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Before we start I have a question  for you

“Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus?” 

This became the popular phrase for salvation as Evangelicalism began to grow in popularity and influence in Western culture. Much of the previous conversion techniques focused on outward engagement: baptism, taking communion, going through a confirmation class, and putting your name on the member list at a local church. Yet people can perform all of these acts and still not live a transformed life, and many people and spiritual leaders have proven this through their corruption despite their religious actions. 

True transformation begins from within, as Jesus and the New Testament make very clear. That inward change begins with an interaction with God, who is first a Person we can now engage with through the work of Christ. Therefore, people began to differentiate between relationship and empty religion by asking, “Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus?” 

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In the 3rd century before Christ, the Lighthouse of Alexandria shone its fiery beam across the Mediterranean, a beacon of ancient wonder. Nearby, in the fabled Library of Alexandria, a monumental task was undertaken that would shake the foundations of the world. The Greek ruler Ptolemy II of Egypt asked for a Greek translation of the Hebrew Torah for his opulent library. 72 Jewish rabbis — six from each tribe — were dispatched to Alexandria in order to grant this request. Moreover, these 72 elders worked in complete isolation, and within exactly 72 days, they translated the Hebrew Torah into Greek. Miraculously, all 72 translations were identical, hence the name “Septuagint,” which means 70 in Greek. This translation laid the foundation for the spread of Jewish scripture in the Greek-speaking world, but why was it so significant? The Historical Significance of the Septuagint Ptolemy II reigned during the pinnacle of Greek culture and influence. As the son of one of Alexander the Great

The Description of Publius Lentullus The following was taken from a manuscript in the possession of Lord Kelly, and in his library, and was copied from an original letter of Publius Lentullus at Rome. It being the usual custom of Roman Governors to advertise the Senate and people of such material things as happened in their provinces in the days of Tiberius Caesar, Publius Lentullus, President of Judea, wrote the following epistle to the Senate concerning the Nazarene called Jesus. "

There appeared in these our days a man, of the Jewish Nation, of great virtue, named Yeshua [Jesus], who is yet living among us, and of the Gentiles is accepted for a Prophet of truth, but His own disciples call Him the Son of God- He raiseth the dead and cureth all manner of diseases. A man of stature somewhat tall, and comely, with very reverent countenance, such as the beholders may both love and fear, his hair of (the colour of) the chestnut, full ripe, plain to His ears, whence downwards it is more