Jesus proclaimed the Kingdom of God in the power of the Holy Spirit. He healed the sick, preached good news to the poor and freedom for those in captivity. He ate with sinners and outcasts. The religious authorities of his day called him a blasphemer and the political authorities saw him as seditious, and he was unjustly condemned to death. As the true keeper of the covenant, His obedience unto a sacrificial death on a...
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05.07.12
18. What did Jesus do? →
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04.29.12
17. Is Jesus a human being just like us? →
Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. He had a human mother just like all of us. He grew up in a human family, in a human culture. “Though he was God’s Son, he learned trusting-obedience,” in the midst of struggle, trial and hardship, just like we do.” (Heb 5:8) But unlike any of us, who are conceived human father and mother, Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit. His origin is unique. The Holy...
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04.29.12
16. What makes Jesus the Lord? →
For the sake of the world He loves, the Son set aside the privileges that come with being the Creator and became like a servant. He became human, and he stayed human, forever identifying with us for our redemption. Because of his obedience, God lifted Jesus high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, so that all created beings in heaven and on earth will bow in worship before Jesus Christ, praising him as...
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04.15.12
15. What does it mean to say that Jesus Christ is God’s only Son? Aren’t we all God’s children? →
Jesus Christ is the Eternal Son of God the Father. He has always been, and there was never a time that he didn’t exist in communion with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Because Jesus Christ is divine He is not a creature, but Creator along with the Father and the Spirit. Through Jesus Christ sinful people can be reconciled to God, becoming by grace what he is by nature:...
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04.14.12
14. How do we know the Bible is trustworthy and true? →
Because God gave it to us and we trust God and know that He wants nothing but the best for us. Holy Scripture is God-breathed, and nothing that comes from God can be false or mistaken. Through the Bible God shows us truth, exposes our rebellion, corrects our mistakes, and forms us to live in God’s way. Through the Word and the Holy Spirit God builds us up and shapes us to share in His...
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04.13.12
13. Where do find out about what we can know about God through his Son? →
Through Holy Scripture, which we call the Bible. The Bible is God’s written Word. It has many inspired authors, guided by the Holy Spirit. Together their writings tell one great story about Jesus Christ, God’s living Word and eternal Son. The Bible was inspired by God so that through reading and studying it we would come to know and cling to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. Through Christ’s Priesthood and the Spirit’s...
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04.02.12
12. Is the world God made where we find out the most about God? →
No. The world only tells us some things about God, and sin makes us unable to grasp even those things. God spoke to the people of Israel, our ancestors in the faith, in many ways through prophets inspired by the Holy Spirit. He reveals himself most clearly through his Son Jesus Christ in and through whom all things were made. No one has seen God except his Son Jesus Christ, who mirrors God and is...
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03.28.12
11. What do we know about God and God’s will through God’s world? →
God the Father of our Lord Jesus, who we can’t see, intended his creation and all its wondrous creatures to shout out his majesty, beauty, glory and love. We know that God loves things that you can touch, see, smell, taste and hear because he made the world full of these things. He meant for human beings to keep creating, to help him turn the garden of God into the city of God. Genesis 2:15,...
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03.14.12
10. What does it mean to say that God is almighty? →
It means that in life and in death, in good times and in bad, we can put all our trust and hope in God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who made us, and through the Holy Spirit sustains us. God our Father assures us that even at our darkest times and in the midst of our hardest struggles that all things work together for our good and his Kingdom, and that he will...
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03.14.12
9. Is God a man? →
No, God is not a creature, God is the Creator. Creatures God made, like humans and animals, have bodies and can be male or female. God is Spirit, neither male nor female. The Bible uses many pictures to describe God, some male and some female. The Bible tells us that God will no more forget us than a woman can forget her nursing child (Is. 49:15). The Bible also says that as “a mother comforts...