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Why Jesus Matters To Me
Who is Jesus and why does he matter to me?
According to Christianity, Jesus is called the Lord, Leader, King of Heavens and Earth, Great Provider; but people do not understand who Jesus is exactly for themselves. Jesus is the son of God, who martyred himself for God. For the majority of people, this question is too complicated to answer. For me, he is a Good Teacher, the icon of sympathy and humanity, and he is forgiving. These qualities are the reasons why he matters to me. First, Jesus is a Good Teacher. However, he taught that no one was good except God alone. Jesus came to our world to teach people, and did that by using parables. The one quote by him that stuck in my head was ''Do not judge, or you too will be judged'' (Matthew 7:1). For me this quote matters, since people have no rights to judge others; Jesus taught humanity that no matter which status a person has, people are all the children of God, and are equal. Moreover, he died to teach us, and to save people from sin. He represents the guts to go through the painful trial. Secondly,
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Without a doubt, only when a person has an internal harmony, he can forgive anyone. In fact, Jesus is an embodiment of harmony. Jesus asked God to forgive those two robbers, who were crucified with him. He forgave Judah, the person, who betrayed him; indeed, that action clearly showed that Jesus can forgive everything, and wanted us to act the same. Furthermore, Judah may be in heaven, despite that sin. Summing up, Jesus is a Good Teacher, the icon of sympathy and humanity, and forgiving. Ordinarily, he is known as the son of God and the founder of Christianity. For me, he matters because he taught people not to judge anyone as people are all children of God, showed how to be compassionate by feeding 4,000 with seven loaves and a few little fish and how to forgive even those people, who betrayed

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