Christianity(part1)
- Created by: LilliEarl
- Created on: 13-05-18 12:45
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- The Nature of God
- ways to describe God
- benevolent= all loving
- sacrificial love: "for God so loved the world that he gave his only son"
- "if you declare 'Jesus is the Lord' you will be saved"
- just
- "God is fair and just he corrects the misdirected"
- omnipotent= all powerful
- "the almighty one"
- Genesis: "I am the Lord maker of all things"
- resurrection: "Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the father
- benevolent= all loving
- evil and suffering
- examples
- natural evil e.g. natural disasters
- human evil e.g. murder, ****, theft
- teachings
- suffering: parable of the sheep and goats teaches to help those suffering
- evil: God gave us free will. If we follow the Ten Commandments and Jesus' teachings we stray from evil
- if a crime is committed against you it isn't your place to judge, we have to trust in God to deliver punishment
- original sin: adam and eve ate the foribidden fruit which resulted in human suffering as punishment
- examples
- oneness of God and the trinity
- Nicene creed= Christian statement of faith
- "I am the Lord and there is no one else, there is no God beside me"
- the father, the son and the holy spirit
- creation
- Genesis 1: God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th
- role of word and spirit:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
- Genesis 2: God creates Adam and Eve.
- Adam was made from "the dust of the ground" when God breathed life into him
- Eve was created out of one of Adams ribs
- they lived in the Garden of Eden and were given the task of looking after the world
- afterlife
- resurrection: the Christian belief that Jesus rose from the dead
- eternal life: Jesus' death is an example of being able to overcome death and have eternal life if they follow Jesus
- Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life. he who believes in me will live though he dies"
- judgement
- some Christians believe you're judged when you die: "all who die in Gods grace are assured eternal salavation"
- some Christians believe in a day of judgement: God has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited Earth"
- heaven and hell
- Roman Catholics believe in purgatory: "they undergo purification so they achieve the holiness necessary for the joy of heaven"
- God gave humans free will. Hell is a place for those who reject God
- resurrection: the Christian belief that Jesus rose from the dead
- ways to describe God
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