Jesus and God Essay

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There is a lot of difference between Jews and Christians. For Jews believe that Jesus is not the messiah and Christians believe that Jesus is the messiah. Messiah means ‘Anointed One.’ Jews believe that there is a single God who not only created the universe, but with whom every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship. Christians believe Jesus is the messiah because they have been taught to have faith in the teachings of the Christian bible. Also he has performed miracles that are eye witnessed in history . Christian’s beliefs are based on that there is only one God, whom they call Father as Jesus Christ taught them. Also Christians recognise Jesus as the Son of God who was sent to save mankind from death and sin. Jesus Christ taught that he was Son of God. His teachings can be summarised, briefly as the love of God and love of one's neighbour. Furthermore Jesus said that he had come to fulfil God's law rather than teach it. The strongest evidence for Jesus being the messiah is the bible. The bible if full of facts and how god is like. Also the bible is written by Jesus’ disciples and other believers in god who were filled with the Holy Spirit.
However Jews don’t think Jesus is the messiah because they expect the messiah to bring peace to the world and to eliminate right or wrong. They expected the messiah to stop all wars and unpleasantness in the world. Jews have traditionally seen Jesus as one of a number of false messiahs who have appeared throughout