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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It has a red ribbon tied around its middle and is then thrown off the
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