What are Christians?
Christians believe in and worship God the Holy
Trinity (Father, Son and Spirit). They are followers (disciples) of Jesus Christ
the only son of God the Father, and try to live their lives according to his
teaching and example. The earliest Christians were known as
'Followers of The Way', which means living their lives according to the way
Jesus showed his disciples. The word 'Christians' was first used to describe the
disciples in Antioch (now Antakya in Southern Turkey), the city from where St.
Paul, St. Barnabas and St. Silas set out on their missionary journeys.
Christians learn about Jesus' life, teaching and
miracles from the New Testament section of the Bible, particularly from the four gospels and also from St. Paul's letters, which show
clearly how becoming a follower of Jesus can change your life.
Christians believe that God created the world and
loves everything and everyone He has created. God has given us the free will to
choose whether to believe in him and worship him or not to do so. Because humans
have often chosen not to follow God, He sent his Son, so that people can see
what God is like and see how to live according to God's guidance.
Christians
believe that Jesus Christ, through his life, death and resurrection redeemed
humanity from the power of sin and showed the way to have Eternal Life - not
just life now, but also life after our physical bodies have died. The Spirit of
God gives the inspiration, the guidance, the strength to live as faithful
followers of Jesus. Christians frequently fail to live up to the example set by
Jesus Christ, but know that if they ask God for forgiveness, then each day they
will have a new opportunity to do better than before.
It is possible to believe in Jesus Christ on your
own , using one's own reading of the New Testament as guidance. However, from
the earliest days of Christianity, individual believers have always been drawn
to belonging to and worshiping in a local Church family.
Anyone
can join in our worship, take part in our activities and share with us in being
followers of Jesus. More formal belonging comes through baptism (a ceremony of
ritual washing for children or adults), confirmation (when formal promises are
made in front of a bishop) and through sharing in the bread and wine of Holy
Communion.
Each of us in our
journey of life can be supported
by the Church at every stage.
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