Christian beliefs SOA

• Matthew 3v16-17 'At that moment heaven....'

  'At that moment heaven was opened and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove... a voice from heaven said this is my son whom i love, with him i am well pleased.'
• The Nicene Creed- God


  'We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.'
• The Nicene Creed- Jesus


  'We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only son of God, eternally begotten of the father.'
• The Nicene Creed- Spirit


  'We believe in the Holy Spirit, the giver of life, who proceeds from the father and the son.'
• God's omnibenevolence John 3:16

  'For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son, and whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life'
• Genesis 1:1-2 'In the beginning..'

  'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters'
• Genesis 1:27- 'So God created mankind..'


  'So God created Mankind in his own image in he image of God he created them; male and female he created them'
• Incarnation- John 1:14- 'The word became..'

  'The word became flesh and made his dwelling amongst us'
• Creation- John 1:1 'In the beginning..'

  'In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God'
• Salvation- John 14:2 'My fathers house..'

  'My Fathers house has many rooms'
• Salvation- John 14:6 'I am the...'


  'I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me'
• Marriage- Genesis 2:24 'a man leaves his..'


  'A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh'
• Marriage- Matthew 19:6 'so they are no longer..'

  'So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together let no one separate'
• Sexual immorality 'you shall not..'- Exodus 20:14

  'You shall not commit adultery'
• Homosexuality- Leviticus 18:22- 'Do not have..'


  'Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable'
• Gender Equality 'Wives..

  'Wives submit to your husbands as you do to the lord'
• Equality- 'There is neither..'


  'There is neither Jew not Greek, slave nor free, male nor female for we are all one in Christ Jesus'
• God's Love 'The lord works...'

  'The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed'
• Jesus's crucifixion- 'Forgive them..'

  'Forgive them father for they don't know what they are doing'
• Divorce- Mark 'Anyone who divorces..'

  'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her'
• Sexual immorality- Corinthians 'Flee..'

  'Flee from sexual immorality'.
• Children- Exodus 'Honour your...'

  'Honour your father and your mother'
• Instruction for parents- Ephesians 'Bring them up..'

  'Bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord'
• Little children- Mathew 'Let the little children...'

  'Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these'
• Contraception- Genesis 'Be....'

  'Be fruitful and multiply'
• Contraception Psalm 'Offspring a...'

  'Offspring a reward from him'
• Against female equality- Genesis 'I will make a..'


  'I will make a helper suitable for him'
• Inequality in the church- 1 timothy- 'I do not permit..'


  'I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man'
• The local church- 'Be shepherds of..'

  'Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, watching over them..'
• Evangelism- 'Go and..'

  'Go and preach the word to all of creation'
• Charity work-' Go sell everything..'


  'Go sell everything you have and give it to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven'- Mark 10:17
• Charity- 'Give your gifts...'

  'Give your gifts in secret' 'then your father.. will reward you'
• Charity- 'each of you should..'

  'Each of you should give what you have decided to give'
• Charity- without love 'If I give all..'

  'If I give all I posses to the poor.. but do not have love, I gain nothing.'
• Prayer- 'But when you pray..'

  'But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father, who is unseen. Then your father who sees what is done in secret will reward you'
• Pilgrimage Luke 2- 'every year..'


  'Every year his parents travelled to Jerusalem for the Passover festival...the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem...'

  'Didn't you know that it was necessary for me to be in my father's house?'- Jesus
• Creation-'The Earth is the..'

  'The earth is the Lord's and everything in it'-Psalm 24:1
• Creation- 'God saw..'

  'God saw all that he had made, and it was very good'- Genesis 1:31
• Origins of the universe

  ‘All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together’ - colossians
• origins- birds

  ’Look at the birds…they do not sow…yet your father feeds them.Are you not much more valuable than they?’ -Matthew