The Growth of Jesus - from his Birth to the Cross

At the time, the birth of Jesus was merely as obscure as even as possible to imagine. But his ministry and death set off a chain of proclamation and interpretation of his life that quickly elevated his story from obscurity to cosmic significance .

The Guiness world book of records has a lot of men and women of substances with outstanding deeds.In history there are a lot of people who were famous and some were even powerful but Jesus Christ is the greatest person who ever lived. Even if was not not very famous at birth he was well respected and feared as seen with the gifts from the wise men from the east and also the killing of all babies. There is a transition and a very big difference from his birth to the Cross and thats the main focus of this paper. His life is what we want know and how he behaved and what he did from childhood till the day he died on the cross His moral character, His teachings, and His influence upon history and the world religion and world order demonstrate that He is indeed God. Through two thousand years of advancements in education, technology, philosophy, medicine, and science, mankind has never produced a person who is worthy to be compared with Jesus. He is indeed incomparable. Even though he was human, who was conceived, was carried in the womb like any other babies, born naturally, breast fed like any other babies, His divinity and humanity are without parallel. He was and is son of God. His life, death, and resurrection resulted in our own salvation. With His ascension into Heaven, He completed His mission and made possible man's restoration to his original destiny. This will dig deeper into the life of the greatest man ever- Jesus. It will cite the verse that sta...

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...mained righteous as what we were meant to be by our Creator God. Because Jesus was perfect, He is our model; and His development can serve as a model for our own growth. If Jesus’ growth is a model for our own, we can assume that God is also concerned about our development in each of these areas.

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