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Importance of Baptism

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  1. Starting point of Jesus’ Ministry
  2. All aspects of trinity shown
  3. God claims Jesus as his son - Jesus is divine
  4. Shows importance of John’s teaching
  5. Example for us
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Problems of Baptism

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  1. Ritual of purification - was Jesus sinful?
  2. Different Christians have different beliefs about baptism (RC + Catholics - infant baptism, Baptists - believers’ baptism)
  3. Ministry started after time in desert
  4. Not human
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Evidence of Calming of the Storm

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  1. Witnessed by disciples
  2. Helped them understand
  3. Jesus has power of god therefore this is possible
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Problems of Calming of the Storm

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  1. Impossible
  2. Allegory for struggles of early Church
  3. Only the Disciples witnessed it
  4. Symbolic of chaos only overcome by God
  5. Disciples were scared + didn’t understand
  6. Jesus seemed not to care about disciples
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Evidence of the Feeding of the 5000

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  1. 5000 witnesses
  2. Exact no.s: 5 fish, 2 loaves, 5000 people, 12 leftover baskets
  3. Jesus had divine power
  4. Recorded in Mark’s Gospel
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Problems of the Feeding of the 5000

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  1. Impossible
  2. Mark may have exaggerated
  3. Instructional story - didn’t actually happen - never meant to be taken literally
  4. Other explanations
  5. No matter how many people follow example, there will always be hungry people
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Evidence of Walking on Water

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  1. Fulfils Old Testament prophecies
  2. It is in the Bible so must be true
  3. Witnessed by the disciples
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Problems of Walking on Water

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  1. It was night, the disciples may not have seen properly
  2. Original Greek word used means “close by” aw well as “on”
  3. Maybe Mark made it up to link Jesus to the Old Testament
  4. Impossible
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Importance of Raising of Jairus’ Daughter

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  1. Showed Jesus as divine
  2. Showed power of faith
  3. Showed Jesus’ love for humans
  4. Sows Jesus as Messiah
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Evidence of Raising of Jairus’ Daughter

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  1. Many witnesses
  2. She was definitely dead
  3. Jesus had God’s power
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Problems of Raising of Jairus’ Daughter

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  1. Impossible
  2. Most likely allegory for importance of faith
  3. If Jesus could bring back the dead, why not bring back others?
  4. She may not have been completely dead - may have been in a coma (he healed her, he didn’t raise her)
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Evidence of healing miracles

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  1. Son of God so able to do anything
  2. Many witnesses
  3. Many examples across Gospels
  4. Undermines belief to not believe
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Problems of healing miracles

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  1. Impossible and may have been coincidences
  2. Not essential to Christian belief
  3. Alternative explanations