God and Christianity

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There is vast meaning of God, as per Christianity world view. God is much more than any human being in all sense. So it is virtually impossible to describe God or define God. All of us know something related to God, but each of us is depended on God himself to reveal existence of God. God is doing that through his son Jesus and the Bible. God is a living personal Spirit. He is not an impersonal force, but a living being who acts (Psalm 115:3-7). God invites everyone to have a talk with him and attach himself in what concerns us. It is in God’s nature to love and accept everyone who come to him regard less of his past or his present. “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth” (Psalms 145:18).

God

Can we define who God is? Yes and no, but in order to define who God is would be impossible because of his infinite spirit. How can someone with limits and boundaries be able to truly describe the one who is infinite? There is no way we can make a statement that can explain who God is. By making a statement confine God and then he would no longer be God because we have set a limit on who he is and what he can do. It is important to know God in your daily life. The way we can know who is God is by reading the bible and studying his word daily. We need to be in an intimate and personal relationship with God to become close to him and to learn more about him. God is the leader and monarch over everyone and this allows him to do what he does best; and that is to rule over everything. God is love. God shows us love with action. God will be by our side no matter what path of life we go through. When we are alone and has no one to turn to God is always there. Psalm 147:4-5 tells us, "4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. 5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit."(NIV)

Humanity

The reason God created man is to love and serve him. God placed on this earth to carry out his plan for life and all his creations. God had to change his first plan after the downfall of Adam and Eve because they disobeyed his orders. All of the human problems began with the mistake that Adam and Eve made and that is why we are all born a natural sinner. The first book of the bible Genesis, starts off the by telling us God created the Heavens and the earth, and day and night in day one. Day two, God separated the water and the sky, by doing that he allowed there to be dry land. On the third day, God divided the light from the darkness. The moon and sun were created on the fourth day. Living animals were sent to roam and live off the land and in the water on the fifth day. On the sixth day, man is created to rule over the livestock, fish, and birds. On the seventh day, God had seen what He created was complete and good so he made it holy and rested. “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens”. (Genesis 2:4)

Jesus

Jesus was sent to earth to help us believe that god is real. He was born to the virgin Mary. Jesus he lived a sinless life. Jesus was an innocent man that was tortured and murdered so that we can be saved from our sins. Jesus showed humans the true way to God and how God is the almighty one. Jesus shared his stories and performed miracles that helped other become followers to Him. He also gave his life for us on the cross so that our sins would be forgiven. In John 8:31-59 it happens in the story of Jesus' clearest sign of his own identity. Jesus was sent to this earth to do many things that the list is never ending. He was sent here to reveal the father (Matthew 11:27), to save the world (John 3:17; Luke 19:10), to destroy the devil's works (1 John 3:8), and to proclaim freedom for believers (Luke 4:18).

Restoration

In the Christian worldview in order to receive restoration one must receive salvation of Jesus Christ alone. In order to achieve that salvation you must have equal parts of faith and grace. Sinners should place all their faith upon the salvation of Christ and they should also confess that they are sinners and not worthy of entering heaven. They need Jesus Christ to help them out. Praying, doing good deeds, or going to church will guarantee your salvation with God. You can only receive salvation when God grants it to you through his grace alone, but not by what you have personally done. ("Rescue, Redemption and Renewal") When Christian becomes baptized they grow spiritually with God. The only way that the people can change is through the saving grace of God. We must teach others about God and his word and help them to learn that he is always there for them. Christians have to show the way for the non-believers so that they can have eternal life.

Analysis

When becoming a Christian there are some many benefits. The first benefit is that we become friends with our lord and savior Jesus Christ. We as Christian know that God is good. God has a purpose for our lives. God wants to free us from our sins. When Jesus died on the cross he sacrificed his life for ours, in order for God to forgive us of our sins. If we as Christians want to be forgiven then we must also forgive others as well. As a Christian we also have help with our finances. God does not pay your bills for you but when you trust in him, he knows what you need and he will provide it to you financially as well as spiritually. As a Christian most people live under less stress.

Paul tells us why this is so: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV) Christians have hope for the future. Sooner or later death will catch us in His steel traps without anyway to escape. But our Bible promises us eternal life for those of us that believe. “The wages of sin is death,” Paul wrote, “but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” Romans 6:23 (NIV). The most troublesome issue involving the Christian Worldview is how difficult it is to measure the actual result of living life as a Christian. "The normative statements of Christian faith and life, for instance, are so very elevated, while the people who are Christians are so very ordinary. There is typically a glaring gap between what people profess to believe and what they actually do and appear to be in their everyday lives" (How Christianity Coopts Its Contradictions, 2000).

There are still several gaps between the principles Christians seek to actually live up to and what they are capable of doing, even with God’s unconditional love and forgiveness surrounding them. But that is to be expected, because Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross was only to cure humanity and bring them closer to God with souls that could be cleansed from their sins. The sacrifice was not allowing people to be perfect and incapable of sinning, because Christ was the only one that was made perfect and free from all sin. So there really is not gap, the actual problem is that was that Christians react to that gap.

As Christian you must not set your goals so high in life that you eventually fall into that gap and start to lose all faith in God. We all sin no matter what the circumstance may be and sometimes the more we try refrain from that sin we eventually fall into it. Know that as a Christian you are going to make mistakes along the way. Just know that you can always turn to the Lord and ask for forgiveness and learn from that mistake to never repeat again.

Reflection

The Christian Worldview in not always an easy way to live but it is the upmost importance to gain your place in eternal life with your Savior. Living out a Christian Worldview is not just given to you because you go to church. You must live your life out in a Christian way for others to see and learn from. Your values that you place upon yourself show to others just what kind of person you are. You do not just become a Christian when you are in front of a crowd but you allows those values to shine even when you are alone. I am a paraprofessional in a special education classroom and I am able to show the students that are different just because they are different doesn’t mean that they should be treated any different. My students want to be just like everyone else, but are looked down upon because they have downs syndrome. This allows me to reach other regular education student on how we can accept others for who they are and not their abilities. These students make my world turn and I get up every morning no matter what just to see their smiling face and to help them face this harsh world that they live in.

I knew the day I set foot into this classroom ten years ago this is where God intended for me to be. That is why I am taking this course so that I can one day be the teacher of this classroom and better help these students succeed. God has touched my soul with these children and has shown me there is a true and meaningful place for me to be in this world, my true calling. I also teach a class of fifth graders on Wednesday at my local church. Most of the students are brought to use for a night for the parents to have a break and many so not know God. This allows me to share what I have learned all these years about our Lord and Savior and help them to better understand and learn to have a close relationship with God. I am able to share personal stories and also have talks with them about certain subjects that may be affecting their lives. Conclusion There is a God and He is all all-powerful, knowing, merciful, loving, sovereign and beyond all human comprehension. Three distinct part make up God; the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit.

These three distinct parts are what we call the Trinity. God created everything we see on this great earth and in our entire universe. This is God’s great masterpiece that we call Humanity. He is an artist and with every stroke He is creating us perfectly in his image, with love and purpose. God gave us the responsibility to care for all of His creations and to expand the human race. God’s first original plan may have not worked out exactly like he planned. So he sent us His one and only son Jesus to repent for our sins and to die at the cross so that we may be forgiven. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice because he was able to teach others about His creator and then later die to prove to many more just how great our God is. A Christians we are now able to assure our salvation, build better lives, and improve our families and society by living a Christian life and accepting Jesus Christ as our one and only Savior.