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"Be lifted up": (especially in the Gospel of John) refers to 'one continuous action of ascent, beginning with the cross but ending at the right hand of the Father', in three steps: (1) Jesus' death on the cross, (2) his resurrection, and (3) his ascension back to heaven (cf. Philippians 2:5–11; John 1:51; 12:32). [17]
John 3:16 is considered to be a popular Bible verse [121] and acknowledged as a summary of the gospel. [122] In the United States, the verse is often used by preachers during sermons [123] and widely memorised among evangelical churches' members. [124] 16th-century German Protestant theologian Martin Luther said the verse is "the gospel in ...
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral, [1] or Methodist Quadrilateral, [2] is a methodology for theological reflection that is credited to John Wesley, leader of the Methodist movement in the late 18th century. The term itself was coined by 20th century American Methodist scholar Albert C. Outler. [3] [4]
Matthew 3:2 is the second verse of the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. John the Baptist has been introduced in the first verse and this verse describes the message that he is preaching. Through John's message, Matthew introduces the "Kingdom of Heaven".
Verse 2: (not often included in recordings) Love of so many cold; losing their home of gold; This in God's Word is told; evils abound. When these signs come to pass, nearing the end at last, It will come very fast; trumpets will sound. Verse 3: Troubles will soon be o’er; happy forevermore, When we meet on that shore, free from all care.
One other interpretation reads this verse in light of the ones immediately preceding it (7:1–5) where instruction is given to not judge a brother and to remove the log from one's own eye before removing the speck from the eye of another. In this interpretation, the "holy things" and the "pearls" are the "brother" who might be cast amongst the ...
The Gospel of Truth is not titled, but the name for the work comes from the first three words of the text. It may have been written in Greek between 140 and 180 by Valentinian Gnostics (or, as some posit, by Valentinus himself). [2]
Eusebius worked out this threefold classification, writing: "And we have been told also that certain of the prophets themselves became, by the act of anointing, Christs in type, so that all these have reference to the true Christ, the divinely inspired and heavenly Word, who is the only high priest of all, and the only King of every creature, and the Father’s only supreme prophet of prophets."