Life Before Death: A Study of Judgment and Eternal Life in John's Gospel - Softcover

Hyam, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1527232964 ISBN 13: 9781527232969

Verlag: Hopeful Ink., 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Many Christians believe the primary reason for following Jesus is to escape eternal punishment in Hell and thus, the gospel message presented takes the form of the threat, "believe this or you will be punished." This thesis focuses on the Gospel of John, in order to establish whether Jesus presented the gospel this way and to ascertain how much judgment is part of his evangelistic message. By paying careful attention to the etymology of the key words and their context, the methodology was to examine: 1) John 3:16 as a distillation of the message, particularly the use of αἰώνιος ζωή, πίστις and ἀπόλλυμι; and 2) the use of κρίσις in three passages in the Fourth Gospel - John 3:17-19, 5:24-30 and 12:44-50. In each of these judgment discourses, the person to whom Jesus was speaking was a member of the Jewish ruling council and his message was one of rebuke. The implications of these findings are that the good news invitation of Jesus in the Gospel of John does not contain the threat of judgmen and thus, raises the question whether that message has changed today.

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Matt Hyam is the senior pastor of the Southampton Vineyard. Over recent years his journey has involved a process of rethinking many of his basic assumptions about the Christian life that he previously took for granted. His new understanding has had a significant impact on his lifestyle and the way he leads the congregation.

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• Verlag: Hopeful Ink.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1527232964
• ISBN 13: 9781527232969
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 70
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