God the Father

I believe that God has predestined our salvation, rather than us having the free will to chose when and how it happens. The Bible stated clearly that God has “predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,” (Ephesians 1:5). God must have predestined history at least to a precise point, in order for His prophecies to be fulfilled. He indicated many times that He had sent Jesus to earth for just that reason. In Luke 4:43 Jesus tells his followers,…

of the biggest challenges that many have when it comes to faith. One of the biggest dilemmas that people face when balancing their beliefs is the determination of how much of life is defined by God, versus how much is a result what we do or do not do? The concept of self-reliance minimizes the role of God and asserts that people make their own path in life. Part I of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography tells a portion of the story of his life and dives into his thoughts on religion and…

a professional priest named Euthyphro, who was there to prosecute his own father for…

religion. However, the novel hints that the way in which characters interpret their religion shape their personality to either contrast or compliment their faith. Therefore, in the novel, The Purple Hibiscus, Chimamandi Ngozi Adichie indicates that Father Amadi, Papa Eugene, Papa Nnukwu, and Aunty Ifeoma’s behaviors and actions are shaped based on their interpretation of religion to form their various positive or negative dispositions. Adichie’s characterization…

of the existentialists are as follows: the individual, God, being, and truth. The individual is a theme prevalent in every existential philosopher as pondering one’s own individual existence is the core essence of the movement. Furthermore, being is often an accompanied attribute to the self and is pondered alongside the self. God is necessarily pondered in the philosophies of existentialism because of the enormous effect that religion or God makes on a person’s life’s meaning and significance.…

looked upon with favor by God. Both men had families, are portrayed as heroes in the Book of Genesis, and have entered into covenants with God. God promised them that they would be fruitful and multiply implying that they would have many descendants. In the Book of Genesis there are verses where God says their descendants will be like “the dust ” of the earth, or as the “number of stars in the sky”. When Abram was 99 years old the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty walk before me,…

The Unity of the Scripture Without God, the human race would cease to exist. He created all that is, was, and will ever be. God made humanity in His own image and likeness, to be like Him. However, man fell from the Garden of Eden, losing the likeness, or divinity that made humans so closely related to God. God put enmity between the devil and man and would continue to intervene in the lives of the chosen peoples of the human race. Eventually, God gave His only son, Jesus Christ to die for the…

Of all the events in human history, there is no event more significant, more important than that of the incarnation of Christ. When the living, eternal God, a Spirit Being, entered into humanity by becoming a human Himself. Of this instance of God entering into humanity, Chafer writes, “No human mind can grasp the significance of the occurrence and consequence of the incarnation. That a person of the Godhead should become one of the human family-the sphere of His own creation-with a view to…

was previously known as Abram. He started his journey when God ordered him to go to a far country away from his father's house and his own family. The second section provides the text on the background of Katha Upanishad and its significance when compared to the bible. These two stories were written in different time period, context, and meanings. However, both stories deal with sacrifice and the importance of it. In the story of Abraham, God promised to show Abraham the land where he would make…

Alma chapter 32, Alma gave the analogy of the word of God as a seed and taught that if the seed is good, or from God, than it will grow. The seed only grows, though, if we nourish it with faith, diligence, and patience. He taught the people that strengthening a testimony means putting the work in and constantly nourishing it. Alma also taught that humility is important because it helps us to repent and…