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.
Who is God?
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Devotion Of The Day
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July, 6 - Daily Devotions
July Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : Psalms 103 - Isaiah 27 including the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs
Verse 89 says, "For ever O Lord, thy Word is settled in
The answer to several questions about the Bible are given in this Psalm. Some of those questions are as follows: (1) What is the Bible? It is water for cleansing (verse 9); it is wealth and treasure (verses 14, 72, 122, 162); it is a companion and friend (verse 24); it is a lamp (verses 105 and 130).
(2) What does the Bible do? It blesses (verses 1 and 2); it gives life (verses 25, 37, 40, 50, 88, 93); it gives strength (verse 28); it gives liberty (verse 45); it imparts wisdom (verse 66); it creates friends (verse 63); it gives comfort (verses 50, 76, 82, 92); and it gives direction (verse 133).
(3) What must we do with the Bible? We must love it (verses 97 and 159); we must prize it (verses 72 and 128); we must study it (verses 7, 12, 18, 26, 27); we must memorize it (verse 11); we must meditate upon it (verses 97, 99, 148); we must trust it (verse 42); we must obey it (verses 1-8); and we must declare it (verses 13 and 26).
This Psalm has been very neglected because of its length, but it exalts the Word of God as few other chapters in the Bible.
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