Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ (original drawing (Katelyn Tucker))

Do you have a hero?  Some ordinary person that inspires you by his or her actions?  If you don't, I have an amazing person for you, Jesus Christ.  He is my hero because he is sacrificial, inspiring, and courageous.

 I think Jesus is sacrificial because he sacrificed his life for you and me and our sins.  He is also sacrificial because he sacrificed his time of day to help others in need of help.  Jesus lived in Judea, a Middle Eastern land ruled by the Romans.  Most Christians believe God sent Jesus into the world as the savior of all mankind.  Jesus knew that his disciple Judas would betray him at the Last Supper because Jesus stood up and said "one of you will betray me."   Judas turned him over to the Romans and he betrayed him, but Jesus loved him and us enough to go willingly.

Jesus is inspiring to me because he used his miraculous powers to do good things for people in need.  For example, he gave up his life for you and me, and he fed 5,000 people with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread.  He healed a blind man by spitting on dust and putting it on his eyes.  He dragged a cross on his back for miles and miles.  He healed Peter's mother by touching her and she got up and cooked for them.  He also cast a demon out of a man because the demon was making the man sling himself in fire and glass, so Jesus told the demon to leave him and it did. He even raised a dead man named Lazarus back to life after four days because the sisters of Lazarus were crying and asking for his help.

Jesus is courageous because he stood up in front of people and spoke the truth to them, even though they didn't want to hear it, and he took a cruel beating from the Romans.  Willingly taking the beating took a lot of courage.  Another courageous act is described in Matthew 14:25-31. 

Jesus Christ is my hero because he is a strong, wonderful, caring man that gave his own life for each of us and our sins.  There is not space enough on this page to tell of all the wonderful and caring things Jesus did for me and you.  If you want to find out more about him, it is written in the Bible.