The Importance of Jesus' Suffering, Death, and Resurection

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The Importance of Jesus' Suffering, Death, and Resurection

C.s Lewis wrote these words as he watched his wife die of cancer.

'' Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. We can/are like

blocks of stone out of which sculptors carve the forms of men. The

blows of his chisel, which hurt us so much, are what makes us perfect.

We think that our childish toys bring us all the happiness that there

is and our nursery is the whole wide world. But something must drive

us out of the nursery to the world of others. And that something is

suffering.''

Some people believe that suffering is just meaning less and there is

no purpose to it. However some Christians believe that God can use our

suffering to nurture us into better people. This does not mean that

they think that suffering is good, but that it does not have the

ultimate power to destroy. To get them through the difficult times.

They use the example of Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection to

gain strength. In the following essay I will be exploring the

importance of Jesus' suffering for Christians.

Throughout Marks gospel, Jesus' suffering is emphasised dramatically.

Jesus went through mental and physical anguish. This was experience by

him in the Garden of Gethsemane when he pushed away the cup of

suffering, only to accept it and the fate that went with it. Jesus'

isolation is made even more apparent when his closest disciples fall

asleep. Then another follower, Judas Iscariot betrays him wit a kiss,

(Kataphilein in Greek). Two unfair trials then follow, one before the

Sanhedrin and the other before the roman leader Pontius Pilate. The

Sanhedrin paid people to give...

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... in India. In 1946, however, she felt that God was asking

more of her. She devoted her life to help children and adults in the

slums of Calcutta. In 1976 she won the Nobel Peace Prize 'our love of

the poor' she says 'comes from our love of Jesus. We try to serve him

in the poorest of the poor'.

These are all examples of people following Jesus' example of suffering

and death for other people.

In conclusion, it is time to say that the suffering, death and

resurrection of Jesus is important for Christians. It encourages them

to remember that there is a purpose to suffering and God is with them

on their journey. The death and resurrection of Jesus encourages

Christians to see an example of vagarious love and come to the

realisation that death is not the end, merely the beginning of an

eternal relationship with god.

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