Christianity - Beliefs Flashcards
(16 cards)
There is only one God (Monotheism)
“You shall have no other Gods before me”
God is the Creator
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth”
Ex nihilo - out of nothing
God is Omnipotent
“Nothing is impossible with god”
God is Omnibenevolent
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son”
God is Just / the Judge
“He will separate the people from one another as a shepherd separates sheep from goats”
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”
God is Fair
“He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity”
Creation
“He created man in His own image”
“God saw all that He had made and it was very good”
Trinity (as present in Genesis)
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth”
“and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”
Day of Judgement
“He will separate the people from one another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats”
“They will go away to eternal punishment- but the righteous to eternal life”
Heaven
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more”
Hell
“There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth”
Incarnation
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”
Crucifixion
“Surely this man was the Son of God”
“My God, why have you forsaken me?”
Resurrection
“He is not here, He has risen”
“And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith”
Ascension
“While he was blessing them he left them and was taken up to heaven”
Sin and salvation
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ”
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith. It is the gift of God-not by works”
