Darlene Davis
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Darlene Davis
Member11/20/2023 at 16:56 in reply to: Do you agree with the lecturer that a person must be a born-again Christian in order to understand the Bible? Give reasons for your answer.I agree with this because it is the Holy Ghost who gives us the understanding.
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Darlene Davis
Member11/20/2023 at 15:58 in reply to: How might gnosticism in the Greco-Roman world have presented challenges for early Christianity?It seems like from the lesson that the Gnostics would believe either one extreme as opposed to the Christians or another. However, there was still no belief in God and what was the beliefs of Christianity. They seemingly are attempting to align themselves with Christianity, was only in an attempt to falsify the Christain religion rather than to truly align themselves with it on their own.
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Darlene Davis
Member11/20/2023 at 15:30 in reply to: Why is it important to understand what took place during the intertestamental period? How will this help shape your study of the New Testament?It is important to help understand what was happening at that time, the culture, the geographical area, the relevance of people who lived there, what was the socioeconomic status of the region and era, also who lived during that time as it relates to the scriptures.
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Darlene Davis
Member11/20/2023 at 11:39 in reply to: In your own words, give a brief explanation of how the New Testament came to be.God-inspired as well. Talking about Jesus Christ the Messiah; His adult life here on earth in His early thirties; what Jesus did, said, prophesied, and verified what occurred and what is yet to come. The New testament (in the end) completed the bible in conjunction with the Old Testament (in the beginning of creation).
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Darlene Davis
Member11/20/2023 at 11:34 in reply to: Describe in your own words, the three major criteria the twenty-seven books of the New Testament had to meet to be included in the New Testament.1. First, the New Testament had to be consistent with the Old Testament, it could not be contradictory.
2. Secondly, it had to be used and circulated throughout those times and widely utilize by all sects.
3. thirdly, the New Testament had to be either written by an Apostle or by someone who was closely associated with an Apostle.