ACTION! ACTION!

         Every believers has own gifts that God gave. And we are command to enhance this skill for us to use for the expansion of God's kingdom. And one way of enhancing this is to expose our self to ministry  in that way may we use our gifts either we have gifts of preaching, teaching, and other more. And one way of having ministry or one ministry is to have social action. We need to have this kind of ministry that have interaction to the society. But people will misunderstood this kind of action. 

        God will use us to reach out to those people who haven't yet know about God. And we are oblige to think ways to reach out them. We should not be afraid to be misunderstood by other people of doing social action. But instead let us pursue it and led those people to know God. 

        One thing that I can do towards this is to pray for those people who misunderstood of what I'm doing because they don't know what is truth. And also show compassion to them that they also may know who God for their life. 

M'3

       Modernism, Missions, and Misscelanous. God uses a lot of people to be part of His work. Some of this people ar William Carrey, Hudson Taylor, Dwight L. Moody, Belly Graham and many more. But this people contributed in expanding God's work to reach out those who are still lost. They did missions and led people to know God.

        I realize that God will use people to be part of his work to reach out people who haven't know Him yet. And that can also may use me to do the same as what other believers did. And that led me to think to prepare myself and equipt so that when the time God will use me I may able to do what would He want me to do .

        To do this is that I would expose my self to more ministry and more opportunities that would help me to be more ready in God's work. And While still I'm here in BTC I will take all the opportunities to learn from the lesson and from the life of the people that God already use. Those people who have a lot of experience on this.

Furom #6 and 7

            There many people in the past that belong to history of the Church and one of this was Martin Luther. Luther did things that become part of the history of Christianity. He never give up to let people know the truth even there are many trials and persecution towards him. And also in some part of this discussion the Baptist begun in this time. Christians belives that Scripture alone is the highest authorities. And Justification is by faith not by work and slavation is by God's grace.

          Like what Luther did he never give up in pursuing to share God's word to those people who haven't know Christ is. And also putting always in my mind that Justification is by faith alone and for me to be save is to have faith in Him. I know it already since before that I receive Christ in my life but there are time in our life that sometimes we forget this things.

          Steps that I would apply this is to have a regular time to read God's word so that every I will always be reminded that through Him alone can save me. Through His word I may not forget all things that I learned from His word. And having also a regular time to pray.

REFORM! REFORM!

          Reformation is about the seperation about the Church and the State. In this time the Christianity won't like that Church and State will become one. And Here there also groups who rise in this time like the Anabaptist. Anabaptist beliefs is that the N.T is in the highest authority. And they also believe that only believer has the right to be baptize.They also believe that they are need to live a simple life and believers are ought not to take violence.

         I realize if the Church and the State will be become one the Church will be under the authority of the State. But thanks to those people who against that Church will be not under the state.

         I dunno how could I apply this to my life. But one thing I know that Church and State should not be become one. Because it was very dangerous to think that if the Church is under the authorities of the State that the control is in them. I can't imagine what would be the picture o f the Church if its under in the authorities of the Church.

DARK TO LIGHT

           Before there is time that the Christianity is in the Dark times. Where it caused proverty, hungry, death, diseases, and more. But because of this also it keep or preserve the scriputres. And Preserving the Church. There were also attempts to change the beliefs and practices toward the reform.

           Through this courses I was able to know what happen before in the history of Christianity. Before I was not able to this kind of things but now my mind was enlighted and widen about the history of Christianity and I more appreciate what people in the past did.

           I will try to also shared God's word to those people and educate also them what happened in the history. So that they also may appreciate what they did especially to the believers because there are some believers who haven't know about it.

DEFENDER OF FAITH

#Defending our faith:

         Believers are ought to defend their faith to those person who will try to persecute them and try to weaken their faith to Him. And There reason of doing that is not destroy our life but to weaken our faith to Jessus Christ so that we will doubt about Him. That's the real purpose of the enemy to destroy our worship to Him.

          Before I dunno how and to whom I should defend my faith. I dunno how to do it because I was not that firm enough to deefend my faith. I'm afraid of argument and conflict that's why I try to make myself belong to the world so that I may not be able to defend our faith. But as I seek more God I was able to know to whom and how should I defend my faith that make people lead to know Him.

For us to defend our faith to Him we must always have time to read and meditate God's word so that we might have a strong and firm foundation in Him.  

Persecution is a Blessing!!!

#Persecution is always there.

        Chrisitian are destained to be persecuted by other religion or by other people because of our faith to God. And some of Christians believers will response to this persecution or some their faith will be weaken because they are persecuted. Christian should have firm foundation so that when persecution come in our life we might not be so easy to be get discourage. Because a Christian believer had no firm foundation in Jesus Christ they will be easy to be discourage. We are need to be always ready to defend our faith.
       Before when the first time I receive Christ in my life I was persecuted by my friends and I get easily discourage and follow what they say towards of what I believe. But as I seek more Jesus Christ I was strengthen and build a strong foundation to Him. I was able to defend my faith to them and to other people who try to persecute me. And now that I'm seeking more God as time goes by I think I may able to defend and stand to what I have beilieve.
        We who faithfully follow Christ we need to be ready to defend our faith to Him. And let us seek more Him so that when persecution come to our lives we are not that we that easily be discourage and defeated. But instead we need to have a strong foundation so that we might able to stand against towards those people who will try to persecute us.