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Evangelical church
- Protestant pentecostal church of Kuopio.
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your soul. -The
new citizenship in new world.
Some
people know there is a God. They just know. They
are aware of a calling, a presence, a special something about God that
is in them. They want
Him. They know they need to be connected to
Him.(So) For
everyone who keeps
asking
will receive, and the person who keeps searching
will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the
door opened.
"Why
Do Christians Call
Jesus the 'Son of God'?"
According to Matthew and
Luke, Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea to Mary, a virgin, by a
miracle of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel of Luke gives an account of the
angel Gabriel visiting Mary to tell her that she was chosen to bear the
Son of God (Luke
1:26–38). According to Luke, an order of
Caesar Augustus had forced Mary and Joseph to leave their homes in
Nazareth and come to the home of Joseph's ancestors, the house of
David, for the Census of Quirinius.
After Jesus' birth, the
couple was forced to use a manger in place of a crib because of a
shortage of accommodation (Luke
2:1–7). According to Luke, an
angel announced Jesus' birth to shepherds who left their flocks to see
the newborn child and who subsequently publicized what they had
witnessed throughout the area . Matthew
tells of the "Wise Men" or "Magi" who brought gifts to the infant Jesus
after following a star which they believed was a sign that the King of
the Jews had been born (Matthew
2:1–12). Jesus' childhood home is
identified as the town of Nazareth in Galilee. Except for a journey to
Egypt by his family in his infancy to escape Herod's Massacre of the
Innocents and a short trip to Tyre and Sidon (in what is now Lebanon),
the Gospels place all other events in Jesus' life in ancient
Israel. According to Matthew, the family remained in Egypt until
Herod's death, whereupon they returned to Nazareth to avoid living
under the authority of Herod's son and successor Archelaus (Matthew
2:19–23).
Only Luke tells that
Jesus was found teaching in the temple by his parents after being lost.
The Finding in the Temple (Luke
2:41–52) is the only event
between Jesus' infancy and baptism mentioned in any of the canonical
Gospels. According to Luke, Jesus was "about thirty years of age" when
he was baptized (Luke 3:23). In Mark, Jesus is called a carpenter.
Matthew says he was a carpenter's son, suggesting to some that Jesus
may have spent some of his first 30 years practicing carpentry with his
father (Mark
6:3, Matthew
13:55).
Baptism
and Temptation Main articles: Baptism
of Jesus, Temptation of Jesus, and John the Baptist Temptation of Christ,
Ary Scheffer, 19th c.All three synoptic Gospels describe the Baptism of
Jesus by John the Baptist, an event which Biblical scholars describe as
the beginning of Jesus' public ministry. According to these accounts,
Jesus came to the Jordan River where John the Baptist had been
preaching and baptizing people in the crowd. Matthew describes John as
initially hesitant to comply with Jesus' request for John to baptize
him, stating that it was Jesus who should baptize him. Jesus persisted,
"It is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness" (Matthew
3:15). After Jesus was baptized and rose from the water, Mark
states
Jesus "saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like
a dove. Then a voice came from heaven saying: 'You are My beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased'" (Mark
1:10–11).
The Gospel of John does not describe the baptism, but it does attest
that Jesus is the very one about whom John the Baptist had been
preaching — the Son of God.
Following his baptism,
Jesus was led into the desert by God where he fasted for forty days and
forty nights (Matthew
4:1–2). During this time, the devil
appeared to him and tempted Jesus three times. Each time, Jesus refused
temptation with a quotation of scripture from the Book of Deuteronomy.
The devil departed and angels came and brought nourishment to Jesus
(Matthew
4:1–11, Mark
1:12–13, Luke
4:1–13). How?
(watch film)
The Gospels
state that
Jesus, as Messiah, came to "give his life as a ransom for many" and
"preach the good news of the Kingdom of God." Over the course of
his ministry, Jesus is said to have performed various miracles,
including healings, exorcisms, walking on water, turning water into
wine, and raising several people, such as Lazarus, from the dead (John
11:1–44, Matthew
9:25, and Luke
7:15).
Judæa
and
Galilee at the time of JesusThe Gospel of John describes three
different passover feasts over the course of Jesus' ministry. This
implies that Jesus preached for a period of three years, although some
interpretations of the Synoptic Gospels suggest a span of only one
year.The focus of his ministry was toward his closest adherents, the
Twelve Apostles, though many of his followers were considered
disciples. The Twelve Apostles and others closest to Jesus were all
Jews as shown by Jesus’ statements that his mission is
directed only to those of the house of Israel (Matthew 15:24, Matthew
10:1-6) and by the fact that only after the death of Jesus did the
apostles agree with Paul that the teaching of the gospel could be
extended to uncircumcised Gentiles (Acts
15:1–31, Galatians
2:7-9, Acts
10:1–11:18). Jesus led an apocalyptic following.
He preached that the end of the current world would come unexpectedly,
and that he would return to judge the world, especially according to
how they treated the vulnerable; for this reason, he called on his
followers to be ever alert and faithful. Jesus also taught that
repentance was necessary to escape hell, and promised to give those who
believe in him eternal life (John
3:16–18).
At the height of his
ministry, Jesus attracted huge crowds numbering in the thousands,
primarily in the areas of Galilee and Perea (in modern-day Israel and
Jordan respectively). Some of Jesus' most famous teachings come from
the Sermon on the Mount, which contained the Beatitudes and the Lord's
Prayer. Jesus often employed parables, such as the Parable of the
Prodigal Son and the Parable of the Sower. His teachings encouraged
unconditional self-sacrificing God-like love for God and for all
people. During his sermons, he preached about service and humility, the
forgiveness of sin, faith, turning the other cheek, love for one's
enemies as well as friends, and the need to follow the spirit of the
law in addition to the letter.
Jesus often met with
society's outcasts, such as the publicani (Imperial tax collectors who
were despised for extorting money), including the apostle Matthew; when
the Pharisees objected to Jesus' meeting with sinners rather than the
righteous, Jesus replied that it was the sick who need a physician, not
the healthy (Matthew 9:9–13). According to Luke and John,
Jesus also made efforts to extend his ministry to the Samaritans, who
followed a different form of the Israelite religion. This is reflected
in his preaching to the Samaritans of Sychar, resulting in their
conversion (John
4:1–42).
According to the
synoptic gospels, Jesus led three of his apostles — Peter,
John, and James — to the top of a mountain to pray. While
there, he was transfigured before them, his face shining like the sun
and his clothes brilliant white; Elijah and Moses appeared adjacent to
him. A bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the sky said,
"This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased."The gospels also
state that toward the end of his ministry, Jesus began to warn his
disciples of his future death and resurrection (Matthew
16:21–28).
Arrest,
trial, and death In the account given by
the synoptic gospels, Jesus came with his followers to Jerusalem during
the Passover festival where a large crowd came to meet him, shouting,
"Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is
the King of Israel!" Following his triumphal entry.] Jesus created
a disturbance at Herod's Temple by overturning the tables of the
moneychangers who set up shop there, and claiming that they had made
the Temple a "den of robbers." (Mark
11:17). Later that week, Jesus
celebrated the Passover meal with his disciples — an event
subsequently known as the Last Supper — in which he
prophesied that he would be betrayed by one of his disciples, and would
then be executed. In this ritual he took bread and wine in hand,
saying: "this is my body which is given for you" and "this cup which is
poured out for you is the New Covenant in my blood," and instructed
them to "do this in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:7–20).
Following the supper, Jesus and his disciples went to pray in the
Garden of Gethsemane.
While in the Garden,
Jesus was arrested by temple guards on the orders of the Sanhedrin and
the high priest, Caiaphas (Luke 22:47–52, Matthew
26:47–56). The arrest took place clandestinely at night to
avoid a riot, as Jesus was popular with the people at large (Mark
14:2). Judas Iscariot, one of his apostles, betrayed Jesus by
identifying him to the guards with a kiss. Simon Peter, another one of
Jesus' apostles, used a sword to attack one of Jesus' captors, cutting
off his ear, which, according to Luke, Jesus immediately healed
miraculously.Jesus rebuked the apostle, stating "all they that take the
sword shall perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52). After his arrest,
Jesus' apostles went into hiding.
During the Sanhedrin
Trial of Jesus, the high priests and elders asked Jesus, "Are you the
Son of God?," and after he replied, "You are right in saying I am,"
they condemned Jesus for blasphemy (Luke 22:70–71). The high
priests then turned him over to the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate,
based on an accusation of sedition for claiming to be King of the
Jews. When Jesus came before Pilate, Pilate asked him, "Are you the
king of the Jews?" to which he replied, "It is as you say." According
to the Gospels, Pilate personally felt that Jesus was not guilty of any
crime against the Romans, and since there was a custom at Passover for
the Roman governor to free a prisoner (a custom not recorded outside
the Gospels), Pilate offered the crowd a choice between Jesus of
Nazareth and an insurrectionist named Barabbas. The crowd chose to have
Barabbas freed and Jesus crucified. Pilate washed his hands to indicate
that he was innocent of the injustice of the decision (Matthew
27:11–26)
.
According
to all four
Gospels, Jesus died before late afternoon at Calvary, which was also
called Golgotha. The wealthy Judean Joseph of Arimathea, a member of
the Sanhedrin according to Mark and Luke, received Pilate's permission
to take possession of Jesus' body, placing it in a tomb.According to
John, Joseph was aided by Nicodemus, who joined him to help bury Jesus,
and who appears in other parts of John's gospel (John
19:38–42). The three Synoptic Gospels tell of the darkening
of the sky from twelve until three that afternoon; Matthew also
mentions an earthquake (Matthew 27:51).
Jesus Lives - Yesterday, Today and Forever He`s immortal! as your soul!!
Invitation in to
heaven!
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity (Jesus Christ).
Pray today!! Saying: - Jesus! Save My soul! I`ve sinned against You, I am sorry for my sins.
You`re door into the heaven, Please open your door to me ! Lead me on
to the light Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home. Please save my
soul! In the name of Jesus!I am yours!
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