There are no new lists of commandments in the New Testament, though some regard the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) as the new law for Christians. The standards set out there are even more difficult to achieve than in the Old Testament law.

The word “apocrypha” is not found in the Bible. There is a large group of Works writings that did not attain canonical status. Differences between canonical and noncanonical apocalyptic literature are numerous....

The NEW TESTAMENT: In some ways this is a more clear-cut process. The letters of Paul are probably the earliest writings of the New Testament and they were no doubt preserved in the communities to which they were addressed.

The Holy Bible is the ultimate authority for Christian faith and practice. Christianity is not just an ethical system. There is a context and that context is God Himself, Whose Spirit is breathing within the pages of the Bible.

The Bible recognises Jesus’ present kingship and presents the kingship as a spiritual one (John 18:36).The crowd proclaimed Jesus King during His triumphal entry on Palm Sunday (John 12:12-19).

Furthermore, everything that Jesus spoke was the word of God, for He is, after all, God (John 1:1,18; 10:30; 1 John 5:20). Luke, the writer of the third Gospel, states explicitly that when people heard Jesus, they heard the word of God ...

In contrast to the thief who takes life, Jesus gives life. The life He gives right now is abundantly richer and fuller. It is eternal, yet it begins immediately. Life in Christ is lived on a higher plane because of His overflowing forgiveness, love, and guidance. Have you taken Christ’s offer of life?

When we allow God our Shepherd to guide us, we have contentment. When we choose to sin, however, we go our own way and cannot blame God for the environment we create for ourselves.

The sacrificial significance of the term is much more important than the mere comparison of the character of our Lord with meekness and gentleness, as some have suggested.While uses of the word "lamb" are fairly sparse in the rest of the NT, in the book of Revelation the references to the Lamb take centre stage.

The root of Jesse refers to Christ as the heir from the family line of Jesse, David’s father (1 Sam 16:1).

“But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and loose its seven seals.” (Rev 5:5)

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.