Christian beliefs and teachings - Quotes

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"Nothing is impossible with God" Luke 1:37
This shows that God is omnipotent; there is nothing that God cannot do or achieve.
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"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" John 3:16
This shows that Christians believe that God's greatest act of love was sending God's son, Jesus, to earth. It shows god is benevolent as he gave up his son.
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"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the...
truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves. Love never fails" 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 This shows God is just and keeps no record of wrongs. This description of love suggests some qualities that Christians should aspire to.
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"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light', and there was light"
Genesis 1:1-3 It could be argued that even though God the father is referred to as the creator, the Holy Spirit, the third person of the trinity, was already active in what has become the world.
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:1-3
'the Word' refers to God the son, who entered history as Jesus. This shows that not only was the holy spirit involved in the creation but the son was as well. Thus the whole trinity were involved and have existed since the beginning.
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"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us" John 1:14
Prior to this, in verse 1, John seems to refer to 'The Word' as God the son. For Christians this gives us clear support to the belief that Jesus was God incarnate, in the flesh as a man.
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"Again the high priest asked him, 'Are you the Christ, the son of the blessed one?' , 'I am', said Jesus. Mark 14:61b-62a
Jesus confirming he is the son of God
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When Jesus was baptised, a voice from heaven said 'you are my son'" Mark 1:11
This confirms Jesus is the son of God by God the father
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"You may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name" John 21:31
If you believe in the son of God you will have eternal life.
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"This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: his mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit" Matthew 1:18
This gives evidence that Jesus is incarnate - made from flesh in human form, fully God yet fully human and thus God the Son as part of the Trinity. Virgin conception is not natural / unlikely to have happened since; for Christians this is important.
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"Jesus called out with a loud voice. 'Father into your hands I commit my spirit.' When he had said this he breathed his last" Luke 23:46
1. Shows Jesus is trusting God the father that he will work things out. Jesus is giving his spirit and forgiving people through dying. 2. Shows Jesus is fully human as he can die
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"Surely this man was the son of God!" Mark 15:39
This was said by a Roman Guard. It shows belief in the Trinity. It also shows recognition of Jesus as the son of God.
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"Forgive them father, for they know not what they do" Luke 23:24
This was said by Jesus. It shows Jesus' forgiveness even when dying on the cross. Therefore, we should be prepared to forgive in any situation.
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"When he had led them out of the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven"
At the end of this time, Christians believe that Jesus ascended into heaven where he sits at the right hand of God the father.
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"And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith" from 1 Corinthians 15
If we do not believe that Jesus was raised from the dead then the Christian faith is pointless.
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"For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins" from 1 Corinthians 15
We cannot be raised from the dead and forgiven for our sins if Jesus was not raised from the dead.
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"There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another" from 1 Corinthians 15
Our resurrection body will be different from our earthly body. Does this mean that it will be a spiritual resurrection? (because our body will be different to our earthly body)
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"For the trumpet will sound , the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed" from 1 Corinthians 15
Shows it will be a spiritual resurrection rather than a physical/bodily one. This will happen on Judgement day
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"I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me" John 14:6
Jesus is the way to heaven, you can't go to heaven without believing in Jesus. You can only get to the afterlife by believing in Jesus
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"He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins" 1 John
When Jesus died on the cross he atoned for the sins of the world as God cannot ignore sin. Christians believe that if they say sorry, God will forgive them and save them.
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"We believe in one God" from the Nicene Creed
Shows Christians are monotheistic
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"And he will come to judge the living and the dead: I believe in... the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting" from the Apostles' creed
Christians believe that God decides what happens to a person when they die. They believe he will take into account everything that the person has done in their life and consider how well they have tried to live by his teachings and Jesus' examples.
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"Come, you who are blessed by my father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat..." from the parable of the sheep and the goats
Those who help people in need, for example, the poor and those who are seen as nice and caring people will go to heaven.
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"Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat..." from the parable of the sheep and the goats
Those who ignore people who are in need of help are seen as bad people and will be sent to hell
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This shows that Christians believe that God's greatest act of love was sending God's son, Jesus, to earth. It shows god is benevolent as he gave up his son.

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"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" John 3:16

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truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves. Love never fails" 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 This shows God is just and keeps no record of wrongs. This description of love suggests some qualities that Christians should aspire to.

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'the Word' refers to God the son, who entered history as Jesus. This shows that not only was the holy spirit involved in the creation but the son was as well. Thus the whole trinity were involved and have existed since the beginning.

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Sharp1e

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very helpful

rrrude

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Really good! However, there is a lot of repetiton, and the quotes selected are a bit wordy- there are simpler ones. :)

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