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Welcome to WikiChristian

A encyclopedia and discussion forum for all Christians to share their faith with 350,006 pages and over a million edits. Statement of Faith | Vision

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

Balaam was a man who raises many questions for the Bible student. He was a soothsayer, yet he was able to predict the future of Israel. He listened to God's Word and faithfully proclaimed it, yet turned right around and led Israel into sin and judgment.

In verses 1-14 of chapter 22, Balak, king of Moab, is fearful of Israel passing by on her way to Canaan, and sends for Balaam. He asked Balaam to use his demonic magical powers to curse Israel while they were encamped in the plain of Moab. Balaam refused, and Balak's messengers went home and reported failure. However, Balak was not one to give up easily and sent princes more noble than the first, and promised Balaam wealth and honor if he would reconsider the matter of cursing the Jews.

This is what Satan always does. Once we have made the decision to obey God's Word, Satan will make every effort to get us to compromise our standards and change our decision to obey God.

God allowed Balaam to go with the princes of Balak, but only to test Balaam. It is here that the well-known episode with the angel and the ass takes place. The angel stood in Balaam's way, but the prophet did not see him. The ass did, and acted so strangely that Balaam smote her. When he saw the angel, he realized his mistake. In verse 32 God said, "Thy way is perverse," so there was no reason for Balaam to say, "If it displease thee, I will get me back again.".

Balaam was playing with God's will. Within his heart he was seeking his own will, wanting God to put His stamp of approval upon it. So he was actually testing God, seeing how far he could go.

The main lesson here is that we find the will of God and obey it, regardless of personal desires or subsequent circumstances. It is always dangerous to play with God's will!


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