1 Prof. M. M. Ninan Marthoma Church of San Francisco Bay Area
2 Prof. M. M. Ninan Marthoma Church of San Francisco Bay AreaIntroduction to Prof. M. M. Ninan Marthoma Church of San Francisco Bay Area
3 Why is the horse not laughing?Levels of cognitions Because the horse does not understand what they are saying.
4 I love U Levels of cognitions
5 We live in four floors The Hebrew Cosmology
6 We know this dimension through our five sensesWe live in four floors We know this dimension through our five senses The Hebrew Cosmology
7 smell taste sight hearing touch We know this dimension through our five senses
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9 Semiotics Without Signs Nothing is conceivable Sless, 1986Augustine of Hippas ( A.D.), "All instruction is either about things or about signs; but things are learned by means of signs," Without Signs Nothing is conceivable Sless, 1986 Symbol communicates meaning purely through arbitrary conventions. This is the way natural language carries meaning
10 The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us...'reality' is always encoded, or rather the only way we can perceive and make sense of reality is by the codes of our culture. There may be an objective, empiricist reality out there, but there is no universal, objective way of perceiving and making sense of it. What passes for reality in any culture is the product of the culture's codes, so 'reality' is always already encoded, it is never 'raw'. Fiske (1987 ) Incarnation The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us
11 Communication, then, is not merely a characteristic of humans, or indeed of living organisms. It is present at the deepest levels of our material universe.
12 Communication within the bodyIn the brain of one individual| one quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) communications can occur simultaneously Communication within the body Because of the nerve cells that surround the body like a net, messages from the brain reach the most remote areas of the body with great speed. This speed is due to the flawless design of the nervous system
13 DNA comes with its own decoderDNA transmits inherited experience in coded form. It is decoded in organism’s physique, Character and behavior Genetic Communications Multiplication within the body & Tranfering faith from one generation to the other
14 is necessary for growth and transmissionMeiosis is necessary for growth and transmission Meiosis produces genetic recombination, because each daughter cell is given half of the genetic material as the original dividing cell. This is the study of inheritance, the passing of traits from on generation to the next. Genes are the units of hereditary, found at specific loci on each chromosome. Genes are made up of DNA, and DNA replication in meiosis passes on the genes to offspring.
15 Human DNA contains 3 billion base pairsThe total length of DNA in 1 human equals 70 round trips from the Earth to the Sun
16 from the atoms to the cosmos goes beyond the visibleThe whole universe is a communicating system from the atoms to the cosmos goes beyond the visible
17 “every thought is a sign”Without Signs Nothing is conceivable Sless, 1986
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19 The Mind
20 We know this dimension through our mind - thinkingWe live in four floors We know this dimension through our mind - thinking The Hebrew Cosmology
21 beyond the mind The Neuro Linguistic Programing Communication Model
22 We know this dimension through our SpiritWe live in four floors We know this dimension through our Spirit The Hebrew Cosmology
23 Restricted to Sons of God onlyThe Hebrew Cosmology
24 Trinity of Man
25 Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.Adam: Son of God Luk 3:38 Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. PROF.M.M.NINAN
26 Adam: Son of God Man Class Luk 3:38 God ClassThese two classes are connected only through the fourth dimension. Luk 3:38 God Class PROF.M.M.NINAN
27 We live in four floors DIVINE
28 (Mar 4:11) And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables; (Mar 4:12) so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand;…."
29 The sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as a means by which we receive that grace.
30 Experiential Sonship of God through ChristSpiritual understanding Spiritual Assurance Intellectual understanding Intellectual anchoring Tangible Rites and Rituals Fruits of the Spirit: Christianity in action
31 Principle of IncarnationGod, the Invisible One, whom ‘no one has ever seen' (Jn 1:18), is disclosed through something that is earthly, visible, audible, tangible, something which may be humanly experienced. DNA of faith Principle of Incarnation
32 SACRAMENTS ARE MANY – main ones are:
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34 The whole life events are sacramentsSACRAMENTS ARE MANY – The whole life events are sacraments for a believer Family Prayer, Grace Before food, Sunday Church, Bible Studies, Prayer meetings, Laying on of hands, Hand shakes, Graduation parties, Birthday parties ……..????
35 Rites Rites of Intensification Rites of Passage
36 Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Ordination
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39 Rites of IntensificationPrayer – family, group, community Worship Communion Bible Studies Revival meetings
40 ANNOINTING ORDINATION MARRIAGE RECONCILIATION COMMUNION DISCIPLESHIP CONFIRMATION BAPTISM The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.
41 THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION1. The Sacrament of Baptism
42 Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Mat 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mat 28:20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." Mar 16:15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. Mar 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
43 Make them disciples -Baptizing -Teaching BAPTISM DOES NOT SAVEIt is only a process of making the person a disciple. Make them disciples -Baptizing -Teaching Godfather Parents Community of Faith (Church)
44 Role of family in Discipling
45 Role of the Church in discipling
46 2. The Sacrament of Confirmation:Discipling
47 Lord’s Prayer Apostle’s Creed Nicean Creed(Rom 10:9-10) because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
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49 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy nameOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, For ever and ever. Amen
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57 Baptism, Holy Communion, and Confirmation"Recall then that you have received the spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of right judgement and courage, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear in God's presence. Guard what you have received. God the Father has marked you with his sign; Christ the Lord has confirmed you and has placed his pledge, the Spirit, in your hearts." (St. Ambrose) Baptism, Holy Communion, and Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation,"
58 You are a full fledged member of the Church of Christ.
59 "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and all were made to drink of one Spirit" (First Corinthians 12.12, 13).
60 THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALINGReconciliation, Annointing of sick 4.The Sacrament of Reconciliation Healing the mind and the spirit
61 "The father turned to his servants:'Quick! Bring out the finest robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Take the fattened calf and kill it. We will celebrate and have a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and is found.' And the celebration began." Luke 16:23-24
62 5. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick:Healing the body
63 "If anyone is sick, let him call on the elders of the Church"If anyone is sick, let him call on the elders of the Church. They shall pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer said in faith will save the sick man; the Lord will raise him up and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven." James 5:13-15
64 6. The Sacrament of MatrimonyChristian maturity - adulthood
65 "They are no longer two, therefore, but one body." "They are no longer two, therefore, but one body." Matthew 19:6 Ready to build a Christian family (2Co 6:14) Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
66 The whole Church is a priestly peopleThe whole Church is a priestly people. Through Baptism all the faithful share in the priesthood of Christ. 1Pe 2:9 -10 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are God's people;
67 This participation is called the"common priesthood of the faithful."
68 We are ordained to be servants notrulers
69 7. The Sacrament of Holy OrdersMat 20: But Jesus called them and said, You know that the rulers of the nations exercise dominion over them, and they who are great exercise authority over them. However, it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be chief among you, let him be your servant; even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
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71 One of the Brethren set apart for the service of the Church7. The Sacrament of Holy Orders Ordained Priesthood One of the Brethren set apart for the service of the Church