What Does It Mean to be a Christian?

One man. One cross. Millions of lives changed...forever.

Have you ever thought that there must be more to life than merely existing — it must have meaning? Christians believe that Jesus Christ gives life its meaning. It’s like this:

When God created the world he intended man to have a relationship with him. Man spoiled this relationship by doing wrong things, sinning. This separated God and man, just as the things we do wrong lead to separation in our human relationships. To restore our relationship with him, God sent his only son to the world, Jesus Christ, to live as a man--born untainted by any inherited human sin, for he was conceived by the action of the Holy Spirit of God, in the womb of a virgin, sinless at birth. He then lived a sinless life, rendering Him a perfect substitute for the sinner, for he had no sin of His own for which he had to die. Jesus, therefore, paid the price for our sin by dying in our place, a painful death on a cross. Thankfully the story did not end there. God raised Jesus from the dead and took him to be with Him in heaven, where He was enthroned as the Sovereign Lord over the current events of this world, in continuing his purpose, the salvation of mankind.

As Jesus took the punishment for all the wrongs things we do, we can now experience God’s forgiveness and once again be in a relationship with him. The great part is that anyone can be forgiven by God, it doesn’t matter what you have done, you just need to ask him.

Christianity is all about a personal relationship with God, made possible by Jesus Christ. Through this relationship we can receive forgiveness for the wrongs things that we do and by God’s grace we are given eternal life now, and when our life here draws to a close, through eternity with Him.

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