The Bible 2: Hail to the King of the Jews, Baby!

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The books of 'latter prophets' preserve sayings and stories of religious and political activists ('prophets') who served as the spiritual conscience of the nation throughout its history, reminding people of the social values that would reflect the character of God. Some books are substantial ( Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel), others are much shorter (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi). Sometimes, the prophets could be mime artists and dramatists, accompanying their actions by short spoken messages, often delivered in poetic form. These were the sound bites of their day, which made it easy for others to remember them and then write them down. are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; ( R) and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees ( S) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life ( T) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. ( U) But we ought always to thank God for you, ( Y) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits [ b] ( Z) to be saved ( AA) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit ( AB) and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you ( AC) to this through our gospel, ( AD) that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, c he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. These books were later called the 'Pentateuch', and tradition attributed them to Moses. Some parts undoubtedly date from that period, but as things changed old laws were updated and new ones produced, and this was the work of later editors over several centuries. The Prophets has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. b 10And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel, Reading them can be like listening to one half of a conversation, as the writers give answers to questions sent to them either verbally or in writing. Paul was the most prolific writer of such letters, though he was not the only one. The Gospels

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with a new meaning, “My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.” The Bible records the teachings of Jesus during his life. These teachings give Christians guidance and instructions on how to live their life. The Sermon on the Mount is an example of a collection of such teachings. God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” b and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.” Letters were the natural way for itinerant church leaders to communicate with their converts, and the earliest ones were written before the Gospels. With some exceptions (Romans, Hebrews), they were not meant to be formal presentations of Christian belief, but offered advice to people who were working out how to express their commitment to Jesus in ways that would be relevant to the many different cultural contexts in which they found themselves throughout the Roman empire.