BASIC CHRISTIAN BELIEFS

There is only one God (Isaiah 43:10; 44:6, 8; John 17:3; 1 Corinthians 8:5-6; Galatians 4:8-9).
God is three-in-one or a Trinity (Matth! 3:16-17, "8:19; John 14:16-17; " Corinthians 13:14;
#$ts ":3"-33, John 10:30,17:11, "1; 1 %tr 1:").
God is omniscient or "knows all things" (#$ts 15:18; 1 John 3:"0).
God is omnipotent or "all powerful" (%sal& 115:3; '(lation 19:6).
God is omnipresent or "present everywhere" (Jr&iah "3:"3, "4; %sal& 139).
God is sovereign ()$hariah 9:14; 1 *i&oth+ 6:15-16).
God is holy (1 %tr 1:15).
God is just or "righteous" (%sal& 19:9, 116:5, 145:17; Jr&iah 1":1).
God is love (1 John 4:8).
God is true ('o&ans 3:4; John 14:6).
God is spirit (John 4:"4).
God is the creator of everything that exists (Gnsis 1:1; Isaiah 44:"4).
God is infinite and eternal. He has always been God (%sal& 90:"; Gnsis "1:33; #$ts
17:"4).
God is immutable. He does not change (Ja&s 1:17; Mala$hi 3:6; Isaiah 46:9-10).
The Holy pirit is God (#$ts 5:3-4; 1 Corinthians ":11-1"; " Corinthians 13:14).
!esus "hrist is God (John 1:1, 14, 10:30-33, "0:"8; Colossians ":9; %hili,,ians ":5-8;
-.r!s 1:8).
!esus became a man (%hili,,ians ":1-11).
!esus is fully God and fully man (Colossians ":9; 1 *i&oth+ ":5; -.r!s 4:15; " Corinthians
5:"1).
!esus was sinless (1 %tr ":""; -.r!s 4:15).
!esus is the only way to God the #ather (John 14:6; Matth! 11:"7; /01 10:"").
$an was created by God in the image of God (Gnsis 1:"6-"7).
%ll people have sinned ('o&ans 3:"3, 5:1").
&eath came into the world through %dam's sin ('o&ans 5:1"-15).
in separates us from God (Isaiah 59:").
!esus died for the sins of each and every person in the world (1 John ":"; " Corinthians
5:14; 1 %tr ":"4).
!esus' death was a substitutionary sacrifice. He died and paid the price for our sins( so
that we might live. (1 %tr ":"4; Matth! "0:"8; Mar1 10:45).
!esus resurrected from the dead in physical form (John ":19-"1).
alvation is a free gift of God ('o&ans 4:5, 6:"3; 2,hsians ":8-9; 1 John 1:8-10).
The )ible is the "inspired" or "God-breathed(" *ord of God (" *i&oth+ 3:16; " %tr 1:"1).
Those who reject !esus "hrist will go to hell forever after they die ('(lation "0:11-15,
"1:8).
Those who accept !esus "hrist will live for eternity with him after they die (John 11:"5,
"6; " Corinthians 5:6).
Hell is a place of punishment (Matth! "5:41, 46; '(lation 19:"0).
Hell is eternal (Matth! "5:46).
There will be a rapture of the church (Matth! "4:30-36, 40-41; John 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians
15:51-5"; 1 *hssalonians 4:16-17; " *hssalonians ":1-1").
!esus will return to the earth (#$ts 1:11).
"hristians will be raised from the dead when !esus returns (1 *hssalonians 4:14-17).
There will be a final judgment (-.r!s 9:"7; " %tr 3:7).
atan will be thrown into the lake of fire ('(lation "0:10).
God will create a new heaven and a new earth (" %tr 3:13; '(lation "1:1).