Christian beliefs

Cards (23)

  • Belief in Jesus: "When Jesus was baptised, a voice from heaven said, 'You are my son'"
  • Monotheism: "You shall have no other Gods before me"
  • Omnipotence: "Nothing is impossible with God"
  • Belief in Jesus and incarnation: "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son [...] whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"
  • Creation: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth [...] and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters"
  • Creation and Jesus: "In the beginning was the Word [...] and the Word was God"
  • The incarnation of God: "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us"
  • Afterlife: "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"
  • Day of Judgement: "When the son of God comes in his glory [...] he will separate the people from one another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats"
  • Atonement and Salvation: "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins"
  • Atonement: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me"
  • Ascension: "While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven"
  • Crucifixion: "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit"
  • Belief in God the Son: "You may believe that Jesus is [...] the son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name"
  • Augustinian theodicy - humans were created perfect, but used their freewill to sin.
  • Irenaean theodicy - God made humans imperfect, so is partly responsible for the evil nature of mankind.
  • Salvation - saving the soul from sin
  • Reconciliation - repairing a relationship after it has broken down
  • Grace - the unconditional love God has for everyone. It is unearned and is gained through believing in Christ
  • Atonement - becoming at one with God
  • Transcendence: "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
  • Heaven: "there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain"
  • hell: "there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth"