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?
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In The News
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Good News
The greatest news worthy item in the history of mankind has always been and will continue to remain the gospel (meaning good news). The good news is that Jesus Christ came to the world, born of a virgin without any sin, died on the cross, rose again on the third day to provide forgiveness of sin for all who will believe in Him.
Christian News
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In this section, we bring in some of the most popular Christian videos such as worship songs, sermons, feature films of interest, and testimonials.
Top 50 Praise & Worship Songs 2015 Non Stop Gospel Music you can for 3 hrs 20 minutes. Very popular on You Tube with over 4 Million page views!
Some of the songs include Let It Rise, Majesty, You Are Holy (Prince Of Peace), Trading My Sorrows, Awesome God, Above All, Worthy Is The Lamb, I Give You My Heart, and Better Is One Day to name just a few!
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Devotion Of The Day
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 Praying Pair Of Hands
December, 17 - Daily Devotions
December Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : I Corinthians 11 - Revelation 22
This includes the books of 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude
Titus was a Greek believer (Galatians 2:3) who was won to Christ through Paul's ministry (Titus 1:4). We know very little about his background. He is not once mentioned in Acts. It is very likely that he was a convert from heathenism who attached himself to Paul and assisted in taking the offering for the saints (II Corinthians 12:18). Titus met Paul at Troas with the report of the Corinthian situation. Titus carried the second letter to the Corinthians back for Paul. He was Paul's helper, left at Crete to reorganize the church until Paul could send Tychicus or Artemas to take over (Titus 3:12). Titus was with Paul at Rome in his second imprisonment. From there he travelled to Dalmatia on a mission for the apostle (II Timothy 4:10). Paul's estimate of Titus is given in II Corinthians 8:23.
Several words are repeated in this brief letter that help us understand the burden on Paul's heart. Good works is a major emphasis in this book. "Saved by grace" means saved unto good works, not by works. Christian doctrine and Christian living are to be sound. There ought to be a life of Godliness, not worldliness. God's grace leads a person to live a Godly life. The key verse for this book is probably chapter 3:8: "...they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works." As we read this book, I trust we can grasp what Paul is saying. He gives instructions to Titus, as well as to Christians today, as to how we should live. He also emphasizes a message to pastors in chapters 2 and 3. It is important that a pastor have a balanced ministry, teaching and exhorting the saints, as well as refuting the enemies of the truth. We, as pastors, should not get involved in every "dog fight" that comes along. We should be careful to preach the Word of God in simplicity and truth, and allow God's Holy Spirit to take care of the rest. I do not mean that we should compromise the truth, but that we should not be involved in every petty argument that comes along. Do not major on minors. Satan will bring minors to the forefront in most churches and cause dissension and misunderstanding, when the major portion of the pastor's job is prayer, preaching the Word, and handling every situation according to the Word of God.
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