Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount Study One,

The sermon on the mount

From a different point of view concerning the sermon on the mount it must be described as the story of a great and powerful king, a strong, from of an all loving father and His children. His children that he loved more than it was possible for humanity to yet have experience while still remaining in unrestricted shells called bodies.

The sermon was the message of a loving and devoted father to those children of his that he had created out of love and a strong desire to share his life in this awesome creation of His, known as the heavens. How easy for us humans to understand the concept of this love, yet being only human we could never fully understand the debts that he The Father could indeed have felt concerning His beloved

children.

His message had come at a time of great despair for human kind. Times of great confusion and a strong sense of loss, that can only be described as the great void. Our sin had created such a chasm so deep, so unimaginable that they might have felt such loneliness and great desperation of ever touching the heart of their God ever again. Without hope, there would be only blackness, without hope why would we want to continue to ever long to escape into the light ever again. In that light we would find great piece and all those answers we now seek of him as humans.

The desire of His children to be with their father again.

God so loved the world, his humanity that he gave his only begotten Son. How much more could he have loved His own Son that he loved humanity. A sacrifice that broke His heart but nevertheless His Son choose of his own free will out of Love for his father and his beloved children called man.

He gave us the most wonderful greeting to say when we gave of ourselves to talk with the father. He gave us a guide to greet him out of Love and respect. Of whom He was. And what He meant to us. To Humble ourselves before Him in honour of all that he have given us is so many ways. To give thanks in private, to open ourselves in fullness to him as not to hide anything from Him, to have total faith in all that we shared with him. For to love and honour Him for the Holy awesomeness of the parent, protector that he is.

In return He asked us to pay an expensive price. A price with an exact and calculated amount. To love one another as we would love ourselves. To believe that His son is the Christ Jesus, To give Him your heart totally. And to always remember there is no other name under the heavens for salvation, no other but this Jesus Christ. To believe upon Him.

Jesus gave us the will and the hope to go on in very uncertain times of great turmoil and hopelessness, this time of great despair had beaten us down to a state of total surrender. The will to fight anymore had been lost for a great many years. Till this message shown forth a ray of hope, a light shine through the blackness and the void. Something had changed in the heavens that day, that moment had changed mankind forever more.

I would have loved to have been there that day, and to have heard Him speak in great clarity and as one with great authority. To have heard his voice proclaim to all those there that today was the beginning of something quite good. To have seen the sparkle in His eyes when he spoke of all that was to come. To feel in the air all around Him the energy that came forth from him, that declared that he was The Christ that was promised so long ago. That the profits had been fulfilled that very day.

The sermon on the mount study two

Sermon on the Mount

In the Sermon on the mount is were the Word was made in human form to reiterate God’s plane for mankind.( in this point of human history) all the words would now come together to explain wonderfully the plan God had for His Mankind.( His beloved Children). A plan designed by the Father to be carried out by the Son, The decision had to be of the Son's own free will. To continue the Fathers plan of the salvation of humanity or not. He had a choice. He has chosen us.

He spoke as one with authority. His message was one of hope and conviction. He had a plan for the salvation of humanity. And it was here at this time Jesus had chosen to proclaim to all humanity His Fathers plan. The seed had been planted, it was up to humanity to see if it would be nurtured and left to grow. This would be our choice. (free will choice) But with this (free will) it carried even newer implications. For Jesus had not come to change the law but to make it even more binding. That to murder was a sin but know to even contemplate murder was now a sin in the face of God Also. To lust after a woman, even in thought would now be just a sinful as acting upon such a thought.

Jesus told us of a way to pray to the Father with respected to Him for He was the father of all of us. Jesus gave them the example of the (lords Prayer) as a guide.. So in this way they would not be as the pagan who made chants and repeats of a many words that served no purpose but to entertain family and friends of how pious they were. Or even to go as far as to cover their faces with ash and disguises themselves to look like they have been fasting and praying for long periods of time. In a since they had become professional Christians who in face were perfect children of God yet like white washed tombs on the out side all clean and radiant, but on the inside were full of filth and dead men's bones and all uncleanness. Jesus talked of how the builder who is wise and decide to build his house on a rock foundation, ( in this case the truth of the word of God) will overcome many disastrous, as that of a man that builds his home on sand, first good rain (tribulation) and everything will be washed away. There was no foundation of stone to hold the house on the sand, (knowledge of the word) The foundation on rock is a faith built on studding the word of God and living that word everyday for the rest of your life. and not to serve two masters one the world, the sand and one the rock, the father.

It was also taught that to let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and to glorify God, your father. This all an example of what we gain when he is in us and we grow in him in the inside as well as the outside.

Then there began the beatitudes, which we call the blessed are! For they are the light of the world, the salt of the earth.

The beginnings of all is right and good with that of the children of God and all the good blessings that He God had blessed us as His children have received. There is so much wisdom to be learned from these words. So full and rock solid in the truth that they are based in. Jesus had truly come to full fill the Law. Blessed ere those whom seek the word and to someday have the law written upon there hearts. I look forward to that day when the veil of knowledge has been opened to God's children and we shall both see Him and His law and truly understand how great and beneficial it all is for His creation.

Always remember the seeker finds, the asked always gets, whoever knocks is admitted. How is it that these words these concepts so simple are so feared and rejected by the world, it is so simple to understand only because Jesus has given to me His Holy Spirit, this same spirit has made it so simple for me to understand such an idea, yet the world does not see, does not understand even what a child can?

The sermon on the mount is Jesus greatest sermon ever given to humanity in the personage in the flesh of the Son of God ever given in the history of creation. He spoke of one with authority. His message was one of hope and conviction. Follow the road that He has now shown us and we will grow as children do and follow in His footsteps. He gave us free will and a promise never to leave us. He will not fail to live up to His promise. This father would not. Let your light shine as a beacon to others that you belong to Him. He has come to give us hope, and through this sermon gave us so much more. Praise the father, Praise the Son.

Rev. Carl Coglianese

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Four Gospels

The Four Gospel’s Final Essay

By Rev. Nancy Rutledge

The Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John (and Thomas) was a very interesting course. I took this course to gain a better understanding of the Gospels. I liked the textbook: The Unvarnished Gospels. It was like four different people. Some parts are in agreement while others leave the reader wondering if indeed the writers are talking about the same person. During this course I realized that the Four Gospels were written by many people with eyes that did not witness these events. Each writer brings his own background and motivations to their writings.

Matthew, Mark and Luke were more alike than John who wrote and made his Gospel available ninety years after the death of Jesus. Matthew’s Gospel was about twice as much as Mark. Mark’s was so short it left out the whole story of the Sermon on the Mount. Luke only included two sentences on the Sermon on the Mount.

On baptism in Matthew, John the Baptist began preaching through the desert of Judea that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand. John invited the people to repent and be cleaned of their sins in the River Jordan. I wonder what John the Baptist meant by the Kingdom of Heaven at hand. I can only guess that it meant Jesus was coming to show them the new way. The Pharisees and the Sadducees wanted to be baptized but without changing their old ways.

Mark talked about how he was going to bathe the people (rather than baptize them) and he was washing for a change of heart. In Mark’s world, everything was on a spiritual level. There was no physical dove. It was a spiritual event. John later did not want to baptize the priest because he recognized that their hearts were not changed.

Luke was the longest book of the four. The Gospel of Luke is probably one of the more interesting books, because Luke never met Jesus and he was also a Gentile. Luke wrote his book for the Roman Emperor. Luke writes about John the Baptist. Luke just talks about John the Baptist preaching to the masses as well as spreading wisdom about how people can prepare for the coming of a messenger of God.

John is one of the most hotly debated Gospels of the Four Gospels. It was written and made available ninety years after the death of Jesus. This Gospel gives a condensed version of what John the Baptist did. John tells the people that he is not the Annointed one, but is there to pave the way for him. John proclaims Jesus is the Son of God. John writes here as if he is talking at people, rather than to the people.

There are so many different versions of the Gospel and each differs from the other. You just can’t get enough of the Gospels. This is the first time I read a Greek translation and it was a very informative point of view.

Rev. Nancy Rutledge

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Master of Religion

ESSAY FOR THE MASTER IN RELIGION

Praise the Lord! I truly believe that these lessons was a divine set up by God. I thank God for all these lessons because it has equipped me for full time ministry. I now know that it is in God I move, breath and have my being. I thank God for the first lesson. The first lesson began by showing you clearly that the bible being God true word has many books in total sixty-six. It also showed why the word of God is true because of the many prophecies that has come true. The proper way to approach the word of God is not only to be humble about your acquired knowledge, but also to find belief in God to an effective bible study.

However, lesson two dealt with the Old Testament, and lesson seven along with lessons ten dealt with worship which was most inspiring and uplifting to me. The Old Testament, lesson two, was my favorite because it thought me of the children of Israel and the sins that was done and the different remedy that was used to take away sin. The priest like Moses and Aron along with his sons, was to use a blood sacrifice for the sins of the children of Israel.

Lastly, Lesson seven which topic was Priesthood and Missionary Duties, brought me into my destination in ministry along with the other lessons . I always wanted to be a pastor but I did not know who was a good candidate for being being a pastor. As I read this lesson I know that I was in for ministry. I don't know when but I know that their is a calling on my life to preach the word of God. Overall, this degree was a spiritual encouragement to me and it helped me to reach where I needed to go in the work of God.

A special thanks goes out to you Amy and may God richly bless you.

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Four Gospels

When studying the four gospels , the one thing that caught my eye the most was Peters faith as a new christian. The faith that it took for Peter to leave everything behind for a couple of years, like his wife and family and his only way for them to survive like his business of being a fisherman. To follow a man that just said follow me and I will make you fisher of men.

Just because he filled his net with fish by telling him which side of the boat to cast his net down. But just like any new Christian, we all think that we aren't worthy enough to serve god at first just like Peter thought when he said Depart from me o lord for I'm a sinful man, but then Jesus told him fear not for henceforth thou shalt catch men.

Just as peter thought it, all new and some older Christians think it that they aren't worthy enough to serve Jesus. The first step is to submit yourself and acknowledge that you are a sinful creature. (for Jesus did not call the rightness to repentance but the sinners) by your OWN admittance to your sinful life.

When peter told jesus that he was a sinful man he acknowledge that he was lower than to whom he was talking to, that he had no special powers and that he could not control nothing for he was just a sinful average man, that was ashamed of himself insight of the lord . peter act the same way I did when I got saved I was ashamed of what I did in my life and where it was going and that I thought that I wasn't worthy enough to get saved.

Another aspect of peters walk with jesus as a new christian was his faith . as a new christian when they were at sea going over to the other side they saw jesus walking on the water and they were afraid but jesus assured them it was him and peter bid him to come unto the water with him. But when peter was waljking on the water tto jesus he saw the wind and the lighting and he begain to sink and he cried out to jesus saying save me and immediately jesus streched out his arm and pulled peter out of the water and said to him o tho of little faith whence fore didst thou doubt.

To me this is just like all new christians and even some older ones that we belive in jesus enough to get started but as we go along and get further out of our security net just like peter getting futher away from the boat we start to thinking and get distracted from the word of god and then the world starts to set in and your worrying about every day things like how are you going to pay your bill on time,feed your family,or what will happen to your family if you die or get really sick and cant work. And just like Peter did when he got distracted from the word of god ( Jesus) by the things of this world like the wind he started to sink . but he stilled believed enough in Jesus that he was the lord god almighty and that he couldn't do anything in less he was in his life mustered up what faith he had left and cried out to Jesus and said SAVE ME LORD and Jesus pulled him out of the water that was pulling him under, just like life does to us today when we get to caught up in it we get distracted from god and we start to sink.

Another thing that in the beginning of peters walk as a new christian with Jesus was his denial of Jesus three times. I think that we all have denied Jesus to some extent when the heat comes down on us as Christians from the world and we start to give in to them for the fear of some kind of pain wither it be physical or emotional , maybe like getting fired for what you really believe in. Or how some one thinks about someone else and you give in to there thoughts and start to downing them too for the fear of them doing it to you also . just like peter did three times but just like peter was in the beginning as a new christian lacking in faith he went from a lamb to feeding sheep.

It took three and a half years to become a true soldier of christ that started from a man that was sent from heaven that said follow me to a sinful man that became a fisher of men . an example of what a true christian is and what we all will go through and what we will become and when i think that I'm not worthy enough to follow him that called me out of many to feed his sheep for i see the wind blowing all around me i stop and think about the first christian peter and his struggles that he went through following Christ Jesus and things seem to melt away and I'm walking on water again in the word of god. Amen

by Rev. Scott Miller

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Four Gospels

By Rev. Neal McLaughlin

John 1:14 The word became flesh and his dwelling upon us.

We as people need to communicate with one another through verbalization, gestures of the hands and face or in some form of communication.

Unless we demonstrate who we are, what we believe, how we live and the talents of which we are blessed no one will ever truly get to know us and we will forever remain a mystery.

This also holds true for our Savior! God would have remained a mystery if He had not broken His silence and spoke once; bringing all creations to life upon this earth.

Then when He spoke a second time, His words took the form of man…and The Book of John relates this story of the word in flesh.

When we begin to read the Book of John we can plainly see in the first few paragraphs that John has broken sharply from the styles of Mark, Matthew and Luke.

While the other disciples focus on the events surrounding Jesus as well as telling of His trek throughout the marketplaces and villages; we find that John approaches his writings from a different perspective.

Instead of focusing on the facts of Christ, John assumes that we are familiar with these already, so he writs his story as he had contemplated the profound meaning of Christ and highlights the nature of Christ.

Absent from John’s writings are the mention of Christmas, stables, the Shepard’s, wise men. He actually introduces Jesus as an adult; omitting any mention of His birth and his youthdom.

As we further explore the gospel of John we can se that he ahs selected roughly about 20 days in the life of Jesus and set them so that the presented Christ as one who “knows where He came from and where I am going.” (8:14)

Upon further exploration we find that the overall rhythm of John is that he is stating that Jesus did not simply fall to earth but was sent to do the work of His Father.

According to the Gospel of John; he includes Jesus in the original creation of the Earth but was sent later as the Word to walk among us speaking in a way that we could truly understand.

Many New Testament Christians use the gospel of John as their learning tool as John has taken the basics of faith and wrote them in a clear and concise format. His Gospel also lends credence to who Jesus is and what he has done.

John has also selected seven ( not mentioned prior) signs and miracles and has woven them into a story that conveys their message as well.

Although the Gospel of John is considered to be different in many aspects, the reading of Matthew, Mark and Luke are still vital to the understanding of the Word.

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Master of Religion

Masters of Religion Essay

Defamation of the character of god.

By Ronnie Myers

I believe that the true Deity is the eternal source of unrestricted love for all that are created. The true Deity is without enemy, is of impeccable character and must maintain such high standard, in order to be perfect. However, the Majority of the so-called religious luminaries are spreading all sorts of misinformation that have generated fear and confusion regarding God's character. All of those fallacies are centered around the following issues:

1. Who or what created us.

2. Who or What created our creator.

3. Why are we here?

4. Where do we go from here?

5. When and how consciousness was first experienced.

It is my opinion that the intelligence of the masses is hopelessly lacking with regards to our quest for immortality. Most of our religious leaders are primarily salespersons that resort to drama and all sorts of erroneous arguments to mislead the gullible. In their efforts to explain some of the concerns listed above, they have created a Bible that is rife in fable and contradictions. These religious leaders have sworn that the writings in the Bible are the infallible words of God. They try to intimidate us by suggesting that it is blasphemy to question the validity of its contents. The net result is their success in the spreading of a type of doctrine that clearly shows that they are worshiping not the true God, but rather an evil spirit.

First, they concocted a myth that out of a perfect Heaven, created and controlled by an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and infinite God, a rebellion lead by his right hand servant, Lucifer, resulted in turmoil in heaven. They went on to intimate that Lucifer was created perfect! However, they cannot explain why Elohim's type of perfection does not equate to our human standard of perfection. They also argue that when all the new converts go to Heaven such revolt will never recur! How can this be guaranteed?. It happened before even when Godly perfection was Heaven's ensign! Apparently, Yahweh did not learn any lesson from the first Heavenly mutiny, so he created Adam; out of dust mind you! Mysteriously, forming hair, intricate internal organs, blood, skin, bones, body cells, nails and so on out of dust. But, guess what? the same Lucifer created such havoc with Adam and Eve that the entire world is now under the sentence of death. This sentence of death was passed on us not that we did anything wrong but rather by the edict of a vengeful Elohim who in the first created an imperfect Adam and allowed him to be tempted by the master renegade Lucifer. Did Yahweh, the all-knowing God, not know beforehand that the Adam's venture was doomed to failure and would fuel such mayhem and carnage that would eventually conclude with millions receiving an imminent inhuman punishment, in an eternal lake of fire?

According to the Bible, God on a number of occasions threatened to wipe our ancestors off the face of the earth and had to be rebuked by Moses once and another of our forebears on the other occasions. The Bible states that years ago, Yahweh personally drowned, the entire world saves for Noah and his family. Yahweh, no doubt was stunned to see the descendants of Noah rising up later to create myriad of crimes that are even more heinous than those for which he drowned the earlier malefactors. Yahweh eventually selected a tribe “the Jews- and instructed them to murder; in his name, all men, women, children and animal of other tribes that Yahweh had also created. The regimental order was to destroy anything that moves, unless he, she or it was Jewish. After each tribe is slaughtered take their lands and jewelry, then rejoice with a loud noise. Do not forget my meal, which should be promptly send up to me in the form of very burnt offering-after each mass murder. The bible endorsed the murderous acts of Moses, Joshua- a renowned war criminal, Samuel, and David –to name a meager few. The Bible relates how one of God Prophet called down wolves and watched with pride and delight as the wolves devoured some kids who merely called him a baled-headed prophet. According to the Bible, Yahweh, found a way to save the world that would at the same time give Him some worldly pleasures. He personally came down from Heaven, impregnates one of his daughters, Mary, and to get a son called Jesus. This Jesus is therefore his son and his Grandson. Now the major question is this. If God is the father of Jesus and Mary is the mother of Jesus, then, who is Mary to God?

Did the writer of the Bible made Yahweh into a rapist, who is also guilty of incest, fornication and intimidation seeing that it is written, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, etc.' When Joseph complained about the pending disgrace, Yahweh sent an angel to tell him to stop his whining. About thirty “Three years after Jesus' birth ordinary human killed this Son of God and He return to Heaven to sit on the right hand of an infinite God. How do you find the right side of infinity? Why, did Jesus rush back to Heaven? Can you imagine how may converts would abound had Jesus been amongst us today? He is gone to prepare a place for us. What! God the all-mighty has no residence for us in Heaven? Yet?

The best-kept secret of the religious fundamentalists “never will they preach this in church- is that the Bible is in fact a composition of the early beliefs of ordinary men who were primitive in most matters of science, and geography. In view of this, the Bible's teachings are contrary with modern knowledge. No intelligent person can in this modern age accepts the Bible as the infallible word of god. Modern technology debunk the story that Joshua in his zest to murder more men, women and children could not of caused the length of that day to increase by commanding the sun to stand still. Any kindergarten kid can explain why the sun standing still has no effect on the length of a day. Ask most clergy persons to explain this major error in the Bible and they tell will give some irrational argument, which only prove further that had God inspired those writers they would not have written such rubbish and attributed to an all-knowing Deity. The chief writers of hr Bible were Eastern Semitic and Palestinian Jews. Their writings are about their concept of the nature of their God, Yahweh and Yahweh's relation to a “Chosen People, the Jews. This preferential treatment meted out to the Jews is a prime demonstration of racial prejudice in their so-called Holy Bible. The Bible does not present a God of unconditional love and justice. The substance of the writings portrays an evil spirit that is jealous, prejudice, unfair, cruel, incites to riot, war and plunder, encourages deceit and sanctions a litany of unbecoming practices. As for me, I prefer to believe that such literature was the work of man rather than a loving God. Recently, an eight-year-old kid said that God committed all those atrocities before God was saved. Well spoken my young friend.

In view of these myths being promoted by the various denominations we now should strive to protect the holy image of the true Deity. There are charlatans all over the world that are defaming the character of our God of unconditional Love? Can the true Deity have enemies? promote racial prejudice? Wage wars? Be egotistical, jealous, vindictive, and fickle? God forbid.

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Christian Religion

The study of Master of Religion was done in connection with Comparative Religion I to enhance my knowledge of the subjects. I found the first section of the course to be extremely enlightening. The listing of titles was an interruption that could have come later in the course to not break the tone of the instruction but was a good addition to the course. I did learn from all of the lessons. Many of the chapters gave a brief taste of information that made you want to find out more which is good and forces one to continue study while building on each lesson. I hope there will be further courses with more in-depth study of some of the topics covered. I used each chapter to branched out and do research to add to my knowledge of the subjects.

I did wonder about a paragraph in Lesson 19 'Denominations' that states 'Many people seem to believe that they have received God's order to become Priest and to start their own church. Many of them probably have not sufficient qualifications to do so, other than being able to quote Bible parts quite fluently.' Is that not why many of the seminary students are taking this and other courses? Some have had this 'feeling' of being called from what I have read in the forum. Or did I misinterpret the statement and the author was stating they do so with no background or training whatsoever?

Lessons 14 on Counseling was very good. It gave good information and background. The paragraph on the importance of Christian Counseling was excellent. I agree a good church and strong community will create a better society. We need to reinforce that as much as possible. Granted church members are only human but as a group with proper shepherd guidance they can make a difference. I do believe that major educational background is required to go into the field but knowledge of your fellow man and a Bible connection is an excellent start.

The chapters on history were very enlightening and enjoyable. Mr. Schwab's perspective was a good interlude while studying this section of the lessons.

The Master of Religion Course was an excellent start of my studies. It was well put together and covered the important and basic lessons needed to move forward. I am gaining knowledge that will assist me in leading discussion groups and services. I hope to be able to continue to learn as I study more of the offered courses and put them together to work with and for others. 

Rev. Sharon J. Mayer

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