1. CHRISTIANITY: BELIEFS
Key Terms:
Incarnation: to become flesh / embodiment
Trinity: God as three in one – father, son & holy spirit
Omniscient: all knowing
Omnipotent: all powerful
Omnibenevolent: all loving
Omnipresent: everywhere at once
Immanent: exists in the world
Transcendent: exists outside the world
Eternal: everlasting
Crucifixion: Roman form of capital punishment where criminal is nailed to cross
Resurrection: to come back from the dead
Salvation: to get to heaven after death, to be saved from hell
Creation: the idea that God created the world in 6 days
The Word: used in John’s gospel to refer to Jesus
Sin: to go against God’s commands
Original sin: sin inherited from Adam & Eve
Evolution: the adaptation of species to suit its environment
Messiah: saviour / chosen one
Prophecy: prediction about the future
Messianic prophecies: predictions about the Messiah
Why is the crucifixion important to Christians?
-It shows Jesus’ love that he was willing to take the punishment for human sin
‘There is no greater love than when a man lay down his life for his friends.’
-It matched Messianic prophecy and showed Jesus was the Messiah.
‘He will be pierced through his hands and feet.’
-When Christians suffer they can look to Jesus for comfort because he has suffered too.
‘Take heart for I have overcome the world.’
Why is the resurrection important to Christians?
-It shows Jesus was who he said he was.
‘He must be killed and be raised again on the 3rd day.’
-It tells Christians they will have eternal life.
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only son so that whoever believes in him shall have eternal life
-If Christians suffer in this life they know they will get a reward in the next.
‘He will wipe every tear from their eye, there will be no more death, sorrow or pain. All these things will be gone forever.’
CHRISTIANITY: BELIEFS
Did the resurrection really happen?
Maybe Mary & Mary went to the wrong tomb
-But they saw where he had been laid
Maybe Jesus was not dead but in a coma.
-But his injuries were too severe for him to have survived
Maybe the disciples stole the body
-But the tomb was guarded by soldiers
Maybe the witnesses hallucinated
-All 500 hundred of them?
All About Creation
The book of Genesis says God created the world and everything in it.
‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’
God created humans (Adam & Eve) and told them to look after creation
‘God made man in his own image, male and female he created them.’
The Trinity was present at creation, the father Is the creator, ‘the holy spirit was hovering over the waters’ and John says ‘In the beginning was the Word.’
Evidence for evolution