1. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2:
JESUS AND GOD’S REIGN

2. 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.

3. God revealed Himself in many
ways:
1. Creation
2. Through Israel, the chosen
people of God:
a)Patriarchs – Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
b)Moses c) Kings d)Prophets

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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 – 50-60
Mark – 65 – 70 CE
Matthew – 70 – 90 CE
Luke – 80-85 CE
John – 90-100 CE
Thomas and Peter – 120 CE

9. WHO IS JESUS FOR YOU?
HOW IS THIS KNOWLEDGE OF
HIM INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE?
WRITE A PRAYER
COMMITMENT TO JESUS

10. FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION!
THE GREATEST
SIGN OF …

11. FOUR GOSPELS, ONE JESUS: THE SEARCH
CONTINUES
1 John 1:1-4
There 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.“

14. 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.

16. Gospel of Mark
Acts 12:12
- “John Mark”
- native of Jerusalem
- Peter’s companion in his ministry
- Feast day: April 25
Audience: Christians with Jewish and
Gentile background

19. 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;

20. 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 will
3. 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.

21. 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.”

22. 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.

23. FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION!
THE LAME
WALKED, THE
BLIND HAVE
SEEN, PRISONERS
WERE SET
FREE…

35. JESUS IS THE SACRAMENT OF GOD
EMMANUEL – GOD WITH US

36. IF YOU
HAVE SEEN
JESUS YOU
HAVE SEEN
GOD, FOR
HE IS THE
SACRAMENT OF
GOD!

37. Mark - the earliest gospel composed in Greek
Time Written: 65-70 AD. It was used by both
Matthew and Luke as source in writing their
gospels. Suffering was part of the experience of the
people. The Markan community
Audience: Gentile (Greek)
Jesus - was the Suffering servant, the Son of God

41. FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION!
THE GREATEST
SIGN OF …

42. FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION!
THE LAME
WALKED, THE
BLIND HAVE
SEEN, PRISONERS
WERE SET
FREE…

54. JESUS IS THE SACRAMENT OF GOD
EMMANUEL – GOD WITH US

55. IF YOU
HAVE SEEN
JESUS YOU
HAVE SEEN
GOD, FOR
HE IS THE
SACRAMENT OF
GOD!

61. Jesus Christ: Mission and
Person
“And you, who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God!”
(Mt. 16:15-16)
The center of our Christian Faith is Jesus Christ.
Three Popular Filipino images of Christ:
1. Sto. Nino 2. Sacred Heart 3. Nazareno