#The Books of the Bible NT

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Let Any Who Preaches a Different Gospel be Accursed

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—  which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under Godʼs curse! — Galatians 1:6-8 | The Books of the Bible NT (BOOKS) The Books of the Bible NT Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. ® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: 1 Kings 13:18; Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 23:36; Acts 15:24; Romans 8:28; Romans 8:30; Romans 9:3; Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 2:4; Galatians 5:10

#false gospel #accursed #preaching #true gospel #Good News #Galatians 1:6-8 #The Epistle of Galatians #New Testament #BOOKS #The Books of the Bible NT #Biblica Inc.

[mademoisellesarcasme]

The mouth of the just man utters wisdom, and his tongue tells forth what is right. The law of his God is in his heart (E.T. alleluia).

(Ps 37 [36]:30–31) – second Entrance Antiphon option for the Common of Holy Men and Women: II. For Monks and Religious A. For an Abbot

#antiphon appreciation post #seeing how the lone NT option is doing numbers out amongst the Protestants is making me feel justified in ensuring the RM citation on ALL #these are CATHOLIC antiphons #y'all can enjoy them but we weave them deeply into our liturgy #we invented web-weaving. what do you think antiphons and psalms and sequences are for. #we say 'is anyone going to draw out deep parallels between separate books of the Bible and some writings of the Church Fathers' #and then don't wait for an answer #and then every single day* is something new and exciting #*okay weekdays in ordinary time are almost all the same.

[musingongoodness]

Mark 1:1-8 Bible Study

Baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins =

requiring change of one’s old way of thinking;

turning away from sin

seeking God and His righteousness

Q/A

Why not begin with Ancestry of Jesus like in Matthew and Luke Gospel?

Roman Christians don’t care as much as Jews about ancestry of Jesus. Also culturally, important people are heralded by messengers announcing arrival.

What’s the significance of John the Baptist dressed in large belt, camel hair clothes?

He dressed like Elijah physically and was distinguished from Pharisees who had grand style of clothes

Summary Life Application:

Notes from Life Application Bible:

Turn away from worldly attractions, sinful temptations and harmful attitudes.

Be where “the people” are and explain the need for Jesus and prepare the Way.

Explain need for forgiveness

Demonstrate Jesus teaching by our conduct

Tell how Christ can give our lives meaning

Correct any misconceptions people may have about Christ

My Summary:

Be fervent and effective in proclaiming like John the Baptist for people to repent of their sins and recognize the need for Christ to save us from our sins. Be prepared with help of Holy Spirit to effectively proclaim while also doing my own homework of studying the Bible diligently.

References:

AMP Bible

Life Application Bible

#book of mark #bible study #nt book gospel #gospel #gospel mark #mark 1

[liberty1776]

The Romans Road: Through the Dark Valley, N.T. Wright

#Bible Study #The Roman's Road NT Wright Paul's Book of Romans

[holy-ghost-fire]

I don't know which opinion I have gets more hate from my Christian community.

1. That you can believe Mormonism is wrong but still love your Mormon friends

2. That the Bible isn't totally inerrant

#contextually speaking the Bible isnt inerrent #especially with books in the OT #even certain small things in the NT are off #but I do generally take the NT at its word #its mostly Genesis that I'm skeptical of

[tanadrin]

john dehlin's interviews with david bokovoy on literary/textual criticism of the bible are super interesting in general, but i like how he talks about how you don't even need to know the first thing about the joseph smith papyri or the circumstances of its composition to know the book of abraham is a forgery--it's obvious from purely internal textual evidence alone that you cannot square it with any of the other books of the bible, even if you know comparatively little about the historical circumstances of the composition of the book of genesis, so focusing anti-apologetic attempts on the egyptological/archeological evidence is really a sideshow: historically interesting but not at all necessary.

in a later interview he also points out that purely from literary evidence alone we should conclude that there was probably a historical jesus of nazareth on whom the new testament figure is based--he points out that (just as now, really) the 1st century CE jewish expectation of a messiah-figure is so fundamentally contrary to the basic narrative elements of jesus's life that the nascent christian community is trying to rework into the biography of the messiah that it would make absolutely no sense for a purely invented figure. like, if you were going to invent someone (or if traditions were going to accrete around a purely fictitious character) to fulfill the basic characteristics of the messiah, you would think they would get basic assumptions about what the messiah is supposed to do right, and you wouldn't have to invent a completely new theology to make it work--that they did is indicative not of an invented figure, but of a real person for whom inconvenient biographical facts well-known to the community had to be renegotiated and reworked (and even then could only be renegotiated and reworked to a certain point). no one is going to invent a myth about someone who completely fails to meet every expectation of the messiah, as he puts it.

also--it strikes me that mormonism is really fuckin' verbose for a religion adding new scripture. like. okay, islam adds a whole new book (the qur'an), and it's not short, but at the same time it abrogates the hebrew bible and the new testament, so as a muslim you don't need to read those. mormonism adds not only a book longer than the new testament (~269k words to the NT's ~185k in English), the book of abraham, the book of moses, and doctrines and covenants, and the other stuff in the Pearl of Great Price, and it keeps the bible as part of the canon! that's too much damn scripture!

personally i think your religious scripture is more likely to come off as timeless if you keep it short. like, the ideal length of a holy book is the tao te ching (around 20,000 words in English). prophets and shit need to resist the urge to put every single petty grievance into sacred scrolls. save that shit for the commentary.

#the mahabharata is also too damn long #it is around 75% the length of the *entire talmud* #that is Too Much Poetry

[esters-notepad]

I could use some help with Leviticus. I've read the New Testament, I want to read all of the Old as well, but Leviticus is boring and I don't see the relevance. My Bible has pretty good footnotes. For most of Genesis and Exodus, I would find lots of NT references there. Leviticus, so far, only refers back to Exodus. Gah! Is there even a point to reading this book, other than "100% completion"?

#How to find God in Leviticus? #Bible reading #failing so hard at this right now #personal #faith #christianity

[paradoxcase]

John 20:8, Nona the Ninth

Technically this is before that, but

I'm not sure what this is about, or who "you" and "I" are in this poem, but it's fairly sinister. Is this about the Resurrection, or whatever happened before it? John and Alecto?

Is this a bible reference, or is this meant to be like a Locked Tomb bible about John Gaius? If some kind of bible exists in this society, no one has yet mentioned it. There's a number of other sections in this book with titles like this, so either this is meant to be the Locked Tomb Bible or Muir just really liked this particular gospel

In case it's relevant, the actual Jesus-related John 20:8 is this:

I never actually read any of the NT, but I gather this is the part where they go into the tomb where Jesus is supposed to be buried and find that he's not there anymore? That's how the story goes, right, I have only a very vague and sketchy idea of the whole plot of the NT. I guess this is resurrection-adjacent at least, though

This section seems to be about John and the OG Lyctors just prior to Resurrection, if I'm correct that M-- is Mercy and A-- is Augustine and G-- is G1deon and C-- I guess must be Cassiopeia. And "he" throughout this section must be John. But this is framed as a dream in which John is telling this story to someone ("her"). Based on this "we just wanted to save you" line, I thought that might be Alecto/Earth, but like, this story then goes on to be about how they were cryofreezing people in order to evacuate everyone from Earth, presumably due to a climate catastrophe. So they're not so much saving Earth, really? They seem to be giving up on it, actually? And at the end of this section he calls her "Harrowhark" but there's no way Harrow could have possibly been relevant to this story. So I don't know who this is

So this is a bit in the future, at least, if we are talking about trillionaires and not billionaires now. And John was relying on them to fund his project, and they decided not to? And then I guess John managed to do the Eightfold Word with Alecto and resurrected everyone? Only, if I understand correctly, I think Alecto died first, before that happened

#the locked tomb #nona the ninth

[templevirgin]

“Below is a chart created with 63,779 Cross-References in the entire Bible, essentially the world’s first hyper-linked text. Statistically and logically, this should be impossible.

There are no contradictions, just limitations to one's ability to fully understand. That is one of the reasons the Bible is described as the ‘Living’ Word. We can study the whole book from birth to death and still not fully understand everything. That's why many scholars choose one area to focus on during their career (like NT or one book like Isaiah). We are always learning and growing in wisdom. A book we read at 20 years old will teach us something new at 30 years old, even though the words themselves never change. Our learning grows as we learn and grow.”

#wisdom text

[ringneckedpheasant]

Hi! I saw your Bible post and if you're interested in doing this, I have a few things you could look into/do which might make the process easier if you have trauma/want to approach it like a set of myths/historical document! I studied theology and religion at uni (particularly queer and eco theology) and came at it from a non-christian angle. Anyway feel free to delete this ask if it's not useful/too much etc. I just thought I'd give some ideas!

Yale has a series of online free lectures on the Old Testament which are super interesting and don't assume any faith! They go into the various myths which inspired the various stories in the bible (such as the flood), and the history of particular parts of the old testament library (they also have one for the new testament but I haven't watched it so don't know how good it is)

Look into apocrypha! The Nag Hammai scriptures, the gospel of Judas etc. Might actually be super interesting to you if you like the myth/history aspect! They're the books which were de-classified as canon (or never were canon), but all were written super early (2nd century) I specifically recommend the Gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Gospel of Judas. "Lost scriptures" by Ehrman is a great laymans book explaining the histories/controversies around this and even goes into the controversies surrounding the secret gospel of Mark aka the gospel where Jesus seems to have gay sex. (Ehrman writes a lot of good layman books on the bible which might be worth looking at!)

If you're looking at the NT maybe look at books like Jesus the Jew by Geza Vermes or The Crucified God by moltmamn. They're a bit specialised but it is SUPER important to modern historical studies of jesus to situate him as a Jew because that is who he was! Also Moltmamns book is v leftist and not fundamentalist.

"And man created God" by Selina O'Grady goes into detail about all the OTHER religions around during the 1st century (emperor cults etc.) Which is great for context for the gospels and also learning about cool religious traditions around in the 1st century!

Queer theology? Maybe? Might be fun for ya? Queer readings of the Bible are abundant from Ruth, Judas, David and Jonathan and jesus and there's quite a few books on them (I'm not dropping any here because I've read some Intense Theological Ones which Im not sure would appeal but if you Google you will find)

Look into Song of Songs the Official Sex is Good and Holy Book in the bible! (It's also just beautifully written)

Looking at things like "the Muslim Jesus" might also be interesting? Little collections of how Islam has viewed/interpreted Judaism and Christianity and why is always interesting and often another angle on those myths/historical documents

I'm sure other people could give you more ideas/ways to approach! I approached from a non religious angle but my institution was firmly situated in the Christian tradition so is slightly biased that way. But anyway! I just thought I'd give some starting points you could look at on the myth/history angle?

Have a lovely day!

I AM LOOKING??!!?? gd this is EXACTLY what I didn’t know I needed, all of this sounds very up my alley & like it’ll be great for what I’d be trying to get out of it. like. I have gone from “this is a thing I’ve been idly thinking about” to “this is a thing I could reasonably do and where I could start”!

I’ve done a little bit of looking into queer readings of things in the past (particularly david & jonathan) but then I had a years-long period that I technically still haven’t gotten out of where I physically could not bring myself to open a bible so I haven’t tried to actually read those stories myself while keeping a queer perspective in mind. also have had more years of lit classes that I dropped out of halfway through the semester so I have slightly more knowledge of how to dissect and analyze Texts than I used to

#everything I ever learned about the bible was in *deeply* religious environments #95% of which were evangelical fundamentalism #I did also go to an episcopal church about a dozen times when I lived in [redacted] #& i’ve been to mass a few times + had One catholic friend growing up #anon #answered #save #I literally feel like i’ve been given a gift lol

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Supremacy of Christ

But now he has reconciled you by Christʼs physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation.

If you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. — Colossians 1:22-23 | The Books of the Bible NT (BOOKS) The Books of the Bible NT Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. ® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: 2 Samuel 22:24; Matthew 24:14; Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:5; Romans 7:4; Romans 10:18; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Corinthians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 2:16; Ephesians 5:27

#Gospel #hope #Good News #faith #Jesus Christ #atonement #death #salvation #trust #God's workers #established #Colossians 1:22-23 #The Epistle of Colossians #New Testament #BOOKS #The Books of the Bible NT #Biblica Inc.

[opencommunion]

Hey, I have lebanese heritage and recently found out my family was maronite. I don't know anything about maronites, though, besides some basic history, and I want to learn more as part of my reconnecting journey. Do you have any tips on how I can do that? God bless you, thanks in advance

welcome!!! I'm so happy you asked because I had a somewhat similar experience -- I was aware we were maronite but only a few members of my extended family were active churchgoers, so I didn't know much until I started researching on my own as an adult first and foremost, if you're lucky enough to live near a maronite church, don't hesitate to drop by for a service and introduce yourself!! for maronite clergy in the diaspora, helping people reconnect is like 90% of the job lol. and the liturgy is the heart of our tradition, it's what differentiates us from other churches in the catholic communion, so immersing yourself in it brings an understanding of aspects of the faith and culture that can't fully be conveyed otherwise. but if you don't live near a church, no worries!! a lot of churches livestream services and have youtube channels where you can watch past streams: Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral St. Anthony of the Desert Church St. George Church ... and many others

my #1 book recommendation is Captivated by Your Teachings: A Resource Book for Adult Maronite Catholics by Anthony J. Salim. sadly I can't find a pdf but if you can only buy one book it should be this one imo the essays linked here, especially Seely Beggiani's series on the sacraments, are also a great place to start Seely Beggiani's Early Syriac Theology: With Special Reference to the Maronite Tradition is another personal fav of mine bc it goes deep into the early theological underpinnings of our liturgy. Beggiani also wrote a more straightforward breakdown of the liturgy in The Divine Liturgy of the Maronite Church: History and Commentary The Hidden Pearl is an academic organization for syriac studies in general, but with a strong maronite slant. their website is kind of a pain to navigate but worth the trouble -- lots of free books, articles, and videos. they also have lectures up on youtube

Beth Mardutho is another syriac studies group with a massive digital library and an online journal the Maronite Servants of Christ the Light, a monastic community in the US, also have a YT channel. a couple years ago they hosted a webinar series for lent that I really enjoyed. my favorite was the session on the divine office learning about our saints can also be fruitful. the most famous are st maron (of course), st charbel, and st rafqa (my fav). some saints that weren't maronite themselves but are particularly revered in our tradition are st ephrem the syrian, st isaac of nineveh, and st jacob of serugh. this directory of syriac saints is also fun to browse

the version of the bible we use is the peshitta. I often refer to this site which lets you compare the peshitta NT side by side with various other translations. I especially love the lexicon search function

have fun, and hmu if you have any more questions or just want to chat!

#resources #maronite #syriac

[gayleviticus]

the thing is. yes the bible is from 2000 years ago yes it often passively assumes prevailing gender norms rather than critiquing them (altho there are subversive elements like 'no longer male or female in Christ' - scholars seem increasingly convinced Paul was quite egalitarian and encouraged female leadership in churches!)

but you will never convince me on the other hand that the Bible actually actively cares that much about gender the way those books on Godly manhood and femininity want you to think. The NT is decidedly uninterested in idolatry of family or sex and romance in general, and in the OT just by pure dint of not having consorts and dalliances w human women and what not God actually reads as a remarkably gender neutral figure imo, compared to stories about the male and female creator gods having sex to birth the world or whatever.

I just don't see where you can make the case that big picture story of salvation level gender is something that matters to God. The Genesis man-woman creation narrative maybe, household codes in the epistles, but it's just... not an important part of anything really? The idea that living a Godly life is very deliberately gendered just does not compute to me.

#bible #christian #christianity #progressive christian #queer christian #religion

[liberty1776]

The Dark Notes of the Bible | Judges 21:25 | N.T. Wright Online

#youtube #Bible Study the Book of Judges NT Wright Idolitry

[counter-culture-christian]

Hello there. Any tips on how to make my home more biblical and Christ centred?

P1: Hey there, I hope you are well, I'll begin to answer you shortly. So first things first, to even begin to do that you need to make sure that you yourself read the Bible to know what is biblical and what isn't (this is important so that you can identify between the two). It's necessary to know what the Bible says because it's what God Himself is saying; it's also important to know it so that you don't just take my word for it but through the Holy Spirit you'll recognize whether what I've said is true and biblical or not. So that's the first thing, to be rooted in the Word of God (The Bible & please, consider reading a Bible without the Apocrypha/intertestamental books, read the Bible first only with the OT & NT and once you're certain you know that, you can consider to read it or not, however if there's anything in the Apocrypha/intertestamental books which contradicts the OT & NT. . .consider it false and heresy). So, spend time in His word basically, dedicate a quiet, light space in your home to study it, or journal/make notes on it. The Bible is very vocal on things that are considered sinful, so make sure to know what is sinful and then remove all those things (because it's conflicting and could cause you to stumble) it could be things like the music you listen to (which might be profane, or secular), movies (which glorify sin), books (regarding other people's philosophies etc). While on the topic of those things, praise and worship Him, that means putting on Gospel music (there's a lot of good ones, however be careful because it seems wolves have infiltrated there as well as some Christian movies/shows), if you're going to watch Christian movies/series, test the theology or doctrines (what they're displaying) against the Bible, if it's in accordance or not. If you want to watch more Christian content, there are online sermons, as well as Christian creators putting out Christian tik toks etc. However be careful not too spend too much time watching that, as it can become a distraction and once again test their content/the sermons or whatever.

[mcx7demonbros]

What language do the Brothers speak?

Ft: Seven Demon Brothers

Warning: none

First, I want to say there’s a auto-translate spell, but using it every time is very annoying.

LUCIFER 💙

At least 20 languages, namely Devildom language, Celestial language, Latin, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, etc.

Lucifer is Diavolo’s right hand man. For peace talk between the Three Realms, he needs to be fluent in many languages.

MAMMON 💛

4 languages: Devildom, Celestial, English, & Chinese

There are many famous casinos in Las Vegas and Macau. Mammon learned the languages to play at those casinos and make money.

LEVIATHAN 🧡

3 languages: Devildom, Celestial, & English

Many think that Levi knows Japanese thanks to anime/manga but I don’t completely agree. Majority of otaku only know Japanese words that appear frequently in many anime or words in that anime’s context. Very few otaku actually learn the language to the point of being fluent or at least being ok. So I think Levi is the same.

SATAN 💚

At least 10 languages, half of which are scholastic languages, such as Latin, Greek, Hebrews, Aramaic, etc.

The fourth eldest loves reading book, which drives him to the point of finding and reading original texts. You can’t convince me that Satan didn’t read the entire Bible in its original languages (46 books of OT in Hebrews/Greek, 27 books of NT in Greek).

ASMODEUS 💘

Aside from the 3 basic languages: Devildom, Celestial, & English, Asmo also speaks languages that are generally considered romantic, like French, Spanish, Italian, etc. He uses them to seduce countless people.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but a lot of luxury brands are from Europe, and Asmo knows all the jargons in the industry, which came from European languages.

BEELZEBUB 💝

Knowing many languages? Is that important? The important thing is that you eat well and be healthy.

Despite that, Beel knows a lot of phrases and idioms about food and sport.

BELPHEGOR 💜

Now this little sh*t, it’s hard to determine exactly.

You think he doesn’t know the language, but he actually knows. Once upon a time, two otaku decided to converse with each other using their half-baked Japanese, Belphie appeared and roasted them with his perfect Japanese.

MY MASTERLIST

#obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor #obey me one master to rule them all