1.05 Jonathan Edwards Questions and Answers. Question 1:Explain the mood of this passage? Answer 1:Powerful and very expressive of he is try to conveys that it is only by the will of god you are allow to exist as you are. Question 2:Using specific examples, give one example of a metaphor, one example of a simile, and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. Metaphor: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as.
There is no need to be scared to go to heaven because heaven is a better and more peaceful place. I believe in this essay Jonathan Edwards tries to scare you to be afraid of the lord and it actually causes the feeling of the peaceful and loving god you believe in into someone to be scared of. If you believe in Christ you shouldn’t be afraid and later throughout my essay you will find out why. Everyone will be held through the same punishment in the time the lord shall come but it wouldn’t be anything dramatic. If you believe in him and read the bible correctly god
The first principle is humble your heart, which Wilkes mentions, “ True humility does not lead to exhaustion but frees us to serve others” (Wilkes, 1998, p.37). It illustrates the significance role of “true humility” to servant leadership. In addition, this phrase emphasize the humbleness is comes from the leaders own heart like Jesus. To achieve humbleness, which is not as easy as present in the book. Considering other in the first place, providing service with one’s own willing, waiting the assignment from God, and having unique characteristics are the key to success.
the doctrine of works. Free grace versus the doctrine of works deals with how one becomes saved. The Puritans believe that no one can save himself or herself by doing good works or by earning it. (Puritanism par. 2) Instead God gives His free grace so that simply believing on Christ Jesus and having faith in Him might save man.
The bible teaches us this in Philippians 2:3 (“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”). Showing respect to those whom
Alan Torrance, in his article titled ‘Being of One Substance with the Father,’ discuses a very important topic concerning Jesus and God the Father. Through his article he hits on many theological points that have very heavy meanings. There are three points that seem to come through throughout the paper; Jesus being one with the father, the Athanasius and Arius debate, and Jesus fully human yet fully divine. The very first sentence of this article describes the first point Alan is trying to make in his article, “At the very heart of the Nicene Creed stand the affirmation that Jesus Christ is ‘God from God, Light from Light, true God form true God, … God came not merely in a human being but as a human.’ This is a resounding topic that Alan keeps driving home throughout this paper; Jesus is fully human and fully divine. We see examples of Jesus being fully human and fully divine all over the New Testament, but we find out that some people only regard the New Testament as “functional” rather than “ontological.” Alan then goes on to tell us that this claim has been shaped differently in the last thirty years so as to say that homoousion exemplifies forms of Christianity that are
TRINITARIAN CONTROVERSY (CONT’D) Reading: C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book IV (“Beyond Personality”), chapters 1-4 („Making and Begetting‟, „The Three-Personal God‟, „Time and Beyond Time‟, and „Good Infection‟) Preparation Questions: 1. How does Lewis try to make the Christian notion of the Trinity more understandable to his readers? Briefly discuss his explanation of the ideas of „begotten‟, „personalities‟, and the idea of God „beyond time‟. His explanation of the word begotten comes very easily when he says “a man begets a child, but he only makes a statue.” He makes things of the same nature as himself.
However, there are three ways to view God; this is called the Holy Trinity. It represents God as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is a mystery of the Christian religion; however there are explanations for why it is the way it is. According to Father Abraam D. Sleman, Christians say “God the Father,” because He is the father of Jesus Christ and he is our Father. Explained earlier, God chose Mary to be the mother of Jesus.
A proper concept of holiness terminates in the obvious-whatever belongs to a pure and righteous God must correspond with His nature, and be responsive to the uses of a pure and spiritual service. It matters little whether or not Christianity makes men rich; but it does matter that it make them truer, purer, and more noble. A character of this nature can only come about through a definite, instantaneous work of grace known to us as
However, per Webb, if we are, then it is a very ultra-soft patriarchy. Except for some light disagreements with some of his criteria selections, I agree overall with Webb that the spirit of the Scripture should definitely play a part in how we stand on certain issues in today’s culture. It’s imperative that we look behind the static words on the page, so to speak, and look at the context of the situation to determine what God is trying to tell us. Webb does a fairly good job of making us understand this. One may not agree with his methods of choosing the criteria, but you can’t disagree with his assessment that the spirit of what is trying to be said in Scripture should rule the