Christian Beliefs - Key Quotes

Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.“ Gods omnipotence ( Nature of God ) + creation shows how god made something from nothing, Creatio ex nihilio ( Creation )

Luke 1:37

“Nothing is impossible with God“ Gods omnipotence ( Nature of God)

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life“ Gods omnibenevolence ( Nature of God ) - shows God’s sacrificial love and desire for our well-being, offer the possibility of eternal life + ( Incarnation ) + ( Ascension ) + ( Heaven and Hell )

Psalms

“God is fair and just“ Gods justice (Nature of God) - emphasises God’s perfect and just nature, characterised by righteousness and faithfulness making him reliable.

Psalms 5

“Let justice roll on like a river“ Gods justice ( Nature of God )

Matthew 19:26

“With God all things are possible“ emphasise what’s impossible for humans is possible for God, Gods power has no limits - Gods omnipotence

1 John 4:16

“The love God has for us. God is love“ - God is love himself so those who live in love are connected to God, reflects the idea Gods love is all encompassing and unconditional

Ephesians 4

“One God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all“ - Gods immanence, emphasises how God is always with us and always watching over us.

Isaiah 55:99

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts“ - uses the vast, physical distance between heaven and earth as an analogy for the infinite gap of knowledge between God and mankind ( his creation )

Nicene Creed

“I believe in God the father, almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only son… I believe in the holy spirit“ - The Trinity - A famous prayer said at church it shows how Christians view God as his 3 personas and believe in them all equally while highlighting their distinct roles.

John 1:1

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God“, shows the Word ( Jesus ) as part of creation as he was present with God before time as we know it and it emphasises his role in bringing everything into existence. ( Creation )

Genesis 1:2

“The spirit of God was hovering over the waters.“ - This shows how the Holy Spirit was present at the creation of the Universe and even though usually The Father is usually seen as our Creator the Holy Spirit was already active in the world ( therefore not created), reinforces the oneness of God rather than 3 personas. ( Creation )

John 1:14

“The word became flesh and lived among us“

"Luke 22:19

“Do this in remembrance of me“ ( crucifixion ) - during his final meal told his disciples to eat bread and wine ( body and blood ), death was not a tragedy but a self made sacrifice

Luke 23:27

“A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him“, shows the love and devotion his crucifixion inspired

Luke 23:34

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing“, shows how even in the face of his own death Jesus is still forgiving and selfless to his captors.

Luke 24:23

“It is true! The Lord has risen and appeared to Simon“ (Ressurrection)

Apostles Creed

“…I believe in the resurrection of the body“ (Ressurrection)

Luke 24:51

“While he was blessing them, he left them and ascended into heaven“ (Ascension)

Acts 1:9

“Then Jesus was taken up, and a cloud hid him from their slight“ (Ascension)

Luke 22:69

“At the right hand of the almighty God“ (Ascension)

Titus 2:11

“… bringing salvation to all men“, presents Jesus as our saviour and source of salvation

Titus 3

“He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but in according to his mercy“, selflessness

1 John 4:10

“… He loved us and sent his son away as an atoning sacrifice for our sins“ ( atonement)

Matthew 25

“Then they will go away to eternal punishment but the righteous to eternal life“

Nicene Creed 3

“Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead“

Matthew 28:19

“In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit“, common blessing, used in baptism so when you are baptised you are baptised in all 3

Genesis 2:7

“Formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life“

Genesis 1:31

“God saw all that he had made, and it was good“ (Creation), omnibenevolence as God created a beautiful world for us

Genesis 1:26

“Let us make mankind in our image“, his creation is good

Isaiah 7:14

“A virgin will be with Child“ ( Incarnation )

Luke 23:46

“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit“ (sacrifice)

Mark 15:39

“Surley this man was the son of God“ even his enemies ( the romans ) admit his divinity and significance

Luke 24:3

“they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus“

Genesis 3, The Fall

“she took some and ate it” ( Sin )

James 2:14

“What good is it, my brothers if someone says he has faith but does not have works?“, faith alone is not enough without following Gods Laws

Parable of the sheep and goats, Matthew 25

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat“ + “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life“

Genesis 8:21

“the intent of mans heart is evil from is youth“ (Grace)

Ephesians 2

“It is the gift of God“

Parable of Good Samaritan

( Grace ), Shows importance of actions, faith alone isn’t enough

St Augustine

“All evil is sin or the punishment for sin“

Genesis 1:31

“It was very good“ (Problem of evil)

John

“You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy“, test of faith ( Problem of evil )

Corinthians

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all“

Hick - virtues

“Intrinsically more valuable than virtues created within him ready made without effort on his own part“

Hick - ED

“Humanity is created at an epistemic distance from God… freely to know and love their maker“

John 14:6

“…No one gets to the father except through me“

1 corinthians 15:44

“If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body“ - God gave us souls makes sense they would return to him

CCC 999

“Will rise again with their own bodies which they now bear…“

2 Corinthians 5:10

“We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ“ ( Judgement ), Jesus will return to judge us

John 14:2

Liberals use this as evidence to believe in layers to heaven, closer to God = Good

Mark 9:43

“The unquenchable fires of hell“

Matthew 13:50

“Weeping and gnashing of teeth“

G.K. Chesterton

“The only way to love anything is to realise that it may be lost“ Importance of belief in AFTERLIFE