Alex Martinez
Mrs. Reaume
English 4
27 October 2015
The Greatest of All Time
Christianity, or the belief that Jesus Christ is the messiah, is the most popular religion in the world with 2.2 billion followers (“Global Christianity”). There are few people throughout the entire world who have never heard the name Jesus Christ. Most people know him by hearing of his life story or because of the famous holidays celebrating events of his life such as Easter or Christmas. Jesus Christ is the greatest leader of all time and has proven this by being relatable to the people around him, by being willing to share his wisdom, and by having the powers of God.
Jesus Christ is described as the visible image of the invisible God. Jesus was born a man on
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Jesus understands what it is like to suffer and loves his people enough to make their struggles his own. It is important to remember that despite being all powerful, Jesus was a human being and because of this he had his own struggles. Jesus was sent into the wilderness where he fasted for forty days until the devil showed up to tempt him into sinning. The devil tried to use Jesus’s hunger against him by tempting him with bread, and he attempted to trick Jesus with the use of scripture, but these efforts were in vain (Holy Bible, Matthew 4-11). Jesus resisted the temptations that we face everyday and he is the only person to have never sinned. Losing loved ones is extremely difficult for everyone no matter how powerful they are. Jesus had a close friend named Lazarus who had gotten ill and passed away. Jesus decided that he would raise Lazarus from death to life as a demonstration of god’s power, even though Jesus knew Lazarus would be back, Jesus still wept and felt much sorrow for the loss of his great friend (“Miracles of Jesus Christ”). Jesus was a leader that could relate to his people through the struggles of life. God sent him from heaven so that we may have a vision of God that is relatable to us, and that is exactly what Jesus was, relatable.
Jesus knew exactly how important it was to teach the people how to live life as a Christian before he left earth. Part of what made Jesus such a great leader was that he was not selfish with his
Jesus Christ is the central figure of Christianity, the only way of salvation and the second person of the Trinity. (Funk & Wagnalls, 2015) The Gospels Matthew and Luke introduce the birth and childhood of God’s one and only Son, Jesus. His story began when the Angel Gabriel visited His virgin mother, announcing that she would give birth to a son, and that she was to call Him Jesus, for He would be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:30-35) The incarnation of the Messiah, was the Word
One of the first major points that describes who Jesus Christ is how he displays the “…image of the invisible God…” however, he is God but in human form being Christ. He reflects the nature of his father, God. His son, Jesus, is the image of God. He is “… the firstborn of all creation” meaning that
Christianity is one of the most dominant religions in the world today and has a long and complex history. Although Christianity has its roots in Judaism, it was greatly influenced by the culture of the Greeks and Romans it developed in. The Greco-Roman world was polytheistic and full of deities that were petty and faulted. As a young religion Christianity shares aspects with the religions around it, namely in the central stories. Eventually Christianity spread through the Roman Empire and to the rest of the world.
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. It is the world's largest religion with an estimated 2.1 billion adherents or about one-third of the total world population. It shares with Judaism the Hebrew Scriptures (called the Old Testament by Christians), and is sometimes called an Abrahamic religion, along with Judaism and Islam.
Jesus being a man, he endured the temptations and pains of humanity and even now in
In this day and age, Christianity is the most popular religion in the world boasting a following of about 2.4 billion people, or 32% of the world’s population. But this was not always so, it originally came from a small sect of the Jewish religion. Over time it gained mass amounts of followers and became its own faith, but this was not the original intent of Jesus. His intention was purely to spread the word of the Lord and try and save humanity from their sins.
Christianity is a religion that branched from Judaism and began in Palestine. Christianity was first practiced around 200 B.C.E. Christianity is the largest practiced religion in the world to date. This religion is practiced throughout the world in many different ways. There were approximately 43,000 different denominations of Christianity in the world during the year 2012. However, the teachings are so similar because a denomination is a separate organization, which means they do not have to have different beliefs. Two- thirds of theses denominations are independent churches with the majority of them being in Africa. Christianity is based on their religious reading, The Holy Bible, and the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth whom is their Savior.
Christianity is a major religion. It is one of the largest religions in the world. There is more than two billion believers in Christianity. The teaching of this religion is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The spread of Christianity has lead to a lot of changes throughout the history. The core principles of this religion have become the major pillars of human life in most parts of the world. Christians use the Bible as the main guide of their teachings.
Jesus had no false humility wanting people to think Him better than He was, no concern that the others would rank Him lower than them because of what he was doing.
The diversity of religions in the world is almost as wide-ranging as the diversity of culture itself (Macionis, 526). Christianity seems to be the largest religion, with 2 billion followers, one-third of the world’s population. In the 1st century C.E, Christianity evolved out from Judaism. It is based on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are called “Christians.” Christianity is a monotheistic faith, which refers to only believing in one god. It is predominant in the Western World (North America, Europe and Oceania).
Christianity is the largest faith group in the world today. The word Christianity came from “Christ,” which meant the “Anointed One” and the central point of
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.
Christianity is the religion based on the life, death and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, also known as the Christ or Messiah. Jesus was a Jewish teacher and prophet who lived in Palestine in the first century CE. He revealed himself to be the Son of God in fulfillment of Hebrew scripture, and taught that the Kingdom of God was imminent, bringing with it forgiveness and new life for all who believed. His claim to be the Messiah roused opposition from religious and political authorities and he was imprisoned and crucified. His followers believe that after his death, Jesus was resurrected before being taken up to heaven.
Jesus of Nazareth, also known, as Jesus Christ is believed to be the Son of God and the basis of the Christian religion. The title Christ means the Anointed One in the Greek. The birth, death, life, and resurrection of Jesus was foretold throughout the Old Testament Scriptures. “The Jesus of Christianity is a miracle, a prophet, a teacher, and the savior of souls” (Emmons 1). All this points to the many areas that Jesus had an impact on within the Christian religion. In fact Emmons portrays this way, “For some, he emerges as a revolutionary, to others a profound religious teacher, but whatever their stance, no scholar denies the incredible impact the life and work of Jesus has had on subsequent history” (1).
Karl Barth said that Jesus Christ is the “true man” which is visible and He is also the “true God” which is invisible, He is both the God who has took a flesh to be a human who is exalted to God. (Bloesch,