A STUDY ON ISAIAH 9:1-7 BY DIANIA SPORISKY A STUDY ON ISAIAH 9:1-7 The Bible comforts and reminds those of us who have come to trust in Jesus Christ not to despair as if there was no hope. We have the revelation of our Lord that not only announces His sovereign reign but also charts the course of world events. One of the most significant revelations is found in Isaiah 9. Against the background of the prophecy of war and destruction, darkness and gloom (chapter 8) Isaiah gave this prophecy about the Messiah—the glorious coming king. “Messiah” is a Hebrew term that means “anointed one,” that is, the anointed king.
TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY LEGON COURSE CHRISTIAN WORSHIP PROGRAMME BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY NAME DUKE BRU-MINDA INDEX NO BTL1/09/30 TOPIC THEOLOGY OF THE LORD’S PRAYER LECTURER REV. J.M.Y. EDUSA-EYISON DATE 17TH NOVEMBER, 2010 Matthew 6.9-13 (RSV) Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors; And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. The record of the Lord’s Prayer has been recorded by Matthew and Luke in their account of Jesus Christ.
However, John 3:16 clearly states “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. (New International Version Bible, 2014) With that being said, I feel that belief is the only way to heaven, or should I say your gateway into heaven. You have to believe that Jesus died for your sins; you have to believe that Jesus rose from the dead, lastly and most importantly you have
However, he gave the world a second chance by saving everyone on Noah’s ark, along with two of every animal, showing that God is forgiving. Eventually, Noah's descendants would repopulate the Earth. However, even after the deluge, humans were still tainted with the flaw of original sin. In the myth of Popul Vuh, one observes the views of a polytheistic culture. In the story, the gods try to create an ideal race; one that would praise them and practice traditions.
The goal of a Christian is to develop a close relationship with God through (Word of God) the ministry of Jesus Christ and by the aid of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the anointed one from God the Father who came to this world, to fulfill the Old Testament laws and prophecies. Jesus performed miracles which are recorded in the Gospels by the eyewitnesses. Christianity teaches that there is one God, one faith and one baptism; it teaches that God made the universe, the earth and He created Adam and Eve and that God created man in His image, that mean God’s character. That means every person is made in God’s image and likeness.
The summons to leave his ancestral home and journey to Canaan is accompanied by a promise (Gen. 12:2) that becomes a submotif in patriarchal accounts, re-appearing again and again (cf. Gen. 13:14 f., 15:5 f., 18:10, 22:17, 26:24, 28:13 f., 32:12 f., 35:9 ff., 48:16), finally taking covenantal form (Gen. 17:14 ff.). The promise has two parts: nationhood and divine blessing or protection. The precise location of the nation-to-be is not specified but was, of course, known to those hearing or reading the account. The promise of blessing signified the unique and particularistic bond between Yahweh and his followers, so that the enemies of Abraham or the nation were enemies of Yahweh, and those befriending Abraham and/or the nation would be blessed.
These teachings are parallel to the teachings in the Bible. According to Exodus 20:2, God says, “I am the lord, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery and thus, you shall have no other gods but Me” (Naqvi 28). The Holy Koran and the Holy Bible also shares some similarities on their teachings about the remembrance of God. They both command their followers to remember God in all phases, try to get closer to Him and submit themselves to His service. According to Quran 2: 112, whoever submits his whole self to Allah and is a doer of good, will get a reward from Allah; on such they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
Since God has set them they believe that what they are doing is good as God wouldn’t set a law that was evil and that they should follow the laws as God has set the law and he is omnipotent. God has shown that he is Good through many miracles one being parting the Red Sea to free his oppressed people from slavery and the Egyptians, this again is showing that God in benevolent and will look after the people who will follow him and those who ask for help, which is what Moses did as he was trapped as they could not cross the sea, so Moses asked God what he should do. So God parted the sea as a message to Moses that he had heard him. The goodness of God is featured heavily in the first few chapters of the bible for example in Genesis 2 God saw that it was not good for Adam to be alone and so created a wife for Adam. This shows that God is all caring as he will do anything to make his creation as good as possible.
For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise2 With the new covenant formed by the coming and death of Jesus, Gentiles are now allowed to be saved and be justified just as the Jews were. In verse 21 and following we see a more sarcastic side of Paul. He asks his audience if the law is opposed to God’s promises. He says
Genesis may be the most known book in the bible to refer to when talking about the origin of life, but there are also several other scripture readings. In Psalm 89:11, credit is given to God for creating the heavens and earth saying, “you founded the world and all that is in it”(Psalm 89:11, NIV). The question of identity is wanting to know what set humans apart from animals. This is another question that should come fairly easy to Christians. In Genesis 1:27, God is in the process of creating man.