Could you imagine someone living their life perfectly and then dying for you because how much they love you? In the bible, Paul wrote, “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (NIV, Romans 5:8).” Jesus had lived a perfect life, committing no sin and doing nothing wrong. Not only was he perfect but he had committed many miracles while living here on earth. Just a couple of miracles he presented are; turning water into wine, calming the storm in the sea and feeding 4,000 with 7 loaves of bread and a few fish. When he turned water into wine, he was at a wedding and they had ran out of wine, he told the servants to fill the jars up with water and when they took the wine to the master of the banquet, the …show more content…
The life and the teachings of Jesus Christ are the motivations for christians. He was not selfish at all, he would always put others before himself. For instance Jesus had washed his disciples feet in John 13-14. Simon Peter did not want Jesus to wash his feet because he knew Jesus is Lord, he thought that he should be washing Jesus’ feet, not the other way around. Once he finished washing all their feet he said “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet (John 13:14).” This did not literally mean for them all to wash each others feet but instead it was comparing washing of feet to forgiving and baptising others as Christ has. Jesus said “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (NIV, Matthew 20:28).” He was not put on earth to be served by us, but to serve his God and set an example for all of the …show more content…
He had committed no sins while he was here on earth and yet he died the death of a murderer and robber. The Romans had took Jesus to Pilate to put him to death. When they went to Pilate, he could not find anything wrong with Jesus to crucify him, Pilate asked the crowd who should be released; Jesus, the perfect man that committed no sins or Barabbas, the murderer and robber. All the crowd said “Release Barabbas!” and Pilate asked the crowd what should happen to Jesus and they had all yelled “Crucify him!”. Then he handed over Barabbas and sent Jesus to be crucified and flogged. Flogging is to beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment or torture. Crucifixion is the execution of a person by nailing or binding them to a