is affirmed by quoting the 10th commandment itself, "Thou shalt not covet" (Ex 20:17) and the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus reprimands even anger (Matt 5:22) and lust (Matt 5:28). ... He defends freedom of will, however, only to a limited extent: Certainly, those who are outside of Christ do still make voluntary choices-that is, they decide what they want to do, then they do it. ...
He unlike others, believed that the highest relationship with God came at the time of the cross through Jesus; thus leading to his "theology of the cross." ... Baptism demonstrates the death and the resurrection of Jesus. ... His primary argument was that the presence of Christ in communion was real, but spiritual. ... Calvin felt it impossible for the body of Christ to descend and be present on more than one alter at a time. ...
We are either being molded into the image of Christ or we are being molded into the opposite of his image. ... It is about becoming a person who can lover others and server others as Jesus did. ... The third step in Mulhaolland's definition of spiritual formation is the image of Christ. ... Essentially that is why we live and should be our ultimate goal, to live in the image of Christ. ... As long as there are parts of us that are not in the image of Christ, our relations with others will not be ruled in a Christ like manner, rather we will allow our own agenda and rules to impose on ...
But God through divine election shows how He is love with presenting the concept of grace by extending kindness and compassion to the unworthy through the sacrifice of His son, Jesus. ... Herbert refers to Jesus when he talks about "who bore the blame", and to the Mann 3 Eucharist or invites the man to take part in Himself/God when he writes "sit and eat". ... But the poem concludes with the beautiful picture of how Love invites the sinner to eat the meal, which He has so graciously provided on the basis of Christ's taking the sinner's blame. ...
But God through divine election shows how He is love with presenting the concept of grace by extending kindness and compassion to the unworthy through the sacrifice of His son, Jesus. ... Herbert refers to Jesus when he talks about "who bore the blame", and to the 3 Eucharist or invites the man to take part in Himself/God when he writes "sit and eat". ... But the poem concludes with the beautiful picture of how Love invites the sinner to eat the meal, which He has so graciously provided on the basis of Christ's taking the sinner's blame. ...
One main reason this acquires is Jesus never really explained what or who he was while he was here on earth. ... The best example of this in action is in the crucifixion of Jesus, not only does in give us and insight into the incarnation of Jesus and his crucifixion, but also the role that God played in both. ... Jesus was on the cross as a result of our choices as humans and it was God's self-limiting power that prevented him from saving Jesus. ... But this is not the God that revealed to us in Jesus Christ. ... In her Book Consider Jesus she focuses more on the nature of Jesus and th...
Richard Quebedeaux, America's chronicler of Evangelicalism, defines an evangelical " as a person who attests to the truth of, and acts upon, three major principles (1) the full authority of Scriptures in matters of faith and practice; (2) the necessity of personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (conversion); and (3) the urgency of seeking the conversion of sinful men and women to Christ (evangelism)- (p.14). ...
Theologian John Calvin established Puritanism's fundamental beliefs of total depravity, unconditional salvation, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints, and the belief that Jesus Christ died for man's sins. ... The poem narrates the events of the Second Coming of Christ, the Last Judgment of the living and dead souls, and the departure of the saved for heaven and the damned for hell. ...
He shared with us the story of how he felt obligated to receive Christ by his Aunts' church congregation. ... Hughes explains this by saying that he and other boys' were "placed on the mourners' bench with all the other young sinners, who had not yet been brought to Jesus (pg. 1059).... " Some call God Jesus; some say Allah; some just say God or Lord, but most cultures have a reference to God or God's spirit entering us, embracing us, directing us, impacting our lives. ...
" (Hebrews 9:15) In the New Covenant, the desire of GOD to be in fellowship with man is met through the witness of the Holy Spirit, the justice of GOD is satisfied with the punishment of sin on the cross of Christ, and the mercy of GOD is given through the payment of sin from Christ for those who would put their faith in Him. ... Our Savior is revealed in the person of Jesus Chr...
He says that although we are encouraged to believe before we seek to know, that the bible also states in John 17:3, "This is life eternal that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent," and in Matthew 7:7, "Seek and ye shall find." ...
Reply to Lodahl's Response to my Critique: Michael Lodahl (Professor of Theology at Point Loma University) replies to my published critique of his notion that God is the "body of the world"1 in the same edition of the Wesleyan Theological Journal. His reply is called "A Response to Rodney Enderby" (hereafter RRE)2. I make the following comments in reply: Evidence for God as the "Body of Creation" Lodahl contends that my critique of his thinking, particularly as expressed in his book, God of Nature and of Grace (hereafter GNG) suffers from the serious f...
