Footsteps of Christ Houston 1
" I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me." These are words spoken by Jesus Christ according to the Book Of John (14. 6). One
would need to know more about Jesus to be able to comprehend His words. He had twelve
disciples, that He had chosen himself. He performed many miracles throughout His ministry.
He taught the people, as well as His disciples through the use of parables, beatitudes, and
also through prayer. For this, He was betrayed and killed only to rise again, carrying out
God's plan for which he was sent to earth. Illuminate the major aspects of Jesus Christ's
public ministry, of His teachings, and of His passion and resurrection.
Jesus is one of the world's greatest religious teachers of all time. The religion of
Christianity is based upon His life and upon His teachings. The Bible tells us that He is the
Son of God who was sent to earth to save humanity. He is undoubtedly one of the most
influential people ever to have lived.
The Gospels of Matthew and Mark usher in the ministry of Jesus differently than does
Luke. They state that His ministry began with Him returning from the wilderness, where He
was tempted by the devil, after fasting and meditating for forty days, to Galilee, upon
hearing the news that John The Baptist had been put in jail (Bruce 14). He spent most of
His public ministry, which lasted about four years, in Galilee. He returned to His home in
Nazareth, where His fellow Nazarenes objected to His teachings claiming that He was not
the Son of God, because He was the son of Mary and Joseph. Shortly thereafter, was when
He called His twelve disciples (World Book ).
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