Liberty Theo 104 Relection Paper

A true Christian believes Jesus Christ died and rose from the grave to save us from our sins. A true Christian believes He is the only way to heaven.

Another point that can be made to show Jesus’ Deity is His coequality with God. John 5:19 states that He “can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do”. It may seem that Jesus shouldn’t need to be praying to the Father if He is God, yet Jesus was both “God and man” (Slick, CARM) and was under the Law, just as all other men were. But, “with these two natures, came the fulfillment of the Messianic Prophesies” (Slick, CARM). This goes to show that Jesus and God are equal in persons, although they are two separate persons in the Trinity.

In their book, The Great Commission to Worship, Vernon Whaley and David Wheeler takes an in depth look at commandment from Jesus for His followers to go out and spread the Good News of salvation. Today’s Christian seems to have a misconception about their role in evangelism. As the authors stated, “many times in Scripture it appears

When we think of the name Lord as Christians we think of God, as he is

In 2014, approximately 173 million Americans identified themselves as Christian out of the 243 million Americans in the country (America’s 2015). This is an impressive number of people who believe that they are Christian, but what is a Christian? How does one become a Christian, and what are the core beliefs within the world view? These are the questions I aim to answer in this essay, as I delve into the gospel essentials.

Christians is to be free and clean of sins and accepted by God. Being taken in by God is ALL that

If Jesus had proclaimed to the public that he was in fact God, he would have been accused for blasphemy and His teachings would have been rejected. During those times, the Jews didn't even utter the name of God out of reverence and respect, therefore, if Jesus had declared that He himself was God, that would've meant that He had disrespected God. On top of that, the Jews didn't understand the concept of the Trinity, therefore, if Jesus were to say that He was God, they wouldn't have understood the idea that Jesus was God because the concept of three persons was not understood by the Jews. In Matthew 16:15-17 (ESV), it says, "'But who do you say I am?' Simon Peter replied, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.' And Jesus answered him,

Jesus’ divine nature is demonstrated throughout the gospel and is confirmed in Mark 27-38, when Jesus explicitly speaks to his role as Messiah and son of God, but his humanity is what dominates the text. There was great misunderstanding of who Jesus was and the role he was meant to play even amongst those closest to him. His humanity showed Christians the lengths to which Jesus was willing to go to ensure the salvation of humanity. He understood the suffering of his people and taught that if one emulated his suffering, they would be able to attain eternal reward in heaven. This human nature and willingness to die for humans inspires his followers to endure persecution and do their best to emulate

So, who does Jesus say that God is? In perhaps His darkest moment, just hours away from the arrest that would lead to His torture and death, Jesus walked into the garden at Gethsemane. He fell to the ground, and cried out to God, “Abba, Father” (Mark 14:36). Abba means “father.” We can also think of it in today’s terms as Papa or Daddy.

Luke, records that God refers to Jesus as his son. on the Mount of Transfiguration: “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him” (Luke 9:35).

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christós, a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach.

Then there are accounts in the Bible which is highly accountable. In the Bible there are, in fact, numerous accounts in the Gospels where Jesus asserted that He was God or the Messiah (Christ), or claimed to be the Son of God. In a number of other places, many people including His enemies acknowledged that Jesus was God and that He was the Son

In addition to Jesus’ specific claims about Himself, His disciples also acknowledged the deity of Christ. They claimed that Jesus had the right to forgive sins—something only God can do—as it is God who is offended by sin (Acts 5:31; Colossians 3:13; Psalm 130:4; Jeremiah 31:34). In close connection with this last claim, Jesus is also said to be the one who will “judge the living and the dead” (2 Timothy 4:1). Thomas cried out to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Paul calls Jesus “great God and Savior” (Titus 2:13) and points out that prior to His incarnation Jesus existed in the “form of God” (Philippians 2:5-8). God the Father says regarding Jesus: “Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever” (Hebrews 1:8). John states that

Before Jesus came to earth he existed as God in heaven. He shared equal honor with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus also emphasizes this in his prayer that is recorded in John 17:5. Think about this honored position that Jesus had before he came to this world. Revelation 21 and 22 gives us a clear portrait of heaven. We read about a beautiful city in which Christ lives. Its streets are made of gold and walls are made of jewels. It is a place where pain, suffering, and death are unknown. In the middle of the city is Jesus’ throne. In front of the throne millions of angels and saints are praising Jesus as the King of the Universe. Jesus gave up this honored position in heaven for the sake of others. He considered the needs of sinful humanity, and decided to accept a new role. He left the glory of heaven and become a human. The phrase “being made in human likeness” (v.7) means that Jesus became a real human being. He took on all the essential attributes of humanity. He was born with a human body that grew and developed (Luke 2:52). He had human needs. He became hungry, thirsty, weary, and sleepy (Mat.4:2, John 4:6;19:28). Jesus had a man’s feelings and intellect. He experienced love, compassion, anger, and sorrow (Matt. 9:36, John 11:35) and He fought the same temptations we fight. (Heb.4:15). Christ humbled himself by becoming a man.

The church should continue to teach as the word of God says, and show love to all. With the emphases