The Legacy of Christ

By Judy Thomas

THE LEGACY OF CHRIST IS ABOUT CHRIST'S LIFE AND MISSION AND HOW IT INTERTWINES WITH OUR OWN LIVES. CHRIST'S PURPOSE WAS FOR US ALL TO BECOME BETTER CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES. AS YOU BECOME THEN BETTER FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST YOUR LIFE WILL BE DRAMATICALLY RENEWED AND YOU FEEL JOY AND HAPPINESS AND OTHER FRUITS OF LOVE.

SO ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• Release date: Dec 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781456629847

Judy Thomas

The author was born after the Second World War into a large Bristol family; with its own cricket team, drinking habits and Edwardian values of optimism, patriotism and hard work. A lifetime fascination with sport, money, food and travel dictated a career in newspaper marketing with a half-time segue into international media agency management. Burnout inevitably followed her record-breaking business travel to 27 countries in five years. Throughout this period in her life, she wrote for trade magazines; some of them are fact, some fiction. Now, she is happily residing in North London in sight of the Emirates. Within easy reach of swimming pools, restaurants, watering holes and airports, she trucks on, clutching her passport in one hand and her Arsenal Membership Card in the other.

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The Legacy of Christ

by

Judy Thomas

Copyright 2017 Judy Thomas,

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Contents

Part One

Life of Christ

Part Two

The Resurrection

Part Three

Worship God

Part Four

Our Last Days

Part Five

Return of Christ

Part Six

God’s Kingdom

Part One

Life of Christ

In biblical times, it was said that God sent his spirit son Jesus to live on earth by sending the spirit child to Mary through God’s Holy Spirit. This illustrates how Jesus came into existence and how his name was created by an angel Gabriel, and later others believe he was the Christ the Savior or the Messiah. Even today, Jesus is considered the savior in certain religions, such as Christians and Baptists.

Jesus’ parents were Mary and Joseph, two servants who lived in Nazareth; his dad, Joseph, was a carpenter, his mother Mary taught Jesus from the Holy Scriptures. It was said, that as a child, he had a happy, normal childhood. He was strong in spirit and wisdom, and had the grace of God. He didn’t hang around rich people in his home town; he chose to be among the poor. He loved to read and study by himself, and he didn’t attend any schools because the information was false, and he knew this. Yet, he had his ups and downs, and he had brothers who would speak badly to people. He would return by speaking gracefully. As you can see, even he had to deal with Satan in some form. It was said that Satan was always there trying to overcome him.

Jesus loved the music of the lord’s coming, because it was filled with praise and thanksgiving. As an adult, Jesus worked at carpentry with his dad, and also became a great teacher to everyone he came into contact with; so as we can see, from the information that we have, Jesus Christ did exist over two thousand years ago, and he was said to have been a perfect human like his father God. This information also gives us a glimpse of his child-hood and who is said to be his parents.

Although Mary and Joseph were Jesus’ earth parents and they taught him God (Jehovah) was his natural parent in heaven before he came to earth. Jesus then came to earth to teach us about God’s truth and his kingdom, along with other lessons, which were love and self-sacrifice, through his illustrations.

It is here, at this point in our research that will begin looking at his ministry and some of his lessons he wanted us to learn, and yet, how they affected us today in our daily lives.

Jesus’ ministry first began in Galilee (Matthew 9:17). Here it was illustrated that a man that had an incurable disease (he was a leper) approached him reaching out his hands. Jesus touched the leper’s hands, and at that moment the man was healed. It is shown in this illustration, and throughout the bible, that Jesus took his ministry from town to town, healing and preaching about God’s kingdom. In his teachings, he spoke to the lowly people, telling them to repent and God would bless them. He liked the humble people of the mountains. It is here we will take a closer look at his teachings. The people were drawn to him because he was pure and sensitive, and was loyal in doing God’s work. He spoke on being obedient to God, and this lesson was illustrated when he encountered Satan in the woods and was tempted, but resisted the temptation (Matthew 4:1 & 11). In this example, it was said that Jesus was in the woods for 40 days. The devil appeared and offered him worldly possessions, but he exhibited self-control and resisted the temptations. This lesson of self-control that God taught Jesus comes up many times in the bible

Another of Jesus’ teachings was based on God’s love for all people. Jesus was