Monday, November 11, 2013

chapter 10

until chapter 10 I was not to sure on Christianity  but I now know that Christianity is one of the world’s major monotheistic religions. Christians believe in Jesus Christ and follow his teachings. they  believe Jesus is God’s own son, sent by God to become human. As the son of God, Jesus is divine, but he was also a human being who lived among us on earth, over 2,000 years ago. Followers of Jesus are part of God’s people, whose heritage includes the Jewish people and the Christian Church throughout the world today.
 As a person, Jesus of Nazareth was a Jew who lived and died in biblical Israel under Roman rule in a province the Romans called Palestine. He spent his adult life in ministry with his disciples, traveling around the region, teaching about God and spreading a message of God’s love, peace, hope and forgiveness. He healed the sick and fed the hungry. He gathered many followers who were passionate about his teachings. As his following grew, some of the religious leaders became more and more distrustful and angry with him, until he was eventually turned over to the Roman government by Judas, one of his own disciples. The Roman governor Pontius Pilate then sentenced him to execution. He died by being nailed to a cross in the outskirts of the city of Jerusalem.
But death did not contain him. On the third day after his crucifixion, the day Christians call Easter, Jesus appeared among his followers as the risen, living Lord. He continued to teach, spreading the Good News, sharing the story of his life and resurrection to people here on earth for forty days before returning to heaven. His story and teachings are depicted in the New Testament of the bible .

 reading more into jesus and Christianity was very interesting to me .

1 comment:

  1. I have to agree with you on this one. There was something about this chapter that really got to me. And I can honestly feel, that Christianity and Islam are such complex yet beautiful religions. For me, it was looking into Islam that was really interesting because I had never really learned in depth what this religion consisted of. It really is fascinating to read more about your own religion and other religions as well to see the bigger picture.

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