Everyone has a different viewpoint on the world. If I ask my manager about life, he would tell me his point of view through his life's situations. If I asked a mathematician, he would tell me his viewpoint on the world through math. Everyone's life has an interesting story. Every day our stories are being written because each day is a gift from God. Mine is different from my best friend and peers which is why I cannot compare my story to theirs. This fact is what makes life so interesting. What a person’s life comes down to is their belief. Belief is like air, I may not be able to feel it but I know that it is there in my heart. The question becomes, what is a person's truth? In The book of Drama, Scriptures written by Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen. The six acts are centered on beliefs. Throughout the course of the book, it is divided amongst six acts. The acts go through a phase that starts off with Creation, "Genesis" and stops at salvation. I compare these acts to the life of a human. A human goes through several cycles such as birth, adolescence young adult and adult then eventually dies. The six acts are Gods Established His Kingdom, Rebellion in the Kingdom, The King Chooses Israel, The Coming of the King, Spreading the News of the King, and The Return of the King. For this …show more content…
In this act when Jesus resurrected, and it restored the kingdom. God does two things (1) Jesus is about the Kingdom of God (2) Jesus talks about loving his antagonists. In this act Jesus, says that God is coming to restore his creations. He has a relationship with God as his father. Here Jesus has been praying frequently. Here Jesus gathers his twelve followers or apostles. Jesus welcomes the people who are outsider in society. Here Jesus comes up with the word parables. I compared this act to the person finding their purpose. When a person finds there purpose he or she is getting clarity to their existence to being on
To show that God means well, he sacrificed His only Son, this sacrifice is the beginning of a new love, a love that allows humanity to rekindle their faith. Through baptism, individuals can thus start a new life. However, this new life has its own challenges, but God promises that the Spirit will be there to guide them through the tribulations. In essence, through Jesus Christ and the Spirit, humanity has been provided with a new chance, a chance to become righteous. Righteous comes with a prize, eternal life, while sin leads to eternal death.
Introduction As humans, we all have a certain set of beliefs. These beliefs are not something we can escape, because they are rooted deep within our beings. When gathered together, or truths if you will, these beliefs can be thought of as a worldview. These truths are usually answers to questions regarding the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and culture. In Romans 1-8, the apostle Paul explains these truths which are fundamental for having a biblical worldview.
However, Christ’s resurrection ensures our regeneration. We have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Peter explicitly connects Jesus’ resurrection with our regeneration or new birth (1 Peter 1:3-4). When Jesus rose from the dead he had a new quality of life, a “resurrection life” in a human body and human spirit that were perfectly suited for fellowship also obedience to God forever. In his resurrection, Jesus earned for us a new life. Notably, we do not receive all the new “resurrection life” when we become Christians, for our bodies remain as they were, still subject to weakness, aging, and death. But in our spirits, we are made alive with new resurrection power.
One will no longer draw a pseudo-life from the drives and urgencies of the world, but directly again from the living voice of the divine author of life. And this will be a resurrection: the true self appearing anew, intimately filled and brimming with the spirit or desire of the author. Theology does not simply think about these things, it has to think by means of them: with a theological mind that has died and is now alive in Christ, drawing its mode of reflection from Christ.
The Brahmanical and the Buddhist also have opposing perspectives about religious rituals. Rituals and sacrifice are considered sacred and necessity in Brahmanical traditions. For instance, they performed a Soma sacrifice in order to honor the battle of Indra with Vritra. During this ritual sacrifice, they follow step by step procedures to prepare soma juice (Emree, 15). In addition, they also have a sacrificial fire tradition. In this tradition, a proper priest who can articulate the proper words is needed in order to have a successful sacrifice (Emree, 24). These traditions show how they largely value rituals because they do not just simply performed them, but rather thorough procedures must be done in order to properly honor their gods.
The sole purpose of this book is to transform the way the reader views his or her life. That means that the reader should understand that he was created to be unique and not anyone else and how to live a life in such way. With that information, the following chapters break down how to live a life in the flow of the spirit. Ortberg certainly exceeded the expectations for this book and brings about such revelation as a result. After reading, a person’s mind will be more transformed in how they view who they are and how important they are in God’s plan. Ortberg succeeds in helping his reader understand how to take the revelation of whom he is and apply it to how he lives his life. That results in a better relationship with the Lord as well as
Over the centuries, Christianity has organised its beliefs into a systematic theology that draws from its sacred writing and tradition. While the main beliefs of Christianity are shared by all Christian variants, there are degrees of different in the interpretation of these beliefs and how they are lived out in everyday life. This can be seen in the important of sacred text, principle belief of the concept of salvation in John 3:16, principle belief of divine and humanity in ‘John 1:14’, principle belief of resurrection in ‘Mark 16:1-8’, principle belief of revelation in ‘1 corinthians14:6’, and beliefs through the Trinity in ‘2 Corinthians 13:14’. This essay will explain the important of the sacred text and the principal beliefs of Christianity.
My beliefs about the bible incorporate the written words which were inspired by God through the Holy Spirit to the human scribes as truth. To full understand the bible, one should understand the cultures of the people in the biblical world and their understanding and influences of the world around them. Scriptures are historical, narrative, and are factual. Some of the words transcribed by monks over the centuries may have lost some of the true meaning. The errors one find in the scriptures are from human error from transcribing to personal witnessing, as people tells a story from their own understanding. The prophets believed they were inspired by God and I believe, prophets were inspired by the Holy Spirit to write the Word of God.
Jesus is saying that I am the savior and I will forgive you of your sins. You don’t have to walk in your wicked ways no more because I am the light that will shine through all darkness.
Salvation is by grace through faith and good works are a result of a relationship with Christ. A faith without works is not genuine.
In Chapter 3 Schneiders portrays Jesus as one who gave himself fully she says, “Jesus, in the ultimate act of self-abnegation, gave his life for his fellow human beings but without losing himself” (98). Also, she explains that Jesus negotiated differences between his Judaic faith and his spirituality: “He both belonged to and transcended his tradition. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find Jesus repudiating his Jewish tradition” (100). Third, she states, “Jesus mediated the tension between the particularity of his life and situation and the universality of his concern though the category of the Reign of God” (101).
With the proclamation of the Kingdom of God, Jesus seeks to bring about God’s plan for humanity through physical, spiritual, and social healing. His purpose and mission is to prepare the hearts and minds of the people so they can build new lives in God’s kingdom. Jesus often uses stories to illustrate his message
Whether the Bible provides us with such a absolute moral standards? If the Bible is implied from God, and its centerpiece is about human sin and God 's salvation, which is not difficult to imagine must contain or through a set of absolute moral standards.
In the gospel, people are always looking for Jesus to see the wonders he does. They are attracted by the charism of this new ‘prophet’ that has arisen among them. They are attracted by the fame of this healer and preacher. However, Jesus knows that those are not true reasons to follow him. He is expecting for something deeper that comes from their hearts, a desire to find God and embrace him in their lives. Today many more people are looking for God and many people
The change of Jesus' disciples from a frightened, despondent, frustrated band to the courageous preachers of Jesus as Messiah and the instrument of salvation was triggered by his resurrection.