Sent by God
Galatians 1:1-2
These verses contain the basics of Christianity.
Paul is saying he was sent by God not people and that God was Jesus Christ.
He then adds the concept of God the Father. Many struggle with the concept of the 3 beings(God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) being one God but I think of it like H2O (water, steam and ice)
Then their is the concept of Jesus rising from the dead. If He didn't rise Christianity is no longer significant. So did Jesus rise from the dead? The fact that it's 2019 today says something very significant happened 2019 years ago or around this time given that our calendar isn't that old. In addition, most major religions acknowledge Jesus so I think we can safely say Jesus walked this earth but did He rise from the dead? Some say He never died but the fact that He was stabbed in the side and blood and water like substance came out of Him confirms His death. https://www.compellingtruth.org/blood-water-Jesus.html can give us some insight into this.
But did He rise again? Here's a New York Times article on the topic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/books/review/resurrection-jesus.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap
Notice how Paul brings community into this book. May we work together as we serve in God's very large Kingdom.
These verses contain the basics of Christianity.
Paul is saying he was sent by God not people and that God was Jesus Christ.
He then adds the concept of God the Father. Many struggle with the concept of the 3 beings(God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) being one God but I think of it like H2O (water, steam and ice)
Then their is the concept of Jesus rising from the dead. If He didn't rise Christianity is no longer significant. So did Jesus rise from the dead? The fact that it's 2019 today says something very significant happened 2019 years ago or around this time given that our calendar isn't that old. In addition, most major religions acknowledge Jesus so I think we can safely say Jesus walked this earth but did He rise from the dead? Some say He never died but the fact that He was stabbed in the side and blood and water like substance came out of Him confirms His death. https://www.compellingtruth.org/blood-water-Jesus.html can give us some insight into this.
But did He rise again? Here's a New York Times article on the topic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/books/review/resurrection-jesus.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap
Notice how Paul brings community into this book. May we work together as we serve in God's very large Kingdom.
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