Christianity

• God's Omnipotence

  "Nothing is impossible with God" Luke 1:37
• God's Benevolence

  "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son" John 3:16
• God's Justice

  "The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed" Psalm 103:6
• Defence to God about Evil and Suffering - Aron Ralston - Suffering is needed as a balance


  "All of us have our boulders [problems/difficulties]... It has made my life what it is, rich beyond imagining. Our boulders can be our blessings"
• God is one and unified - belief in the Trinity


  "Hear O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone" Deuteronomy 6:4
• God the Father - seen as the creator, all powerful who acts as a good father would towards his children

  "Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name" The Lord's Prayer
• God the Son (Jesus) - fully human and fully divine

  "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God" Matthew 6:16
• God the Holy Spirit - the unseen power of God at work in the world


  "All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit & began to speak in other languages, as the spirit gave them ability" Acts 2:4
• God is the creator of the universe

  "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" Genesis 1:1
• God made human beings in his image

  "God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them" Genesis 1:27
• Different interpretations of the Genesis account of creation (Explanations)

  Fundamentalist - Believes it's completely true - that God created the universe in six days and rested on the seventh. E.g. A fundamentalist view-taker would reject the fact that the big bang took place.

  
  

  Non-literal - Believe that the Bible was written so that the people of that time understood it with limited scientific knowledge.

  
  

  Mythological - Belief that the Genesis account of creation was a myth - the purpose of it was just to show God's qualties such as omnipotence and benevolence.
• John's account of Creation

  "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1
• The Incarnation - God becoming fully human in the person of Jesus

  "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us" John 1:14
• Jesus was the Son of God

  "When Jesus was baptised, a voice from Heaven said 'You are my Son'" Mark 1:11
• The Resurrection

  "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen!" Luke 24:5

  
  

  "And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile..." 1Corinthians
• The Ascension

  "While he was blessing them he left them and was taken up to Heaven" Luke 24:51
• Belief in Jesus, his death and his resurrection is essential to reach Heaven and life after death.


  "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" John 14:6
• Salvation through grace


  "The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 6:23
• Salvation through works

  "But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?" James 2:20
• Resurrection to Heaven

  "The body that is sown perishable, it is raised imperishable." 1 Corinthians
• Heaven

  "Our father who art in heaven"

  
  

  "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore..."
• Hell

  "They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord" 2 Thessalonians

  
  

  "...their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur" Revelation
• Atonement

  "He [Jesus] is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only ours but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:1-2

  
  

  "For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. For in Adam we all die, so in Christ, all will be made alive" 1Corinthians
• Stewardship

  "God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground'"