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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Who is God?
| God is the central being of all existence. He is eternal in that he has no beginning and no end. In the first chapter of the first book of Bible an account is given of God creating the universe and the earth and creating people in his own image.
The Bible also reveals that God is full of mercy and love (for example 1 John 4:8. Millions of people in the world trust in God as their master and Lord and also their saviour. He is a personal being, who is three in one - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
God stands ready to come into any person's life when that person acknowledges him and repents of having not lived his way.
Although the mere existence of God can be deduced by natural reason his nature is beyond our understanding. He gives life to all and he is the author of love and forgiveness. John 1:4 describes this beautifully:
- In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Loving God
One cannot describe God without first understanding His love for the humanity!
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 |
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If you truly believe in your heart, declare through your mouth and actions that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins, you will receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord so you will be saved from judgment and spend eternity with God in heaven!
GOD LOVES YOU!
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God Of Wonders!
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Holy God
God is completely holy and without any evil. At the same time God is forgiving and merciful and full of love. Read more on God and Trinity
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Devotion Of The Day
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 Beautiful Mountains
June, 19 - Daily Devotions
June Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : Job 12 - Psalm 102
Psalm 45 is a nuptial song of a king. It may, in part, have reference to David or Solomon. But some of its statements are totally inapplicable to either, or to any other human sovereign. It surely seems to be a song of the Messiah , anticipating the Marriage Supper of the Lamb as described in Revelation 19.
Psalm 46 is called "Zion's Battle Song." It was the basis for Martin Luther's famous hymn of the Reformation, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.".
Psalm 47 portrays our God as King, reigning in Zion. All of the Psalms give us a new glimpse into the sovereignty of God, for He is highly exalted throughout the Psalms. In this day of flippancy about sacred things, we have the marvelous privilege of advancing into the intimacy of the Lord God.
Psalm 48, like Psalm 47, portrays God as King reigning upon the throne. Verse 14 declares, "For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.".
Psalm 49 speaks of the vanity of riches, and declares that God is the owner of the earth and everything that is therein. When we give to God we are merely returning that which already belongs to Him.
Looking back for a moment at verse 10 of Psalm 46, we read, "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." In a day of turmoil, when people are running hurriedly to and fro, we should take time to "be still and know." We should give God time in our lives. Too many Christians become frustrated because they are too busy to take time for God. They seemingly have no time to spend in God's Word and in prayer. One of Satan's greatest tools against Christians today is his robbing them of time. Many writings of the greatest men of God indicate that the busier they were for God, the more time they spent in the Word and on their knees before Him, to prepare them for their tasks!
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