God in Christianity

fact, Paul reminds his readers that God wants to help us in our afflictions. In his book, A More Christ-Like God, Bradley Jersak further emphasizes the need to see God in a positive light so as to better understand suffering. Many of us are guilty of imposing our own views upon God: God as a punitive judge, God as a doting grandfather (ie. A comfortable, but quite oblivious man who simply wants everyone to be comfortable and happy), the Santa Clause Jesus (ie. The God who will do whatever you…

The Eye of Providence, also known as the all-seeing eye of God, represents how God watches over humanity, and is a symbol that is typically considered a sign of God's love and care; however, it also has a much more sinister connotation due to its relation to surveillance. The Eye of Providence is shown hovering over an unfinished pyramid on the American dollar bill, and while many conspirators believe the Eye is used to show the United States watching over and protecting its citizens, it also…

In Matthew 5-7 Sermon on the Mount Jesus explains, how to live a life that is dedicated to and pleasing to God, free from hypocrisy, full of love and grace, full of wisdom and discernment. His main argument is that we should turn the other cheek to those that have done wrong and evil thins to us. The reason being is that if we respond with negativity we can only cause more negativity, which causes you not only to have an impure soul but can have an effect on those around you. I agree with this…

Apess is a unique story of a Pequot Native American who, instead of finding an inherited spirituality from his biological ancestors, found the Methodist church to be his calling. This man was born into a world that mistreated him, abused him, and tried to deny him his humanity. Through these struggles and hardships, he found his spiritual side. Although it took years of searching, he wound up at a Methodist Church after several trials and tribulations. He was at one point an indentured servant,…

Discussing the relation between law and the promise of God, in Galatians 3:21, Paul deems it necessary to specify, “Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!” It is possible that the author’s intention was to point out that the appearance of Christ and the adoption of the Scripture as the set of values and rules to live by does not…

When God created the Heavens and the Earth, “in the beginning”, He did so with mankind in mind. A place just for all to have eternal and glorious habitation, alongside the other creatures they could enjoy (Gen. 1:1-2). My life’s work has been as a Pastor, teacher, Minister, counselor and friend to many. I believe that every day is a new beginning for each and every one of us. As “if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another” (John 1:7). “Rather,…

changed because, I wanted a deeper revelation, a greater impartation, and a clear manifestation of who God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit is. For the bible tells me that there is important work to be done in the Kingdom and only a few are able to do it. My first step was to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Then I had to become filled with the Holy Spirit and baptized in the Fire of God. The feeling I had was indescribable and untamable. Everything began to change in my life…

in his life is how God used him as a vessels to his bothers and sisters around him. He told me that when he was growing up as a younger man he was very independent person to his mother and sisters and brothers. My father almost died on the operated table in the hospital in 2001, and my father had the chance change his life around for the better. So the three images that my father pick is the one about a bike with no wheel means to he is broken hearted that got that repaired by God Grace…

whenever I am feeling as if I have no one to talk to. Whenever I hit those lows in my life, I can just sit down, and pray, knowing that he is there and a sense of closure. What makes you believe that Jesus is the real God? To be completely honest, I have no idea that Jesus is the real God. He is more of a figure to me than anything, but I know that there was something like Jesus who walked…

Natural World God created the world and everything in it to ultimately…