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Biblical Worldview Essay

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We are using the King James Version of the Bible for the courses here so that there will be continuity in what we read. I personally do not mind if students use another version for study; sometimes clarification will be made. I DO NOT recommend using the RSV (Revised Standard Version) as they have changed keys points of doctrine. That version substitutes the words ‘young woman’ for the word ‘virgin’ – a major difference! Any young woman can have a child in the normal way, but only a virgin could have The Child which was conceived by the Holy Spirit. The virgin birth is a key doctrine on which Christianity is founded. An example of differences in versions follows. We read in the NIV these words from 2 Tim. 3:16-17 "All Scripture is God-breathed …show more content…

This account was written mostly in Hebrew, with some Aramaic - the language of the chosen people. The New Testament is an account of a Man (the Son of Man). The Jewish people were founded and nurtured by God in order to bring the Man into the world (see Genesis 12:1-3) 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be …show more content…

Both His mother and earthly father were descendants of David.)
Romans 1:1-4: 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: (The bloodline of the Messiah from Old to New Testaments is the story of the Seed that would become the Savior of the World.)
John 1:1-4: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of

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