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Benjamin Franklin Jesus Analysis

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I believe Franklins view of Jesus’ message shows the true man that his is in that he admits that he cannot be perfect, but can also admit that he is very thankful of the life that he is given to live with a purpose to lead a life of God as well as be motivated to do good for others not just himself. Being God driven in life means that you do as what God has intended for you and in the Bible, Then God would say, “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24 New International Version). Once you put what God says into action, then you start your journey living a godly life. Franklin supposes that he was given the opportunity to being able to do many …show more content…

He made sure that he was going to do what was necessary for the people he worked for in a genuine and honest way because he knew that there were certain aspects he wanted to have to be a well-known businessman. His name was well-known because people had all the respect he deserved working as hard as he did, but still never felt he needed boast or become all about himself. He remained humble and always looked towards attaining the goals of perfecting his craft as a very faithful, true person and businessman. Franklin says, “Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i. e., waste nothing” (Appelbaum & Smith, 1996, p.64). This is one of his virtues which is, “Frugality” and this is something I feel that businessmen today do take into consideration but seems to lack the quality at which Franklin uses it in his life. Business has always had a notion that it is all about being greedy and selfish with money which could very well be true, but being able to take full advantage of what you have as a businessman should be one of your biggest attributes. Giving all that you can and leaving nothing behind should be the work ethic of all business-related work or even for anything, but as important as business can be, that should be the very virtue that everyone has in their mind set. Another very …show more content…

He puts his beliefs into action and stands strong to be the person he is proud and thankful to be. God blesses him through those actions that he takes to make a leap in faith and risk many things in his journey as a businessman. All of the jobs he worked, and much of the time he spent learning and developing his ideas truly worked out for him as he understood that no matter what the struggle might be, there is always a chance to right a wrong and become something much stronger because of it. Throughout his life, he made certain that he was going to be the successful man he always wanted to be and his faith was a strong as his will to develop into a man that could do anything he ever wanted to

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