Highfield Trinity Church
Christianity
What is Christianity?
What do Christians believe in?
For over two thousand years people of every country and every culture have discovered that through the story of Jesus Christ they have been brought closer to God.
Christianity remains the largest religion in the world and the Bible is the world’s best selling and most read book. We believe that in Jesus Christ, God was made human and taught his followers about belief, values and the meaning of life.
Jesus Christ lived in what is now the Middle East and was executed by being nailed to a cross in about 30AD.
He was in his early thirties when he died. Jesus was put on trial for speaking out about his beliefs and criticising the values of the Roman/Jewish society in which he lived. He was sentenced to death and was crucified.
To the amazement of his followers, who watched him die, three days later Jesus rose from the dead. This experience transformed the lives of a group of men and women who were just like us. They had witnessed evil being overwhelmed by good.
This was the beginning of Christianity!
We believe that by the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ God guarantees that he will care for us for all time. We believe that the teachings of Jesus during his lifetime show us the way in which we should live. We try to follow these teachings in our daily lives and to apply them to our own situations.
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No-one is perfect and we know that we all make mistakes, including ourselves! But we believe that God forgives us when we say sorry to him as we try to learn by these mistakes.
We don’t have many answers. Only God does! By entering into a relationship with God, through the teachings of Jesus Christ we look to serve him better with the life which God has given us. Life itself now has a new meaning. No failure or disaster can be beyond recovery.
Once we have accepted that God cares for each of us, we look at other people in a different way — for God is equally concerned for each of us. Prayer, talking to and listening to God, is also for everyone, but it takes time and practice.
All the important things in our lives, work, leisure, sex, money and relationships, are of concern to God. Human beings are trusted by God to be generous with their lives in every way.
After our death we will account to God for the way in which we have lived our lives.
We believe that we can learn more about God and what he did in Jesus by worshipping – this involves praying, hearing from the Bible and thinking about what this means for us today.Christians worship together when they come to Church on Sunday and also at other times including on their own and during the week.The way we lead our lives is also part of our worship.
You can read about Jesus in the Gospels. This tells us about his life, how he cared for all people, including those who no one else cared about. You can read about the way he made people whole again and also how he was treated badly by the authorities. This treatment eventually led to his death but that wasn't the end because the end of the book tells us how he rose again. We believe Jesus is still alive and works in the world through his people, the church and in the power of his spirit.Christians share an interest in Spirituality and believe this comes from God who is working in our world today.
Good places to start reading about Jesus is the Gospel of Mark, and then try Luke and Matthew to discover some different things.
If you would like more information please contact our Minister
Phillip Borkett 0114 279-5235 highfieldtrinity@aol.com
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