c. What does this teaching reveal about Jesus? This teaching shows us that Jesus only loved. No matter what he faced and the persecution he dealt with he only showed love and compassion. He loved and forgave the people…
A parable is drawn from the familiar, from the common life. Jesus lived among the common people. He observed his environment; the birds of the air, the flowers in the meadow, the children in the market place, the women in their houses and the farmers in the field. So he was able to speak to the people in a language which they understood. He drew their attention to what was happening in nature and in their everyday life and told them that the Kingdom of God was like that.…
c. What does this teaching reveal about Jesus? This teaching shows that Jesus was full of love in every way. As we study His life and all of the various things that He went through during His life, we can be assured that no matter the circumstance, Jesus displays love through all that He does. In all the decisions that he makes, He displays qualities that He wants us to follow and imitate.…
In His deity, Jesus was allowing for His disciples to see that He was able to perform miraculous signs, and that God is the only one that can change one substance into another with His creativity and power.…
A. Introduction 1. Jesus is using what is known as the “Socratic method” of teaching, using question and answer. It was not for the teacher to quiz the pupil but for the pupil to quiz the students. It emphasizes learning readiness because it focuses on the need of the student. Jesus did ask questions, He asked…
And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer.…
The Parable of the Sower "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given," answered Jesus after his disciples asked him why he spoke in parables. When Christ gave us the parable of the sower, he also gave us true life questions that we must answer. This parable gives us two great questions; What type of soil are we? What happens to the Word of God when we hear or read it?…
Jesus educated them. A lot of workplaces have adopted the unwritten rule of the more you know the more valuable you are. This leads some to believe that information gained should be information held from others. Then, as time passes that person moves on and no one else is knowledge of that job criteria and overall the company fails. Jesus did not believe that, he empowered everyone with the same knowledge that he had. As Christians, we should give everyone the same training and education that we have.…
A second way that Luke presents Jesus is as a teacher. A very common way the Jesus taught in the book of Luke was through parables. We see many parables scattered throughout Luke, such as the parable of the sower in 8:4-8, the parable of the lamp and jar in 8:16-18, the parable of the rich fool in 12:13-21, the parable of the lost sheep in 15:1-7, and so on and so forth. Parables are not only a vital teaching tool used by Jesus in His time, but are also a teaching tool that are continually used in churches and teachings in the present time as…
Jesus was more than just the proclaimer of the kingdom of God but He carried the kingdom of God to men thru His teachings and works. The point of emphasis is on the fact that these were Jesus’ own words and actions or those that he sent out in His name. God chose to work thru Jesus. He knew that a new age had begun and this was good news unto man. It was required of men to personally respond to Jesus in faith and discipleship in order to enter the…
Before analysing each image it is of interest at this point to note how the two images to be discussed are interlinked when Jesus’ early actions are described in Matthew 4:23: “And he went about all Galilee teaching in their…
During biblical times, Israel was ruled by the Greeks and Romans. The Israelites had to assimilate to the Greco-Roman culture and try to maintain their own culture. The Greco-Roman culture focused on ideality. People from this culture strived to be the best person they could be; they believed that they had to do everything to the extreme. The Israelites were ruled by their strict adherence to the Halakha which is also known as the 613 laws from the Old Testament. They believed that they had to follow every law to be accepted into heaven. When Jesus came, he went against both Greco-Roman and Jewish culture. This is known as being countercultural. Jesus’s message is that you should be countercultural, and he communicates this concept through parables.…
Structure: In verses 1-3 Jesus compares himself to a vine, and God to the one who takes care of that vine. Coming off of that vine are the saved Christians such as the disciples, whom he is talking to. The branches that are cut off are people who never believed in the Word of God. Then in verses 4-7, Jesus makes the point that once followers are compared to branches, then they are essentially one with the vine because of their necessity and connection. Specifically in verse 6, the destruction of the dead branches can be closely related with judgement…
Many verses in the Old Testament foreshadow Jesus’ coming as the Son of God and the ultimate sacrifice on the Crucifix. By understanding the events in the New Testament, it is possible to understand better the events in the Old. There are numerous verses of typology in the Old and the New Testament, that it seems as if the whole Bible is one big book of typology. By discovering the verses of typology, it becomes easier to understand the reason for Jesus’ life, death, and ultimately his genuine mercy and love for all…
Let us assume that God taught that special knowledge in that old time to a particular country alone because only that country contained all the deserving human beings present in the world at that time. It is just like an intensive coaching given to a special class containing only the topmost students in the school. This is also ruled out because at that time the worst souls were also present in every country. When Lord Jesus preached His special knowledge to the 'deserving souls' of that land, there were people in the same…