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I know most people who Jesus is and the story of his life. But I decided to write a summary of it for all the people that happen to stop by my site and don’t know the story of Jesus’ life.

Jesus Christ is the son of God but he became a man and then later sacrified himself by dying on the cross for the sins of the world. Are you how he did all that? Well…The God sent him down to earth as a baby in the womb of a girl named Mary. At that time Mary was a teenager and was supposed to be marrying Joseph, a carpenter who lived in the same area. At first Joseph was shocked that she was pregnant before marrying him but an angel of God came down and told him that she was carrying the son of God. Jesus then later on was born in a manger in Bethlehem where three wise men who saw a star followed it and go to where Jesus was born. Then Jesus as he was growing went on to preach to people about God, debated with the jewish priests of that time, declared himself king of the people, had disciples who followed him. The jewish priests and the roman empires of that time didn’t like him having all this following and didn’t like him calling himself son of God and a king. So, they paid one of Jesus’ disciples called Judas to betray him by leading the Roman soldiers to Jesus to capture him. Judas took the soliders to Jesus which led to Romans capturing Jesus, then whipping him and torturing him, and making fun of him. Then the Romans decided to crucify Jesus and made with walk with a huge cross to the mountain where he was going to be crucified alongside two other criminals. They whipped all the way to the mountain while he was carrying the cross. Then they nailed his hands and feet to the cross and made fun of him telling him to get himself off the cross if he’s the son of God. After a while, Jesus cried out to God and died. One of the rich people in the area requested the soliders to take Jesus’ body to bury him in a cave that was supposed to used for this rich peron’s burial. After Jesus was put in the cave, they closed the cave with a giant stone and the Roman soliders stood watch over the cave to make sure that no one stole him from there. The next day when Mary came to see Jesus’ body, it wasn’t there. An angel came to her there and told her than he has risen and went to sit with God. The roman guards and Jesus’ disciples and everyone was surprised to hear that he rose from there. Jesus then later appeared to his disciples in a spirit form and told them to spread his messages to the rest of the world.

I’ve left a lot of the details in this summary, so if you’d like to learn more about the story, please borrow a bible from someone or buy a bible from a bookstore and read through it. You won’t regret that decision.

How would you feel if you family and close one’s forgot your birthday?

As I realized that Christmas is fast approaching, a controversy came to mind. The argument between using ’Merry Christmas’ vs. using ’Happy Holidays’, which to some are childish and to some is a fight for Jesus Christ. ‘Merry Christmas’ has been used by most of the world to wish each other during the Christmas season. Then some of the world decides that wishing ’Merry Christmas’ to someone is equivalent to forcing Christianity on them and in order to not offend anyone, people should use ‘Happy Holidays’ to greet someone.
The reason for the Christmas season is the birth of Jesus Christ and it should be kept that way, to celebrate his birthday. Corporations and others have changed the complete meaning of Christmas by making it a celebration of Santa Claus, Elves, Reindeer, Snowman, and everything else except for ‘Jesus Christ’. What do any of these characters have to do with Christmas? The only thing related to Christ that’s left in Christmas is the word ‘Christmas’ and the greeting ‘Merry Christmas’. If you ask kids nowadays about the meaning of Christmas, many will say that Santa Claus comes to give gifts. Most people recognize and celebrate Christmas by using Santa Claus and the Snowman rather than Jesus Christ. I admit that the characters are very entertaining and make kids happy and I am not telling anyone to get rid of these characters. All I am saying is not to forget the real reason for the season, which is the birth of Jesus Christ and to celebrate his birthday and what he has done for us rather than the other made up characters. 

Bring Christ back in Christmas, leave Christ in ‘Merry Christmas’, and use ‘Happy Holiday’s for the various other holidays that we have such as ‘halloween’, ’st.patrick’s day’, and thanksgiving.