In class, I have been reading about Jesus christ¨s life and looking for acts of courage. I then had thirty minutes to write about it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear
There are four ways I read about Jesus showed courage one was on the cross, two the wilderness, three facing the storm, four facing the devil
Jesus on the cross
As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
Jesus sacrificed his life on the cross for our sins so that we could be here today and not be dead. That is why Jesus is courageous
Luke 23:26-43
The wilderness
Jesus experienced an incredible moment of calling; the Holy Spirit had descended upon him and God the Father had proclaimed his love for his Son. After that, Jesus went into the desert to prepare for his life of ministry. In the desert, Satan tempted Jesus to doubt himself and who he was.
Isaiah 35:1-10
Jesus facing the storm
Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
The way Jesus showed courage in this story was that he stayed calm and prayed for guidance to get them safely to land and he kept on praying for help.
When Jesus got on that boat, he knew the storm was coming but got on anyway because he also had confidence in his heavenly Father as the disciples should have had. Jesus was trusting in his heavenly Father, unlike the disciples during this trip.
Matthew 8:23-27
Jesus facing the devil
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on the word of God. What can we learn about being courageous from this example? When the try to temp us we should speak the word of God
Luke 4:31
Jesus once said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly
The spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the Devil. After forty days and nights without food, Jesus was hungry. The Devil tempted Jesus to turn stones into bread, to which he replied “Human beings cannot live on bread alone, but need every word God speaks.” The second temptation was for Jesus to throw himself from the highest point of the temple and order angels to catch him. Jesus replied “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” Finally, the Devil offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in return for worshipping him. Jesus replied “Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!”
The Devil left Jesus and angels came and helped him.
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