This was the first sin and is now a part of everyone thus creating the initial need for people to accept Jesus Christ and to repent for their sins. However, most people will agree that newborn infants are innocent and if they were to die at a young age they would not be cast into hell. Puritans also believed that no world ritual or prayer will ensure salvation or God’s response (limited atonement). This is different from today’s view that if you accept Jesus Christ into your heart, pray, and try to follow God’s commandments then you have a good chance of escaping the fires of hell. The last of the three basic tenets was that God has chosen his elect before they are born (predestination).
In Antipas words, “A debate ensued regarding whether these stories of resurrection and ascension simply served to end the narrative with an appropriate closure, as I initially presumed, or whether they have an historical basis, as Demetrius and others argued. I suspect we were not the first to consider this matter, nor the last” (Lost Letters of Pergamum 146). In other words, Antipas challenged the miracle story of Jesus resurrection, as he did not believe it could be possible. However, once he stepped in to take Demetrius place for death penalty, he had all the faith in the world that eternal life and resurrection in the other side was waiting for him. Antipas had unconditional faith in Jesus Christ, and followed his footsteps by sacrificing his life for the life and better of another
Because Jesus was upsetting the Romans the Sadducees feared they would lose their power. The Pharisees were upset because Jesus was openly breaking the Sabbath laws. So the two groups formed an alliance in an effort to bring Jesus to trial and sentence him to death. The next day Jesus shared the ritual Passover meal with his disciples. After the meal Jesus spoke of the new covenant and told them that the forgiveness of sins could be enjoyed because of the shedding of his blood.
Summary Placing aside the foreword and introduction, there are ten chapters or sections to this book. Divided into sections, the first four chapters present the argument that believer’s baptism is based upon the New Testament. Chapter One is more of an essay written by Andreas Kostenberger. Kostenberger places emphasis upon three important baptismals: John the Baptist, Jesus, and the figurative baptisms of the disciples. After presenting the Gospel of Mark’s account of the baptisms performed by John the Baptist, he writes, “The underlying symbolism of the Baptism’s baptism is that of cleansing from sin and of spiritual renewal.” Water baptism then is prior to spiritual renewal or at least accompanies it.
The D’Angelos need to forgive the boys for drilling holes in the kayak, essentially killing Ben, because JT and Digger received a punishment. By forgiving the boys, the D’Angelos allow all of them the opportunity to move on from the incident. Next, forgiveness is a main theme because Brady needs to forgive JT and Digger. Brady is very upset that his friends go behind his back and use his idea to sabotage the kayak. Digger makes him feel like its partly his fault because he gave them the idea of drilling the holes in the kayak.
Mark depiction of Jesus constitutes a low Christology the emphasis here is on Jesus humanity unlike John that seems to offer us a radical perspective in high Christology. People who question their salvation may not have sufficient understanding of eternal salvation from God’s contract or they entered salvation for the wrong reasons. Satan always waits for the opportunity to get the person to question whether they were really saved. “When anyone hears
"Patriotism," a wise man once observed, "is the last refuge of scoundrels." And the braided, he might of added. Braided Scoundrel-in-Chief, George Junior, lacking even the sense to be careful what he wished for, has teamed up with a gaggle of fundamentalist Christian clerics like Billy Graham to proclaim a "New Crusade" called "Infinite Justice" aimed at "ridding the world of evil." One could easily make light of such rhetoric, remarking upon how unseemly it is for a son to threaten his father in such fashion – or a president to so publicly contemplate the murder/suicide of himself and his cabinet – but the matter is deadly serious. They are preparing once again to sally forth for the purpose of roasting brown-skinned children by the scores of thousands.
Upon meeting his maker, Tyrell highlights Roy’s perfectness, “You were made as well as I could make you”. This acknowledgement however, is not satisfying as Roy confronts Tyrell with the question of prolonging life. When told, however, that this was not a possibility, Roy’s anger leads him to killing his ‘maker’ feeling unsatisfied and disappointed. The anger he feels towards Tyrell leads him to also murder J.R Sebastian, with no need of justification. Like ‘The Creature’, Roy is angry with his maker, though in Scott’s world, if Tyrell is a representation of God, there is an idea that we can ‘kill God’ represented as Roy kills Tyrell.
Grendel’s blood is completely tainted with Cain’s sin, as well as his own, thus symbolizing all that is evil in this world. For years humankind was doomed, yet there was one person who was able to put an end to the cycle: Jesus Christ, who the Christian scribes portrayed as Beowulf. Jesus had been the only one to be able to end the gruesome cycle, and, likewise, Beowulf is the only one who can defeat Grendel. Jesus and Beowulf are both extremely pure, doing everything in their power to help their people,
This is where we (or the individual(s) you are ministering too admits they are a sinner. The next step of the journey occurs in Romans 6:23 where we find out that all of us deserve death for the sins we commit. This is where we figure out that on our own we are hopeless but that by asking the forgiveness of God we may be given Salvation. Next along this road we reach Romans 5:8 where the sacrifice that was made for us is revealed. God sent his only human son to willingly give his own life so that we may life forever.