Jesus, as a young man outside the walls of Jerusalem - coloring page

 Welcome to my free coloring pages blog. 

Today's drawing is a quick drawing of Jesus I did while in church today. 

Drawing for kids in church is what got me started drawing coloring pages.

This drawing was done in felt marker ink and so it has flaws.

But the flaws are part of the style. 

NOTE:  To my English readers.  I will be posting this in multiple languages.  

Jesus, as a young man outside the walls of Jerusalem

Jesus lived for around 33 or so years.  He must have visited Jerusalem more times than just those printed in the Holy Bible.  This is a drawing of Him in His twenties.  He is visiting Jerusalem.  

I already mentioned that the drawing was done in ink and could not be corrected.  I noticed, after I drew it, that the nose is not very symmetrical.  But Jesus was a perfect person in His behavior... but not necessarily perfect in appearance.   The Bible says that he had no beauty that we should desire Him.  I don't know if that is referring to Jesus's appearance when He was suffering in the Garden of Eden or at his trial or when He was on the cross.   During those times of suffering and persecution, Jesus surely did not look His best as far as physical appearance.  But maybe He had some facial features that were not considered ideal in the culture where He was living.  Maybe not.  But the drawing of Him with a slightly asymmetrical nose is not too far-fetched in my opinion.  My own father had a crooked nose that was slightly asymmetrical.  

In any case, the important thing is that Jesus was our Savior and IS our Saviour.  He agreed to be our Savior in our premortal life in the Great Council of Heaven.  He volunteered and was accepted by our Heavenly Father to be the Savior of the World.  Jesus was our older Spirit brother.  He came to Earth and took a physical body to teach us to be kind to one another and to be our Savior.  In the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross He paid the eternal price for our sins.  This made repentance a possibility for us.  So we can repent of our sins.  And we ALL sin.  So because Jesus lived a perfect life - free of sin - and because he was literally the Son of God in the flesh... WE can repent and return to live with our Heavenly Parents.  

Before we lived on Earth we lived with our Heavenly Parents in our pre-mortal life.  Jesus was our elder... probably eldest Spirit Brother.  We all were there.  Even Satan was one of our Sprit Brothers.  But Satan rebelled against God or our Heavenly Parents and Satan... or Lucifer was cast down to Earth without receiving a mortal body.  He is jealous of us because we DO have a body.  So he temps us to sin in the hope that we won't repent and we won't be able to return to live an exalted life with our loved ones, our Heavenly Parents, and our elder Spirit brother - Jesus.  

So, our Heavenly Parents knew we would sin... that we would mess up.  So that is why they provided a Savior in the person of Jesus Christ.  So don't beat yourself up over your past sins.  Just turn to God in prayer and repent.  Put your faith in Jesus and His atonement for our sins.  And remember to believe Jesus... not just believe IN Jesus.  Believe that He said that we can change and be forgiven.  Then move on and try to do better in the future.  We all mess up over and over and we can be forgiven if we sincerely repent.  Of course, if we never learn to stop communing the big sins that could be a problem.  But Jesus really does know that we are trying.  He can give us solace in our trials and help us sincerely repent so that we don't repeat the sin.   

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled . . . Religious.  Then scroll down to the title of this drawing.  It will be at the bottom of the New Testament section.  So, click on the button labeled . . . . Religious.