Essays on Gospel Of John

There are two main scenes in John, Chapter 4. First, Jesus is thirsty and goes to Jacob's well to drink water. But He goes to find a Samaritan woman. Jesus goes to find her. He offers her the water of life, the one that satisfies all thirst. He is a Jew, and she is a Samaritan. And in those times, a Jew did not talk to a Samaritan woman, and when Jesus spoke to her, she was surprised. Furthermore, Jesus planned to meet her there. He went there to talk to her, the meeting was not by chance. He ...

Augustine of Hippo and His View of Election As Regards Salvation

Biography Augustine of Hippo, or more popularly known as St. Augustine, was the child of St. Monica. However, despite a religious upbringing, Augustine spent most of his young life in blasphemous beliefs and immoral lifestyle. Although he was a remarkably intelligent person and had been indoctrinated to the Christian faith early in life, his sins of wickedness and his self-glorification corrupted his thoughts too much, that he became completely blind to the Divine Truth. Augustine's mother, Monica, was a devout Christian, while his father supported paganism for most of his life, merely converting to Christianity prior to his death. ...

The culture that we live in needs to rediscover the selfless spirit. The cultural selfishness revolving around "what's in it for me?" has replaced the view that the act of giving is blessed rather than the act of receiving (Skinner 2011). Jesus Christ was a messiah who sacrificed himself for the greater good of mankind. He embraced death for the salvation of men to deliver them from all their sins. While reflecting upon the question as to how Jesus provided an antidote to cultural selfishness, there are plenty of episodes to choose from the gospel according to John. However, the ...

Religious Studies 305

The book of John in the New Testament speaks so much of Jesus’ love for the sick, the poor, the blind, the doubting Pharisees but also speaks of his deity as God doing the works of Him who sent Him. But how did Jesus speak to the people? What language did he use? Jesus was always around people. Contrary to the manner of how the Roman Pharisees spoke to the people, Jesus spoke of concern, love and understanding for humanity. A Bible scholar wrote that Jesus spoke in Aramaic. Since Jesus grew up in Nazareth, he also spoke ...

Summaries

The Gospel of Mark (and Matthew) In the first two gospel books, numerous perceptions regarding salvation are incorporated. From the two books, it apparent that Jesus as the son of God came to earth with the main purpose being to proclaim and usher in the kingdom of God. For Jesus to make the kingdom of God known, he performed miracles, casted away demons through exorcisms, and later died in the cross to save humankind (Levering, 2014). As established in the first two books of the gospel. The death of Jesus was in accordance to the will of God ...

Christianity developed out of Judaism. It is based on the doctrines from Old Testament and New Testament. The New Testament was originally written in Greek language. It is the second part of Biblical canon followed by the Old Testament. The New Testament incorporates twenty-seven books. They are written in different times and different circumstances. Both Old Testament and New Testament are the sacred books for Christians. The Development of Christianity starts from the birth of Jesus Christ and the holy and noble task assigned to him by God. He was a prophet. The New Testament are based on his religious ...

Introduction

This essay paper details the gospel of Luke and John, in terms of their literary distinctions and similarities. The task herein is to choose either the gospel of John or the gospel of Luke, and summarize its importance, assigning a thematic approach to the gospel. The discourse shall exhibit and expand upon the differences and similarities, from the gospel not chosen as primary base of text. In this examination, the gospel of John serves as the foremost model upon which to build a comparative analysis – in contrast to the secondary gospel of Luke. The attempted goal is to produce a cogent critical ...

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Introduction. 3 Summary Critique 3 Critical Interaction 5 Jesus always alive 5 Jesus knew he was God 7 Conclusion 8 Introduction How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of the Belief in Jesus’ Divinity is a collection of disputations against Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Michael F. Bird, an ...

Jesus used seven metaphorical ‘I am’ statements in revealing whom he was in the gospel of John, which corresponded to details regarding the circumstances of his birth and miracles. The book of John describes the seven of thirty five miracles, which are recorded in four counts. John considered the seven miracles in making people believe that Jesus was the son of God and the Christ. In believing that Jesus was the son of God, people would develop faith in him, which would bring life into them. During his ministry, Jesus performed numerous miracles, which illustrated that he was the ...

The Gospels of Mark and John are argued to have two different interpretations of the motivations and aims of Jesus Christ, and offer unique takes on his message. Both gospels take on the Gospel narrative in quite different ways, leading to distinct disparities in message that are not entirely compatible (i.e. do not function consistently next to each other). While the Gospel of Mark talks about what Jesus did as a person, leaving the reader to ponder the nature of Jesus himself, the Gospel of John states outright his preexistence and spiritual significance. This allows the two gospels to take ...

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Part 2: Primary Sources Primary Source 2: The Gospel According to Thomas Primary Source 3: The Gospel of John Primary Source 1 Sentence 1: Romans will come and take away our place and nation. Gospel of john 11:49. Primary Source 1 Sentence 2: Pilate went out to them and said what accusations have you brought against this man. The Gospel of John 18:30 Primary Source 1 Sentence 3: Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it, and the Jews said, this temple was built in fourty and six years, and will ...

Introduction

The gospel of John and his short epistles commonly known as letters of john are very significant in my teaching ministry. John had a very important position in the inner circle of Jesus Christ, as he was given privilege over his fellow disciples such as peter and James. In his later life, John attains a position of influencing people across the world about Christianity. He was worked at church as pastor in Ephesus and developed a special relationship with the other church communities in the area. John teaching helps me as a young individual to develop the need for humility in the ...

Introduction

The main four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John provide four views of the divinity of Jesus. Through the interpretations of Bible scholars, these gospels reveal specific and intentional narratives of the story of Jesus and do so with different underpinnings to substantiate the view of the divinity of Jesus for the purpose of the writer. It is only through the historical sense of the biblical scholar interpretations does any sense of these main gospels handling of the divinity of Jesus have any understanding based upon scripture. The scholarly handling of biblical scripture of the New Testament ...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ

The resurrection of Jesus should be considered one of the signs of the gospel. The resurrection of Jesus was a major sign of the gospel because it proved the teachings of the gospel to be true1. Jesus had informed his disciples that his spending of three days in the grave would be a sign to those who believed in him and this shows that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was a sign of the gospel. Jesus resurrection is a sign which portends remarkable events to come soon2. It is also a sign in which God authenticates the men the man he had send on ...

One of the most common arguments in religion deals with the existence of God or a Sentient Being that created the entire universe and established the concept of morals and means of life. Some religions like Hinduism and certain sects of Buddhism, they argue that there are many gods that control a specific sector of life. In history, polytheism pertains to the worship of idols and pagans, said to control a natural occurrence or luck. Other religions, like Islam, Judaism and Christianity, believe that there is only one god that created the world in His splendour, and dictated how man should live ...