Christian Beliefs
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- Christian Beliefs
- Nature of God
- God is a lot of things, such as omnipotent, just, and all loving.
- It's hard to know what he is like but Christians can take guesses.
- 'God so loved the world that He gave His only son'
- 'Nothing is impossible with God'
- Influences?
- All powerful God: Christians may believe in miracles
- All loving: they may treat others with love from the example God set.
- They might help out at charitable organisations
- God will judge them fairly since he is just
- God is a lot of things, such as omnipotent, just, and all loving.
- Trinity
- 1 God but understood in 3 ways: the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit
- Baptism of Jesus: 'You are my beloved Son'
- During baptisms: 'in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
- Influences?
- Demonstrates the unity between the different persons of God
- Christians believe they should show similar unity in their lives and be respectful and loving towards others.
- Incarnation
- Means 'in flesh'. God becoming human in the form of Jesus
- 'the Word became flesh and lived among us'
- Difficult to grasp concept.
- Issues
- No one has ever before nor since had a virgin birth. - Makes the story difficult to believe.
- Jesus communicates with God through prayer - why would he need to if he is God himself? (Trinity)
- Influences?
- God's incarnation as Jesus shows that he cares for humanity enough to sacrifice his own son
- Means 'in flesh'. God becoming human in the form of Jesus
- Creation
- God created the world and universe in 6 days, and rested on the 7th
- The Bible needs to be viewed in a modern context - science has proven that the Earth is older than what the Bible claims
- Influence?
- Explores the idea that humans are made 'in the image of God'
- As all humans are equal, Christians may work to promote social justice and equality
- Explores the idea that humans are made 'in the image of God'
- The problem of evil and suffering
- Moral Evil - Suffering caused by humans. Natural evil - suffering caused by natural disasters
- If God was all powerful, loving and knowing, then why does he allow suffering?
- Story of Job - Poor Job goes to heaven whereas the rich man goes to hell for not helping him.
- Job's suffering suggests suffering is part of his plan.
- The story of Adam & Eve, disobeying God - suffering may be punishment.
- Influence?
- Suffering gives them the opportunity to improve themselves.
- It is their responsibility to fix the problems in the world, not God's
- It's a test of faith
- Sin
- Original sin from Adam & Eve from eating the forbidden fruit
- Only way to get rid of this sin is to accept Jesus as savior.
- 'You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil'
- Original sin from Adam & Eve from eating the forbidden fruit
- Salvation, Grace & Atonement
- Salvation - saving the soul from sin, often through the sacrifice of Jesus.
- 'God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son; that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
- Jesus' death lifted the original sin of all man kind.
- Influence?
- They might put others before themselves due to Jesus' sacrifice
- Salvation - saving the soul from sin, often through the sacrifice of Jesus.
- Afterlife and judgement
- Parable of Sheep and Goats
- Parable of the rich man and Lazarus
- 'Do not judge, and you will not be judged... forgive and you will be forgiven.'
- Heaven & Hell
- Heaven is not a physical place, but where Christians can spiritually be with God
- Some believe that there cannot be a Hell if God is all loving, since a loving God will not send people to eternal punishment for a temporary sin
- Resurrection
- Influence?
- By accepting Jesus, they may also be resurrected one day and so they don't need to fear death.
- Assures that they will be forgiven for their sins if they follow the teachings.
- 3 days after his death, Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to his disciples and 40 days later he ascended to heaven.
- Influence?
- Nature of God
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