Christ as a Hero: Analyzing His Courage, Sacrifice & Impact

This essay explores the concept of Christ as a hero, focusing on his birth, life, and death as acts of courage and selflessness. It highlights his virgin birth, his influence on his disciples, and his endurance of suffering, including flogging and crucifixion. The essay emphasizes Christ's refusal to deny his claim as the Son of God and his subsequent resurrection, which defied death and offered hope to his followers. Furthermore, it underscores his selfless act of dying for others, even forgiving his tormentors, and his revolutionary impact on society through acts of love, generosity, and forgiveness. The essay concludes that Christ's actions and teachings position him as a true hero to both Christians and non-Christians alike, as evidenced by historical figures like G. Wells and Mahatma Gandhi.

Christ as a Hero
A hero is commonly referred to as someone who performs extra-ordinary acts of courage.
Heroes exhibit inspire others by their qualities. Heroes have existed in human history over the
years in all aspects of existence. Today, there exist sports heroes who exhibit spectacular talent
on the sporting arena, movie stars who take up roles that depict courage and endurance and
political heroes who defend the poor among others. The Bible has an array of heroic individuals
but Christ stands out as he inspires both Christians and those that subscribe to other faiths. In this
essay the heroic background of Christ from His birth will be covered. The coverage will also
include the insurmountable odds that Christ endured in His mission to save humanity. The paper
finally covers the selflessness of dying for others. Through his acts of courage, He successfully
fulfilled His earthly mission of redeeming humanity from the captivity of sin according to the
Christian doctrine. Because of his acts of heroism against both human and spiritual adversaries,
Christ is a true hero to both Christians and adherents of other faiths.
Jesus Christ was born of a virgin and right from his advent into life, He depicted
characteristics of overcoming the odds in life. According to Matthew 1:18-25, Jesus’ mother,
Mary was a virgin and conceived Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit. This virgin birth is
one of the revered tenets of the Christian faith and depicted the power that Christ was to depict in
the redemption of the fallen man. During his lifetime, Christ influenced 12 disciples who went
on to influence the world into Christian Faith. Today, Christianity is the largest religion and has
following in every continent.
Heroes overcome supposedly insurmountable odds for the cause they defend. In the true
definition of the word, Christ lived an exceptional life of heroism. Because of his propagation of

a lifestyle that was markedly contrary to the prevailing religion of His day, Christ was subjected
to the worst kind of suffering known to man. Faced with the threat of death, Christ maintained
his confession that He was the Son of God and for that reason, He was subjected to flogging by
the Roman Soldiers. The degree of suffering that Jesus endured under the Roman soldiers was
chilling; He was flogged with a flesh-extracting whip and forced to carry a heavy cross
according to the gospel of John 19:1. Later, Christ was crucified on the cross because of His
refusal to deny the claim that He was the messiah for humanity. Heroes are also known to pay
the ultimate price for a cause that they uphold. Christ was crucified on a cross for propagating
the doctrine of death and resurrection to save humanity from sin. He was courageous in the face
of death. According to the gospel, he died out of His volition and was not compelled to pay the
price for the redemption of sin. However, based on His previous predictions, Christ defied the
forces of death and arose from the grave on the third day after crucifixion. The world was left in
awe at the unusual phenomenon of resurrection. To prove the authenticity of the deed, Christ
appeared in person to many who had interacted with Him prior to his crucifixion. He is indeed a
hero for overcome the greatest terror to humanity. In this regard, Christ gives hope to many of
His followers that they will in like manner arise to a new life after their death.
The selfless aspect of Christ’s Heroism is expressed in His act of dying for others. Heroes
are concerned for the wellbeing of others and often put their lives in Jeopardy in order to save
them. Christ’s mission on earth was to save the fallen man. However, humanity subjected Him to
the worst forms of torture and outright denial. However, He did not waver and continued to live
up to His cause to the point of death. When He was about to die, He raised His voice and said,
“Father forgive them for they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34). Through this statement,
He demonstrated that He held no bitterness for the torture that humanity had subjected him. Jesus

Christ has transformed society through His life. Both Christians and followers of other faiths
draw lessons out of His life more than 2000 years after He died. G. Wells, a prominent historian
proposed that Christ is the most dominant historical figure despite the ordinary lifestyle He had.
Mahatma Gandhi also expressed admiration for the character of Christ and while referring to His
act of sacrifice, He said, “It was a perfect act”.
Christ was also a revolutionary through the ideas that he proposed while on His mission
on earth. There are several recorded instances when Christ demonstrated the message he
preached through acts of love, generosity and forgiveness. In addition, Christ performed miracles
that brought joy to ordinary people in his day. Christ did not discriminate in His mission to do
good for humanity and often got into trouble with authorities for defying religious and cultural
conventions to bring satisfaction to humanity. In furtherance of His revolutionary quality, Christ
stood in the face of the religious leaders who oppressed others in the name of religion to oppress
the poor. In this regard, Christ is a true hero to both Christians and non-Christians.