What Are The 5 Basic Beliefs Of Christianity?

So what exactly do Christians believe? That’s a good question. While I could write a 10,000-word essay about Christian beliefs, I’ve decided to break it down into 5 basic core beliefs all Christians hold on to.

Here we go:

  • 1 – God. Christians believe there is only one God. God has existed from the beginning of time. He created and sustains all things, God is omnipotent (all-powerful). Omniscient (all-knowing). God is perfect.
  • 2- The Bible. Christians believe the primary way God has revealed His Word, the Bible God spoke directly to and through people who then wrote and maintained the scriptures it is found in the Bible today. The Bible is the primary means by which a person comes to know God and His character. There are many questions about the trustworthiness of the Bible.
  • 3 – Jesus. Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God. He has existed from the very beginning with God; this He was not created, but the creator of everything. Christians believe Jesus is both fully-God and fully-human. He lived a perfect life during his 33 years on earth and was crucified on a cross to forgive the sins of those who trusted Him.

Christians believe if you say the salvation prayer and believe it with your whole heart, repent and turn away from your sin and follow God you will go to heaven.

Here’s the prayer:

Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. Amen.

Jesus is the founder of Christianity and the Christian Church. He is the core of worship, focus and teaching.

  • 4 – Sin. It is believed that all people are separated from God through what the Bible refers to as sin. In short, sin is anything that people do that is against God’s good and perfect will. Sin creates the biggest problem in the entire world – the separation of people from their loving and holy God.
  • 5 – Salvation Through Faith In Jesus. God is not okay with the separation that sin caused for each and everyone; therefore He sent Jesus to sacrifice Himself and to take just punishment that we deserve. Christians believe that trusting and accepting Jesus’s free gift of forgiveness is the only way to reconcile the broken relationship with God. The second you believe, trust and commit to following Jesus, all of your sins are forgiven. This is the “good news,’ or Gospel message, that Christians are so thankful for and passionate about.

As followers of Jesus Christians believe that each of these 5 core truths are the foundation of Christianity. Put another way Christains are willing to did on these essential and critical themes found in the Bible.

I hope this had been helpful overview of the 5 basic beliefs of Christianity.

Is Your Gut Speaking To You?

When you feel something in your gut, and no matter how much you convince yourself that it nothing, the feeling just doesn’t so away, these are the signs your intuition is telling to something, this is your intuition speaking up and you need to stop and listen to it.

Listen to your gut. Haven’t we all heard that before. And it’s not for small, easy decisions. It seems like it’s reserved for the big ones… the scary ones… the ones with real consequences.

The issue with this insightful advice is that no one follows up with how exactly to go about listening to your intuition. They just throw it out there like this advice will bring some mind blowing experience. And then your out there wondering what’s next. There’s no instruction manual for listening to your gut. It never tells you “this is your gut speaking.

I’ve gotten this advice more times than I can count. And I think okay, listen to your gut, that’s easy enough right. While finding your intuition. We need to find the root of it in hopes it will give a louder voice so we can recognize it more.

Signs Your Intuition Is Trying To Tell You Something

  • Your Brain Works Against It.

When we are faced with a big decision, one that is scary, the real consequences ones. We need to be logical and level-headed and not make a rash decisions. I know sometimes I can catch myself talking myself into one choice and out of another. Almost as if I’m arguing with myself.

And then thinking about it I asked myself what am I arguing against? Who am I trying to reason with? It’s as if some kind of energy pulls me in one direction. When I became aware that I was pulling myself against my intuition. Thinking it through I realized I was in a debate with myself.

Your intuition is a feeling rather than reasoning and that’s what makes it elusive. It doesn’t answer to pros or cons lists or play the game “what if.” it doesn’t speak the same language as logic or fall to fear. And while all the thinking in the world won’t reach it. Maybe reasoning will reveal it. Maybe our internal arguments are arrows that are aimed at our intuition. Maybe sometimes it is only through fighting our brain that our gut finds a voice.

Never Discredit Your Gut Instinct. You are not paranoid. Your body can pick up on bad vibrations. If something deep inside of you says something isn’t right about a person or situation, trust it.

  • It Is Difficult To Listen To.

Not only Is it hard to hear, but often it’s hard to follow. It doesn’t care about the consequences of others. It’s looking out for one person and only one person –you. It has a view of your life that aims to keep you moving in the right direction.

It doesn’t deal with details, the obstacles you have to step over, the people you have to pass (the ones you bump into), the distractions along the way or even the twists and turns. Those aren’t your guts responsibilities — those are matters of the heart and mind.

We live a world that feeds of reason, I think that’s why it’s so easy to miss (or purposely ignore) out gut. Because the road it leads us down is difficult. It is full of fears that we haven’t faced, thr desires we disregard, and the insecurities we ignore. It’s the road less traveled because it’s easier to stay in the land of logic.

  • No One Understands But You.

In modern society, we are constantly expected to explain ourselves. But, how do you explain the inexplicable? How do you stand up for something that doesn’t sit on solid ground? You can’t because it’s not logical.

It goes deeper than logic you just know that thou know. It’s a silent trust. It doesn’t argue, it just whispers. You are the only one who will ever hear it, the only one who can give it life, the only one who will recognize for what it really is. And only time will reveal the reasons others will understand.

Listening to your intuition comes consequences. Yes, you may be judged. You may be misunderstood. You may be headed down a difficult road. But that doesn’t mean you’ve made a mistake.

Stop Arguing With Yourself And Start Listening To Yourself.

Satan Is Trying To Dividing Us

And he’s doing a pretty good job at it.

The nature of God is love (1 John 4:8). He expects His people to be characterized by love (John 13:34-35). Anything that is not love but it associated with hate is of the devil and not God (1 John 3: 8-15).

The nature ofGod is peace (Philippians 4:6-9). He expects His people to be characterized by peace ( Romans 12:14-21). anything that is not of peace but is associated with discord is of the devil and not of God. (James 3:13-18, Proverbs 6:16-19).

The nature of God is unity (Ephesians 4:4-6). He expects His people to be characterized by unity ( 1 Corinthians 1:10, Philippians 4:2). Anything that is not of unity but it associated with division is of the devil and not of God.

The nature of God is truth (Deuteronomy 32:4). He expects His grace people to be characterized by truth (Ephesians 4:15, 3 John 3-4). Anything that is not of the truth but is associated with lies is of the devil and is not of God (John 8:44).

Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat is not the issue here.

Love, peace, unity and truth does not change.

These four divine qualities ought to help us to put what is happening in our culture into perspective. How much of what we see is of God? How much is of the devil? If we allow the things of this world to come into our,Ives , hijack our morals and values and even direct the affairs of our country , it is certain that the devil is behind it and working to divide us.

Here are three dangerous symptoms to guard against:

1. The devil is trying to divide us when we turn inward with fear instead of outward with faith. If the circumstances around us turn our faith into fear, that is not of God ( 2 Timothy 1:7-12). Though the outward circumstances of Christians in earlier times was dreadful , they still “went everywhere preaching the word” ( Acts 8:4). Does that describe us?

2. The devil is trying to divide us when we engage in accusing each other rather than loving them. It is easy perhaps, to allow a “root of bitterness “ to spring up beteeen each other and cause trouble ( Hebrews 12:14-15). But the very same context that warns us to not “bite and devour one another” also commands us “through love to serve one another “ and to “love your neighbor as yourself “ ( Galatians 5:13-15).

The nature of God is love, peace, unity and truth. He expects those same qualities to characterize His children. May God help us to not allow the devil to divide us…ever.

For any country to prevail it has to have love, peace, unity and truth. Not hate, lies, destruction and fear.

Our Father who is in heaven; hollowed be thy name, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Reasons Why People Shut Down Emotionally

Have you ever loved anyone that shuts down emotionally?

Loving someone who shuts down, stonewalls you or will not communicate, causes a difficult situation, particularly if you can tell by their lack of engagement that something is going on deep below the surface.

Alternatively, if you have shut down emotionally yourself, you might review some of the following reasons why people close themselves off.

I have in the past closed myself off, to prevent anyone from hurting me. The problem was It prevented anyone from loving me also. Because of my child emotional negative I found it easier to feel nothing rather that everything. It was a hard path, but it was the path I chose for myself for many years.

Here are some reasons why. If you know someone like this or you are like this. See if this rings true for you.

Fear Of Rejection

If you or someone you love has experienced trauma, voicing needs or feeling is a significant risk. Often people managing life after trauma feel vulnerable and expressing their feeling opens them up emotionally to additional pain or rejection.

Sharing feelings in the wake of trauma’s poses communication challenges since people processing complex emotions feel fear of opening the floodgates.

If you have ever experienced trauma, lost someone through death or divorce, you know what I’m talking about your feelings (or admit you have them) can trigger tears, anger, or other expressions that put others off.

After all, when someone has a strong emotional reaction, you might fear saying the wrong thing, or anything at all that will set them off.

Avoidant Attachment Adaptation

People with Attachment injury that lean toward Avoidant reflect their childhood trauma of, “You’re on your own.”

When we learn at an early age that our needs will not be met, or on,y sometimes be met (Ambivalent/Anxious), responding with shutdown is not just habitual, but also safe. If we become lost in the woods, we will go back to what we know as a default, though it may result in perpetual patterns that have never truly worked for us.

They Feel Guilty Or Judged

Both people with Ambivalent and Avoidance Attachment have difficulties with admitting they have needs or expressing them because they might not be met. Internally, this can manifest as a fear of judgement or further abuse, and even express itself in the guilt of having needs at all.

For Ambivalent,y attached people, they might tell you their feelings and then sabotage your res when it is not enough or “just right.”

What To Do When Someone You Love Shuts Down

It’s important to remember that helping loved ones, friends, express themselves effectively takes time – abs a come knowledge about how early attachment wounds impact dairy lives.

Here’s a few tips:

  • Be present and remember that their Avoidance likely has little to do with you.
  • Provide a safe place and remind them that you are available.
  • Keep your promises (they have had enough promises broken. It will on,y cause them to believe your like the others). Be available.
  • Put your judgement in the backseat.
  • Actively listen.
  • Provide abundant reassurance.

There is no universal recipes. seek advice and counsel from someone with Attachment experience to help.

My husband stayed with me for many years, I am sure it was very difficult at times. It ended in a iron strong marriage and we are inseparable now.

Timing Is Everything

Faith is an attitude we adopt between the time God gives us a promise and the moment when it’s for filled. We don’t live with instant gratification of every desire , or are able to instantly solve every painful situation in our lives.

What we can do however, is to search God’s Word for the promises He long for us to have. If we followed the example of Abraham: “Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God has promised him.” (Hebrews 6:15).

The timing of God is crucial. We mistakenly assume the moment God reveals His will be everything must happen immediately. Sometimes God gives us a glimpse of what He plans to do in the future. It is critical, however, that we trust Him to carry out His plans in the right timing. The worst thing to do is to take manners into our own hands.”

Henry T. and Richard Blackaby

The Lord doesn’t always answer our prayers immediately, but He can and will give us inner reassurance that He knows our need, feels our pain, and is quietly working in ways we are unable to see.

It’s important for us to remember that God never acts prematurely, and He is never late. God’s timing never leaves things unfinished, and it always produces the maximum effect.

Seducing Spirits

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. -1 Timothy 4:1

If you want to please God and make it to Heaven, you must have knowledge of seducing spirits — dangerous a d deceitful spirits of the devil that influence your mind against the things of God.

Billions of seducing spirits have been turned loose on the human race in the final hour, and they are working day and night to convince everyone they can depart from the faith of God and His word.

I think this is wants happening to the world today,

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring Lion, walk about seeking who he may devour. – 1 Peter 5:8

The powers of darkness are so intense in this final hour that no one can sit on the fence with God; they will go God’s way or the devils way. If you don’t have the pure truth of God in your heart and mind and depend on that truth, you will go the wrong way.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart: and lean not on your understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. –Proverbs 3:5-6

Seducing spirits are lying spirits; And when they take over people, they reverse the truth in their mind and spirit and make it seem wrong. They present things that are faults as if they are the truth and make them sound completely believable. They tried to convince people that black is white and white is black, That falls through and through his faults so they can be led astray. Then before a person can put up a defense the spirits move to take over.

Without Conscience

People who are taken over by seducing spirits are without feeling. 1 Timothy 4:2 says they will speak lies of hypocrisy; having your conscience seared with a hot iron. They have no more feelings or gods people than demon to do; and like demons they want to destroy others. They are convinced that whatever the seducing spirit tell them is completely true, So they feel justified in saying whatever they want to; And they feel no condemnation and slandering others with their words.

Do you think you’re at how control of the people they possess, and those people then go forth to seduce others. They don’t care how many souls they destroy or how much hurt the work of God because they are completely deceived and vicious.

Can a Christian be taken over by seducing spirits? Yes because seducing spirits work through the mind. When a person is saved, his soul is sealed and protected with the blood of Jesus; but the mind is not. The devil seducing spirits can get into their mind and take it over completely. Then they drop into the soul, and the persons salvation is lost. If you don’t have the grace of God and the black Jesus abounding in your soul you are on dangerous ground. For by grace you are saved (Ephesians 2:8).

When Christians are taken over by seducing spirits, they turn against the truth of God and immediately become missionaries for the demo without even realizing they have been seduced. They want nothing more than to rob others of their place in God and causes them to step out of God’s will.

You must never let someone talk you out of your place with God because once you lose that place it will be very difficult to get back if ever. When the person leaves the truth and then returns he can be so humiliating it is hard for him to heal.

Some questions who have been seduced she’ll think they are doing God‘s work and walking in his divine will, But that is not the case. In fact they think they have certainly found a greater love and a greater message; and they feel good.

Did you go and make those who need God’s Will feel happy. Instead of being instruments of righteousness who build up God’s work, they tear it down; but the Bible says

Do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. – Romans 6:13,

Staying away from the seduced

True Christian care of God from the moment they are saying; but if the time comes and they certainly think that love is counterfeit, then they are being worked on by seducing spirits. Those spirits are trying to draw them out of the world and the love of God, and they will be snatched away and deceived before they realize what is happening. They will think the good church will once life Christian care of God from the moment they are saying; but if the time comes and they certainly think that love is counterfeit, then they are being worked on by seducing spirits. Those spirits are trying to draw them out of the world and the love of God, and they will be snatched away and deceived before they realize what is happening. They will think the good church will once lifeTrue Christian care of God from the moment they are saying; but if the time comes and they certainly think that love is counterfeit, then they are being worked on by seducing spirits. Those spirits are trying to draw them out of the world and the love of God, and they will be snatched away and deceived before they realize what is happening. They will think the good church will once lifeTrue Christian care of God from the moment they are saying; but if the time comes and they certainly think that love is counterfeit, then they are being worked on by seducing spirits. Those spirits are trying to draw them out of the world and the love of God, and they will be snatched away and deceived before they realize what is happening. They will think the good church they once liked so much is no longer a place of love And that they finally found real love and their true calling.

Don’t ever feel you can associate with those who have seducing spirits and are not affected. The more you listen to them, the more chance there is that you will take on one of those spirits. That is why the Lord tells us seven different times and revelation. “He that has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says.” (Revelation 2:7,11,17, 29 ; 3;6,13, 22).

Can you think spirit are like maggots – They leak into the mind as fast as they can to prevent people from looking for the truth And take everything to the word of God. That is why it is so essential to live in the truth, be saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit and be yielded completely to him. You can have nothing in your life that is unlike God.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. – Galatians 6:7