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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August Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : Isaiah 28 - Ezekiel 11, including the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations
Chapters 46--48 show the greatness of God's power. We have previously seen the greatness of His person, the greatness of His purpose, the greatness of His pardon, and the greatness of His promises.
Today's reading describes the utter ruin of Babylon. When Isaiah spoke the words that are written here, Babylon was not yet a great world power, so some of the Jews must have wondered about his message. But Babylon did rise to a world power and did conquer Judah. In spite of the conquest of Babylon against Judah , God said He would carry His people and would deliver them if they would turn back to Him.
God's judgment on Babylon is recorded in chapters 47 and 48. God was greater than the heathen Gods of the Old Testament , just as He is greater than Satan in the world today. Psalm 37 tells us to fret not because of evil doers. We have one we can turn to in time of trouble. He is ever near, always caring for us. His greater promise is that "him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37b). God loves us; He gave His Son for us; His Son died, rose from the dead, and today is our advocate, or lawyer, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for us. This same wonderful God of the Old Testament is our God today. He is just in punishing sin, but He is loving and forgiving to those who come to Him in repentance and faith.
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