Reflection # 3

 Knowing the facts and information about the Christian History is a very important matter to discuss. Believers is expected to be persecuted even the Lord Jesus Christ was persecuted. The Bible itself exposed many people who are trying to purged Christians, torturing them or make their life miserable but God is in control of everything. I've learned that nothing happens by accident but everything occurs for a purpose. God allowed it in order to reveal His miraculous acts in the lives of the Christians so that these unsaved people will lead to Christ. It is very important to understand the will of God or to understand the circumstances that we have encountered in our lives. By knowing this, the characteristics of God is made known. I also learned that God uses people to do things that are impossible to human comprehension. This is what we called miracles. God is at works in the lives of His people. By the threat of heresies, by what He has done God used it in order to unify His people to clarify issues that would truly disclose of who really He is. I've realized that in the church, whatever issues or rumors against a person it should be clarify so that we will stay to have a harmonious life as a body of Christ.

There are many things that made up in my mind as I stated the lesson that I have learned that changes my behavior and thinking. As a believer of Christ I think I should fight against the heresies especially about the statement of my faith. I need to fight in order to make things right and to stand for the truth. This is my opportunity to do the right thing even though it may be hard and there are many obstacles I might encounter as I journey my Christian life but with God's help and grace I will be able to passed over the difficulties in life. Christians should continue to pray for themselves and for other people so that Christians will not fall into heresy but be able to provide guidelines for maintaining truth and preventing error with the help of the work of the Holy Spirit in believers life. Being the member of the body of Christ the church should be guided to the path of truth so that His people will not be lead astray or fall away from the faith. It should be emphasize to the individuals who put their faith in Christ to really understand their belief. We need to really defend to the faith that we profess.

Being a Christian I am indeed vulnerable but in order to practice this in life I should continue to study and know about God through His written Word and be able to teach other Christians so that the people of God will not be snared by the false teachings or any cultic group or entangle any worldly values that is against in the Scripture. I need to guard myself by feeding my soul through spiritual food. The Holy Scripture is the foundation for the faith so we must persevere in our faith and earned trust on Him because it is the one of the key to be able to endure whatever we may hear about teachings. By feeding our soul we will not be turned away right away because we have the solid foundation in our soul though everyday we engaged ourselves in a spiritual warfare. Another step is to speak out against error and not to remain silent so that the God we serve will continue to reveal in humans heart. If I knew somebody within the church that someone must be corrected and be founded by the truth.

This is a serious matter in which every believer must take heed so that no one will fall away from the truth. As a Christians we need to continue to lead people in seeking to please God by devoting themselves to God in knowing the truth. We should not allow Satan to influence our mind by any false teachings but be able to defend our active and living God. We need to be alert and be careful of the danger that comes into our mind but filling our mind of God's Word and filling with the Holy Spirit.