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
In verses 1-8 of chapter 22 we are given the law of brotherhood. We may note in verse 5 that God gives instructions that women and men should not put on each other's apparel. Ignoring the distinctive place of male and female as intended by God was an abomination.
In verses 9-12 of chapter 22 the law emphasizing separation is given. Common distinctions in everyday life are presented to emphasize the need of separation from evil, and devotion to the Lord. In the New Testament we read in II Corinthians 6:11 and 7:1 where God emphasizes again the need of separation of His people from the world. Togetherness with the world only blights the testimony of a Christian and hurts his dedication to and effectiveness for the Lord. Guard your testimony, and strive daily to live the life which God has called you to live, that the name of Jesus Christ might be honored and glorified in everything you do.
Finally, in chapter 24, laws are given concerning divorce. Verses 1-4 record the Mosaic concession on divorce. This was not a commandment, as the Pharisees who encountered Jesus wrongly concluded (Matthew 19:7,8), but merely a concession. That is, it was something which Moses allowed because of the hardness of the hearts of the people of Israel (cf. Matthew 5:31,32; 19:3-12; I Corinthians 7:10-15). We are living in a day when people take the holy acts of matrimony very lightly. God's instructions concerning divorce still stand. I am very fearful for our country, unless we return to God's teachings and principles concerning marriage and the home. Strong homes and churches are the foundations for any great country, and my heart aches because of what I see in our homes and churches today. My prayer is that God will send a revival to the home and to our local churches, that we might again turn from our wicked ways and turn to God for His leadership. I trust you will join with me in this prayer.
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