September 19, 2014

CE 8 - Notes

The Great Story

1)      God created the world and humankind out of infinite love.

2)      God offered hope and a promise of salvation when human beings rejected that love.

3)      God chose a people and formed a covenant, or special relationship, with them and promised that through them the whole world would be saved.

4)      God molded and fashioned this people, the Israelites (Jews), during the ups and downs of their history. He challenged them to live faithfully and took them back when they strayed, helping them when they were in trouble. He promised them a future of justice and peace.

5)      God sent the divine Son, Jesus, the long-awaited Messiah, as the human expression of his love and the fulfillment of his promises to Israel. Jesus is the fullness of God’s revelation.

6)      By his life, death, and Resurrection, Jesus brought salvation to all the world.

7)      The Holy Spirit was sent by God the Father and Jesus Christ to nourish, sustain, and renew the followers of Christ. In the end, Christ will return in glory as Lord of all, and God’s universal Reign of justice and peace will finally be complete.