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While you are allowed to post what you believe once or twice. Please, no debating or endless posts of a defense of your belief. General discussions about Soteriology may be allowed involving God's grace, and Sanctification, but please, no discussions on how we must obey the Sabbath, or the Law of Moses, or how we must accept Calvinism, or Sacraments, etc.
Also, please do not criticise my list or me as a person. Only state your own reasons in relation to the OP topic. If you do not agree with the OP topic, please do not post here. I am not looking to start a debate or to receive criticism for listing what I believe are important fundamental beliefs that Christians should focus on and or emphasize as a part of the faith.
(PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING):
While you are allowed to post what you believe once or twice. Please, no debating or endless posts of a defense of your belief. General discussions about Soteriology may be allowed involving God's grace, and Sanctification, but please, no discussions on how we must obey the Sabbath, or the Law of Moses, or how we must accept Calvinism, or Sacraments, etc.
Also, please do not criticise my list or me as a person. Only state your own reasons in relation to the OP topic. If you do not agree with the OP topic, please do not post here. I am not looking to start a debate or to receive criticism for listing what I believe are important fundamental beliefs that Christians should focus on and or emphasize as a part of the faith.
What are the BIG things in the Bible we must accept as Christians?
Note: This is not meant to be an exhaustive set of lists.
They are lists that describe important things we believers must accept.
Also, keep in mind that these lists are ever under construction (as God gives more knowledge to me).
Anyways, just provide the best list or lists that you can.
In fact, here are my starter lists of some BIG things that I can think of off the top of my head that are essential for us Christians.
To be initially saved, we must believe:
- In the Gospel (Which is believing that Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was risen three days later according to the Scriptures for our salvation).
- God as revealed in the Bible is the one and only true God.
- The Bible is a holy book or it is the very words of God.
Truths in the Bible that when revealed to us, we must believe in them:
In other words, if we have the capability and time to study the Bible in this life, and be guided by the Spirit, we must in time believe:
- In the Trinity (i.e. God exists as three distinct persons and yet He is one God or being).
- Jesus is GOD and uncreated.
- The Incarnation (Jesus came into the flesh).
- Jesus is fully GOD and man.
- Jesus is the only mediator between GOD and man.
- God is spirit.
- In Worshiping GOD in spirit and in truth.
- In the Bible Alone (as our sole authority) + In the Anointing to Understand it.
- In being born again by the Spirit.
- In being born again by water (Scripture).
- God is love (God is the source of all true love; We seek and hold tightly to His love with our entire being).
- God is good (He is the source of all good; Man may be able to imitate good, but God holds the true way of good that we must abide within. His judgments, actions, and commands are based on Moral principles that are good).
- In the rapture or taking up.
- In the bodily resurrection.
- In Original Sin (Meaning: All of mankind has sinned against God and he has been corrupted by sin (via by Adam's sin) whereby it necessitates the need for a Savior to solve our diseased state of sinfulness).
- In Christ's Imputation or Substitutionary Atonement. (Jesus died in our place for our sins when we exercise proper and true faith).
- God has a greater plan for good that we cannot see (all things work together for good to those who love God).
- In man's responsibility to answer God's call to grace (forgiveness through Jesus and in believing the gospel), and God's call to enter the Sanctification Process (living holy by God's power) as a part of God's plan of salvation.
- God is holy (God is separate from the creation. God is pure, and clean, and there is no darkness in God. He is distinct. God has alway existed, and He is all powerful. God is worthy to be worshiped because of his holiness and uniqueness in being God, the creator and the Savior, and above all things).
- In trusting in the sufficiency of God (God is really all I need above anything else).
- God is a rewarder to those who seek Him.
- There is a heaven, hell, judgment, and a new earth.
- There is a devil and his minions who have many deceptions in an attempt to destroy us (Note: Scripture says we are not to be ignorant of his devices).
- We are in a spiritual battle, and not a physical one.
- We are under a New Covenant (by Christ's death) with new commands (that come from the New Testament, and we do not attempt to justify ourselves by obeying the whole of the 613 laws of the Old Testament Law of Moses (Important Note: While the Moral Laws have carried over: Like do not murder, do not steal, do not covet, etc., the ceremonial laws like circumcision, sabbaths, and dietary laws have not carried over; Neither have any of the judicial laws carried over, either (like capital punishment laws in stoning).
- Only past sin is forgiven us. Future sin is not forgiven us; All sin must be confessed and forsaken in order to have mercy.
- Christ's Blood Atonement; For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin.
Commands in the Bible that when revealed to us, we must obey them:
In other words, if we have the capability and time to study the Bible in this life, and be guided by the Spirit, we must in time obey:
- In denying ourselves, and in surrendering our lives to the Lord to follow Him.
- In loving God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength.
- In loving our neighbor (Helping the poor).
- In loving the brethren (Feeding the sheep & providing for them).
- In loving our enemies (Doing good towards them and in praying for them, not returning evil for evil, making peace with all men).
- In preaching or spreading the gospel.
- In studying God's Word to show ourselves approved of unto God.
- By praying to GOD.
- By praising GOD.
- By giving thanks unto GOD.
- God's command to hold fast the profession of our faith in Jesus as our Savior and His grace;
- In Confessing our sins to Jesus if we happen to stumble into sin on rare occasion.
- God's commands in the New Testament (and or in living holy) as per the Sanctification Process by the power of the Lord.
- In walking by faith in God's Word, and not by sight.
- In doing all things to the glory of God.
- In doing all things in love.
- In not adding or taking away from God's Word (the Bible).
- In being separate from the world and its ways.
- In not loving money, and refusing to chase after the riches of this world.
- In not being ashamed of Christ and or if we are persecuted.
- In forgiving everyone.
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