Christianity in a Nutshell

What is the core message of the Christian Faith?

You may not be a Christian and wonder (at odd random occasions) what the core message of Christianity is. It may not be that obvious. Different churches seem to have different messages and different Christians seem to say different things. It can be confusing!

Here is the Central Message of Christianity:

  1. We are not good enough for God and on our own merits we will never be good enough for God – no matter how hard we try, how may good things we do or excelling in religious observances. God is perfect and we are not. And because God is perfect, we cannot be allowed in the presence, EVER. This leave us in a dire predicament.
  2. Yet, out of love, God did not leave us in this predicament. God sent Jesus to live the perfect live we could not and then die to bear God’s just judgment on sin and sinners as our substitute.
  3. Jesus rose from the dead demonstrating that his substitutional sacrifice for sinners was indeed acceptable to God.
  4. Jesus now reigns and rules in heaven, and promised to come back to judge his enemies and establish the renewed world for his people.
  5. When we as imperfect sinners put our confidence, not in ourselves to save us, but in who Jesus is and what he’s done, our sins our forgiven and we are declared right with God. Jesus’ perfection is credited to us. By trusting in Jesus, we become friends with God in this world and the next.
  6. Now, as Christians living in this world, we seek to honour God as best we can and love our neighbours as ourselves. We do this not to earn our salvation, but in response to our great salvation.
  7. We also seek to get to know God better by studying the Bible and doing what it says – although we don’t always get it right!
  8. When we do sin as Christians, we say sorry to God, we thank Him for Jesus’ death that bore God’s judgment on sin for us, and we seek to turn from our sin and live God’s way.
  9. In a nutshell, we are not good enough for God and never will be. But God has done for us what we cannot do for ourselves – he has made us fit for Himself through the death of Jesus.

Perhaps you’ve been thinking about what Christianity’s core message is and I hope this helps.

This link explains more: https://twowaystolive.com/

If you would like to read more about Jesus in the Bible, this link will help you: https://www.theword121.com/

You are also welcome to email me (Andre) on: andre@christchurchtygerberg.org.za

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