Jesus' favourite subject
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Andrew
It was a total shock to me when I went to Bible college to learn that Jesus' favourite subject wasn't heaven or how to get me there. Here's a list of Jesus' favourite subjects (broken down into how often they occur in Matthew, Mark and Luke) from an article by Howard Marshall on the Kingdom (or reign) of God (Jesus' favourite subject):
Kingdom of God (or Heaven): (Matt: 50 Mrk: 15 Lk: 39)
Believe, faith: (Matt: 24 Mrk: 20 Lk: 26)
Father (used of God): (Matt: 44 Mrk: 4 Lk: 17)
Love: (Matt: 12 Mrk: 8 Lk: 16)
Parable: (Matt: 17 Mrk: 13 Lk: 18)
Son of Man: (Matt: 26 Mrk: 14 Lk: 24)
Holy Spirit: (Matt: 12 Mrk: 6 Lk: 17)
Jesus' favourite subject is the Kingdom (or reign) of God and yet most Christians don't seem to have a clue about it! If you're interested in learning more about the Kingdom of God, I'd recommend starting by downloading some of the lectures or articles by Tom Wright here.
5:55 PM
That is really interesting...
Judging by the many conversations Ive had with my friends from school over the past month, they would think that Jesus' favourite topic would be condemning us to hell for not keeping up with "all the rules"!!
2:45 PM
Great stuff,
N.T. Wright is one of those scholars who makes you (me at least!) want to be careful not to rely too heavily on one scholar... His 'perspectives' (no pun intended!) are just that good. Indeed, we have to cast our net wide, but indeed, he's a great place to start, and if people don't know his stuff, they need to!
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8:20 AM
Hi Fruitfulfaith, great to have you drop by. Yeah, Tom Wright is hard to go past isn't he.