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[[Image:Cross sunrise.jpg|thumb|The [[cross]] representing a [[God]] who has redeemed us is central to [[Christianity]].]]
''Synopsis:'' [[Christianity]] is about [[God]] reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind. Christians [[Christian]]s believe that the whole world and everything in it within the universe was [[creation|created]] by God. God is a personal being, and by some mystery that we cannot understand, he is three, yet one: [[God the Father|Father]], [[Jesus|Son]] and [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]]. He created people in his image, to [[love]] him. Yet every person has rebelled against God. Yet But instead of turning his back on us, God the Son, became a man, Jesus, and lived among us, dying because of us, - the death that we should have died. [[Death of Jesus|Jesus was crucified ]] on a cross, but [[Resurrection of Jesus|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 God the Spirit lives within us, assuring us of the promise of everlasting life.
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[[Christianity]] is about [[God]] reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind. Christians [[Christian]]s believe that the whole world and everything in it within the universe was [[creation|created]] by God. God is a personal being, and by some mystery that we cannot understand, he is three, yet one: [[God the Father|Father]], [[Jesus|Son]] and [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]]. He created people in his image, to [[love]] him. Yet every person has rebelled against God. Yet But instead of turning his back on us, God the Son, became a man, Jesus, and lived among us, dying because of us, - the death that we should have died. [[Death of Jesus|Jesus was crucified ]] on a cross, but [[Resurrection of Jesus|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 God the Spirit lives within us, assuring us of the promise of everlasting life.
The good news of Jesus, or the [[gospel]], is summarized in [[1 Corinthians 15]]. This passage is a simple statement that gives a portrait of what the essence of Christianity is - forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
