Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible consists of 72 books i.e. 45 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament. The New Testament has four versions of the one gospel: the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

GOSPELS -- the joyous good news of salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Greek word translated as gospel means " a reward for bringing Good News" or simply "Good News".

In Isaiah 61:1-2, the prophet proclaimed the "Good Tidings" that God would rescue His people from captivity. In His first sermon in Nazareth, Jesus used a passage from the Old Testament to characterize the spirit of His ministry.

"The spirit of the Lord has been given to me,
for he has anointed me.
He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor,
to proclaim liberty to captives
and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free,
to proclaim the Lord's year of favour. - Luke 4:18-19 -

The gospel is not a new plan of salvation; it is the fulfillment of God's plan of salvation which was begun in Israel/Jacob, was completed in the Lord Jesus Christ, and is made known by the Church. The gospel is the saving work of God in His Son Jesus Christ and a call to faith in Him.

Jesus is more than a messenger of the gospel; He is the gospel. The good news of God was present in His life, His teachings, His person, His work, His passion, death and resurrection and His ascension.

Therefore, the gospel is both a historical event and a personal relationship.

Faith is more than an intellectual agreement to a theoretical truth. Faith is trust placed in a living person, the Lord Jesus Christ. When the apostle Paul warned Christians of the dangers of following "another gospel" - Gal. 1:6-9; 2 Cor. 11:3-4 - Saint Paul was reminding them that any gospel different than the one he preached was no gospel at all and is to be condemned.

In the second century, the word gospel came to be used for certain writings in which the "Good News" or story of the Lord Jesus Christ was told. These writings were written in the first century, but they became known as "Gospels" much later. Saint Mark was the first to write such a story - Mark 1:1 - and in so doing he invented a literary form that we call a "Gospel".

A gospel is more than a biography intended to provide information about a historical character. It is the presentation of the life of Christ Jesus, the Lord, to show His saving significance for all people and to call them to faith in Him.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -

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