Our School

In our school, we try our best be the best Christians we can. No matter how hard it is, it is impossible to be perfect. It's the hardest thing to not be influenced by the world or to follow the crowd. In Romans 12:14 says "Bless those who hurt you. Bless them, and do not curse them." This is hard because the automatic thing we think of doing after someone hurts us is we want revenge or payback. Verse 17 is also applicable, "Don’t pay back evil with evil. Be careful to do what everyone thinks is right." In our school, this is applicable but not only for our school but for everyone. 

Sometimes it is hard to also respect the authorities in charge of us. Romans 13:1 says, "All of you must obey those who rule over you. There are no authorities except the ones God has chosen. Those who now rule have been chosen by God." It is a hard thing to respect ALL authorities because not all of them treat you the same. One example is respecting substitutes that treat the class like kindergarteners. Even though how annoying that can be sometimes, God tells us that He want’s us to respect them because they were put into the authority position over us.

Romans

The book of Romans was originally directed toward believers in Rome. Paul wrote it mainly to give the Romans a concrete and solid foundation for their faith. The book of Romans told them that they should live and serve God to the fullest. Romans can both lead many people to Christ and strengthen many Christians in their faith. One main theme throughout the book of Romans is the focus of "The righteousness of God." Paul explains how salvation isn't obtained through doing good things but is obtained through faith in God's righteousness. Even today, the book of Romans is still applicable for believers and is still a great source in the Bible to lead others to Christ.

The hardest thing out of Romans to explain to non-believers would be the whole concept of faith in God. This would be hard to explain because most would be confused why you would need faith in somebody or something that is not physical. This would especially be hard to explain to an atheist. The most believable or sensible thing to a non-believer would be to explain that there is a God that loves them but all your sins would separate you from Christ. 

Death and Resurrection

The way how I think of death is the consequence of man's sins. 1 Corinthians 15:21 says, "Death came because of what a man did. Rising from the dead also comes because of what a man did." According to studies, death is the second most feared thing in America. As Christians, we believe that as believers in Christ, we are raised from the dead because Christ has also been raised from the dead. 1 Corinthians 15:16 says, "If the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either." Even though nobody knows exactly what happen's after death, we as Christian's should have faith in God.

If Christ has not been raised, our faith doesn’t mean anything. Because of our faith in Christ, we should know that he did die for our sins, and he has been raised from the dead. Even though we as Christian's believe in a heaven after we die, many other religions don't. Some people believe that you can get accepted into Heaven by being good or by doing good things. Some believe that after you die, you die. Hinduism believe that when you die, your body gets reincarnated into an animal. With all these different views of life after death, most of them seem depressing. Christianity's belief in an afterlife in Heaven with Christ isn't depressing mostly because it gives us more hope.

Marriage

In I Corinthians 7, Paul talks about marriage. He gives both his opinion on marriage and how marriage should be. Paul tells us that it is better to stay single than to become married in some cases. Even though he's saying pretty much that you shouldn't get married, he is also saying that if you do; there is limit to marriage. He says that a married couple should stay together, but if divorced, they can't or shouldn't marry anyone else. Because of sexual sin happening today, a man should only sleep with his wife, and a woman should only sleep with her husband. A husband should satisfy his wife's needs, and a wife should satisfy her husband's needs. 

Today, I think many couples take advantage of marriage by getting divorced and remarrying, cheating, and adultery. Paul says that if you are single, it is better that you stay single. Thinking for the future, I believe that for me it would be harder to stay single than to get married. Staying single the rest of my life would honestly feel lonely and boring. Today, many teenagers have different definitions of dating. Some date just to date and others date to get to know someone for marriage. I believe that dating at our age is being in a relationship and spending time with someone that you are attracted to. What do you think of dating?