Rs Jesus Christianity

• The Messiah


  The anointed one who Jews believe will bring in a new era/age for humankind
• The Messiah


  • He will be born and have the authority of God
  • Peaceful ruler/peace that lasts forever
  • Will rule justly over the world
• Beliefs about the Messiah

  • Jews are still waiting for the Messiah
  • Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah
• Christmas


  Celebration of the incarnation- God became human
• Advent


  1. Allows Christians to prepare for Christmas

  2. Traditionally, Christians used to fast during advent

  3. Now people use advent calendars/candles to count down
• Christmas traditions

  • Giving gifts
  • Lighting candles
  • Church
  • Nativity
• Christingle

  • Candle shows what God is like
  • Cocktail sticks show the corners of the world
  • Red tape shows God's love
  • The orange represents the world
• The Trinity


  The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit
• The Son


  • Immanent (God of the world)
  • Saviour of humanity
  • Came to Earth to teach by example
  • Compared to water - water is used to clean ourselves
  • God, the son died on the cross to cleanse Christians of their sins
• Prayer

  • Corporate worship - Christians gather together in the Church
  • Individual worship - allows you to have a personal relationship with God
  • Prayer is direct access to God - Protestant
• Incarnation

  Jesus was God, incarnated - God made flesh or God in human form
• Incarnation


  • Mary, Jesus' mother, was told by an angel that she would give birth to a child named Jesus
• Baptism

  • Sacraments - outward signs of inward grace
  • Ritual through which people become members of the Church
  • Involves water as a symbol of the washing away of sin
• Types of Baptism

  • Believers' Baptism - people old enough to understand the ceremony
  • Infant Baptism - baptism of babies/children by the promise of their parents
• Resurrection

  Jesus' greatest miracle, he resurrected on Easter Sunday
• Eucharist

  Bread - body, wine - blood, celebration
• Maundy Thursday

  The last supper
• Crucifixion


  Good Friday - Jesus was arrested for blasphemy/claiming to be King, wore a crown of thorns, carried his cross to Golgotha, was nailed to it and died. SOW "It is finished"
• Easter


  1. Ash Wednesday - when Jesus went into the desert

  2. Palm Sunday - Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem

  3. Maundy Thursday - last supper

  4. Good Friday - when Jesus died on the cross