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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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.
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 |
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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!
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God Of Wonders!
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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
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Devotion Of The Day
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 Gorgeous water fall in a Creek!
March, 30 - Daily Devotions
March Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary Deuteronomy 25 - 1 Samuel 29 including the books of Book of Joshua, Judges and Ruth
In chapter 25 David spares Saul's life a second time. It is difficult to understand why David returned to the wilderness of Ziph when he had experienced difficulty there before. He, like all men of clay, made mistakes!
Abishai was David's nephew and was a courageous warrior. David and Abishai entered Saul's camp by night. God had put a deep sleep upon the entire camp, so David and his nephew were not in danger. Abishai wanted to kill Saul, but David would not allow it. He again said he would not stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed. Instead, they took Saul's spear and a cruse of water.
David then went and stood on the top of a hill afar off and called to the people and to Abner. His message here to Saul was actually a plea for him to return to the Lord. In verse 18 David says, "Wherefore doth my Lord thus pursue after his servant? For what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?" If David had done wrong to Saul he wanted to get the matter settled. However, if he had not, then God would settle the matter for David. Note Saul's empty confession in verse 21. He says, "I have sinned...I have played the fool." But he still did not repent! man plays the fool when he runs ahead of the Lord; when he fails to obey completely; when he turns his back on his best friends; when he seeks guidance from the devil; and when he refuses to repent even when he knows he is wrong. Saul had done all these things, so he had indeed played the fool.
Chapter 27 deals with David's victories as he sought the mind of the Lord. Of course, he was not always walking in the will of the Lord, for it seems that his faith failed him when he went back to Gath to live under the protection of the enemy.
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