#5b Christian Foundations and the Life of Jesus Christ

C. J. Lewis once summarized the life and death of Jesus by stating: “Jesus is either a Liar, Lunatic or Lord!”  What we believe about Jesus is the most important decision in the history of mankind.

This is the second part of a post on the life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.  In our first part, we looked at His birth, His claim to being the Son of God and even to being the same as God.

A.  We begin this section by looking at the main events in the life of Christ from the four gospels:

1.  His Virgin Birth:

#5a Christian Foundation belief about Jesus, the Christ

 So far in our First Series of blog posts on Christian Foundations, we presented the nature and character of Jehovah as a God of love.  Then in #2, we went on to discuss the creation of angels and demons in the spiritual realm.  #3 in our series, we looked at the Perfect Creation of the universe and the natural world we live in.

Next, in #4 we looked at how this perfection was corrupted by the actions of Adam and Eve and the resulting fall of the human race.

Part 2, Christian Foundations and the Creation of the Spiritual World

In Session 2, Part 1, ‘The Creation of the Spiritual Worlds’, we saw how the Person, Jesus of Nazareth, fits into creation as ‘the Word become flesh’.  We saw how God created the spiritual world with angels which exists in the two kingdoms.  As ‘Jesus Followers’ we need to know the facts about this spiritual existence around us …. and what rights, privileges and authority we have in this battle.

This Post is Part 2 and we continue with the theme of our battle: what tactics and weapons we use and who are our allies in this fight.

Christian Foundations: Our Creator has given us Spiritual Authority

 If you were with Jesus when He was here on Earth, there would be no doubt something was different about Him.  Sure, He related to the common people more, which made the religious leaders jealous.    However, what really set Him apart from all the other religious teachers was the authority He used and the reactions from the realm of the demonic.  Satan’s forces had no doubts about His power over them.  He was sent to destroy the works of the enemy and that He did just be being who He was.

Christian Foundational Beliefs about Angels

One of the topics we sometimes get asked to talk about in our Christian Foundations course has been  ‘Who are Angels’This is a brief overview of what the Bible and Christian mean when they talk about the supernatural world of angles.

The Old Testament hints of the spiritual realm, with invisible, evil, supernatural created cosmic beings who have set out to sidetrack and destroy Israel and the whole world.  This conflict is played out in every event that Israel faced as tribes and as a nation.  They were surrounded by nations who openly followed other gods and practice inspired by the demonic.  These nations had allowed evil to the point where God had to bring judgement

The Six Stages of Growth as a New Creation

We can see at least 6 different terms relating to our standing in Jesus’ Kingdom.  These stages can overlap but the general direction needs to be growth upward through the stages.  As with each stage, many are content to just sit at the level of growth. 

1.  We all came into God’s kingdom as a Slave:  We all Slave to the world’s way of thinking, their values, norms and expectations.  Entering the kingdom, we are delivered from powers of darkness, Colossians 1:13.  We are set free from power of sin, Romans 6:7, 22, 8:2, Galatians 5:1.  We are freed from the evils of this world, dead to sin and the world, able to defeat the world.  We are free from condemnation and guilt that once follows someone who does not know that are created to walk with the Lord.