Tag: Gospel
The Gospel
The Gospel, from euangelion gk. meaning ‘Good News,’ a reward for Good tidings, or the Good message of Jesus, the promised Messiah or Christ of Israel and hope of the gentiles.
We refer to the four books of the Bible which tell the story of Jesus Christ as the Gospels.
These books are named for their authors: Matthew, a Jewish Apostle; Mark, a disciple of the first generation who recorded accounts of Peter and the Twelve; Luke, a gentile Physician and disciple of the first century; and John, one of the Twelve Jewish Apostles chosen by Jesus.
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Lazarus – Death and Resurrection
Death and Resurrection Hosea 13:4 I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and no Savior exists besides me. 5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought. “Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the…
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Ashes to Ashes
Genesis 18:27 KJV And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: Do you know the context of this? (Answer in a moment; but first another quote and some additional background.) Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take…
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About the Author John -2- Sons of Zebedee
Have you ever considered that Jesus may have called James and John the ‘sons of thunder’ because their father Zebedee, a businessman and owner of a Galilean fishing fleet may have best described as thunderous? And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), and James, the son of Zebedee, and…
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