American Christian Religion Benefits

Introduction: Christianity is full of beneficial scriptures that is aimed to help people connect with God and find inner-peace and happiness. Followers of Christianity experience the positive change of behavior because through faith in Christ and the aspirations to act as he did, Christians can learn to live as sin-less as possible. Belief in Christ guarantees salvation to Christians thanks to Jesus’ sacrifice for humanity. God is an all-powerful being who cares deeply for humanity, mankind’s purpose is to have faith in Christ and God. After the fall of humanity and the creation of sin, mankind desperately needed salvation. Jesus is humanity’s savior and faith in him leads to salvation and the restored connection with God, finally through

Faith in Christ guarantees salvation or for better terms, eternal life. Brian Janz states in his article, “As Christians, we can go through our life knowing exactly what will happen after we die.” (2017, p. 26). To many, death is a great mystery. Christians can feel comfortable and at peace with their lives because they know that God will accept them as long as they keep their faith in Christ. Some concerning things about Christianity is not the religion itself, but the people who follow it. Many Christians today are not what the bible intends for them to be, and it is creating a negative connotation with Christianity. Stephen Mattson in his 2013 article explains it well, “American Christians have forgotten how to dialogue and respectfully disagree. We’ve abandoned concepts like grace, humility and love and have devolved into critics instead of encouragers, instigators instead of peacemakers, debaters instead of friends, and reactionists instead of innovators” (p.3). What he is trying to say is that many self-proclaimed Christians are going directly against what God wants his children to be. To love and accept, as Jesus did, is vital to the core beliefs of Christianity. Christianity is important to many people because it has the power to change an individual for the better. There is quite a lot of evidence that proves much of the Bible and it is causing many people to realize that Christ was a person who lived a sinless

I have subscribed to its beliefs, and even though I never considered myself a Christian, I realize that I have lived much of my life the way that Jesus would want me to. Now I believe that Jesus died for our sins, and I have faith in him to provide guidance for me and my goals in life. To hold a grudge is an unfamiliar concept to me, I consistently give people as many chances as they need because that is what Jesus asks of humanity. I believe that anybody can change for the better, even if Christianity is not a piece in that equation. Through love and forgiveness, I believe peace can be found in any situation and I intend on believing in that mindset as well as applying it in my life as best as I possibly