During the 16th and 17th centuries, absolutism was at the height of its popularity. Monarchs ruled over their countries with total authority. They claimed their spots on the throne by divine right and kept their power by limiting the nobilities’ influence. Spain was ruled by their own monarch, King Philip II. Under his rule, Spain became one of the richest nations in Europe.
Ultimately however, each of the 10 disciples gradually come to accept him as a prophet over the course of the film. Admittedly my understanding of Jesus and his followers is very limited and vague, but my understanding seems to align fairly well with that of the film. The twelve apostles were called upon by Jesus and all left their respective live in order to answer the call, with John the Baptist beginning to follow Jesus after Jesus’ baptism. This aspect definitely aligns with the opening scene of the film with all of the
In chapter 3 of Speaking of Jesus, Carl Medearis talks about what it means to own Christianity. He says "If we don't truly know what the gospel is, we have to find an explanation for Christianity." Meaning that if we do not know what the gospel is or what it is teaching us, then we try to define it by our own standards, and that is where it gets messy. Medearis talks about how Christianity is more than a religion, but it is a relationship and people tend to not understand that. He explains why people are so defensive and put up their guards towards Christians, because Christians can be so judgemental.
• Jesus is an unavoidable and deeply mysterious figure. We do not know as much about Him as we would like to know. This can make it difficult to grasp what Jesus was about. People found him confusing in His own day and the same is true today. • One major reason we have trouble understanding Jesus is that His world is strange and, to many Westerners, foreign.
2. Only He could be obedient in our stead, and fulfill the requirements of our reconciliation with God that only can be done by the single way of pay the penaties for sin, athough he is not sinner. 3. The main purpose of His incarnation is the atonement of us. As in Romans 8:3, Jesus was sent and delegated as Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering, by took the flesh rather than became a flesh.
“Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God”. -The Letter of Paul to the Philippians. Irving chose this quote because he wanted people to have an idea about what the book will be about and also give an important message to readers that can be applied to their everyday life. The message to readers is if you believe in God, there is no need to be worried because if you speak to God and tell him your problems, you will be taken care of.
It is evident that Paul wrote the letter to the city of Philippi while he was in prison. Paul’s main reason for writing this letter was to thank Philippi for the gift they sent him when they learned he was in prison. He uses this letter to tell the Philippians of his own circumstances, to encourage the Philippians to stand firm in persecution and to rejoice regardless of their circumstances. He also uses this letter to commend Timothy and Epaphroditus to the Philippian church and to warn the Philippians against the Judaizers and Antinomians among them. The city of Philippi was named after King Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander of Great.
We can take a look at the order of the twelve disciples list in the Synoptic gospel, they are almost the same, except some minor differences (Matt 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16). It is believed that this order indicated that the extent of the relationship between Jesus and his disciples. Peter, James and John are always in the front, and this is consistent. Judas is always at the last, may imply the estranged relationship between Jesus and him. In addition, there is a few dialogues between Jesus and Judas, and these dialogues are about Jesus condemn Judas because of his stingy conversation to Mary and Judas does not recognize that he would betray Jesus (Matt 26:25; Luke
You see the amount of sin in the world if you were to watch the news for a couple minutes. It is full of people murdering, raping, and doing immoral things to bring themselves pleasure. When Jesus came to the earth, he became man, but did not become like man. He did not assimilate to the structure of society, but instead challenged others to follow him and change their lives for the better. That is what God is calling us towards today.
Ever since St.Philip was young he was pious. Aside from being pious he was also popular for his spontaneousness. He loved jokes as well as making a fool of other people. He would even embarrass himself. Catholic Online states that St.Philip would “walk around with ridiculous clothes and half a beard shaved off”.
Jesus himself was a suffering servant. In this context is how Jesus expects us to serve one
Much to their disappointment, He did not destine them to be a victorious people in this life, but to be righteous throughout
Jesus Himself struggled with this desire within the hearts of many people who followed Him. There was an occasion where a great multitude had followed Jesus to listen to Him. Because His teaching went through the day, it was evening when Jesus looked up and saw that the crowd was hungry. He then took a few loaves of bread and a several small fishes and from this fed the multitude. The day after Jesus had fed the multitude, He crossed the lake and there the multitude followed Him.
Schunk () defines learning as, “an enduring change in behavior, or in the capacity to behave in a given fashion, which results from practice or other forms of experience.” Jesus promoted learning through thinking and the use of teachable moments. The use of teachable moments is evident throughout Jesus’s life. Lee () refers to Jesus’s teaching style as “Discovery Learning”. We see this in the Gospel of Luke as Jesus is teaching his disciples to pray.
I believed that John studied Jesus deeper than any other disciple. For, the revelation of verse 1-5 has a deep meaning to those who desire to know how the word has always existed. The introduction to this passage is one of the summits of Scripture. In fact, it probably reaches the highest of human thought.
