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 Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : Leviticus 4 - Deuteronomy 24 including the book of Numbers
The Book of Leviticus is filled with pictures of Christ and His work of redemption on the cross. The five sacrifices in chapters 1-7 illustrate various aspects of His life and work; and the Day of Atonement beautifully pictures His death on the cross. Of course, we do not practice the Levitical sacrifices today, because Christ was the one sacrifice that paid the complete debt of sin. Hebrews 10:14 tells us, "For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.".
This book reveals the awfulness of sin--it is not light and unimportant; it is a terrible thing in the eyes of God. The Jewish worshiper knew sin was a costly thing, for every sacrifice was very expensive. To atone for your sin and mine, the cost was the death of God's only Son.
We also see the holiness of God in this great book. He makes a distinction between the clean and unclean, and warns His people, "Ye shall be holy, for I am holy." God still desires that His children be holy, separated from the world and its sin. A Christian cannot enjoy salvation if there is sin in his life. Though Satan is constantly declaring war, as he shoots his fiery darts of temptation at Christians, we should remember that, "Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." Our power over sin is only effective as we allow the One living IN us to also live THROUGH us--thus defeating Satan and his temptations.
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