THE LIFE OF CHRIST CHIEF SOURCE THE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS
LIFE OF CHRIST SYLLABUS STUDENT BOOKS – THE GOSPELS -- KJV 1611 GUIDE TO THE BIBLE (Willmington) pages POP QUIZES EVERY 2 -3 WEEKS MID TERM EXAM AFTER WEEK 7 FINAL EXAM OVER LESSONS 8 THRU 15 ACCELERATED CLASSROOM STUDIES HOME STUDY A MUST ATTENDANCE IS VERY CRITICAL TO STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF MATERIAL COVERED.
LIFE OF CHRIST LESSON 1 THE GOSPELS SYNOPTIC – TO VIEW TOGETHER SYNOPTIC GOSPELS – MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS LOOK AT MANY OF THE SAME INCIDENTS FROM A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT. THE FOUR GOSPELS WRITTEN BY MEN OF VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND FOCUS
LIFE OF CHRIST MATTHEW PICTURES CHRIST AS KING TO HEBREWS MARK PICTURES CHRIST AS SERVANT TO ROMANS LUKE PICTURES CHRIST AS A MAN TO GREEKS JOHN PICTURES CHRIST AS SON OF GOD TO THE WORLD
MISUNDERSTOOD CHRIST ALBERT SCHWEITZER – FANATIC DEVOTED TO A MAD DREAM GEORGE BERNARD SHAW- BECAME A MONOMANIAC RUDOLF BULTMANN-WE CAN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HIM HUGH SCHONFIELD-A NIGHTMARISH CONCEPTION CULTS: JEHOVAH WITNESSES SAY HE IS FOREVER DEAD MORMONS SAY HE IS A POLYGAMIST CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS SAY A PORTION OF GOD COULD NOT ENTER MAN
CHRIST AMONG BELIEVERS MUCH EMPHASIS PUT ON HIS DEATH BY SOME MUCH EMPHASIS PUT ON HIS LIFE BY OTHERS GOSPELS AND NEW TESTAMENT EMPHASIZE BOTH HIS LIFE AND DEATH READ: HEB. 12:1-3 PHIL. 2:5-8 2COR. 4:8-11 2COR 3:18 ROM. 5: PETER 2:21
LIFE OF CHRIST 36 MIRACLES 38 PARABLES 19 PRAYERS 45 PREDICTIONS 16 SERMONS 36 DIALOGS 16 O.T. REFERENCES 22 O.T. QUOTES
10 FOLD PROOF OF HIS DIETY 30 FOLD PROOF OF HIS HUMANITY 37 NAMES AND TITLES 37 O.T. PROPHESIES FULLFILLED 27 SOULS CONVERTED 15 KINDS OF SUFFERING 7 LAST STATEMENTS 10 RESSURECTION APPEARANCES POLITICAL & RELIGIOUS PARTIES, PLACES VISITED, PERSONS WHO MET THE SAVIOUR
LIFE OF CHRIST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN HIS LIFE – HIS BIRTH – ADORATION OF SHEPHERDS – DEDICATION IN JERUSALEM – WORSHIP BY WISE MEN – FLIGHT INTO EGYPT – TEMPLE VISIT AT 12 – HIS BAPTISM
IMPORTANT EVENTS (CONT) – HIS TEMPTATION – INTRODUCTION BY JOHN THE BAPTIST – FIRST TEMPLE CLEANSING – CONVERSION OF NICODEMUS – THE CHOICE OF THE TWELVE – IMPRISONMENT AND EXECUTION OF JOHN – PETER’S GREAT CONFESSION – THE TRANSFIGURATION – HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY – WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM
IMPORTANT EVENTS (CONT.) – IN THE UPPER ROOM – IN GETHSAMEMANE – HIS ARREST AND TRIALS – THE CRUCIFIXION – THE RESSURECTION – THE TEN APPEARANCES – THE ASCENSION – WHAT WOULD YOU ADD TO THIS LIST?
TWO PREFACES LUKE – MUCH ALREADY WRITTEN – INTENT TO SET IN ORDER (RESEARCH) JOHN CHRIST WITH FATHER IN ETERNITY PAST CHRIST THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS CHRIST BOTH LIFE AND LIGHT OF MEN