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My Thoughts and Feelings About Jesus

          In conclusion, Jesus was a great guy. He would always be there to educate us and reassure us when we are uncertain. It was a pity that we could not keep our words until the very end and betrayed Jesus one by one. It would have been a wonderful experience to follow him and be welcomed into the Kingdom of God. I did regret it a lot when I came back to my senses and realised what I had done.

          I tried to look at it from a third person’s point of view, and honestly the only words that I could piece out were ‘Jesus was so strong’. Even when he knew what was going to happen to him, the process he had to go through, he still did it. Jesus knew that this was a necessary thing and that the whole world was depending on him. He treated us, his disciples, like any others even when we were going to betray him. 

          Any other sane person would not sacrifice themselves for you, but Jesus did it. For the whole world too. God sacrificed his one and only son for us and this can be used to prove how much God loved us. We sin everyday but God will still forgive us because of Adam and Eve eating the fruit which was forbidden leading to this. 

          It is nice to see people worshiping Jesus and entering the Kingdom of God. Jesus most definitely deserved it. I find it super cool that God has already decided your path and that he knows every decision we are going to make. My guy literally has everything planned out for you, it only depends on you whether or not you are willing to take the opportunity to become one of his people and make wise decisions.

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The Last Supper

          Now this is where the story really begins. The last supper was the final meal that I had with Jesus in Jerusalem before he got captured and crucified. We went up and asked Jesus, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

          “As you go into the city, Jesus told us, “you will see a certain man. Go and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.’” We then did as Jesus told us and began to prepare the Passover meal there.

          When the evening hit, Jesus sat down with us at the table. While we were having a blast and eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.” In distress and anxiousness each one of us disciples asked him in turn, “Am I the one, Lord?”

          Jesus replied, “One of you who has just eaten from this bowl will betray me. For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for the one who betrays him. It would be far better for that man if he had never been born!”

          We all turned our heads as Judas asked, “Oh Rabbi, am I the one?”

          Jesus told him, “You have said it.” 

          “Believe it or not, Peter, the next morning you will deny knowing me thrice,” Jesus said.

          “Nah Jesus I would not! I will always be your faithful follower,” Peter said in confidence. All of us vowed the same.

          As we continued to eat, Jesus picked up some loaf bread and blessed it. Breaking it into pieces and giving it to us, saying, “Take this and eat it, for this is my body.” I took it and placed it in my mouth, devouring it.

          Jesus then proceeds to take a cup of wine and gives thanks to God for it. He gave it to us and said, “Each of you take a sip from it, for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many. Mark my words-I will not drink wine ever again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” I then took a sip of the wine. After finishing our meal and holy communion, we exited the Mount of Olives, singing a hymn.

           Fast forward, Jesus became like a servant and washed our feet. “Woah woah woah. What are you doing?”, Peter stated with a stern voice soon before Jesus was about to wash his feet.

          Jesus replied, “I am doing this to be an example to you all, so let me Peter.”

          Peter was hesitant but eventually gave in. Now I, including all the other disciples will be able to wash each other's fest, meaning we could be servants for all.

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Teaching of Jesus III

          A man went by the name of Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was once a Pharisees. Met up with Jesus, after the sky turned dark and the evening came. "Rabbi," he said, "we all know that God has sent you to teach your miraculous signs as evidence that God is with you."

          Jesus replied to him, “To tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you will not be able to see the Kingdom of God.”

          “Hey...What do you mean Jesus?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How in the world would I be able to go back into my mother’s womb and be reborn?”

          “I assure you, nobody can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, not like the Holy Spirit which gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be reborn.’ For instance, the wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, that’s why you are unable to explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

          “Just exactly how are these things possible, my Lord?” Nicodemus asked. 

          Jesus replied, “Hey, aren’t you a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these simple things? I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen with our very own eyes. Yet, you would not believe our testimony. If you don’t even believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how are you going to possibly believe me when I tell you about heavenly things?”

          “Not a soul has ever gone to heaven and returned. However, the Son of man has come down from heaven. As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, just so everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.” Jesus spat out sternly.

          God sent his only son, Jesus, into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. Of course there will not be any judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.

          The judgement I believe is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.

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Teaching of Jesus II

          Now this is the second teaching I recall in my memories. One afternoon, me and Peter were arguing on whether the chicken or the egg came first. Jesus came in the room and sat down. He called us over and informed us to sit in a circle. Jesus said “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.” God cuts off every branch Jesus had that does not produce fruit, and he trims the branches that bear fruit so that more would grow.

          We have already been purified by the message Jesus has given us. Jesus went on, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is served from the vine.” We could not be fruitless unless we remained in Jesus.

          Those who remain in Jesus and him in them, would produce much more fruit. Apart from Rabbi I could not do anything. Anyone who does not remain in him will be unfortunately thrown away like a useless branch and wither. “What happens to them Jesus?”, Peter asked. “Such branches are gathered into a pile and would be burned.” Jesus replied Peter.

          But if we remained in him and his words remained in us, we could literally ask for anything we ever wanted. In fact, it would be granted! “When you produce much fruit, you are going to be my true disciples,” Jesus said in happiness, “This would bring great glory to my Father.”

          Jesus said he loved us like how God has loved him. "Remain in my love, seek God and obey my commandments." Just like how Jesus remains being loved by God. "I told you this so that you would be filled with joy," Jesus said. To which, we were.

          I understood that we should love each other in the same way Jesus had loved us. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. And that we would become Jesus’s friends if we sympathize with what he says. "I will no longer call you slaves, because a master does not disclose his slaves," Jesus has said.

          He would tell us everything, no secrets. As we are his friends. He chose us and appointed us to go and produce everlasting fruit. "God will give you whatever you ask for," Rabbi said, "using my name." For this is my command: Love each other.

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Teachings of Jesus

          Jesus did not just show us miracles, he taught us many teachings as well. I will only be sharing three of them since there are too many. Jesus’s teachings were always meaningful but there is a problem. Whenever he is halfway through, I would often get sleepy and doze off. Thomas held the role of filling me up with the rest of the teachings. Thinking back, I should have listened and fought the urge of sleeping. But hey it is the past, I cannot build a time machine and go back right?

          Anyway, the first teaching I remember is Jesus’s teaching on forgiveness. We were meeting behind some locked doors because we got terrified of the Jewish leaders. Out of thin air, the Rabbi appeared in front of us! “Peace be with you,” he said. As he was speaking, he motioned for us to get closer and showed us the wounds in his hands and his side. It was honestly so heart-breaking, but we were filled with joy at the same time seeing Jesus with us.

          Yet again he said, “Peace be with you. As Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” Then he breathed on us and continued his words, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

          Oh Peter...he did it again. “Jesus, what will happen if we never forgive them and they do not ever get forgiven?”, Peter spat out despite the tight situation we were in. Jesus replied Peter, “No matter what, eventually, you will forgive them. As God once said that we should one another even if they are our enemies.”

          Just then the commotion outside the locked doors wore down. Jesus went closer to the door and opened it, the sunlight hitting us immediately afterwards. The Jewish leaders were gone! Truly, he is the son of God, Jesus!

          At that time when Jesus was not there, I am sure me and the other disciples felt scared and threatened. Until Jesus came and reassured us. I did not care about how he appeared, I did not care about why he was doing this for us. I care only about the fact that he came for us when we needed him. I think this was the time I realised I was dependent on Jesus and saw him as my saviour.

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Healing The Man Bling From Birth

          One day me and the other disciples were following Jesus. Jesus stopped immediately after seeing a man who had been blind from birth. I thought to myself, (woah this is my first time seeing a person blind from birth, why did Jesus stop? What is Jesus going to do?) I parted my lips wanting to ask Jesus what was he going to do, but Peter spoke up first...as usual.

          “Why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?” “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him. We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work. But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”

          I looked at Jesus dumbfounded as he spitted on the ground making mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. What in the world was Jesus doing? He is going to get himself dirty. Jesus told the man, “Go and wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” My eyes followed the blind man and saw him doing as he was told. The man turned around and could see!

          We saw the blind man’s neighbours and others who knew him as the blind dude in town asking each other, “Past isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg like the pathetic dude he was?” Some agreed and some said, “Eh? No, he just looks like him bro!”

           The beggar repeatedly said, “Yes, I am the same one guys!”

          The people asked curiously, “Then who healed you? What happened? This isn’t possible?”

          “The group of disciples who called this man Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me to go wash it off at the pool of Siloam. So I went there and washed it off, and- and now I can see!” He stuttered the last part of his own words.

          “Well? Where is this Jesus dude you speak of?” the people asked.

          “I don’t know. I really don’t.” he replied.

          Not only that, they even took the poor dude to the Pharisees! The reason was because it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him. The Pharisees strictly questioned the poor dude every single little detail. The blind man told them, “He put mud over my eyes, and when it was washed away, I could see again!”

          They ended up going back and forward for quite some time, saying how Jesus was a sinner. “You were born a sinner man! Nothing can ever change that.” The Pharisees shut the blind man down. “Are you trying to educate us? Pathetic.” they proceeded to throw him out of the synagogue.

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Walking On Water

          After the crowd dispersed I bid my goodbye to the other disciples. Just as I was about to head home and rest, Matthew yelled at me, “John! We’re going to go to the shore this evening with Jesus. Don't be late!” I lifted my lips and nodded my head in approval, turning my body to the direction I was headed to.

          On my walk back home I was thinking about Jesus. (He’s such a cool dude isn’t he? Helping people left and right. Wow I’m so grateful to have Jesus by my side.) Being so caught up with the thoughts I had, I did not notice that I bumped into a woman. “Oh good Lord, darling are you alright?” I reached out my hand to help her. “Oh no I’m just fine. Sorry for my clumsiness hahah”, she laughed feeling embarrassed.

          My eyes widened as soon as I saw the familiar face. I raised my voice and gasped, “WAIT! Jessica?!” Jessica was my childhood friend, sadly we got separated because of her father’s business. “Is that you John? Guess we meet again, small world huh?”, she said while smiling. Geez John! What luck are you on right now? After many years I got in contact with Jessica again. We happened to have a small talk and exchanged addresses. “Goodbye John nice meeting you, catch you later”, Jessica said. “Sure, anytime Jessi”, I replied. I continued my walk back home. (I should probably get changed, I smell right now)

           I got changed quickly and rushed out to the shore where we were supposed to meet Jesus. I soon arrived and saw Peter waving his hand at me like mad. Luke got shy and smacked his hands down. As darkness fell and Jesus did not come, we got into the boat first heading across the lake towards Capernaum. Very soon a big storm grew upon us, making the surface of the sea grow rough. I remember rowing for three or four miles when suddenly we saw Jesus walking on the water- wait what walking on water? I was beyond terrified! Jesus held both of his arms up high and called out to us, “Aye hey hey don't be afraid. I am here!” Peter shouted out, “Jesus! Just come in the boat bro!” After Jesus had entered our boat, we began to row to our destination. Almost immediately, we had arrived with Jesus’s help.

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Feeding Of The 5000

          I saw Jesus crossing over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, just then a super massive crowd kept following him! I panicked, ready to kick out some moves but then remembered that they saw his miraculous signs of healing the sick. I undo my actions and calmly followed Jesus and the crowd.

           After Jesus had climbed a hill, he called us over and told us to sit down beside him, which we obeyed. I saw Jesus turning his head to where we climbed up the hill and saw the super massive crowd searching for Rabbi.

           Not long Jesus turned to Philip, my good brother, and asked him, “Where could we possibly buy enough bread to fill the hungry tummies of all these people?” Peter as usual, blabbered nonsense and said, “Hey! Why don't we just send them all back home? Yeah?!” Philip shushed Peter and stated, “My Lord, even if we worked hard for many months, we would not be able to earn enough money to feed these people!”

           In my mind I was agreeing with Philip. Like Jesus, how would that even work? Come on man. Additionally, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “Guys? I saw a young boy here somewhere carrying five barley loaves and two fish. But would that even work out considering the super massive crowd?”

           “Fear not, tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. Me and the boys spread out and passed on the message, telling everyone to sit down on the grassy slopes. I looked closely as Jesus started taking the loaves, thanking God, and distributed the loaves to the crowd.

           Afterwards, he did the exact same thing with the fish. Everyone was hungry! Eating to their heart's content. I was in a state of surprise but not really either since Jesus had always performed miracles. Jesus told us, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.” Me and the other disciples waited for the crowd to finish eating and done as Jesus told us to.

           I filled up my basket with picked up pieces of bread and fish. When I took it back to Jesus, I found out that we had filled TWELVE baskets with scraps left by the super massive crowd who had filled their hungry tummies with the five barley loaves.

          The people saw Rabbi doing this miraculous sign yet again, exclaiming, “Yo guys surely he is the Prophet we have been expecting!” Just as the super massive crowd was about to force Jesus to be their king, I saw Jesus leaving quietly and into the hills by himself.

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