The sincerity that was demonstrated by
Christ during his ministry is a character trait that shows that truthfulness lay behind his public life.
Therefore, in this first chapter of Acts the author makes the transition from his Gospel of the person and work of Jesus
Christ during his ministry in the flesh to the effects of that ministry in the organization of the church.
Not exact matches
Before the «Dispensation of Grace» of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus
Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus
Christ fulfilled the «Law of God» on our behalf
during His
ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!
Mormons believe their church (The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints) to be a continuation of the Church Jesus established
during his mortal
ministry, Joseph Smith simply (although it was not simple) restored the church in these latter days.
Jesus
Christ,
during the time of His earthly
ministry, set up a spiritual kingdom on earth, in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; He being the King and all born again believers the subjects of the Kingdom, and they are now reigning with Him as Kings and priests on the earth.
Even now no simple answer can be given, for Jones's
ministry appeared to many to be spiritually empowered, and at least
during the early years he himself claimed that power to be of
Christ.
This was especially true
during the life and
ministry of Jesus
Christ.
«A definite group is being given to
Christ during his earthly
ministry — not before the foundation of the world.
This happens all the time
during Christ's
ministry.
My own faith in him and loyalty to him as the Lord Jesus
Christ is in no way dependent on these apocalyptic Son - of - man passages; it hinges upon all that he was and did and said
during what we know of his earthly
ministry and his continuing presence as the living
Christ.
It seems unlikely that Jesus» followers would ever have regarded him as the
Christ if he had not made this claim for himself
during his brief
ministry.
During Christ's
ministry on earth, James doubted that Jesus was the Messiah, but after
Christ died and rose from the dead, James could not deny the facts, and so believed in Jesus for eternal life.
It is not just the Twelve chosen by
Christ during His earthly
ministry who are called «apostles.»
The reason we are talking about after
Christ's resurrection is because «the gospel» that we are talking about was never termed as such before, and for example,
during Christ's earthly
ministry, «the gospel of the kingdom» was preached to the Jews — even then «the gospel» had a technical usage then for a different specific message that applied to that particular time (Mt. 4:23, 9:35, cf. 10:7; Mk.