DO WE NEED JESUS CHRIST?

Why do you we need Jesus Christ?  I had a revelation about this, as I was watching a movie about a society that completely lacked Christianity.  Where was the charity, the kindness, the generosity, the forgiveness?  Where was the trust in God, where was the faith?  There was none of this. 

 I woke up today really understanding how essential Jesus and his teachings were and are, for us personally, and also in the world at large.  He came when some people were ready for his message and teaching.  Obviously lots weren't.  He came when it was time and the world needed him desperately, and this is still just as true today as it was then.  But what he has brought our world is priceless.  Ironically, it was while I was in University studying Anthropology taught by an Atheist professor, that I learned that it was Jesus who brought the concept of Charity into the world at such a strong level.  He made it a virtue, an essential virtue, one that goes hand in hand if one is to be in God's favor.  

He also taught about forgiveness at a level never seen before.  He taught that to be truly followers of God, to go to Heaven, to live in happiness even, we needed to practice forgiveness, charity, purity, generosity, selfless love and kindness.  I have personally witnessed and experienced how communities really are very limited in their desire to love, and capacity to love, when they lack the presence of Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit that helps us follow Christ's teachings. 

 I get now why He said he is the way, the light and the truth.  For with out him, the natural man/human/survival animal part tends then to run the show, both personally and in in the world.  With out him self centeredness is quite normal, natural, automatic even.  But when we are dedicated to running our life by the teachings of Christ,  we then feel compelled to live a much higher, lighter, brighter, kinder, more beautiful life, filled with virtues that our natural man/human self don't understand. Jesus Christ brought the message that we are incredibly blessed when we live virtuously.  We don't need to simply live in survival, dog eat dog etc. that in fact we will be more blessed as we live virtuously.  I have personally experienced this, and I do believe that is why our nations have prospered so greatly.  North America has been run by Christian principles and therefore has been blessed greatly by this.  Even those now that reject Christianity, or don't follow Jesus Christ directly, still often live by the virtues he taught, because they have been brought up in this society which has been ruled by Christian principles for centuries.  

He also taught that love is not just an ideal, but love is a verb, a way of life, and that with the teachings and presence of Jesus Christ in our life and in our society, as well as the help we receive from the Holy Spirit, we are able to love way way beyond what we think is humanly possible.  Yes we needed Jesus Christ, and we need him now, as much as we ever did, both personally and in the world at large.  In the Name of Jesus Christ Amen!