Gospel of Luke 1-8... Jesus Christ

We are done with Tao Te Ching and have begun to read the Gospels. We were each assigned a different Gospel, which we will have to read and write about everyday. The cool thing about this assignment is that we can choose the number of pages we read and write about as long as we are done with it by the end of the weekend. I guess we're being tested on our responsibility. In class I was assigned the gospel of Luke along with three other classmates. I have decided I will read for 3 days and read 8 chapters per day (since there are 24 chapters). When I was told we were reading Gospels I really didn't know what it meant. If you are as ignorant as I am follow this link for a definition.Gospels.

As I begin to read the gospels I am introduced to two characters; Zacharias and Elisabeth. Elisabeth is not able to conceive a child and they are both "well stricken in years." Zacharias is praying to the lord when suddenly an angel called Gabriel appeared in front of Zacharias, "And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him." The angel then said " Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John." This is a very interesting part of the story in my opinion because we are anticipated a big chunk of the story and we can see a big part of the story occur in only seconds.

Then we see another very important part, "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS." WE see the birth of Jesus. Jesus the base of almost every religion in the world such an important character. What I found interesting here is that The Virgin Mary as her name states it, is a virgin. Now I'm no scientist but don't you have intercourse in order to conceive? This is one of the thing that I find a bit confusing about my faith but, who am I to question God? The Virgin Mary has conceived a son. I guess when you want something really bad you can get it.

Then we see a very nerve wrecking encounter between Jesus and the devil; I must say Jesus really knows how to defend himself. Check it out, "And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." Talk about powerful. I think this proves that god has an answer for everything and that everything will be alright if you have faith in God. Even against powerful evil like the devil.

I guess that if you want to be helped and protected by God you really have to be devoted, he clearly expresses hoe important devotion is, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." No wonder fathers and popes have to take life changing oaths like, abstinence and full devotion. I feel bad saying this but, although I love God and have faith in his word, I wouldn't give up my entire life just to follow his word. Much less take the oath of abstinence. Still it is good that you can be religious without having to take those oaths.

In chapter 4:40 we find a very interesting paragraph which may seem like a lot of nonsense but nevertheless an important paragraph. We find that Jesus can heal sick rivers by putting his hands in them and cleaning out all of the devils. WE can also see him start to gain popularity because when he arrives to the desert people cling on to him and don't want to let him go, but Jesus says, "I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent." And that is true people, you can't be selfish and you must let him go so he can spread his wisdom throughout the world.

I read and didn't find any more interesting or time-worthy quotes except for one. A woman is concerned and is asking for forgiveness of her sins and Christ says, "Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace." I find a lot of power in this sentence, very simple yet so amazing. I guess it is true that if you hold on to faith all will be good. As my friends from Journey say, "Don't stop believin', hang on to that feeling." So long Bloggers, catch you on my next blog. Meanwhile check out the Journey song I posted below.

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