Jesus Loves Me

Master and prepared to do any good work.” 2 Timothy 2:20-21. Samaritans, tax-collectors, and children, are three groups of people groups that have one thing in common. Surprisingly, all these people were despised in Jesus’ time. However regardless of whom they were, or what they did, Jesus loved them all. Throughout His ministry, he used these people as examples to show everybody that they are of worth. I will be discussing each of these three groups throughout my paper. Samaritans descended…

Jesus says to “love our enemies, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those which despitefully use you and persecute you.” We are called to encourage people and to pray day and night for their salvation. We cannot push them to do what is right if they do not know Jesus. The Bible explicitly affirms that we desire to do what is right and are restored once we come to know Christ. If we have to sanctify ourselves before we can accept Jesus then why do we need a savior…

valuable to study the historical Jesus for my own life and my ministry. This would help me reflect and act like Christ. For it is “not only a matter of following Christ with one's whole heart — for this is required of every disciple — but of living and expressing this by conforming one's whole existence to Christ in an all-encompassing commitment which foreshadows the eschatological perfection” (Vita Consecrata16). Jesus is my Bridegroom. It is regrettable to me that the Jesus the Nazareth that…

Christ it only lasted six hours. On the day Jesus Christ was crucified, the “sky turned completely dark at noon” and Jesus encompassed every sin of mankind and embraced the sins of the world, even though He did not know sin (p.…

twelve weeks ago, I set out to make a personal change in my life. I wanted to strengthen my relationship with my Heavenly Father and ultimately, become a better disciple of Jesus Christ. I described my goals for this semester as this: “I want to learn about and improve on my believing of Christ’s Atonement and how it applies to me personally. I want to not only believe in Christ’s identity but also in His power to cleanse and to purify and to save. I also want to learn more about and get better…

I felt a connection to John Paul II’s letter Salvifici Doloris. I have felt a special calling to help people bring their suffering to the feet of Jesus, so that power of the cross can transform their lives. It seems that even if someone has been schooled in churches teaching on suffering, the only way to believe it and truly understand it is to personally encounter Christ in the mist of suffering. The Pope’s discussion of what suffering is was insightful. I was not aware of the lack of…

the other Gospels do. John tends to focus more on the importance of what happened and on the teachings of Jesus. He seems to have cared more about the meaning than how Jesus’s teaching developed and the opposition that came with it. John also has a prologue and epilogue unlike any of the other Gospels. The Gospel of John is an eyewitness account to the life, words, and acts, of the Lord Jesus Christ. In order to properly understand the Gospel of John the historical context the book must be…

The true heart of Christianity, Scripture, and Jesus have all been shown to me through years of faith training and religious course. The world is broken and as christians we are able to fix it through our actions. With open hearts we can show the love of Jesus. In the scripture we can describe messages of hope to those who need guidance. Also through christianity we can show that redemption is easy to obtain if you look in the right place. Scripture is thrown out in the world during sermons,…

process of reading “How to Get Along With Anyone” by H. Norman Wright, I realized that I am so much happier being my true self, instead of conforming to what others thought I should be. A couple of years ago, a professor by the name of Dr. Pamela Love came to our women’s event at our church, and spoke on how women wear multiple masks. She stated that, “We never want anyone to know how much pain we are in.” As women started to share the perception of who people thought they were, the…

wrapped up, put into a tomb, and 3 days later he awoke. For someone to not realize that he was alive would cause one to believe that all the people involved were idiots and this couldn’t have been the case. 2. The cross for me has always been the symbol for the sacrifice that Jesus made, however, it would not change my perspective…