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More Words and Deeds of Jesus
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The festival of Tabernacles was a harvest feast, and John 7-8 takes place at the beginning, middle and end of the feast (Harrington, 2011). Throughout the festival, workers camped in the fields. In the beginning of John 7, Jesus is aware that the Jews want to kill him, so he avoids them. However, he does not stay away completely. In the middle of the festival, he enters into a discussion with the Jews because some of them want to know how He came to have such divine knowledge. In John 7:14-24, Christ explains to them that He knows because His knowledge comes from His father in heaven. He intimates that He has been sent to harvest souls for God the Father. In this sense, His time is like that of the festival of Tabernacles, which is also a harvest festival. Christ’s mission is synonymous with the festival: each has come to reap what has been sown and will gather together for the great feast—only Christ’s is not on earth but in Heaven with God. Just as the harvest festival separates the fruit from the earth, Christ too sets about causing separation and division (John 7:37-52). Jesus “makes a public statement...
42). This is Jesus’s way of personifying the harvest: he will take the good fruit of harvest with Him—but first He must separate the good from the bad.
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The various groups of people who misunderstood Jesus were the Pharisees, the Gentiles and even His own disciples. When He was misunderstood, He responded in different ways. Sometimes, He affirmed His own divinity (John 7:25-26). Other times, He used the power of the parable to explain His meaning. On numerous occasions, he declares that He is God (John 8:24-30) and that all must repent or die in their sins and be cut off from God. He identifies Himself as the truth that will free them (John 8:31-36). He tells the Jews that they are not of God, otherwise they would believe in Him (John 8:47-50). To the Gentiles and Jews He sends other messages—i.e., numerous miracles that tell of His divinity. The impact of His direct statements, His indirect statements (parables) and His miracles was that it essentially divided the community into…
Christian Biotechnology: Not a Contradiction in Terms Presented with the idea of "Bioethics" most people in the scientific community today immediately get the impression of repressive, Luddite forces wishing to stifle research and advancement in the name of morality and God. Unfortunately, this stereotype too often holds true. If one looks over the many independent sites on the Internet regarding bioethics, reads popular magazines and publications, or browses library shelves for
Christianity and the Environment Despite the popular view that many Christians believe environmental issues to be unimportant and indeed incompatible with their core beliefs, there are many more who believe quite the opposite. Many Christians today take environmental issues to heart (McDermott 2011), believing that it is not only the right of the faithful to inhabit and "rule over" the earth, but also their duty to protect this environment. In fact,
Prayer and the Death of Christ Christian living today entails a number of important doctrines and actions, all aimed towards uplifting the individual's soul to a better relationship with God. As such, the Bible acts as a guide towards better Christian living and having a close and fulfilling relationship with the divine. Particularly, two doctrines that are central to Christian living include prayer and the death of Christ. Particularly, prayer helps
Christians and the Legal System Christian Relationship to the Legal System As many individuals understand, despite any religious affiliation, the legal system is set in place in order to foster the creation and continuation of a good society. This good society can then be achieved by promoting the good and eliminating the bad. It is in this elimination of the bad, that societies and their legal systems begin to differ. While certain
Christian Worldview Imagine studying the Bible and all that is has to offer. How does the Bible relate to this aspect? How does one's perspective change after studying God's Word? What statistics are involved? One will investigate a Biblical Christian worldview. "A Christian worldview is practicing the Kingship of Jesus" (Colson, 2010). Revelation 4:11 says it well by means of reminding the reader that God created everything and that Jesus is the
Christian Ethic This report is an attempt to explain the concept of the Christian Ethic. As the world becomes a smaller place through new technologies such as computerization and the internet, a daunting question of present-day life lingers -- can the Christian philosophies and teachings of Jesus survive globalization? Affecting a common good is difficult for a single national or ethnic community so the idea of a global Christian Ethic seems