13th Articles Of Faith

" The holy work of god has to be attended to and if we are crushed and humbled to the very dust, as also laughing stocks to all who know us, we must be faithful and look for rest and peace only in heaven"

Over the centuries, Christianity has organised its beliefs into a systematic theology that draws from its sacred writing and tradition. While the main beliefs of Christianity are shared by all Christian variants, there are degrees of different in the interpretation of these beliefs and how they are lived out in everyday life. This can be seen in the important of sacred text, principle belief of the concept of salvation in John 3:16, principle belief of divine and humanity in ‘John 1:14’, principle belief of resurrection in ‘Mark 16:1-8’, principle belief of revelation in ‘1 corinthians14:6’, and beliefs through the Trinity in ‘2 Corinthians 13:14’. This essay will explain the important of the sacred text and the principal beliefs of Christianity.

Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core and author of Acts of Faith, exemplifies the idea of religious pluralism, the acknowledgement of diverse religious groups and their ideologies, and portrays how America can apply this concept to its society in order to possess a better sense of equality as a whole. Patel expresses this belief through his yearning for religious identity. His own personal experiences have shaped his pluralistic position towards religion and life. America would be able to achieve a well functioned society if its citizens would be more open minded and educate themselves on the opinions and beliefs of others.

The Black Codes were a series of statutes and laws enacted in 1865 and 1866 by the legislatures of the Southern states of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina following the end of the Civil War at the beginning of the Reconstruction Era. (history.com, 2015) The Black Codes were created to restrict the freedom of ex-slaves in the South and ensure their availability as a labor force now that slavery had been abolished. (american-historama.org, 2015)

The essay then continues to investigate the faith of the founding fathers and their claims of faith, and the presence of religion in the Constitutional Convention. The next part of the essay addresses Christianity

Presented with the task of assessing someone’s faith development required the answers to three essential questions. How has social learning played a part in the individual’s religious development? How has attachment played a part in the individual’s religious development? Upon answering these questions we must then evaluate the stages of faith development in which the individual is in according to James Fowler and David Elkind. After thorough evaluation has occurred the question pertaining to the role of doubt can then be answered. With these questions in mind, the theory that religious beliefs and adherence to spiritual faith are ultimately tested and proved during adolescence was the driving thought throughout the process of interviewing

The society that has created these sets of laws or were created by a strict government to control a religious person, hinted by the lack of a 13th law. The laws seem to be a type of constitution created by the king Hammurabi, while the laws themselves seem to show that the king had influence in most matters, one can infer that this is in fact not a democratic government. Assuming a large population, most laws seem to be made to settle the matter quickly being that there is only one king. The society shown would have been one of the wealthiest and highest population due to the number of rules revolving around slaves, prostitution, inherited land, and crop or animal trade. These laws show that the society in agrarian, with slaves to work the fields, merchants delivering grain and oxen. Also the form of punishment included is thrown into the river or water, so they either the city itself, it close to a nearby river or has a canal or irrigation system that runs through the city.

Both readings of Alister E McGrath talk about faith. One focuses on how faith has change over the years and the other reading focuses on the challenges of faith.

Emotionally, however, we may resent the person for causing us pain or for leaving us. We feel guilty for being angry, and this makes us more angry.

In verse two we can find the second half of the conditional statement of Paul which was given. The means of fulfilling this command is then given in four clauses which emphasize unity by synonymous expressions.7 The way in which the Philippians can “fulfil” Paul’s joy is by having “the same mind”, “the same love”, being “one

However, there are few time when we consider the things we do whether to hurt others. Sometimes, we treat others the way we do not like, but we are unconscious and continue to do it. However, we would be very angry if others treated us the same way. For example, we are always satisfied to jump a queue but will be very irritable when others do as us do.

Falling into this importance is Romans 3:21-26. This is the basis of God’s righteousness in the Death of Jesus (Schreiner p.25). Refering to the different versions of this text, there is not much of a variation. Several words and phrases are changed but the same meaning is kept.

These scriptures share in the way that we are to walk with Christ. Both share that we remain bonded to Christ when His spirit enters us through salvation. They show that we were once sinners, however, through grace, we are free to live in Christ. In addition, they both show that we trust God through Christ, we will live forever with Him and they both detail that one should not be ashamed or embarrassed to demonstrate their faith in Christ.

Sadducees had arrested the twelve apostles due to their belief in God and the wisdom they had. There they were beaten and threatened to never preach God’s word ever again. Peter answered the Sadducees. With Peter saying these simple words God freed them from pain and suffering and allowed them to be back in the Synagogue to preach.

The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30-31) God here clearly states that he wants his creation to be just as benevolent as he is. This is a very possible task that can be achieved if applied to our daily lives.