Sunday 8 May 2011

Basic Information


Christians are people who follow the religion Christianity.

1. Christian- believes in Jesus Christ as Lord & Saviour
2. Announced the coming of Kingdom of God
3. A teacher who lived at Nazareth
4. Taught in Galilee & Jerusalem during the Roman Empire
5. Believes he’s the son of God
6. Is called Christ because he was believed as the Messiah, the anointed one
7. Reconciliation was necessary- Sin is anything that separates ppl from God
8. God reconciled ppl to himself by Christ/ ppl communicates with God through faith in Jesus
9. Church = fellowship of ppl who have faith in Christ
10. Believers = representatives, servers
11. Baptism = sacrament of initiation into a Christian life & member of church
12. God = creator who love & care for us

The 13 disciples of Jesus: Simon Peter, Andrew, John, James the Greater, James the Younger, Matthew, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Thaddeous, Simon the Zealot, Judas Iscariot (replaced by Matthias after betraying Jesus and committing suicide).

  1. Jesus was a Palestinian Jew
  2. Born in Bethlehem around 4 B.C.
  3. The title Christ was applied by his followers
  4. Worked with his father, Joseph, as a carpenter at age 29
  5. Began to preach and work miracles, then 12 disciples gathered
  6. Age 33, Jesus was arrested by a mob and turned over to local authorities who gave him hasty trial and executed him
  7. Jesus was executed and died on the cross on March 22nd. Then he rose again on the night of March 23rd and ascended to heaven
How to become Christian: Personally commit yourself to Christ by praying a prayer in which you confess your sins, accept his forgiveness, and give Him control of your life. Then follow Christ in baptism and church membership

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