Since man are naturally susceptible to corruption and sin, God had to enter the world in human form in order to guide man back to the state in which he created them in. The general idea of the incarnation of Jesus is very foreign to me in regards to it not being a part of my religious background. I was aware however that within Christianity this belief is taught and practiced. Learning that "God" was born in human form in order to save mankind is very hard for me to grasp. Since I was born and raised Muslim, this idea present many issues with my religious…
1. The admirabile commercium (marvelous exchange) describes the exchange between Jesus and humanity, and the rejoining of man to God through his sacrifice. Since the Old Testament, sin has caused the breakdown in the relationship between mankind and God. This breakdown allowed for the destruction of the original communion.…
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” John 1:1. In our world today, we are losing our foundation in God. Today’s…
Jesus is the Son of God and our redeemer I will be touching on the most important doctrine in the Book of Mormon that Jesus Christ is the Savoir of mankind and is my own personal Savior. The whole goal of the book is bringing all unto Christ. The Book of Mormon is another witness of Jesus Christ and confirms the truths found in the Holy Bible. In its more than 6,000 verses, the Book of Mormon refers to Jesus Christ 4,000 times. It is clearly stated in it that it this was written to teach of and bring all to Christ.…
The Essentials of the Gospel The contains of this paper will outline the basic foundation of the Christian Worldview. In addition, it will explain my personal beliefs of Christian worldview. Man’s disconnection from God was inevitable because the nature of man is imperfect.…
Jesus Christ is the true God in human flesh. As stated in the beginning, everything was made in God’s image. Jesus proved to be the true image of God because of His actions and the way He lived His life until His death on the cross. As said in Colossians 1, Jesus is also stated to be the creator of all things. In the passage John 1, John states that “all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:1-3).…
The principal beliefs of Christianity being the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the nature of God and the Trinity, the revelation and the salvation, influence the life of adherents by providing the core foundations to what they are to live their live based upon. Variants of these beliefs are expressed through differing religious perspectives such as Catholicism, Anglicism and Pentecostalism. The divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ is of the belief that Jesus is both fully human and divine; son of God and human. Jesus is the archetype of God, as he was sent as an act of love from God for humanity. The teaching defines Jesus as both a historical, physical figure of the same core of God, as stated in John 1:14 “The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.…
If God accepted the former the former ritual as a purifying of the flesh, how much more will God be satisfied by the sacrifice of His own son. It brings peace with God. 51 The Cross Symbol of Grace…
The Word of God, as referred by St. John, is Jesus. The Word of God became flesh to reconcile us to God, to manifest God’s love, to offer a model of holiness, to allow us to share in divine life, and to defeat the devil. He did everything out of his love. His creation was perfect, but it was the temptation of Satan that brought sin to the world. The consequence of sin required a special sacrifice that would save human beings.…
This Situla (Bucket for Holy Water) is a holy object used for Christianity, it is a bucket used to hold holy water and spread it to the believers in the parade of Christian, and it was mentioned, “this bucket was one of the earliest of four known examples” . Spreading holy water to the believers is a behavior that spread the blessing of God. This Situla was made in northern France in 860-880, it was in the late ninth-century. Currently, this Situla is located in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. According to information that recorded in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.…
When sin entered the world there was separation between God and man created by the inability of communion between Holy and sinful. Jesus Christ had to die in order to reconcile this gap and create a bridge for man to know God again. While Jesus was on earth his mission was to reconnect us with God by fulfilling the Law. However Jesus was limited in doing the mission because His divinity was confined to a mortal body.…
Jesus is the Alpha of the creation of God; it means that He is the instigator or prime mover of creation. The creative power was in Jesus, and all creative work started because of Jesus. Wisdom built her house (Proverbs 9:1), and Jesus is the Wisdom of God. He built the entire universe in…
Jesus is defined as full man and full God, meaning that He is God himself transformed into a human being. The book of John is a good source to understand the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ, and His role in the trinity. For example, Jesus states “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him” (John 14:7). In this verse, Jesus evidences the trinity by defining himself as a reflection of God’s entity. Also, further on the same chapter, Philip asks Jesus to show them the Father, for what Jesus replies by asking if he didn’t know Him already, and finally saying “Who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9).…
There have been many debates on creation and our existence. When did life begin and what started it all? After all, we’re here. We breathe air in. We make decisions that spur action.…
The Doctrine of Atonement is perhaps one of the most fundamental beliefs of Christianity. There are many conflicting and similar views held by great theological thinkers of the atonement. In this paper we will discuss the views held by Wesleyan-Armenian’s, Calvinists, and several liberal on the doctrine of atonement. There are many complex ideas and doctrines that also tie into the doctrine of atonement that also need to be explained in depth such as the wrath of God, forgiveness of sins, and the universality of God’s offer of forgiveness. “The doctrine of atonement is thus the centre and heart of divine truth.…