Who is Jesus? - Gabrielle McCulligh

Who Is Jesus? Jesus is the savior. He is the one who gave up his life to forgive the sins of all humankind and to give all of us a second chance at life. Jesus is God's son, sent by God to die to save us all because God loves us and wants to give us all second chances. Growing up in a Christian home, I was taught from a young age to thank Jesus because he sacrificed himself for me and everyone I know so that we can go to Heaven. As a young child, knowing that the result of following Jesus was going to Heaven, it made it ten times easier to truly try and follow Jesus. Jesus is the main staple in my every day life. Jesus was a Jewish man who became a major influence on followers of God when he was alive. He was pure and never sinned. He was a perfect person. The reason so many people follow Jesus is because of this reasons; He never sinned. As a human being, I sin everyday with almost everything I do. Sinning is a part of human nature: the human population is a naturally cruel and evil species. We lie, steal, cheat and generally treat others badly; all traits we try hard to lose. By being a follower of Jesus, we try our hardest to not do these things. We do not lie as much, we don't cheat, we don't steal, etc. Now, being a follower of Jesus, we try to be like Jesus in every way. Jesus was perfect and saw the good in people and all authority of Heaven was given to him while he was on earth. He healed people, prayed for people, and brought people to Jesus. As Christians, we try to accomplish this. Whether we work together as a church to heal or help others, or as an individual to pray for people and show them who the Lord is. All of these things are examples of how everyday we try and become like Jesus: the one who heals, protects, loves, accepts, forgives, and more.