spend my life helping people. In short time it crystalized into a sense of calling to the ministry of God. Matthew 25 as a chapter is formed of three parables. The first is the parable of the ten virgins. Ten maidens are waiting for the Bridegroom to announce the wedding feast. Five have brought spare oil, five have not. The ones who are prepared enter into the feast; the ones who are not
there was a debate on the physical humanity of Jesus as authored in 1st and 2nd John. Early Christian communities understood Jesus in different ways. For instance, the Jewish-Christian group in Syria and Palestine regarded Jesus as human adopted by God as his Son while Christians in Rome believed Jesus as divine, spirit being in human nature. The fifth gospel of Thomas offers accounts of Jesus outside Canonical gospel. It portrays Jesus as a teacher and guide of the Christian community and also the
revelation of Jesus’ teachings. The Gospel of Matthew is composed of rich parables that equate the value of his profound lessons to the importance of faith in Jesus’ capacity. In other words, Jesus solely teaches parables, short narratives because it demands reflection in order to understand. The notion of a parable brings about a divine truth in the form of a similarity between Jesus’ leadership on earth and in the kingdom of heaven. In effect, creating this understanding enriches our insights into
Jesus is still a heavenly figure and very close to God but he still acts like a human. “But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Mark 6:32). This shows God is still greater than Jesus and all-knowing, it also shows Jesus’s weaknesses despite being a divine figure. Shown in Mark, Jesus has normal human emotions like frustration
The Gospels are the records of the wonderful acts of Jesus Christ as He walked on the earth some 2,000 years ago. Within these gospels we are able to see a glimpse of what the Jewish society was like and how the community interacted within the Roman Empire. In particular we are going to look closer at a particular religious group of people called the Pharisees. We will compare and contrast Mark’s and Luke’s presentation of the Pharisees, discussing some of the similarities and differences in their