RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2:JESUS AND GOD’S REIGN

SALVATION HISTORY

God’s Plan for man - God created man to know, love, serve and be with Him forever. He

shared His life and love to man whom He created in His image and

likeness.

God revealed Himself in many ways:

1. Creation2. Through Israel, the chosen

people of God: a)Patriarchs – Abraham,

Isaac, Jacob, Joseph b)Moses c) Kings d)Prophets

3. Jesus Christ – the fullness of God’s revelation

- “In giving us his Son, his only and definitive Word, God spoke

everything to us at once in this sole Word, and he has no more to say.”

(St. John of the Cross) 4. Private revelations – Magisterium

of the Church, Tradition and Sacred Scriptures

3 Stages in the Formation of the Gospels

1. The Person of Jesus Christ

2. Oral Tradition 3. Written Gospels The Synoptic Gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke The Gospel of John

Three Stages in the Formation of the Gospels

First stage: The Life and Teaching of Jesus - what Jesus, did and taught for our eternal salvation, while he lived on earth until the

day he ascended into heaven.Second Stage: Oral Tradition-

After Jesus’ Ascension, the apostles handed on to their hearers what Jesus had

said and done.

Third Stage: The Written Gospels- The sacred authors, in writing the four Gospels, selected certain elements that had been handed on orally or already in written form, others they synthesized or

explained in view of the situation of their churches, while preserving the

form of proclamation in such a way that they have told us the honest truth about

Jesus.

The timeline that represents the stages of the gospel

tradition. 7-30 CE – Life of Jesus

30-120 CE – Oral Tradition 65-100 – Written Gospels

Pauline Letters – 50-60Mark – 65 – 70 CE

Matthew – 70 – 90 CELuke – 80-85 CE

John – 90-100 CE Thomas and Peter – 120 CE

WHO IS JESUS FOR YOU?

HOW IS THIS KNOWLEDGE OF HIM INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE?

WRITE A PRAYER COMMITMENT TO JESUS

FULLNESS OF GOD’S FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION! REVELATION! THE THE

GREATEST GREATEST SIGN OF …SIGN OF …

FOUR GOSPELS, ONE JESUS: THE SEARCH CONTINUES

1 John 1:1-4There are four written gospels: Mark, Matthew, Luke and John. These four

Gospels speak of one “gospel” of Jesus Christ. They are not biographies of Jesus.

They are faith – accounts of the Evangelists, the Gospel-writers, and their

community.

The four Gospels corresponds to each other. Though each Gospel expresses a particular character of Jesus, the four gospels converge to give a common

picture of who Jesus is. There may be different images of Jesus, but there is one and the same Jesus. The four gospels all

mean to convey the truth about Jesus and share a common goal: to tell the Israelites and humankind that, indeed, the Messiah

was born in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, that he died and resurrected.

Synoptic Gospels are the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. because

they include many of the same stories, often in the same sequence, and

similar wording. The Gospel of John reflects a Christian tradition that is

different from that of the other gospels.

The term synoptic comes from the Greek “syn”, meaning "together", and “optic”, meaning "seen". It also mean

"having a common view.“

The Gospel According to John, the Fourth Gospel, is an account of the

public ministry of Jesus. It begins with the witness and affirmation

by John the Baptist and concludes with the death, burial,

Resurrection, and post-Resurrection appearances of

Jesus.

Gospel of MarkActs 12:12

- “John Mark” - native of Jerusalem

- Peter’s companion in his ministry - Feast day: April 25

Audience: Christians with Jewish and Gentile background

Almost all of the biblical information about the earthly ministry of Jesus is contained in the four gospels Mark,

Matthew, Luke and John.

The word "Gospel" is a translation into English of the Greek word

"euangelion" which means "good news." Many dozens of gospels were

written in the first and second century CE;

Importance of the Bible:1. The Bible is inspired

2. It gives us the revelation of God. It enables us to know God and his will3. It is final and definitive. It contains

all that we need to know for our salvation.

4. It is sacramental, a visible sign of God’s presence, enabling us to

encounter him concretely.5. It moves us to live as God wants us

to live.

2 Timothy 3:16 says, “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for

teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in

righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent,

equipped for every good work.”

1. The Bible tells us our divine origins and the purpose of our existence

2. The Bible assures us of God’s providence

3. The Bible tells us how to live rightly and guides us in handling the problems of

everyday life.4. The Bible presents us religious view on

the problem of evil/sin and of death.5. The Bible enables us to encounter Jesus Christ, our Savior and Healer and enter a

personal relationship with him.

FULLNESS OF GOD’S FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION! REVELATION!

THE LAME THE LAME WALKED, WALKED,

THE BLIND THE BLIND HAVE SEEN, HAVE SEEN, PRISONERS PRISONERS WERE SET WERE SET

FREE…FREE…

JESUS IS THE SACRAMENT OF GOD

EMMANUEL – GOD WITH US

IF YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN HAVE SEEN JESUSJESUS YOU YOU HAVE SEEN HAVE SEEN GOD, FOR GOD, FOR HE IS THE HE IS THE SACRAMENT SACRAMENT OF GOD!OF GOD!

FULLNESS OF GOD’S FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION! REVELATION! THE THE

GREATEST GREATEST SIGN OF …SIGN OF …

FULLNESS OF GOD’S FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION! REVELATION!

THE LAME THE LAME WALKED, WALKED,

THE BLIND THE BLIND HAVE SEEN, HAVE SEEN, PRISONERS PRISONERS WERE SET WERE SET

FREE…FREE…

JESUS IS THE SACRAMENT OF GOD

EMMANUEL – GOD WITH US

IF YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN HAVE SEEN JESUSJESUS YOU YOU HAVE SEEN HAVE SEEN GOD, FOR GOD, FOR HE IS THE HE IS THE SACRAMENT SACRAMENT OF GOD!OF GOD!