Beliefs

God created the whole world and everything in it
Genesis ch1
God is still working in the world and keeps everything going
Matthew ch6 v25-31

Adam and Eve disobeyed God which was the first sin
Genesis ch3 v1-7 | Romans ch5 v12-14
As a result Adam and Eve were punished with death. Because of our sin we also die.
Genesis ch3 v19 | Romans ch6 v23
Everyone in the world sins (disobeys God)
1 John ch1 v8-10
Our sin is a barrier between ourselves and God
Colossians ch1 v21
Because God loves us, he has given us the opportunity to be saved through his son, Jesus
John ch3 v16-17 | 1 John ch4 v7-11

Jesus is not God, Jesus calls God his Father
Matthew ch6 v9 | John ch17 v1
Jesus is under the authority of God
1 Corinthians ch11 v3 | 1 Corinthians ch15 v26-28 | John ch5 v26-27
God is greater than Jesus
John ch14 v28 | John ch10 v29-30

Our sins can be forgiven because Jesus died for us
Luke ch24 v46-47 | Acts ch2 v38
Jesus has brought us back into a relationship with God
John ch14 v6-7 | Colossians ch1 v21-22
We should try to be like Jesus and follow his teachings
Matthew ch7 v24 | 1 John ch3 v23-24

When Jesus returns to the earth, the dead who have heard God’s message will be raised to life
1 Corinthians ch15 v20-22, 52 | 1 Thessalonians ch4 v16
Jesus will judge those people and will give eternal life to all the faithful
Matthew ch25 v31-46 | 2 Timothy ch4 v1 | John ch3 v15

Those people who have been given eternal life will live in God’s kingdom
Revelation ch21 v3
Jesus will establish God’s kingdom on the earth, ruling from Jerusalem
Luke ch1 v32-33
God’s kingdom will never end and all death and suffering will stop
Daniel ch2 v44 | Isaiah ch35 v5-7, 10 | Revelation ch21 v4-5

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