What is Biblical Christianity? · Biblical Christians believe solely what the bible tells us about God, Jesus Christ and salvation (heaven). There are no outside influences of man that affect the belief system of Biblical or "Born-Again" Christians. The Bible is the only source. · Christians of all types (Catholic & Protestant) believe that the Bible was yes, written by man, but 100% inspired by God. He chose the people He wanted to write the book and what He wanted written. Who is God? · God is the creator of the universe, the heavens and the earth. He gave us life. Who was Jesus Christ? · Jesus was God in human form. · He was sent to this Earth to save His people, us. · He was the only person to ever walk the Earth and not sin. He came here to prove to us that we cannot live a sin free life. Only He could do it because He was God. · Jesus died for our sins. Sin is punishable by death (Romans 6:23), not human death, but eternal death (no heaven). Since we cannot live a sin free life Christ went up on the cross for us, paying the penalty for all of our sins, past, present, and future. He took the punishment for us, so we could have eternal life. If we belive that He was God and He died for us, we will go to heaven. · He now sits at the right hand of the Father. How do I get to heaven and can I be 100% sure I will make it? · The bible tells us it is by faith we are saved. (Romans 10:9, John 3:16). Faith in Jesus Christ as Savior. Christians believe in their hearts that Jesus was God, He died for our sins, and He rose again from the dead. When we believe these facts in our hearts, and only God knows the condition of our hearts, we are guaranteed salvation. It can't be that simple. · The bible tells us it is. Does this mean we just believe the facts about Christ and we can go on living a sinful life and still get into heaven? No, it does not. When you have a sincere love for Christ you will want to live a life that honors Him. Your desire to be Christ-like will be strong. Although we will always be sinners unlike Him we strive to beat sin and sinful temptations. Where does the bible come in? · Besides giving us all the great information about the life and times of Jesus Christ the bible provides an outline for how we, as Christians, are to live our lives. Although we will never be able to keep all the rules that God has laid out before us we try. The Bible speaks against things like drunkenness, anger, jealousy, envy & premarital sex. There is no way I can do that. · Yes there is, through Him all things are possible (Philippians 4:13). The important thing to remember is that the "rules" are there to prove to us that we cannot keep them all. They are there to show us that it is impossible for us to live and keep the rules. They are only there as a guideline as to what we should be striving for. We are to fight the temptation of these things whole heartedly, if we fail, and we will, God will forgive us. There is a big difference between fighting off the temptation of sin and failing and not trying at all. Can't I just be a good person and get into heaven? · The bible teaches us otherwise. I believe God to be just and righteous, but He tells us that no one has an excuse. An excuse for not knowing the truth, the truth of His Son and who He is to us. Is it a chance worth taking? · It is all about the relationship with Jesus Christ and accepting Him as your personal Savior. Matthew 7:21-23 "21 "Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22Many will say to Me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" These are Jesus' words. · Being a good person is something that comes along with being a Christian but it is not a way to become righteous before God. We can not earn our way to heaven by the things we do on this earth, it is by faith and faith alone that we can enter into the kingdom of heaven. If we could just be a good person and get into heaven then Jesus would have never had to die on that cross for us. · Galatians 2:16 "In knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified." Works are things like being a good person, following the laws God has set up for us. We cannot justify ourselves before God with works, it is by faith we are saved. Works will follow, but only as a sign of our faith, not out of necessity for salvation. I have done some really bad things in my life, can God really forgive me? · When you turn your life over to God and become a Christian all of your sins are forgiven, all. God does not differentiate between sins. The bible does not teach us that some sins are worse than others. God doesn't get a little mad at some sins and real mad at others. When we sin He does not get mad, we hurt Him because He loves us and we are going against what He wants us to be. · Some people have a hard time with the fact that a murderer can get into heaven. If a murderer is truly sorry for what he has done and sincerely turns his life over to God his sins will be forgiven. We are not to judge others. God forgives you and I for the sins we have committed and the ones we will commit, who are we to say He shouldn't forgive others for the sins they have committed? We are all sinners and He forgives us all. I read in a book that David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) is a born again Christian. How do I become a Christian? · It is very simple, you just ask God for forgiveness, confess your faith and ask Him to take over your life. Something like: "Heavenly Father, I know I am a sinner, I know I cannot live my life without You. Thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to die for my sins, I believe in Him and who He was. I do not want to be a sinner anymore. I turn my life over to you, knowing that you love me and know what it best for me. Come into my life as Lord in my heart."…..Amen This gift of salvation is a free gift from God, all you have to do is accept the gift. Where you go from there is up to you. It is critical to stay in the word, the bible. Along with praying constantly, that is the best way to keep you close to God and keep that personal relationship with Him going. Experiencing the wonderful life of being filled with Spirit has been incredible. There will be ups and downs, God will strengthen us through tough times, but only because He loves us, just like any good father would do with his children. As always I encourage questions via email.