...Biblical Worldview Essay Akeem Reed Liberty University Biblical Worldview Essay Introduction The write-up has discussed the writings of the apostle Paul. Paul addressed some components of the world related to natural world, human identity, human relationships and culture. This essay discussed the teachings of Apostle Paul. Paul discussed the human identity, human relationship, culture and natural world, he targeted people living in Rome and teach some relevant knowledge to them. Further, with the assistance of the verses from Roman (1-8), the essay will be concluded and in conclusion, the views on humanity and natural world will be discussed. The Natural World The book of Romans stated that God creates the world (Roman 1:20). However, humans turned away from the creations of God, they are engaged into sins, adopted bad habits, adore artificial idols and now they deserve death (1:21-32). The word “creation” refers to the natural world in the book of Roman. Through the agreement of Abraham, land of Israel is the Promised Land. Abraham is the God of all nations (Wright, 2013) due to which other nations and salvations came into existence. All these nations are available to everyone, especially to those who believe on Jesus Christ (Grant, 2001). Paul has also discussed the problems and sufferings of the natural world. He discussed the sufferings in context of eschatological anticipations for the natural world and believers of Christ. The people living in the world...
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...do people question it. However, in Paul s letters he alluded to a different role that women should take on. He presents the idea that everyone is equal in the eyes of the Lord as long as they have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Although he was not the first to ever express these beliefs, the idea that Paul presented was quite radical for his time and may not have been taken with the same authority as some of his other teachings. However, the basic formula that Paul used in some of his letters was also presented by subsequent writers years after he was finished with his ministry. The most straightforward presentation of Paul s view on the role of women is in Galatians 3:28, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. This statement brought up the idea of baptism and the key role it plays in the life of a Christian. Paul states that when you are baptized in the name of Jesus all worldly distinctions are no longer important. A person is not to be viewed based on past religion, life before baptism, or gender, he or she will now be viewed simply as a follower of Christ. By following Christ a person is baptized into a single body, no divisions are to be made due to past traditions. This formula for equality that Paul presents in Galatians 3:27-28 is echoed in many of his other letters. However, it is not presented as directly, there seem to be some omissions and changes. While writing to Corinth, Paul again expresses the idea of equality...
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...do people question it. However, in Paul s letters he alluded to a different role that women should take on. He presents the idea that everyone is equal in the eyes of the Lord as long as they have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Although he was not the first to ever express these beliefs, the idea that Paul presented was quite radical for his time and may not have been taken with the same authority as some of his other teachings. However, the basic formula that Paul used in some of his letters was also presented by subsequent writer’s years after he was finished with his ministry. The most straightforward presentation of Paul s view on the role of women is in Galatians 3:28, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. This statement brought up the idea of baptism and the key role it plays in the life of a Christian. Paul states that when you are baptized in the name of Jesus all worldly distinctions are no longer important. A person is not to be viewed based on past religion, life before baptism, or gender, he or she will now be viewed simply as a follower of Christ. By following Christ a person is baptized into a single body, no divisions are to be made due to past traditions. This formula for equality that Paul presents in Galatians 3:27-28 is echoed in many of his other letters. However, it is not presented as directly; there seem to be some omissions and changes. While writing to Corinth, Paul again expresses the...
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... not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness— with good works. 11Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15Yet she will be saved through childbearing— if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control. First Timothy 2:9-15 is from the pastoral epistle 1 Timothy in which Paul gives corrective instruction to Timothy regarding the structure of the worship service for the church in Ephesus. This passage is frequently discussed with regards to church structure and is particularly raised in opposition to women holding the office of pastor or elder. It is a key passage in the debate between complementarianism, which argues that men and women are of equal intrinsic worth before God but should have complementary roles in the church and in society, and egalitarianism, which argues for no institutional distinctions between men and women. Although a common assumption has been that an egalitarian interpretation promotes liberal feminist agendas, an egalitarian interpretation of 1 Tim 2:9-15 is not necessarily an unbiblical...
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...Christians to persevere through persecution led by the Roman emperor, Nero. Also written to preserve Peter’s account of the life and teachings of Jesus Luke Author: Luke Intended Audience: Greek and Gentile Christians, also directly addressed a person named Theophilus. His importance is unknown, but believed to be a non-Christian and highly regarded Roman. Luke desired to give his audience a clear and coherent understanding of the teachings and works of Jesus through an organized account of Jesus life through eye-witness accounts. Luke often explained Jewish customs and sometimes substituted Greek words for Hebrew. John Author: John, the apostle Intended Audience: Non-Jewish believers and unbelievers who were struggling with the acceptance of Greek philosophies. John’s primary purpose for his writing is stated in chapter 20 verse 31, “that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.” It is most likely a compilation of the oral traditions and theology of the apostle John that became published by a companion after his death. Acts Author: Luke Intended Audience: Addressed again to Theophilus, but intended for all believers It contained a historical account to of the origins of Christianity. The book of Acts also helps to bridge the divide between the Gospel narrative and the letters to the church. Romans Author: Paul the apostle Intended Audience: Gentile church in Rome The book was written with an emphasis on the sinful nature of man and God’s...
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...1967, Pope Paul VI mainly focuses on the idea of the development and progress of people, which has become a deep concern to the Church. With the increase of hunger, poverty, endemic disease, and ignorance of the people, Paul requires that all men should explore this serious problem. Populorum Progrssio is divided into two main parts: man’s complete development and the common development of mankind. Paul focused on a variety of Catholic teachings which relate to the moral areas. One of the areas that Paul focuses on is solidarity. Solidarity is one of the principles of social justice we have discussed in class, which is defined as that we are one family and to look at all people as neighbors, not as enemies. Paul encourages the rich to stand in solidarity with those who are impoverished. Solidarity involves acknowledging the sufferings of our neighbors and doing whatever there is to minimize their difficulties. Paul suggests that nations should incorporate effective economic structures that will address the needs of the impoverished. This principle of morality of solidarity is still applied in our daily lives right now. Even though the idea of solidarity should be applied in our world today, we are faced with a huge gap between the rich and the poor. In fact, it might be correct to say that the gap between the rich and the poor has gotten greater since the time of Paul. With the corporate globalization and economic structure, it is almost impossible to find our teachings of solidarity...
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...of a significant person, a significant practice and ethical teachings within the religious tradition of Christianity within the lives of adherents. Christianity is the worlds biggest religion with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide. It based on the teachings of Jesus Christ who lived in the Holy Land 2000 years ago. St Paul of Tarsus, Saturday/Sunday worship and environmental ethics are 3 of the greatest impacts of Christianity within the lives of adherents. There is no other person apart from Jesus who has had a more significant influence on Christianity within the lives of adherents than St Paul of Tarsus. His influences included his contribution to the establishment of many of the early Christian communities as well as his influence on Christian ethics, liturgy and worship, authority and governance. Saturday/Sunday worship is a significant practice within Christianity as it is the time where Christians gather to honour and celebrate the memorial do the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Christian ethical teachings on the environment are based on Christian sources of tradition and the bible with the principles of the intrinsic goodness of God, stewardship and sacramentality being applied to environmental issues. St Paul was a significant figure within the religious tradition of Christianity. St. Paul is known as 2 names generally, The Apostles to the Gentiles and The second founder of Christianity. Paul was first known when he took part in the martyrdom of Saint...
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...In 2 Corinthians the church Paul had founded contradicts his authority and teachings. After he composed 1 Corinthians, several tensions arose that jeopardized his relationship with the church. In the last several chapters of the book of 2 Corinthians, Paul writes a passionate defensive letter to his audience to prove his apostolic authority (Harris, 2014). In chapters 10-13, Paul uses rhetoric devices to topple his opponents’ assertions of superiority. Unfortunately, scholars do not know the exact identity of Paul’s opponents. However, Paul assumes they were Jewish Christians who proclaimed another God and spirit different from his teachings (Harris, 2014). In opposition, Paul’s critics questioned his credentials as a Christian leader because...
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...Paul as a Pastor After reading Annette Huzenga’s article on “Paul as a pastor in 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus” I began to think that Paul could not be a pastor in today’s society because of his strong personality and sense of a grand mission that he was truly dedicated to. As Huzenga said “Paul understood this about himself.” He never stayed long at a church because his mission was too large to hang around too long. He was preaching to the Non-Christians in the Roman Empire. He knew that his life was in danger with the Romans. Paul was not a pastor, he was an apostle; (295). An apostle is known for moving around from one place to another. The apostle sends information to their churches and anoint others like Timothy and Titus to oversee the churches after his work is done. Timothy and Titus were not pastors, but “overseers”, “elders” or “deacons” to focus on two main points of leadership. (295) Timothy and Titus were Pauls’ respected coworkers, so they had to conduct themselves the same way as him. As far as what the scholars say, Paul didn’t write the letters and that they were written after his death, is an individuals’ belief. (295) I personally believe he wrote because Jesus chose him to do such a difficult job and I don’t think that Jesus would not stay with him to complete his work. I can only read their comments and go on. Paul was definitely a teacher as pastorals called “a teacher” in (1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11). The pastorals used language for instruction showing...
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... | Paul’s Sermon to the people of Athens from scripture of Acts | | Paul and Barnibus preached from Acts in the city of Listra | What were Pauls purposes? | They were presumed gods because of the miracle they administered | | They were wrongly identified so they explained through scripture | | Communicated in Greek language; wanted to dissuade the people from | | Mistakenly worshipping them; gave full sermon from Acts 14:14-18 | | Four points; one living God, maintain witness of Himself(God), | | Creator of all living things and exercise patients. Paul went to synagogue | | To reason with the people on the Sabbath day( Saturday) proclaim | | God and his works, the people misunderstood Paul as proclaiming | | More than one god; explained his position; Paul preaches new ideas to the | | People, used a language and terms that the people would relate to, | | Build a bridge of communication, played close attention to how he | | Conveyed message; speaking to mainly pagan audience | | Careful in using scripture but relative to their teaching so not | | To insult them; used scripture known to the people from one of | | Their own poets, we are offspring’s of God; used to reinforce | | Paul’s teaching, careful not quote scripture but still get the point across | | Four points conveyed in message; God is the Creator of all things, | What were the teachings? | Providential, God wants to the savior and He will be the Judge. | ...
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... Abstract: In the book of Romans we find a clearly painted picture of what the Christian faith is meant to like. Paul teaches many aspects of Christianity that set at the foundation of his belief system. Romans teaches us views on the natural world, human identity, human relationships and culture. Paul presents Jesus is for everybody in his petition to the Romans. Romans teaches us that salvation is resting at the fingertips of Jesus and the work he did on the cross for all mankind. Paul teaches that all Christians are called by God to sacrifice and love. The Natural world, human identity, human relationships and culture are very important topics and they each have a direct impact on this student’s worldview. Paul does a very good job in Romans giving his reader a thorough presentation of the gospel and what it means to Christianity. Paul covers a wide variety of topics in Romans 1-8 but gets to his foundational roots which are being a Christ at all cost. Natural World Paul teaches us in Romans that God is the creator of universe and all mankind. God spoke the world as we know it into existent in 6 days. Paul illustrates his depth of knowledge on this topic by communicating to the reader the truth that all know of God through his creation. He has shown himself to everyone through of creation. In Romans Paul presents the natural world to be created by God which would lead to God centered. As a Christian man Romans lines up with my worldview...
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...Paul was a Jew,born into an Israelite family somewhere around 2 A.D., circumcised according to the law of God, he was a Pharisee and a Roman citizen. Somewhere around 12 – 15 A.D. Paul attends a Pharisaic Rabbinical school (considered to be a major school of thought) in Jerusalem headed by Gamaliel (considered one of the greatest teachers of Judaism), and eventually becomes a Pharisee. Pharisees were known for their rigid adherence to the letter of the law. In 32 A.D. Apostle Stephen who is considered the first Christian martyr was stoned for his testimony about Jesus, and it just so happens that a young zealous Pharisee by the name of Saul (Paul), consents and witnesses Stephen’s death . Soon after, Paul is given authority to arrest and bring believers to Jerusalem for trial and punishment. Paul leads persecution against believers of Christ. . Paul was on his way to Damascus on a journey of prosecution when he found himself surrounded by a bright light from Heaven. He fell to his knees and heard a voice from Heaven that said: “Saul, Saul, why do you continue to persecute me?” The voice is identified as that belonging to Jesus and Paul holds a conversation with Jesus of Nazareth (conversation that is not understood by those accompanying Paul). Blinded by the light; Paul is led to Damascus by those traveling with him. Here is where the miracle of the conversion of Paul begins… Paul’s conversion lays the foundation for one of Paul’s central doctrines. I wonder about...
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...conversion. The early Christians used the Jewish bible (the torah) generally in the Greek or Aramaic translations. The early Christians practiced still in the Jewish synagogs. Tension raised inside the synagogue. The Jewish leaders and Pharisees persecuted the early Christians. Especially Saul of tarsus, who converted and changed his name to Paul. This led to the Christ believers to escape to Jerusalem. The Christians needed to separate themselves from the Jewish synagogue and form their own church. They still practiced the Jewish faith intertwined with Christ’ teachings and parables. The early Christians have believed that Christ would return to them in their life time. When it became clear to them that they needed to pass down the teachings to future generations, they started writing the teachings and accounts down. They had to create their own church structure. Where baptism and the lords supper were essential. The first gospel written was the book of mark. Mark depended on written documents in Greek and oral history in his community. Later Mathew and Luke where written. Where scholars see that Mathew and Luke’s teachings were cummunative of mark and the source “Q”. “Q” being an oral community. The early church taught how Jesus was a radical reformer of the Jewish faith. Who the apostles were and what they did. How to become and remain a disciple of Christ. The pillars of the church were peter, James, and john who set up a church in Jerusalem for Hebrew Christians...
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...and salvation is the work of God alone. For the purposes of this paper I will discuss Luther’s arguments in sub-section two. In this paper I will review Luther’s argument regarding the inability of mankind to work to receive justification apart from the spirit, the strengths and weaknesses of his argument and give reasoning as to why I agree with Luther’s argument. In this section Luther is attempting to correct errors made by others teaching as it related to works and grace. Luther is trying to give readers an understanding of Paul’s writings “For ‘no human being will be justified in his sight’ by deeds prescribed by the law,” (Rom 3:20). One of the key points Luther is trying to convey is that Paul is not speaking to a particular group of people. He is not referring only to the Jews, or the Pharisees or even exclusively to the Gentiles. Paul’s verbiage was inclusive in this scripture and in Luther’s mind should not have been any room for misinterpretation. Paul did not write to a specific group, he focused on the actions of all people. If Paul would have written directly to a group of people many would have thought that he was leaving out a particular group or that this was not written for everyone. When according to Luther it is not the people that he is addressing or...
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...functioned as a very important trade city, as it was located on the Via Egnatia trade route (the major east-west highway from Asia Minor to Rome). On hearing the gospel, many Thessalonians were persuaded and the church grew quickly under the supervision of Paul. Many amongst the Jewish community, however, were not persuaded and instigated a riot in the city, hoping to trap Paul and his companions (Acts 17:1-9). Due to this, Paul was forced to leave the city of Thessalonica earlier than expected. As a result, two important factors were at play: * There was dissent amongst some of the Thessalonian believers, who queried whether Paul may have been motivated by money or power (hence his defense of his ministry in 1 Thessalonians 2). * The Thessalonian believers still had many lingering questions about the faith, that Paul had been unable to answer during his brief stay. Paul, accompanied by Timothy and Silas on his second missionary journey (circa 50 A.D.), wrote this first letter from Corinth to the Thessalonians as a result of his visit to their city. The letter is dated by the majority of scholars at or around 51 A.D. This date is based on an inscription found in Delphi that mentions the same proconsul Gallio, whom Paul encountered in Corinth (see...
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