Christians believe they need salvation from sin because sin stops people from having a proper relationship with God. All Christians believe that Jesus saved people from sin (atonement) by his death on the cross. Catholics and Orthodox Christians believe that Jesus brings salvation through the sacraments of the Church.

Role of Jesus in salvation By having faith in Jesus, Christians believe they receive God’s grace . This means they believe God has blessed them, which in turn gives them the strength to live a good Christian life. Ultimately, salvation from sin was the purpose of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.

Salvation is being forgiven of sins, rescued and preserved from the doom of all sinners. By the grace of God, we are given eternal life.

The past must be forgiven, before men can be saved from the present and future power of sin. Hence we find salvation set forth in the following manner: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1 : 9.

Salvation history (German: Heilsgeschichte) seeks to understand the personal redemptive activity of God within human history in order to effect his eternal saving intentions.

The principal stages in the history of salvation, as Israel presented them in the OT, are the creation and the fall of man, the primeval history (highlighted by the rescue of Noah from the deluge), the promises of Abraham, his descendants’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, the Mosaic covenant, the history of Israel from …

Yet, Pentecost is significant because it marks the start of the Christendom’s first church. The day of Pentecost is recorded in the New Testament’s “The Acts of the Apostles.” “And when the day of Pentecost had come, the followers of Jesus were all together in one place” (Acts 2:1).

Christianity has interpreted Genesis as the prefiguration of certain cardinal Christian beliefs, primarily the need for salvation (the hope or assurance of all Christians) and the redemptive act of Christ on the Cross as the fulfilment of covenant promises as the Son of God.

The plan of salvation is a Christian concept regarding God’s plan to save humanity from sin and its consequences. It occurs first in the New Testament, for example in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark, although some scholars consider the idea fully developed first in the Gospel of Luke.

There are two types of revelation:

• General (or indirect) revelation – called ‘general’ or ‘indirect’ because it is available to everyone.
• Special (or direct) revelation – called ‘direct’ because it is revelation directly to an individual or sometimes a group.

Incarnation, central Christian doctrine that God became flesh, that God assumed a human nature and became a man in the form of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the second person of the Trinity.

God chooses a human to be an agent of God’s active liberation. God, in all God’s wisdom and power could have intervened. Instead, God chose to work through a flawed and fearful human being: Moses. In Exodus 4:1-13, we find a leader, chosen by God, who seems a lot like us—scared, awestruck, and reluctant.

To destroy the works of the devil – In 1 John 3:8 we are told that one of the reasons Jesus needed to be born as a man, was so that He could destroy the works of the devil.

During his lifetime, Jesus himself didn’t call himself God and didn’t consider himself God, and none of his disciples had any inkling at all that he was God. You do find Jesus calling himself God in the Gospel of John, or the last Gospel.

the third day – dry land, seas, plants and trees were created. the fourth day – the Sun, Moon and stars were created. the fifth day – creatures that live in the sea and creatures that fly were created. the sixth day – animals that live on the land and finally humans, made in the image of God were created.

Describing God’s creation of human beings, Genesis 1:26 says: “then God said, ‘Let Us make (asah) humans in Our image, according to Our likeness’”; Genesis 2:7 reads, “Then the LORD God formed (yatsar) man of dust from the ground”; and Genesis 5:1 declares, “He made (asah) them in the divine likeness.” In these …

WHAT CAN I DO TO CARE FOR GOD’S CREATION? Taking small, conscious steps in your everyday life can help you reflect on our call to care for creation—and make an impact on the environment. Simple things like composting kitchen scraps, recycling and eating less meat can reduce waste and shrink your carbon footprint.