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A 9 page research paper/essay that argues that Jesus' life and teaching are as important as his death and resurrection to Christian life. Theologically, there is a tendency to put more emphasis on Jesus' death and resurrection than on the substance of his life and teaching. While it is true that many Christians believe that it is through the process of Jesus' death and resurrection that Christians are redeemed from sin and, through the grace of God, given the gift of everlasting life with Christ, it is through the example set by the life and teaching of Jesus that humanity is meant to learn how to live in the here-and-now. These are two halves of the same equation and indicate that Christ's life and teaching should provide the template by which Christians are meant to learn the meaning of life and suffering and the role that this should play in spiritual development. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that many Christians believe that it is through the process of Jesus death and resurrection that Christians are redeemed from sin and, through the grace of God, given the gift
of everlasting life with Christ, it is through the example set by the life and teaching of Jesus that humanity is meant to learn how to live in the here-and-now.
These are two halves of the same equation and indicate that Christs life and teaching should provide the template by which Christians are meant to learn the meaning of life
and suffering and the role that this should play in spiritual development. Willimon (2001) recalls that his life as a Christian began on a Sunday afternoon, after a
large family dinner, when friends and family gathered in the living room of his grandmothers large house in order to witness his baptism. The minister presiding at the ceremony
lifted a bowl filled with water, and said the ritualized words (Willimon, 2001). This ritual, which is by "water and the word," causes Willimon to comment on how the
ministry of Jesus began with his baptism by John (2001). As Jesus stood in the waters of the Jordan River, the heavens opened and voice proclaimed, "You are my Son,
my Beloved, with you I am well pleased (Luke 4:32) (Willimon, 2001, p. 7). The scene reminds the reader of the account of the creation in Genesis and the spirit
of God contemplating primordial waters, creating the world, and pronouncing is "good" (Willimon, 2001). Then, as if to emphasize that Jesus was human as well as divine, Luke goes on
to give a listing of Jesus genealogy, and then begins the story of Jesus ministry, which is both "the gift and the assignment of baptism" (Willimon, 2001, p. 7).
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