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Welcome to WikiChristian A encyclopedia and discussion forum for all Christians to share their faith. Statement of Faith | Vision Special Links: Bible Referencing | Page Layout and Writing Guide | Clean-up WikiChristian Project 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. WikiChristian Contents - Christianity God | Jesus Christ | Essence of Christianity | Trinity Bible | Christian literature, art, music and media | Christian Songs Index Church | Church history | Denominations People: Famous Christians | Media Workers and Volunteers Christian doctrine and debates | Grace | Love Current issues | News Science and Technology Other religions Places | Mission | World-wide church directory 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. Character of God 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 Prayer With Open Bible December, 15 - 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 The final chapters of I Timothy deal with the church and its ministry to at least seven different kinds of people. Chapter 4 deals with the pastor personally--his spiritual life and labors. It indicates that a true pastor will have three great qualities. He will be: (1) A good preacher, preaching God's Word (verses 1-6); (2) a Godly preacher, practicing God's Word (verses 7-12); (3) a growing preacher, always progressing in God's Word (verses 13-16). In chapters 5:1,2 Paul gives instructions to Timothy as to how to deal with the older saints. In verses 3-16 he tells Timothy how to deal with widows, both young and old. In verses 17-25 he tells Timothy how to deal with the church leaders. Timothy had apparently been having some difficulties with some of his church officers. Part of the problem was that he had misjudged some of them (verses 24,25), and made some hasty decisions. We must remember that pastors are only human, and they do make mistakes, even if their hearts are right. How can a church member help his pastor grow? One way is to protect his time, so that he has opportunity to study and pray. Too many selfish church members use every excuse possible to phone the pastor or "drop in" at the study. Every pastor wants to be available when there is a need, but no spiritual pastor can afford to waste time. The most important thing to do is to pray daily for the pastor. Charles Spurgeon said that he had several hundred people praying for him while he preached. A congregation that prays continually for its pastor can expect God to bless and use that pastor in a great and mighty way--not only to feed the flock of the local church and provide the spiritual needs they may have from day to day, but also to preach powerful, Spirit -led sermons that will point sinners to the cross of Jesus Christ. Daily Devotions - Commentary on The Entire Bible in 365 Days Note to users: The wiki is currently operating in safe mode. Editing is limited to users with administrator privileges.