What is Christianity?
| Christianity is about God reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind. Christians believe that the whole world and everything in it was created by God. God is a personal being, a living God who is three, yet one: Father, Son and Spirit, just as we human beings have body, mind and soul! (see the Trinity).
The Bible says God created people in his image, to love him. Yet every person has rebelled against God and sinned. Yet instead of turning his back on us, God became a man, Jesus, who most scholars believe was born about the year 4 BC and lived among us. He taught a message of love throughout Palestine but public opinion turned against him and he was executed as a young man.
He died because of us - the death that we should have died. He was crucified on a cross, but he rose from the dead, and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to repent of our rebellion. If we do this, then we our relationship with God becomes restored and we will live forever with God.
Many non-Christians may think that being a Christian is about belonging to a particular church or following a certain set of rule. Most Christians however would agree that at its root, being a Christian means to be in a living relationship with Jesus.
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February, 11 - Daily Devotions
February Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : Leviticus 4 - Deuteronomy 24 including the book of Numbers
Today's reading covers the offerings of the princes, the dedication of the Tabernacle, consecration of the Levites, observance of the Passover, and the guiding cloud for the people of Israel. The Book of Numbers has a tremendous spiritual lesson for Christians today, as explained in Hebrews 3 and 4, and I Corinthians 10:1-15. God honors faith and punishes unbelief. At the root of all Israel's sin in the wilderness was unbelief; they did not trust God's Word. At Kadesh-Barnea they doubted God's Word and failed to enter into their inheritance. Instead of claiming Canaan in faith, they wandered in the wilderness of unbelief.
Many Christians today are "in between" in their spiritual lives. They have been delivered from Egypt by the blood of the Lamb, but they have not yet entered into their inheritance in Christ Jesus. Canaan is not a picture of heaven. Rather, it is an illustration of our spiritual inheritance in Christ (Ephesians 1:3), an inheritance that must be claimed by faith. Canaan was a land of battles and blessings, as is the Christian life today. Too many Christians fail to enter into all that God has for them. Instead of being conquerors (as described in Joshua), they become wanderers (as described in Numbers). Many are saved, but fail to fulfill God's purpose for their lives.
As we read the Book of Numbers, it is interesting to note that the nation did not grow in their wilderness wanderings; in fact, the second census showed 1,820 fewer men of war. The nation wasted 38 years, endured unnecessary afflictions, did not grow and, in general, did not honor God while they were marching in the wilderness. This is what unbelief does to Christians. It produces wasted time, wasted effort, and no blessing.
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