I Peter 3 : 18

Over the centuries, Christianity has organised its beliefs into a systematic theology that draws from its sacred writing and tradition. While the main beliefs of Christianity are shared by all Christian variants, there are degrees of different in the interpretation of these beliefs and how they are lived out in everyday life. This can be seen in the important of sacred text, principle belief of the concept of salvation in John 3:16, principle belief of divine and humanity in ‘John 1:14’, principle belief of resurrection in ‘Mark 16:1-8’, principle belief of revelation in ‘1 corinthians14:6’, and beliefs through the Trinity in ‘2 Corinthians 13:14’. This essay will explain the important of the sacred text and the principal beliefs of Christianity.

Ephesians 1:7 “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.”

He stood between "us" and God; and both the reproaches and the divine displeasure due to them, "met" on his sacred person, and produced the sorrows of the atonement - his bitter agony in the garden and on the cross. Jesus thus showed his love of God in being willing to bear the reproaches aimed at him; and his love to "men" in being willing to endure the sufferings necessary to atone for these very sins.“Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”.Now may the God: Paul puts these words into the form of a prayer this demonstrates that he recognizes that this is a work that the Holy Spirit must do inside us. The God of patience: Our God is a God of patience. We are often in so much of a hurry, and God often seems to work too slowly for us. Often the purposes of God seem to be delayed but they always are fulfilled. God's delays are not His denials, and He has a loving purpose in every delay.That you may: The goal is to glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus

Towards the end of the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is crucified on the cross for saying that he is the son of God. This suffering was seen by his followers, onlookers, and those who crucified him. This wasn't a painless death; it was true suffering, as shown when jesus says “My god, my God, why have you forsaken me?”(43). The redemption in Jesus’ suffering is that it allows people to fully believe in him by giving his followers, and even those who aren't his followers, a sign of how much he really cares. Jesus cared so much that he died for his followers, and the people respond to this

Vicarious atonement and salvation by grace (cf. 1 Pet. 2:24, 2 Cor. 5:21, Rom. 4:25, 1 John 2:2, 4:10; John 11:25-26; 14:6; Eph. 2:8-9; Gal. 2:21, 5:4; Rom. 3:20; 4:1-11; 10:1-13).

Nicholas Wolterstorff is in an internal debate over the actions of God. Him being a Christian believer acknowledges God only in good times but not in difficult times like when he losses of his son Eric. However, he finds happiness when he reads Christian Gospels and understands the atonement. Atonement is forgiveness and reconciliation that humanity has with God. Jesus died on the cross for us, showing the perfect act of love that God has for humans. "In this, the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but Have That I have loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins "(1 John 4: 9-10, ESV). Suffering can have

Jesus Christ, God incarnate came to earth to save everyone from eternal damnation in hell. As humans, with Adam and Eve as our representatives in the Garden of Eden, they broke God’s one commandment, therefore allowing sin to come into the world. Because of this fall, we all deserve damnation, and because of the sin nature inside of us, everyone deserves to die and be eternally punished. However, because of the loving and gracious nature of God, He sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross to be our representative for sin. When he took the cross, not only did he bear the physical pain of the lashes, the dehydration, and the cross itself, but he also drank God’s cup of wrath for us. Everyone on earth deserves to be on that cross, but Jesus, through his great love for us, paid the ultimate price of his own life to save us.

During this paper, I explained to you the book of Colossians using the exegesis method. Paul talked about how God is all we need and how we should watch out for certain things. Colossians gives us a picture for God’s standard for work. I encourage you to read the book of Colossians to yourself and use this exegesis method to help you get a better understanding of God’s word.

Suffering and rejection sum up the whole cross of Jesus. To die on the cross means to die despised and

Christ took the punishment for our sins by being crucified so we would not be condemned to eternal separation from God. “This is known as substitutionary atonement. Christ died on the cross as our substitute. Without Him, we would suffer the spiritual death penalty for our own sins which would mean an eternity in hell.” (Article Library) “He [God] made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so

This goes along with Penal Substitution that Jesus truly suffered the worst fate that could have been given to the point the God Godself left him to die. This ultimate sacrifice it was had to be done for the atonement of humanities sins. Some more extreme views of Penal substitution have used Isaiah 53 to validate and support their beliefs. Some people believe that not just that “Christ’s vicarious suffering expiating the sins of others” ,but more drastically claiming the act of “God transferring our sins to Christ and then punishing him.”This would still be considered Penal Substitution, but instead of having a pure God dying causing the atonement, it is God taking on all sin to absolve all sins that way. Isaiah 53 is cited using, “’ the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all…we accounted him one stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted… he was crushed for our iniquities.”’ However, it is not clear who is being referenced in this passage, so it is had to use as substantial proof. Letters from Paul are highly referenced when making claims for Penal substitution theory. Galatians 3:13 says, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” This can be understood to refer back a quote from Deuteronomy in which it is said, “cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”,so the cured Christ is a Christ on a tree or something made of tree like the cross. Another Paul quotation used in for the benefit of Penal Substitution is 2 Corinthians 5:21, “’For our sake he [God] made him [Christ] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”’ This suggests that Jesus can down to the level of humans and suffered the pain of sins, so that humans may join in Christ’s “righteousness” and be closer to God. Unfortunately, the vague nature of this quote makes it controversial. A quote from “The First

Many say the faith experience of this first apostolic group was unique; however, the other accounts in Acts also display distinction between conversion and baptism in the Spirit. (Acts 8, 19), although they may occur with little to no time separation in some instances (Acts 10).

given after the gift of apostleship (1 Cor 12:28) and is often misunderstood today. As

However, after the resurrection, Jesus didn’t hang back. His final words before departing were dramatic: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,” he told them in Acts 1:8. And so it was. Peter was soon on his feet preaching one of the most powerful sermons of all time.Many people believe that this verse does not apply to them. That somehow that power was solely related to the early church. That belief is reinforced by the unfortunate abuse of the Holy Spirit by those claiming a great deal more than they should in the name of Christ. The truth is not that we need more of the Holy Spirit, but that He should have more of us. When we yield ourselves to Christ, putting all hindrances to death, and live in the power of the resurrection, then the power of the Spirit can be released in us.

Each of the four Gospels contains points in ecclesiology. In the Great Commission, Jesus’ last instruction to the Apostles is to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching people (Matthew 28:19-20). For Jesus’ mission to continue and for his Church to grow, discipleship is necessary. Discipleship is a prominent theme in all four Gospels, for purposes of this essay, only the Gospels of John and Luke-Acts will be analyzed. The similarities regarding discipleship in these Gospels include images of the net and fishing, and the sheep/shepherd/sheepfold. The differences include the preparing of the Twelve to carry on Jesus' ministry in Luke, and service to the community and passing of authority in John's Gospel.