When it comes to God being truly divine and almighty, it is truly acknowledged when Jesus Christ comes into the picture. However, while many know Jesus is the son of God, many still question and are puzzled by how Jesus is God himself. To have a complete understanding of this we must first answer who is Jesus and why God sent Jesus down as a person instead of God himself personally. When proposed in a different perspective, and understanding that Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, what is our role in the Christian faith?
Throughout the timeline of Christianity, there have been many credited models and teachers that have positively represented God. Yet, there have always been certain aspects that have qualitatively separated and clearly defined Jesus from previous teachers and thinkers (Mcgrath, 58). The breathtaking and sensational miracles Jesus performed such as walking on water, raising people from the dead, healing the sick and protecting the oppressed firmly and distinctly establishes a special presence that no other teacher has been able to achieve. Apart from the …show more content…
Since sin plagued the world, which allowed evil to be present and cause an unfavorable distance from God’s love, no one but God himself was going to be able to lift the shackles that sin had on the world. Under theses antagonistic circumstances, God had to come to earth as a human being to free us from sin but more importantly it would indefinitely illustrate God’s love towards humanity. Through the holy spirit, God descended to Earth and was born by the Virgin Mary. But how then does God defeat sin when it maintained such a firm grip on humanity? The answer was using sins own weapon, death. Voluntarily giving his life to liberate us from sin, Jesus endured public humiliation, torture and criticism that ultimately lead to the most pivotal moment in the Christian belief, his crucifixion on the
Throughout the timeline of Christianity, there have been many credited models and teachers that have positively represented God. Yet, there have always been certain aspects that have qualitatively separated and clearly defined Jesus from previous teachers and thinkers (Mcgrath, 58). The breathtaking and sensational miracles Jesus performed such as walking on water, raising people from the dead, healing the sick and protecting the oppressed firmly and distinctly establishes a special presence that no other teacher has been able to achieve. Apart from the …show more content…
Since sin plagued the world, which allowed evil to be present and cause an unfavorable distance from God’s love, no one but God himself was going to be able to lift the shackles that sin had on the world. Under theses antagonistic circumstances, God had to come to earth as a human being to free us from sin but more importantly it would indefinitely illustrate God’s love towards humanity. Through the holy spirit, God descended to Earth and was born by the Virgin Mary. But how then does God defeat sin when it maintained such a firm grip on humanity? The answer was using sins own weapon, death. Voluntarily giving his life to liberate us from sin, Jesus endured public humiliation, torture and criticism that ultimately lead to the most pivotal moment in the Christian belief, his crucifixion on the