God made a Covenant with Noah: Genesis 6:18; 9:9-17; Abraham: Genesis 15:17; Israel: Exodus 1:9; Deuteronomy 4; David: 2 Samuel 7; Psalms 89; 132, and the New Covenant: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 26:26-28; 2 Corinthians 3. We must remember in every instance God takes the initiative. He draws up the terms and makes them known. My God alone guarantees your keeping. We [people] enjoy the blessings of the Covenant as long as we obey God’s commandments and do not have to face his punishment.
Why do we exist? The purpose of mankind according to Christianity, is to know God. Deuteronomy 11:13 states that Man is to serve and to love God with all your heart and all your soul. Christianity is a relationship with God, not just following the tenants of a religion. Religion is seen as mans attempt to reach God.
The Question of Identity? The biblical worldview identifies the value and respect God has for mankind by giving him authority to rule over His creation (Psalms. 8:4-6) (Consider 2011). This authority places the responsibility on mankind to care for and nurture the creation entrusted to him, and enjoy the rich blessing that come from his labor. But more importantly, God has given us a glimpse into His nature by creating man as a reflection of His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-28).
The goal of a Christian is to develop a close relationship with God through (Word of God) the ministry of Jesus Christ and by the aid of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the anointed one from God the Father who came to this world, to fulfill the Old Testament laws and prophecies. Jesus performed miracles which are recorded in the Gospels by the eyewitnesses. Christianity teaches that there is one God, one faith and one baptism; it teaches that God made the universe, the earth and He created Adam and Eve and that God created man in His image, that mean God’s character. That means every person is made in God’s image and likeness.
The record of the Lord’s Prayer has been recorded by Matthew and Luke in their account of Jesus Christ. This model of prayer has been part of Christian liturgy and tradition from the very beginning of Christendom. This model of prayer by Jesus Christ has been seen of underline the very theological mission and life of Jesus. Our Father who art in heaven The opening of the prayer, “Our Father who art in heaven” reflects Jesus’ own style of addressing God and which therefore also indicates Jesus’ intention that his disciples should share in his own sense of intimate sonship to God as Father. Jesus in the account of the four Gospels is seen to teach that God is our Father and seeks that kind of relationship with us.
The theme of these chapters is the sovereignty in calling out a chosen people who would serve and worship God. There is a very specific emphasis on the history of redemption, in which God chose that through the seed of Abraham the Messiah would come and his people would be heirs of the promise (Gen. 12:1-3). Abraham was the first great Patriarch of ancient Israel. and a
These teachings are parallel to the teachings in the Bible. According to Exodus 20:2, God says, “I am the lord, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery and thus, you shall have no other gods but Me” (Naqvi 28). The Holy Koran and the Holy Bible also shares some similarities on their teachings about the remembrance of God. They both command their followers to remember God in all phases, try to get closer to Him and submit themselves to His service. According to Quran 2: 112, whoever submits his whole self to Allah and is a doer of good, will get a reward from Allah; on such they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
First, the question of origin; where did we and the world around us come from. According to the biblical/Christian Worldview, the world and everything in it came through the creative making of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We find evidence of this through the writings of Moses, the author of Genesis. In chapters 1 and 2, Moses describes how God made the universe and formed man from the dust of the ground. Even the book of John describes Jesus’ involvement in “making” the world (Holy Bible, John 1:10).
I. SERMON ON THE MOUNT: CORE VALUES OF THE KINGDOM A. The Sermon on the Mount is the constitution of God’s kingdom. It is Jesus’ most comprehensive statement on a believer’s role in cooperating with the grace of God and is the “litmus test” to measure our spiritual development and ministry impact. In this sermon, Jesus calls His people to perfect obedience and to make this their primary goal in life. We do this by seeking to walk in all the light that the Spirit gives us.
The most prevalent redeemers are mentioned in religious literature. For example the Christian religion, which beliefs is primarily expressed in the New Testament in the Bible, mentions "Jesus" as their redeemer: “... the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very, eager to do what is good.” [Tit 2:13-14] Whereas the Jewish folk, who believe in the Old Testament of the Bible, the Torah, seeks redemption directly by God, who saves his people from evil by promising them salvation: "Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is