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Christianity: Beliefs Flashcards

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What is the nature of God?

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Belief that God is all powerful - Omnipotent
God is the creator of the world and the salvation of humanity
God is loving - Benevolent (Protected Jews and sent Jesus to save humanity from sin.)
God is just - Fair, right and good. (Promise to care and rewards the good and punishes the bad)

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What is a Bible quote for the Nature of God?

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“For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, might and awesome.” - Deuteronomy 10:17

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What is the problem with evil and suffering considering God?

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People ask questions like:

  • If god is all powerful and all caring, why does he allow suffering
  • Does he care if humans suffer?
  • Has he unfairly abandoned humans?
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In the Holy trinity, what is the Father?

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God the father is presumed to be the creator of the world and sent his son Jesus to save humanity.
He created humanity and also wants to save it.
Father is seen as powerful.

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What is the son?

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Jesus is believed to be the Son of God.
Believed to had existed before creation and came down to save humanity.
It is through him that we have been saved and can have a relationship with god in heaven after death.

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What is the (Holy) Spirit?

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The person of god who communicates with people in everyday life
He has spoken through prophets and was sent to the disciples after Jesus’s death so that God could be present to humanity
Many say the Holy Spirit lives in their hearts

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What is a quote about the Holy Spirit?

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“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages.” -Acts2:3-4

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How does the Holy trinity influence Christians today?

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Most Christians believe in the trinity
Jesus death at Easter and birth at Christmas and Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
Christians pray to Jesus as well as God the Father.
Baptisms are given in the name of “The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit”

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What does the Nicene Creed state about God?

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  • God is one
  • God the father made the world and everything else
  • Jesus is also God
  • Jesus came to earth as a human-born of the Holy Spirit and Mary to save humanity
  • Jesus died, rose and ascended to heaven
  • Jesus will come at the end of time to judge humanity
  • Holy Spirit gives life and has influenced prophets
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What is the oneness of God?

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Christians believe in one God and God’s nature is one and unified.

“The Lord is our God, the Lord Alone.” (Deuteronomy 6:4)

Idolatry (worshipping idols) is forbidden in Old Testament.

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What is natural suffering?

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Suffering caused by natural events e.g. natural disasters and disease
E.g tsunamis and volcanoes and cancer e.t.c

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What is moral suffering?

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Caused by something a human being chooses to do, such as killing someone else.
Some say that moral suffering is a result of evil
E.g. Murder, theft, exploitation

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What are Christians arguments for people that question God’s love and power e.g Why does suffering happen if God loves us?

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  • People do evil because they have free will
  • Argue people have the freedom to make their own decisions
  • Shows people are genuine good if they choose not to do evil

This does not solve the problem of natural suffering.

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What is another argument?

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God is being just - Humans deserves punishment for their sin

However, it does not justify why the innocent seem to have the MST suffering.
Maybe suffering is just and cannot do everything/free will with evil is better then no freedom

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What is the beliefs of creation in Genesis 1?

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Before the creation there was nothing but God’s Spirit moved and God spoke, and things came into being.
Over 6 days God created the world: light, animals, sea e.t.c
Everything is in God’s image and gave the world to humans to look after.
On the 7th day he rested.
“Then God said:’Let there be light!’;and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3)

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What is the beliefs about creation in Genesis 2?

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More detail and everything happens in a different order I.e. man is created before animal
Creation of woman is different and made from Adam’s rib.
Commanded not to eat fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

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What happens in Genesis 3?

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The serpent tempts woman and she eats it.
They lose innocence and realise they are naked and are ashamed.
God finds out, curses them and casts them out the Garden of Eden.

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What are the 3 main points of John 1:1-18?

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  • Word of God Is God -God’s grace
  • Jesus was present before creation
  • Jesus played a part in creation
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How does creation influence Christians today?

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Makes them feel special - uniquely created beings
Some believe God created the world but has some scientific aspects
Believe God gave the world to humans; they rule it, or have denomination over it
Believe they have a great responsibility

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What is heaven/hell/purgatory?

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Heaven - a place people go after death, with God

Hell- A place people go after death, without God

Purgatory - A place Catholics believe people may go after death to do penance before going to heaven

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What do some Christians believe about resurrection?

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Believe there will be a bodily resurrection for everybody at judgement at the end of time, when souls and bodies will be reunited.
Some believe Resurrection is immediate after death.
Some believe Resurrection is delayed until the end of time.
Some believe the body will be resurrected while some believe it won’t
However all Christians believe in an afterlife

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Why do Christians believe in the resurrection of the body?

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Because Jesus was raised from the dead in some sort of bodily form and he also raised others from the dead physically.
Jesus also taught that the dead will be raised from their graves at a coming time.

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Why do others believe in the immorality of the soul ?

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Jesus promised an eternal life, not life that ends and starts again in the future.
He also told one of the thieves on the cross that he would be in heaven that day, which implies the thief will not have to resurrect at the don of time.

“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” - Luke 23:24

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Why is resurrection important?

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Christians believe that there will be life after death:

  • This comforts them because they know death isn’t the end
  • This can encourage them to live good lives because they know God is going to judge them.

The existence of resurrection illuminates God:

  • God is powerful enough to overcome death (Jesus resurrection)
  • God is loving and forgiving (Wants humans to enjoy heaven with him)
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What is the beliefs on judgement?

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Judgement is an event at the end of time where each individual will be judged by God on what they believe and whether they lived a good or bad life.
Believe it results in either being sent to heaven or hell (or purgatory)
Catholic believe in immortality of soul and resurrection of body so they believe people will be judged twice.

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Why is judgement important?

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It decides the eternal fate of a person - whether they have been saved or condemned
Jesus taught that people will be judged and talked about his Father’s kingdom.
He told parables to explain judgement e.g sheep and goat
(Sheep someone who leads good life > granted eternal life and heaven)
(Goat someone who leads bad life > condemned to punishment)

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What is Hell portrayed as?

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Outside of heaven and away from god
“Where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” Matthew 25:30
Some portray it as full of doom.
This reminded Christians to lead a good life so they weren’t condemned to this awful place

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Why is believe in heaven, hell and purgatory so significant?

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Encourages Christians to lead good lives

Helps as a boundary between different denominations aka purgatory separates catholic and Church of England

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How does the belief in life after death influence Christians today?

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Feel grateful to God for heaven and live lives pleasing God.
Reassures Christians that death isn’t the end.
“Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live.” - John 11:25
Live a good life so they won’t be sent to hell (punishment)
Helps Christians makes decisions knowing they’ll b judged for it

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What do some Christians believe about non-Christians entering Heaven?

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Some interpret “No one comes through the father except through me” (John 14:6) to meant that all Christians go to heaven.
So they believe they must practise Christianity in order to go to heaven.
Some try and convert others so they can reach heaven too.

However some interpret it as only Christians can reach heaven through God, but others can reach it in different ways.

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What is incarnation?

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The belief that Jesus was God in the flesh.

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What are some debates over Jesus as both God and human?

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Some say Jesus was completely God and appeared human.
Some believed that Jesus was a divine being (not on same level as God).
Some believe Jesus was human but had a special relationship with God.
Many teach that Jesus was fully God and fully human (incarnate)

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Why is Jesus being incarnate important to Christians?

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  • Showed God cared so much he became human and died for us.
  • Showed Jesus had God’s authority and taught his will (know what to believe for certain.)
  • Shows God has power -Raise dead, perform miracles e.t.c
  • Helps Christians have a close relationship with God because they believe God came to have an relationship with them.
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What is a quote to show Jesus was the son of god?

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“You are the Messiah. Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16)

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What is quote to show Jesus is incarnate?

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“The Word was God…And the Word became flesh and lived among us…Jesus Christ” - John 1:1,14,17

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Where was there proof of Jesus’s God-like qualities in the bible?

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> Healed many people
Performed miracles
Claimed authority to forgive sins
He resurrected

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Where was there proof of Jesus’s human-like qualities?

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>He ate
>He felt tired
>He cried when his friend died
>He suffered leading up to his death
>Suffered a painful death
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What happened before Jesus’s cruxifixction?

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  • Jesus eats last meal (Last supper) with his disciples where he broke bread and wine, gave thanks and said the bread was his body and wine was his blood.
  • Betrayed by disciple Judas and Jesus is tried in front of Jewish authorities
  • Authorities decide to kill Jesus.
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What happened during Jesus’s cruxifixction?

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He is being beaten and mocked by soldiers as he walks by with Simon Of Cyrene carrying his cross.
He wears a crown on thorns on his head and is mocked as “King of the Jews”.
Crucified between two criminals as the soldiers gamble for his clothing.
He’s mocked and taunt by Jewish authorities.
Talks to the two criminals and one ask for forgiveness so Jesus reassured him he will meet him in heaven.
The sky goes dark until 3pm when Jesus dies.

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What happened at his resurrection?

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Jesus died on the Friday and Saturday (Sabbath) was a day of rest.
Women couldn’t go and clothe his body until the Sunday

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What happened at Jesus’s resurrection in Matthew’s gospel?

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An angle appears to the women and tells them that Jesus has been raised.
When the women tell the disciples to come see, Jesus appears to them.

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What happened at Jesus’s resurrection in Mark’s gospel?

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A man is sitting in the open tomb(maybe an angel) and tells the woman that Jesus has been raised.
Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene and then to his disciples

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What happened at Jesus’s resurrection in Luke’s Gospel?

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Two men (possibly angels) appear to the women and tells them that Jesus has risen.
The women are scared and tells the disciples who don’t believe them, thought peter goes to investigate the tomb.
Jesus appears to two of his friends on a journey although they don’t recognise him until they sit down to eat.
He also appears to simon Peter and his other disciples.
He tells them to wait in Jerusalem and to wait for the Holy Spirit.

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What happened at Jesus’s resurrection in John’s Gospel?

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Marry Magdalene finds the tomb empty and alerts the disciples.
She returns to the tomb and finds two angels sitting and then sees Jesus.
He appears to the disciples without Thomas present and again when he is.

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What happened with the ascension?

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Not specifically mentioned in Matthew or John’s gospel but Matthew’s gospel ends with him telling his disciples to go out and make more disciples.

In Luke’s gospel, Jesus blesses his disciples and ascends to heaven as they worship him. Mark’s gospel mentions he was taken up to heaven and seated next to God.

“While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.” - Luke 24:51

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What is the significance of Jesus’s death predicted at the last supper?

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Many denominations remember Jesus’s sacrifice of his body and blood through the sacrament of Eucharist or communion.
It reminds them that Jesus died to save them from their sins

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What is the significance of the fulfilment of the Old Testament’s prophecy?

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Because Jesus fulfilled a prophecy, it shows that sending Jesus to redeem mankind has been part of God’s plan for a long time.

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What s the significance of the temple curtain tearing into two?

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Symbolise that Jesus’s death had removed the barrier between people and God.
Christians believe that today, anyone can come to God and have a relationship with him through Jesus.

Refers to anyone.

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What is the significance of Jesus rising from the dead?

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Jesus overcame sin and death and brought them salvation.

Christianity has continued because of the belief in his resurrection

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What is the significance of Jesus’s resurrection and ascension?

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Shows Jesus’s divinity and remind Christians of his power and authority - he could conquer death and rise to heaven.

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What was “The Fall”?

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The idea that human’s lost God’s grace when they disobeyed him in the Garden of Eden.

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What is original sin?

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Sin all humans inherit due to “The Fall”.

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What is personal sin?

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Sins committed by an individual

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What do Christians believe when they believe in personal Sin but not original sin?

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Don’t want to feel the added weight if original sin.

Believe that any disobedience to God is sinful, but that humans do not constantly sin .

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What did Jesus teach about sin?

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Taught he had to come save sinners and to rescue people from the consequence of sin.
Told many people that their sins were forgiven and preached that god would forgive sins of those who repented.
He gave his disciples authority to forgive sins.

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What is a quote about sin being server?

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“And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.” - Matthew 5:30

It is better for you to repent then for you to go to hell.

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How does this influence Christians today?

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Some believe women are inferior to men because even tempted Adam to eat the fruit.
Some believe a greater saviour is needed (Jesus) because they feel so lost.
However, some people see men and women equal because in Genesis 1:27 it says that both men and women were created in God’s image.

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Why can salvation be comforting?

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Because Christians don’t have to fear death or punishment because they can have a new star because god will forgive them as he cares and loves them

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What do Christians believe about sin?

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Christians believe that committing sin separates them from God and condemn them to punishment.
However, Jesus died instead and he paid the price for sin.
This allows them to have a close relationship with God.
Therefore salvation is important because it offers Christians a second chance and gives them a fresh start without sin,

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What are different ideas about sin?

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One view is that salvations is granted by God’s grace and that God has chosen who will be saved in advance.
Because humans have sinned, some do not have a right to salvation so God hasn’t chosen everyone.

A second view is that people have a free will to decide whether to come to God and accept what Jesus has done.
Believe salvation is down to the individual choosing whether to accept God’s grace or not.
Therefore, no one is ultimately excluded from salvation straight away

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What is the idea of Law for salvation? (Jewish law)

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Believed that to achieve salvation you must follow God’s law.
They should follow the spiritual law of love, expressed in Jesus.

Because of Jesus sacrifice, Christians can feel free from following this law. They do not have to purity themselves and believe God will forgive them if they repent their sins.
But some believe we should still follow aspects of the law - just because Jesus died for humanity’s sins, doesn’t mean we can do anything we like.

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How is Grace and the spirit a way of salvation?

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Christians believe that grace is a spiritual gift that God gave to people in order to save them.
E.g. sending Jesus to earth was god giving grace.
“From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.”

Also believe the Holy Spirit can be a way God sends his grace.
Believe they can get God’s grace through the bible and sacraments e,g, reliving Jesus’s sacrifice (Eucharist) or accepting a new spiritual life (Baptism)

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What is a quote about Jesus and salvation?

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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only son, so that anyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life”. - John 3:16

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What is atonement?

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Refers to how Jesus achieved salvation.
E.g. his death made up for humanity’s sins.

Jesus could pay the price to redeem humans because he was human but was able to overcome death and sin because he’s also divine.
Some think Jesus achieved atonement through sacrifice - satisfying the price need for sin.

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