Gospel Essentials
In today’s society someone’s worldview can have a great effect on the way they live their lives. Christianity is one of the most popular religions, and it teaches the importance of God as our creator. All mankind suffers with the thought of making ethical decisions, and how God wants us to live in the society.
God
God is a higher power; he offers us guidance on the universe that we live on. God is a spirit, and he forgives us for all of our sins. God is everything, and he is the beginning and the end. In the book of Genesis, John asked God, “Who are you?” God replied, “I am.” This verse is important, because it explains how God is the creator of everything, on earth and how God views himself. He was able to create a world
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God wants us to have the same characteristics in order for us to live a righteous life. Human purpose gives us the ability to find our passions in life. Through purpose we able to choose a path, which gives us stability to live life in today’s society. In a study it states, “Christians often experience the idea that people are below God but above human nature as a sense of responsibility toward God to take care of the earth and its creatures.”(p.1) Christians develop a sense that they we are born with purpose in our life, and that we all have a path in life, but God helps us with that path along the way. The root cause of human problems is living in a world of sin, and making decisions that help us live morally correct. Living in sin and making decisions is the root of human problems, because we want to be good at heart, and to make the best decisions in order to enter the gates of Heaven with …show more content…
When you have a connection with Jesus, and believe that he died on the cross for your sins that is when your transformation of self has begun. When you are able to know in your heart that there are people around that may sin, and you are trying to live in a world, where you do the best that you can morally there is a transformation with the society around you spiritually. In the textbook it states, “Humans are wonderfully complex creatures whose lives are driven by what they love and desire as much as what they know and understand. Honest self-examination, although difficult, is essential for gaining ethical knowledge and a clear understanding of one’s true moral character.”(Chapter 2) That statement is very important when it comes to transformation, it explains how self-evaluation on one self, and trying to gain an understanding of purpose can help gain spirituality, and faith with