Jesus as a role model

Luke’s Gospel greatly emphasizes the social justice aspect of Christian living. Throughout the third book in the New Testament, the story and history of Jesus Christ is written, and Luke preserves the many sayings of Jesus warning that those with material possessions have a

In warning about the evils of greed, Jesus used a parable: “There was a rich man blessed with [fertile land.] He thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘I know what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger barns! I will put all my good things together in my new barns. Then I can say…Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!’“But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die!... Who will get [your things] now?’ This is how it will be for anyone who saves things only for himself. To God that person is not rich.” (Luke 12:13 21)

His life signifies forgiveness and resurrection. Jesus ministry shows discipline and obedience to his father and his word.

Servant leadership from a Christian perspective is a replica of what Jesus Christ symbolizes. Jesus was a servant because he showed truth, vision, humility, commitment, teacher to his followers, and brought about change; he was a suffering servant, yet was merciful, he was a teacher, yet willing to be taught by the Holy Spirit. “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

(Luke 10:25-37). Jesus taught this so that Christians would treat everyone the way that they would want to be treated. In Luke 6:20-26, Jesus said. “That the poor were special to him and that their suffering would be rewarded in heaven.” He also went on to say, “The rich who ignored the suffering of the poor would be punished.” One of Jesus’ most important teachings on poverty was in Matthew 25:31-46. To the affect Jesus said “Whenever you help anyone in need you are helping me.” Christians believe that when they help someone they are helping Jesus and that they will be rewarded for it. These are the main Christian teachings on wealth and poverty.

Reverend Young addresses Christians about wealth inequality as he states that Jesus cared for the poor and consequently, followers of the faith have an obligation to do the same.

10. One of the ways Jesus shows compassion for those less fortunate people in the scriptures is by paying attention to the individuals that no one else would, for example, the lepers (the extremely ill people). Most of all he would dedicate his time to the down trodden and would advocate for others to follow his example as well.

The author concludes that Christians are to live faithfully by the values of the bible. As members of society, we are expected to play a critical role in in our community rather than isolating ourselves from those opposed to Christian worldviews. There are ways for Christians to live out their faith, but still remain active parts in the community.

In the Roman Empire, they believe the emperor connected their world to heaven. All blessings flow through him. Consequently, a poor person would not receive as many blessings because of their placement on the social pyramid the Christians believe not only themselves, but everyone is made in the image of God. Since God is royalty, then that makes everyone else of royal blood as well. The parable of the "Good Samaritan" continues express this idea of equality. In the parable a man is robbed and beaten. A priest and a levite notice him, but continue on the path. The samaritan, an enemy of the jews, helps the man and nurses him back to health. Jesus attempted to spread the message that in order to be a person of God a person must treat everyone the same regardless of background and beliefs. This equality gave people worth and value to

Feeding the hungry and homeless is the most Christ like action I can think one can do. Everyone may not have the resources but time volunteering can make a big difference in many lives. In the bible, Matthew 23 says, “Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2“The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.a 3So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach. 4They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden”. This is my one of my favorite bible verses, it simply is stating to practice what you preach, actions speak louder than words.

When talking about Christ and his teaching he talks about how Jesus taught that, “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor,” and then Russell says, “That is a very excellent maxim, but, as I say, it is not much practiced,” which is true for some, but he needs to stop grouping us all together, we are not all the same. I know many people who don’t have a lot but give whatever they may have, even if it is just a dollar, to the church or to shelters to

A role model should guide individuals through life’s struggles in the same way an example math problem shows a student how to use a formula. Both Aldous Huxley’s 1932 science fiction novel Brave New World and William Golding’s 1954 allegory Lord of the Flies, use utopias inside of dystopias to develop a sense of serenity around the Christ figure to give the audience an inspirational role model.

In cases of severe poverty and suffering, people may often find themselves asking, “where is God?” People often challenge the church as well as God’s power and wonder how such suffering could be. God has a plan for everyone and provides faith for those in impoverished situations, but can not control every poor decision made that sends such an unfortunate number of humans into despair. Jesus, who was poor himself, focused on the poor and suffering people, and any legitimate church will provide help to those who have historically been marginalized or deprived of their rights. All church doctrine should grow out of the perspective of the poor. Defending the rights of the poor is seen as the central aspect of the gospel.Chapter four of Elizabeth

Numerous times throughout the Bible, people encounter Jesus and offer their finest feasts for him. In return, Jesus works miracles and displays generosity when he heals a man with leprosy and makes the blind see. In addition, when three men showed up to Abraham’s home, Abraham didn’t necessarily know the men, but he offered them a meal. This great generosity comes from God teaching people to accept everyone and put others before themselves. Generosity can be viewed in today’s society as volunteer work or donating money, but of course is not limited to these

Have you ever wondered how big of an impact JESUS had on the world? Many people heard of Jesus but not everybody knows just how large of an effect his life on Earth had on the world. Jesus Christ was motivated to struggle for change for the people that he lead, and teaching them to love their enemy as and to pray for them as much as they can, eventually became the figurehead of Christianity.