Writing Question

Who Do You Say Jesus Is? Name: Course: Date: Instructor: Based on Mark 8:29, please address each question below with complete sentences and clear, specific explanations. 1. Select one teaching of Jesus from the following choices: Matthew 5:21-24; Matthew 5:43-48; Matthew 6:19-24; Matthew 7:15-23; Luke 15:1-32; John 13:1-17 and 34-35; or John 15:1-11. Answer the following questions with in-text citations from a commentary in the topic Resources. The commentary used should be included on a reference page at the end of this document. a. What was Jesus’s point in the teaching? Your answer in 75-100 words: b. How might someone from an atheist or pantheistic worldview see the concepts of this passage differently? Your answer in 75-100 words: c. What does this teaching reveal about Jesus? Your answer in 75-100 words: 2. Select one of the following passages in which Jesus makes statements about his nature and purpose: Matthew 9:1-8; Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 7:18-23; John 5:16-18; John 10:25-38; John 14:5-11. Answer the following with in-text citations from a commentary in the topic Resources. The commentary used should be included on a reference page at the end of this document. a. What is Jesus saying about his nature and the purpose of his ministry? What is the significance of this claim? © 2023. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved. Your answer in 250-300 words: 3. How would you personally answer Jesus’s question, “But who do you say that I am?” (Mark 8:29). Describe your own beliefs about Jesus. Your answer in 250-300 words: Sample references: Keener, Craig S. (2014). The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (2nd ed). IVP Academic. https://ebookcentral-proquestcom.lopes.idm.oclc.org/lib/gcu/detail.action?docID=3316816. Blomberg, Craig L. (1992). Matthew: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. B&H Publishing Group. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/lib/gcu/detail.action?docID= 680791. References: