Quotes - Christianity Beliefs and teachings

• The nature of God and the trinity:

  The nature of God - ‘For God so loved the world he gave his only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life’.

  The Trinity - ‘Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit’.

  God the Son - ‘I and the Father are one’
• The problem of evil: God said, ‘You must not eat the fruit from the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it. If you do you will die’.

  Types of evil:

  Moral evil - Evil/wrongdoing by humans. Some Christian’s believe that the devil tempts humans to act badly.

  Natural evil - Natural disasters - Earthquakes, tsunamis

  God is described as omnipotent, omniscient and transcendent.
• Creation: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...And God said let there be light, and there was light'. The Nicene Creed beings with: 'We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth'. 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.' 'The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us'.
• What does the Nicene Creed begin with?

  'We believe in the one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth'.
• Afterlife: 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me'. St Paul says: 'If Christ had not been raised, your faith is futile'. Physical resurrection: 'I believe in the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting'. Spiritual resurrection: 'It is sown in a natural body, it is raised in a spiritual body'. Roman Catholic's believe in purgatory.
• Judgement: 'In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you'. Jesus 'will come again to judge the living and the dead'. (Nicene Creed).
• Incarnation: 'The word became flesh, and lived among us for a while. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth'.
• Crucifixion and resurrection: 'and the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for i know that ye seek Jesus the Christ, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay'. 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' 'It is accomplished'. ''Truly this man was the Son of God'.
• Sin and Salvation: 'Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God'. Salvation through law/works - You have to earn it by keeping the rules. Salvation through grace - Unconditional love
• What is the quote for the Nature of God?

  ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall…