Beliefs and Teachings

• Beliefs about the nature of God - the ten commandments

  ‘I am your Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other Gods before me.’
• God as omnipotent -The bible

  ‘Nothing is impossible with God.’
• God as omnibenevolant - The Bible

  ‘God so loved the world he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’
• The Creation story - The bible

  ‘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 there the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said ‘Let there be light', and there was light.’
• God as the word - The bible

  ‘in the begging 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 m.’
• The incarnation - The Bible

  'This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary ... was found to be pregnant through the holy spirit.'
• The incarnation - The Bible

  'The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.'
• Proof of Jesus as the Son of God - The Bible

  'Again the high priest asked him, 'Are you Christ, the Son of the Blessed one?''I am,' said Jesus'
• Why Christians believe in Jesus as the Son of God - The Bible

  'You may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.'
• Baptism of Jesus + proof of Jesus as the Son of God - The Bible

  'When Jesus was baptised, a voice from Heaven said 'You are my son.''
• The Crucifixion - The Bible

  'Jesus called out with a loud voice,' Father, into your hands I command my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his last.'
• The Crucifixion + Jesus as the Son of God - The Bible

  'Surely this man was the Son of God.'
• The Ascension - The Bible

  'While he was blessing them, he left and was taken up to heaven.'
• Resurrection - The Bible 


  'So will it be with the resurrection of the dead... If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.'
• The Afterlife (and ascension)- The Apostles' Creed

  'He ascended into heaven, and is seated on the right hand of the Father,

  and he will come to judge the living and the dead ; I believe in... The resurrection the body; and the life everlasting.'
• The Day of Judgement - The Bible

  'All nations will be gathered before him....He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, '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... I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
• Jesus' role in the afterlife - The Bible

  'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'
• The role of Jesus in salvation - The Bible

  'The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.'
• Atonement - The Bible

  'He (Jesus) is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but for the sins of the whole world.'