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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October, 5 - Daily Devotions
October Scripture Portion: Matthew chapter 1 - Luke chapter 22 including the Gospel according to Mark.
The events of chapters 12 and 13 apparently took place on one crucial day of the Lord's ministry. We see the rebellion against the King becoming more and more fierce. The Pharisees now argue with Christ concerning His disciples, and even accuse Him of being in league with Satan.
Chapter 12 is filled with conflict. In chapter 11 Christ offered a free invitation to "all ye that labour and are heavy laden"; however, in chapter 12:46-50, He is breaking all natural ties with the nation that has rebelled against His message and ministry, and now He speaks of a worldwide family of God--"whosoever will" may come.
In chapter 13:24-30 we are given the mystery of the tares among the wheat. As Jesus explains the symbols for us, we find that the man is Christ (verse 37); the seeds He plants are believers--"children of the kingdom" (verse 38); the field is the world (verse 38); the enemy is the devil (verse 39); the tares are the children of the devil (verse 38); the reapers are angels (verse 39); and the harvest is the end of the age (verse 39).
This parable differs from the parable of the sower. In that parable the seed represents the Word of God and the sower represents different kinds of hearts. The overall lesson to be learned by each of us is that Satan will always plant imitation Christians wherever true believers are found. Satan's desire is to hinder the growth of God's work everywhere. Every Christian must realize he is a seed, and he is to reproduce by winning others to Christ. Dr. B.R. Lakin used to say many times that for every true Christian, there is a counterfeit imitating him. The only difference between a counterfeit and a true Christian is that the Holy Spirit is living in the heart of that born- again Christian.
MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY: Man now can be: Redeemed.
Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
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