Gospel Essentials

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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.

References

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