Reflection Paper On Faith

I have obviously had times when I have struggled with my faith and questioned exactly what I believed in, but after my experiences and going through this class I have a clearer understanding of myself and my faith. I 've never really had to ask myself what I believed in before this paper, I just knew whether I believed it or not when I heard it. As a Christian, I believe in the Bible fully. I believe that there is one true God and that he has been there from the beginning. God exists as three different people; The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit, this is more commonly referred to as the trinity. I believe that God was there from the beginning and that he is the creator of everything; from night and day, to the land and sea, and …show more content…
Every man is in need of salvation by the Holy Spirit. The salvation of man is only possible because of God 's grace and we could never earn his grace on our own. No amount of good deeds could ever repair the damage that man did in our relationship with God. God gives his righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and in so doing justified them in His sight. This salvation is has no limits as long as one trusts Christ as their Savoir and believes in him fully. I believe that it is the duty of Christian 's to live like Christ but I also understand that man will always fall short. I do not believe that we have to earn our salvation. I believe salvation is a thing that you can never lose, no matter how many sins you commit or the severity of these sins, because Jesus has already taken those sins upon himself and died for them, so that you may have a relationship with God. The Holy Spirit has came into the world to make known and glorify Christ. The Holy Spirit convicts sinners of their sins and brings them to Christ. Once they make the decision to believe in him, they are given new life or are born again and from there The Holy Spirit will continue to live inside if them until the end of their life. When their life is over the person will immediately enter into a fellowship with the Lord that will last forever in a …show more content…
After reading some of the chapters in our book, I would often find myself taking parts of different religions and applying them in my life. It helped me to think differently and more openly. I find myself to be more open minded than a lot of the people I know and learning about these many different religions has helped to broaden my mind even more. It has helped me understand other people and realize that not every person is the same religiously. Though there many differences throughout the religions we studied I have found that there have been far more similarities than differences. I enjoyed learning about the different religions but learning and growing deeper in my own religion was the most enjoyable part of this class for me. I already knew most of the material that was covered in the chapter about Christianity but after reading the previous chapters on the other religions and then reading what my religion was about, it was uplifting in a way. It started to spin some thoughts in my mind and threw my doubts away. I know what believe in but found it to be soothing to have seen it all put in