It seems that in your view, Jesus didn't actually mean what He told the disciples in the Upper Room, for if there is a dark side to God, it was certainly hidden in
Jesus during His ministry, which means that when Jesus tells Philip, «If you have seen me, you have seen the Father» what He really meant was «You haven't fully seen the Father, only the loving side.»
The travels of
Jesus during his ministry after his baptism.
But even the «appearances» came only to men who had close association with
Jesus during his ministry, and who, since his crucifixion, had had time to wrestle with the shock of his death in the various ways we have outlined.
The more the disciples had become impressed by the unique caliber of
Jesus during his ministry, and the more their study of the scriptures may have led them to believe that Jesus had been «allotted a portion with the great», 15 the more they would have made comparisons between Jesus and such men as Moses and Elijah.
Although attempts to prove that Paul had been actually acquainted with
Jesus during the ministry in Galilee and Judea have not been successful, nevertheless there is a sense in which Paul did undoubtedly know Jesus, the human, earthly Jesus — knew him better than many a person who had seen and heard him.
This means that, like the other evangelists, he repeatedly states that the disciples misunderstood
Jesus during his ministry; unlike them, he specifically indicates that their eschatological views were wrong.
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!
Kind of sounds like
Jesus» goal
during his
ministry on Earth, doesn't it (Luke 19:10)?
Anyone who studies the new testament to try to understand the context of events of the Savior's
ministry will learn that he was labeled a criminal by the Pharisees and Sadducees (who were the religious leaders that part of the world
during that time) because they felt threatened by
Jesus.
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.
So please understand when I say: But let's not forget that
Jesus spent many years prior to (and somewhat
during) his
ministry studying Scripture and in the Temple.
This was especially true
during the life and
ministry of
Jesus Christ.
It is true that the miracles of healing that
Jesus performed
during his earthly
ministry do not seem to happen as often in the Church today, although they are by no means unheard of.
The kind of gathering that
Jesus attended
during His
ministry is right in line with God's instructions.
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who carefully lists the seven great «signs» by which
Jesus manifested his divine «glory»
during his earthly
ministry — though for some reason John has not one word about the exorcism of demons.
The classical presentation of the critical position divides the «Son of Man» sayings into three groups: apocalyptic sayings about the future «Son of Man»; sayings in which
Jesus» passion is spoken of as the passion of the «Son of Man»; and miscellaneous sayings in which
Jesus refers to himself
during his public
ministry as «Son of Man».
As it is, he really only spends one paragraph talking about this, but
Jesus emphasized such outward - focused love
during His
ministry, and the church at large could benefit from more of a reminder that the Kingdom of God is not just about loving one another, but is also about loving and serving those who live in darkness and fear.
Remember that when
Jesus walked this earth
during His three years of
ministry, there were many people who followed Him, but did not believe in Him for eternal life.
Did
Jesus hide this aspect of God from us
during His three years of earthly
ministry?
Even
Jesus,
during His
ministry, constantly pled with people to leave their sin and follow Him (John 5:39 - 40; 7:17, 37 - 38; Matt 11:2 - 8; 22:3; 23:37 - 38).
All this happened
during the life of the eye witnesses of
Jesus»
ministry.
In the first place, the evidence of the New Testament as a whole is very strongly in favor of the assumption that
Jesus and his disciples did not, in fact, fast
during his
ministry.
During his
ministry Jesus was repeatedly challenged to authenticate his mission by some miraculous act (Mk 8:11 - 13; Mt 12:38 - 39; 16:1, 4; Lk 11:16, 29).
Does it say anything to us that
during Jesus»
ministry, not a single gay person approached him — that we know of or was recorded?
According to Luke,
during Jesus»
ministry in Galilee he was invited to eat at the house of a Pharisee.
According to this view, the unforgivable sin was a particular sin which only Jewish people could commit who were alive
during the
ministry of
Jesus and who saw the signs He was performing and should have recognized Him as their Messiah, but rejected Him instead.
Although the Qumran community existed
during the time of the
ministry of
Jesus, none of the Dead Sea Scrolls refer to Him, nor do they mention any of His follower's described in the New Testament.
The New Covenant was in force
during the three year
ministry of
Jesus.
If
Jesus is the exact representation of God and is the image of the invisible God (John 1:14, 18; 14:9 - 11; 2 Cor 4:4; Php 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:2 - 3), but
during His life and
ministry never revealed the aspect of God as a warrior, then there are only two options: either God is not a warrior and
Jesus did truly reveal the Father to us, or
Jesus was being deceptive.
And when I write «the complete chain of events» I mean the complete chain, beginning with God eternal love for humanity, including the creation of mankind and their subsequent fall, and going through God's calling of Israel, His work through them
during their checkered history, the birth, life,
ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of
Jesus, and looking forward to the return of
Jesus and the new heavens, the new earth, and our eternal existence with God.
Even
during Jesus short
ministry thousands would flock simple to be in with the crowd or get something.
During Jesus» earthly
ministry, many plotted against him (cf. Mark 14:1 - 2, 10 - 11).
Finally,
during His
ministry,
Jesus performed many miracles in the sight of people, and one of the reasons was so that they would recognize Him as the Messiah.
It is also impressive that before these true stories about
Jesus were written down (in that 27 - 30 year period) Christians would sort of have «story time» and orally present the events we find in the Gospels, and there was absolutely no room for fluffing up the story or saying something false because
during that time, people who actually witnessed
Jesus»
ministry were still alive and would have quickly corrected the mistakes.
And to say that
Jesus was made Messiah by the resurrection is to say that he was not the Messiah
during his earthly
ministry.
Detailed comparative analysis of individual sections or pericopae in the synoptic gospels has confirmed the hypothesis that
during the lengthy period before the writing of our earliest gospel individual sayings and incidents in
Jesus»
ministry were — note the verb — used: as they were worked over and adapted, their context and wording may have been altered beyond recall.
It may be that
during Jesus»
ministry his disciples did not fully or consciously think of him as divine, as Son or Servant of God, as Son of Man, or as Messiah: it may also be that
Jesus did not explicitly see himself in any of these terms.
The values of
Jesus at His birth (and
during His entire
ministry) did not include getting more wealthy, but in generously giving it away.
’16 These words point back to the way in which
Jesus began to answer man's basic cry by what he taught
during his earthly
ministry.
During his
ministry Jesus only speaks.
Interestingly,
Jesus also set numerous traps for people
during His
ministry, but they were always traps of love.
Did Peter see
Jesus just as he had known him
during his earthly
ministry or did he see a glorified
Jesus?
He had not been one of the twelve disciples and, so far as we know, he had never met
Jesus during the days of his public
ministry.
Clearly, Paul would be confused at the contemporary church's idolization of marriage, and
Jesus and John the Baptist would also feel out of place, as they were ushered off to the singles»
ministry during the second service.
We have seen hints that
during his
ministry Jesus identified with the Servant of the Lord in Isaiah 40 - 55.
By that time various legends about
Jesus were growing steadily, such as that of the Virgin Birth, and the more miraculous stories of what he did
during his earthly
ministry.
29 This generalization is possible because of the specific content he assigns to the christological aim: «The aims given to
Jesus and actualized by him
during his active
ministry were such that the basic vision of reality contained in his message of work and deed was the supreme expression of God's eternal character and purpose.»
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.