Jesus, the guy says he is trying.

John 3: 16 says that only those that accept Jesus will be given eternal life, so the people that do not accept him cannot burn in hell for eternity because Jesus has not given them eternal life, instead it says they will perish.

Furthermore, Wesley did not teach a salvation by perfection, but rather says that, " Even perfect holiness is acceptable to God only through Jesus Christ.

This geographic structure is foreshadowed in Acts 1: 8, where Jesus says " You shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem ( chs.

In the same narrative, Jesus says, " in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial " ( Id., v. 12 ), linking the unction with Christ's death and resurrection.

It thus says nothing explicitly about the divinity of either Jesus or of the Holy Spirit.

The book also says Jesus rose alive into Heaven without having been crucified and mentions Mohammad by name.

Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus, a Pharisee described as " a ruler of the Jews ", who says that, because of his miracles, Jesus is known " to be a teacher come from God ".

Although the Bible never says " Jesus is God ", trinity based theology summarily claims: " Jesus Christ was fully God and fully man in one person, and will be so forever.

The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped … Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations … Thus the Lord my God will come, and all the saints with you .” 14: 2-5 In Matthew, Jesus says, " The sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

This position is supported by a scripture which says, " God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ .” Thess 5: 9

While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, a sacred tradition among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ. The egg represents the boulder of the tomb of Jesus.

In this passage Jesus says that an offended Christian should draw the offender's fault to his attention at first privately ; then, if the offender refuses to listen, to bring one or two others, that there may be more than a single witness to the charge ; next, if the offender still refuses to listen, to bring the matter before the church, and if the offender refuses to listen to the church, to treat him as " a Gentile and a tax collector ".

The New Testament says that this forgiveness is given if one accepts Jesus Christ as his or her Lord and Savior ( John 3: 16 ).

* It has Jesus sailing across the Sea of Galilee to Nazareth – which is actually inland ; and from thence going " up " to Capernaum – which is actually on the lakeside ( chapters 20-21 ); though this is contested by Blackhirst, who says that the traditional location of Nazareth is itself questionable.

Robinson wrote that, where the Gospel narrative accounts can be checked for consistency with surviving material evidence, the account in the Gospel of John is commonly the more plausible ; that it is generally easier to reconcile the various synoptic accounts within John's narrative framework, than it is to explain John's narrative within the framework of any of the synoptics ; and that, where in the Gospel Jesus and his disciples are described as travelling around identifiable locations, the trips in question can always be plausibly followed on the ground, which he says is not the case for any synoptic Gospel.

In favor of the later dating of the synoptics, Geza Vermes says that this event provides a clear context and pretext for Jesus ' arrest, trial and execution.

Robinson says that all three Synoptic accounts explain the reluctance of the Temple authorities to arrest Jesus on the spot, as being due to their fear of popular support for John the Baptist.

Schweitzer found many New Testament references to apparently show that 1st-century Christians believed literally in the imminent fulfillment of the promise of the World's ending, within the lifetime of Jesus's original followers, He noted that in the gospel of Mark, Jesus speaks of a " tribulation ", with his coming in the clouds with great power and glory " ( St Mark ), and states when it will happen: " This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled " ( St Matthew, 24: 34 ) ( or, " have taken place " ( Luke 21: 32 )): " All these things shall come upon this generation " ( Matthew 23: 36 ).

Uncharacteristically, Jefferson's first two recordings from this session were gospel songs (" I Want to be like Jesus in my Heart " and " All I Want is that Pure Religion "), released under the name Deacon L. J. Bates.

For example, in 1988 the United Church of Canada, that country's largest Protestant denomination, affirmed that " a ) All persons, regardless of their sexual orientation, who profess Jesus Christ and obedience to Him, are welcome to be or become full member of the Church ; and b ) All members of the Church are eligible to be considered for the Ordered Ministry.

The first 14 verses of the Gospel of John are devoted to the divinity of Jesus as the Logos, usually translated as " Word ", along with his pre-existence, and they emphasize the cosmic significance of Christ, e. g.: " All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

All present view this as an opportunity to show that they accept the belief that Jesus Christ is the one who sacrificed himself in behalf of redemption for all mankind, becoming the only mediator between Jehovah God and mankind ( John 3: 16 ).

All professors and lecturers in the Department of Biblical Studies must subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith, and all full-time faculty and staff members must submit a written statement confessing faith in Jesus Christ and the Christian religion.

Kid Rock released Rock n Roll Jesus, which produced hits in " So Hott ", " Amen " and " All Summer Long ".

All are in communion with one another around the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, as the highest expression of the love of God.

All four Gospels state that, on the evening of the crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, and that, after Pilate granted his request, he wrapped Jesus ' body in a linen cloth and laid it in a tomb.

All four Gospels report that women were the ones to find the tomb of Jesus empty, although the number varies from one ( Mary Magdalene ) to an unspecified number.

All four canonical gospels state that, during the Last Supper, Jesus foretold of Peter ’ s denial ( Saint Peter ) and that he would deny Christ three times before the cock ’ s crow.

Verses 5 & 6 explicitly state that Jesus paid the ransom for " All men ")

Others add a praying of a pious Eucharistic prayer " O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine " at the end of each decade in honor of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church Saturdays are days on which the Theotokos ( Mother of God ) and All Saints are commemorated, The day is also a general day of prayer for the dead, because it was on a Saturday that Jesus is believed by some to have laid dead in the tomb.

Keaggy also appeared as a guest singer on the Ragamuffins ' " All the Way to Kingdom Come ," on his friend Rich Mullins ' last original work, The Jesus Record ( which contained demo tracks recorded by Mullins just before his 1997 death, and renditions of those songs by the Ragamuffins and other artists ).

At the conclusion of his set, which included " I Wish We'd All Been Ready ", the " laconic lament " of the Jesus Movement, Norman encouraged those attending: " Don't let this week of love pass away – let it be for a lifetime ".

On Saturday, September 2, 1972 Norman also performed at the Festival of Light-sponsored Festival for Jesus held in Hyde Park, London, which was filmed and released as a 50-minute documentary Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music ?, which featured Norman's 1972 song of the same name, which was written in response to the criticisms of Christian Rock music by American evangelist Bob Larson, whom Norman regularly lampooned at his concerts.

All of its members have been involved in theatre projects and rock musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors, and Evita.

All the Gospels have a man named Barabbas released by Pilate instead of Jesus.

Many music groups developed out of this, and some became leaders within the Jesus movement, most notably Barry McGuire, Love Song, Second Chapter of Acts, All Saved Freak Band, Servant, Petra, Resurrection Band, Phil Keaggy, Dion DiMucci, Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary ; Randy Stonehill, Randy Matthews, Andraé Crouch ( and the Disciples ), Nancy Honeytree, Keith Green, and Larry Norman.

This material-which included early iterations of the songs " Walkin ’ with Jesus ", " Come Down Easy " and " Thing'll Never be the Same " – was used for a short demo tape entitled For All The Fucked Up Children Of The World We Give You Spacemen 3.

In addition to " I Feel Fine ", feedback was used on the introduction to songs including Jimi Hendrix's " Foxey Lady ", the Beatles's " It's All Too Much ", Hendrix's " Crosstown Traffic ", the Strokes's " New York City Cops ", Ben Folds Five's " Fair ", Midnight Juggernauts's " Road To Recovery ", Nirvana's " Radio Friendly Unit Shifter ", Jesus And Mary Chain's " Tumbledown " and " Catchfire ", Stone Roses's " Waterfall ", Porno for Pyros's " Tahitian Moon ", Tool's " Stinkfist ", and the Cure's " Prayer For Rain ".

We do well to remind ourselves that from men and women of New England ancestry also issued the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Seventh Day Adventists, Christian Science, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society, the American Bible Society, and New England theology.

* Man has free will to respond or resist: Free will is limited by God's sovereignty, but God's sovereignty allows all men the choice to accept the Gospel of Jesus through faith, simultaneously allowing all men to resist.

According to Hippolytus of Rome ( Philosophumena, VII, xxiii ) Theodotus taught that Jesus was a man born of a virgin, according to the Council of Jerusalem, that he lived like other men, and was most pious ; but that at his baptism in the Jordan the " Christ " came down upon the man Jesus in the likeness of a dove.

" In like manner let all men respect the deacons as Jesus Christ, even as they should respect the bishop as being a type of the Father and the presbyters as the council of God and as the college of Apostles.

To this Messiah, however, was actually united Jesus the Saviour, Who redeemed men.

In this latter instance it was apparently Jesus ’ brother James who spoke prominently in the assembly of “ the apostles and the older men ” at Jerusalem .— Adam Clarke, 1821, commentary on 5: 13, 22, 23.

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.

The Christian egalitarian view holds that the Bible teaches the fundamental equality of women and men of all racial and ethnic mixes, all economic classes, and all age groups, based on the teachings and example of Jesus Christ and the overarching principles of scripture.

During Jesus ' ministry and after his Resurrection, the apostles healed the sick and cast out demons, made lame men walk, raised the dead and did many other miraculous things.

And when all my hopes in them and in all men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, nor could tell what to do, then, oh, then, I heard a voice which said, " There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition "; and when I heard it my heart did leap for joy.

... we decree with full precision and care that, like the figure of the honoured and life-giving cross, the revered and holy images, whether painted or made of mosaic or of other suitable material, are to be exposed in the holy churches of God, on sacred instruments and vestments, on walls and panels, in houses and by public ways ; these are the images of our Lord, God and saviour, Jesus Christ, and of our Lady without blemish, the holy God-bearer, and of the revered angels and of any of the saintly holy men.

* 1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to " all worthy men ", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.

( Painter page 136 ) Painter points out that as described in the Antiquities of the Jews ( Book 20, Chapter 9, 2 ) Ananus was bribing both Albinus and Jesus the son of Damnaeus so that his men could take the tithes of other priests outside Jerusalem, to the point that some of whom then starved to death.

“ And that Christ being Lord, and God the Son of God, and appearing formerly in power as Man, and Angel, and in the glory of fire as at the bush, so also was manifested at the judgment executed on Sodom, has been demonstrated fully by what has been said .” Then I repeated once more all that I had previously quoted from Exodus, about the vision in the bush, and the naming of Joshua ( Jesus ), and continued: “ And do not suppose, sirs, that I am speaking superfluously when I repeat these words frequently: but it is because I know that some wish to anticipate these remarks, and to say that the power sent from the Father of all which appeared to Moses, or to Abraham, or to Jacob, is called an Angel because He came to men ( for by Him the commands of the Father have been proclaimed to men ); is called Glory, because He appears in a vision sometimes that cannot be borne ; is called a Man, and a human being, because He appears arrayed in such forms as the Father pleases ; and they call Him the Word, because He carries tidings from the Father to men: but maintain that this power is indivisible and inseparable from the Father, just as they say that the light of the sun on earth is indivisible and inseparable from the sun in the heavens ; as when it sinks, the light sinks along with it ; so the Father, when He chooses, say they, causes His power to spring forth, and when He chooses, He makes it return to Himself.

St. Paul in opposing his enemies in Galatia names John explicitly along with Peter and James the Just ( the brother of Jesus ) as a " pillar of the Church ", and refers to the recognition which his Apostolic preaching of a Gospel free from the law received from these three, the most prominent men of the old Mother-Church at Jerusalem ( Galatians 2: 9 ).

Brian Cohen is born in a stable a few doors from the one in which Jesus is born, which initially confuses the three wise men who come to praise the future King of the Jews.

This was the first meaning given in the apostolic preaching to Christ's descent into hell: that Jesus, like all men, experienced death and in his soul joined the others in the realm of the dead.

Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus ' tenderness toward children which caused him to say: ' Let the children come to me, do not hinder them ,' allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism.

On the pendentives supporting the ceiling are painted twelve men and women who prophesied the coming of the Jesus.