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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In The News
Good News
The greatest news worthy item in the history of mankind has always been and will continue to remain the gospel (meaning good news). The good news is that Jesus Christ came to the world, born of a virgin without any sin, died on the cross, rose again on the third day to provide forgiveness of sin for all who will believe in Him.
Christian News
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In this section, we bring in some of the most popular Christian videos such as worship songs, sermons, feature films of interest, and testimonials.
Top 50 Praise & Worship Songs 2015 Non Stop Gospel Music you can for 3 hrs 20 minutes. Very popular on You Tube with over 4 Million page views!
Some of the songs include Let It Rise, Majesty, You Are Holy (Prince Of Peace), Trading My Sorrows, Awesome God, Above All, Worthy Is The Lamb, I Give You My Heart, and Better Is One Day to name just a few!
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Devotion Of The Day
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May, 8 - Daily Devotions
May Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : 1 Chronicles 7 - Job 11 including the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
Chapters 28 and 29 record the final words, last acts, and death of David. In chapter 28:1-21 David addresses the assembly and Solomon. He gave the Temple plans to Solomon, reviewed his plans for building the Temple, and invested Solomon as king. David's death is recounted in chapter 29:26-30. The man after God's own heart was now at the end of his way. He had lived a full life. He had made many mistakes, but was chastised for them; and, in many cases, his children suffered because of them. But David goes down in history as one of the great men of God. The Lord Jesus Himself was referred to as "the Son of David.".
II Chronicles covers the same ground as I and II Kings, except that it omits the narratives about the kings of the seceded ten tribes. Chapter 1 records the beginning of Solomon's reign. It covers the sacrifices at Gibeon and Solomon's vision of God, and prayer for wisdom. In verse 7 God told Solomon, "Ask what I shall give thee." Solomon's heart was right with God and he asked for wisdom that he might be better able to judge the people. God granted Solomon's request, not only giving him wisdom and knowledge, but riches, wealth, and honor, as well.
In chapter 2 Solomon prepares to build the Temple. King Huram, referred to in verse 3, is actually King Hiram, king of Tyre. Lebanon, referred to in verses 8 and 16, was famous for its cedars. Solomon asked for cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees from Lebanon to use in the building of the Temple. The timber was to be floated in rafts by sea to Joppa, an ancient seaport of Palestine, about thirty miles northwest of Jerusalem. Aliens were drafted for forced labor. What an undertaking this project must have been! We will read more about the building of the Temple in chapters to follow.
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