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.
|
|
|
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 | |
|
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!
|
|
God Of Wonders!
|
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
|
|
Devotion Of The Day
|
 Gorgeous water fall in a Creek!
September, 1 - Daily Devotions
September scripture portion: Ezekiel 12 - Malachi (including the Books of Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi)
In chapter 12 Ezekiel moves his household goods. This is another symbolic action to emphasize Jerusalem's coming captivity. It contains an amazing detailed prophecy of Zedekiah's fate; his secret flight; capture; and removal to Babylon, without seeing it. Five years later this prophecy came to pass. Zedekiah attempted a secret escape, was capture, his eyes were put out, and he was taken to Babylon. It is readily seen that Ezekiel 's prophecies are very closely knit with those of Jeremiah. God gave basically the same message and same prophecies to two men; they both delivered them; and the messages perfectly coincided.
Note in chapter 13 that there were numerous false prophets in Jerusalem and among the captives. These prophets were denounced because they spoke lies and were contaminated with paganistic beliefs. Ezekiel said their message was as useless as whitewash on a mud brick wall, placed there to protect it against a storm.
In chapter 14 we are shown some hypocritical inquirers. Idol-loving elders were answered by God with a swift and terrible destruction of idolatrous Israel. Unbelief of these elders is shown by the fact that they came to God with their questions. If they knew the true God, and had believed and trusted in Him, they would have known that He knew they were sinful; and they would have fallen on their faces before Him.
A hypocrite or counterfeit can so often fool men, and is many times very harmful to the cause of Christ. But no one can fool our all-seeing, all-knowing God. Many have made the mistake of trying, and many will continue to try, but the ultimate result will always be the same. God chastises sin. His methods of chastisement may vary, but the reality of the judgment will never vary. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. He cannot change. He cannot lie, and He is always true to His Word.
|
|
Note to users: The wiki is currently operating in safe mode. Editing is limited to users with administrator privileges.
|
