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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Devotion Of The Day
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January, 29 - Daily Devotions
January Scripture Portion: Genesis 1 - Leviticus 3 including the book of Exodus.
God has always dealt with sin through the shedding of blood. The Tabernacle was God's remedy for the nation of Israel. They had sinned and the Tabernacle was their way back to God. We must keep in mind that neither Israel nor any other nation in the Old or New Testament was saved by bringing a sacrifice. The bringing of sacrifices was but an evidence of faith in God's Holy Word, for it is by faith that we are saved, and not by works.
In today's reading Moses is gathering together all the congregations of the children of Israel and giving them the words of the Lord. God began with a reminder about the Sabbath Law, and then He asked the people for an offering. You may note in these chapters that every little detail of the Tabernacle is mentioned, even the pins and the cords. Nothing is too trivial for the Lord to see and know. Matthew 10:30 tells us that even the hairs of our head are numbered. Everything that is done is important to the Lord, and He does everything in full detail.
In verses 4-19 of chapter 35 Moses calls for materials, and the people depart to bring their offerings to Moses. They brought their wealth and abundance, "much more than enough," as we see in chapter 36:5. The gifts were so generous that Moses had to stop the people from bringing them. Two men, Bezaleel and Aholiab, were called of God to give of their labors. God empowered them, by His Spirit , to do the job He had called them to do. What a lesson for us today! God truly has a work for each of us, and we should remember that whatever God demands, He will supply. I want to repeat that statement, because it is so true and applies to any work that God requires of us. WHATEVER HE DEMANDS, HE WILL SUPPLY. It is also very interesting to note that Bezaleel was from Judah , the first tribe, and Aholiab was from Dan, the last tribe. God not only picked the first, but the last.
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