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COMPETENTE, LESLIE DIANNE A. 1-R



FAITH
The way we understand and believe in God is different in every single
way. There are people who think that Gods love is unconditional, while other
people think that Gods love is depending on how you practice and preach
His words. When it comes to having faith in God, it does not matter if we are
neither young nor old, neither wealthy nor less fortunate, because whatever
we are, whatever we have, we all still grow equally in love of God. We all
start from small beginnings and eventually we will become great and will
gain bountiful blessings in any ways because of Him whether we believe or
we trust.
Our Faith in God is not measurable on how often we pray, or how
often we go to church, that what other people usually see. I think it is more
on being able to practice His words and holding unto Him in times of
difficulties, deeply from our within. It is a commitment that known only by
us, exclusively, and God.
Having faith in God is about trusting in His plan for our lives; knowing
that we will receive great things that we deserve rather than receiving good
things that we want.
To have Faith in God is something that we should have in order to live
a peaceful and joyful life. Without faith, we are similar to bread with no
yeasts. We need God to lift us up spiritually, mentally and physically. Only
few people are able to lift up everything to God with no hesitations. To have
this eternal trust and love for God, we must be willing to face all challenges
and hindrances. Having faith does not mean having a perfect life, but having
a meaningful one.
Gods love is unconditional. He will love and protect us, even though
we are sinful. He will be there in times of happiness, and He will be there in
times of sadness. He is the only one that will never leave. And our only way
to pay Him back is to have faith in Him. Faith is not believing that God can,
but trusting that God will. There are many parables about our Faith in God,
but one thing is for sure, we can do all things if we have God.
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SUMMARY
The word Bible is of the ancient Greek origin, biblion, which means
written document; also known from its other term called scriptures.
People of different origins and different classes recorded the Bible:
kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen and scholars;
and documented with the help of three languages: the ancient Hebrew,
Aramaic and Greek.
The Bible contains various moral lessons and character descriptions
that reveal not only their strengths but also weaknesses; and made of two
parts: the Old and the New Testaments, which were designated by
Christians. Testament in biblical experience is better stated as covenant
the deeper relationship of people with God. Jews never call their bible as old.
They rather termed it as Hebrew Scriptures/bible or Jewish Scriptures/bible;
but they never considered the New Testament.
Jews and Christians, as they refer to the Old Testament and the
Hebrew Scriptures differently; nevertheless they still have the same reality:
the Israelite experience of being the People of God; they are people of the
book.
The Hebrew Bible is traditionally divided into three sections: haroT
(Teaching), Nebiim (Prophets), and Kethubim (Writings). This bible includes
narratives, law codes, short stories, etiological tales, prophecies,
exhortations, poetry, and wisdom writing. Torah is composed of five books:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number and Deuteronomy. These five books are
also known as the Books of Law.
The Christian Bible is following the Septuagint classification (the Greek
translation of Hebrew Bible). It has four divisions: Pentateuch, Historical
Books, Prophetical Writings, and Poetry and Wisdom.
Catholics and Protestants both have the same content, except for the
seven books considered by Catholics as deuteron-canonicals: Torbit, Judith,
1 and 2 Maccabees, Baruch, Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon. Protestants
called their as apocrypha and do not accept the seven books because not
written originally in Hebrew, thus which are not inspired. For Catholics, the
seven books are inspired for they contain elements that portray Gods
presence in a specific period of Salvation.
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Bible is unshakeable truth; the Word of God. Faith of the people
involved in the making of the document made this possible. The stories of
these people made the bible as a living document that let us all know the
truth of the relationship that God has to the people and that will be told from
generation to generation. Each different story of these people who had
become witness of the truth gave us the meaning of dignity as being Gods
people.
On my own heartfelt understanding, though honestly I am not used of
reading bible, I live a life knowing that all these (the stories of people in the
books of bible, the stories of each of us living the present) rooted from what
we called and what I have the Faith in our God.

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