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█ POPULATION. Christianity is the biggest ‘country’ (i.e., the largest ‘nation’) on the face of the Earth. According to the latest statistics, Christianity already comprises almost 2.8 billion ‘citizens’ (followers) … and counting. A brief description:
“Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest religion with about 2.8 billion followers, representing one-third of the global population.[2][3] Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories,[4] and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the OldTestament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.[5]”
[Wikipedia, Christianity].
With a population of ‘about 2.8 billion
followers’ (Wikipedia) Christianity thus represents a ‘country’ or ‘nation’
with a population just about the size of China
(>1.4 billion ) and India (about 1.4 billion) put together, which
makes Christianity in effect the ‘biggest country’ and/or ‘largest nation’ on earth.
█ CHRISTIANITY’S CONSTITUTION.
Christianity’s ‘Constitution’ is the BIBLE, comprising two parts, i.e., the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible).and the New Testament. Theologically speaking, the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) was founded on the Moral Law of Moses (and the history of the Israelites) with the New Testament founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ (and the history of the first Jewish & Gentile Christian disciples and followers).
It is thus clear that Christianity (the Gospel of Jesus Christ) has its roots in the Moral Law of Moses (Judaism) founded on the Ten Commandments which together comprise what Jews and Christians refer to as Judeo-Christian values, an unbreakable, divinely ordained symbiosis so lucidly explained by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (Chapter 11:1-36).
█ THE MAIN TENETS OF CHRISTIANITY. In short:
l Jesus Christ has, as God the Father’s de facto 'Projects Engineer' and 'Architect', created the worlds. [Hebrews1:1-4].
l All power in Heaven and Earth is given to Jesus Christ, the ‘Last Adam’ (superseding the ‘first Adam’).[Matthew28:19; 1Corinthians15:45].
l All men (people) have sinned, fall short of the glory of God and must be saved. [Romans3:23; 6:23].
l If we say we have no sin we make God a liar. [1John1:10].
l The wages of sin is death [Romans6:23a].
l There is life after death. [Romans6:23; John3:16].
l God wants to save us for Eternity by forgiving our sins [Isaiah1:18].
l Jesus Christ is the only Name by which mankind can be saved for Eternity. [Acts4:12].
l God wants all men (i.e., all people irrespective of race, culture, tribe, caste, creed, skin-tone, gender, age, political affiliation or current religious persuasion) to be saved. [Romans5:18; 1Timothy2:4].
l To be saved for Eternity people must repent and believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ. [John3:16; Romans6:23b].
l Those (atheists included) who confess their sins to God will be saved. [1John1:9].
l Jesus Christ has promised to return physically (not ‘metaphorically’) to planet Earth in great power and glory. [Matthew24; Revelation1:7].
l In the final analysis, God the Father will only honour those who honour His Son, Jesus Christ. [John5:23; 12:26].
l Jesus Christ will one day sit as Chief Justice to preside over the Great White Throne Judgment and Bema Judgment Seat of Christ in Eternity. [John5:22-27].
l There’s a New Heaven and a New Earth (a new cosmic dispensation) coming. [Revelation21:1].
l Jesus Christ will take His followers with Him to live forever in the Father’s House of Many Mansions. [John14:1-3].
l God the Father Himself will yet dry the tears from the faces of those followers who had suffered in this life. [Revelation7:17; 21:4].
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GOD’S GUARANTEES. There are at least 34 scriptures, if not many more, in the Bible affirming
that the Word of God is eternal, indestructible, immutable: Examples:
“The grass withers, the flower fades; but
the Word of our God shall stand forever.” [Isaiah40:8MKJV].
“The heaven and the earth shall pass away,
but My Words shall not pass away.” [Matthew24:35MKJV].
“The Words of Jehovah are
pure Words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” [Psalm12:6MKJV].
“Therefore whoever shall relax one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.” [Matthew5:19MKJV].
"And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never ever perish, and not anyone shall pluck them out of My hand. My Father who gave them to me is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand." [John10:28-29MKJV].
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