Reflection 7

I learned many life stories of different people this week. All of them did great significant contributions in our history. One of them was good writer, preacher, interpreter, and dedicated to the work of God. They gave their full effort in learning so that that their own writings will be able to give significant and teachings to all the people even until now. Although not all of them came from Christian family or background but still they pursued to know who God is.

One of the lesson learned I had from the life of Augustine because he was so very honest in telling his life struggles to everyone. He was not a perfect person but he was transparent about his life. And through his teachings I learned that man really needs the grace of God not from the own doing but from Him alone. Although not all of his teaching was right but it is also part of our lesson today that kind of teaching is not the same of what we believe in and we identify the truth through that. He acknowledged that he was converted because of someone’s life and through him he [Augustine] became one of the greatest writer and best known person in the history.

God did not choose those perfect one that will serve Him and follow Him. He used those imperfect ones so that when they knew Him they became better person and they will acknowledge the grace of God in their lives. I’m not perfect but God chose me to be here even here I’m not doing perfect things but still the grace of God continues even I don’t deserve it. And that’s what I’ve learned that I will not be choosy or judgmental in ministering people who are certainly have a good background, good-looking, wealthy, etc.. But no matter who they are like their attitude, their status, their background I will still love and share the grace of God to them because they are still included in receiving the salvation in their lives.        

Reflection 6

This week I learned that the truth would really reveal from the people that God uses. Martin Luther was the one who strive the real truth about who God is. Although he was a prominent priest during his time but he tried to study and learned about Christianity. When he found out that their teaching and belief was against the truth he pursued to tell it to others and corrected that wrong doctrines even many people or like him will question him. Luther experienced and saw the grace of God given to his life because he repented that he was a sinner and he needed a savior to renew him from his sins. He never knew that before he just believed that good works can pay all the sins of man. And that’s why he was called as the father of reformation because through him he reformed what was wrong to what is right.

               
I really believe that God already planned and used someone to transform each one life and will serve Him to expose the reality of His word. And one of these people is to make over the world from darkness to the truth. Without Martin maybe we don’t have this kind of truth that we've learned. Maybe we are already drowning from the wrong practices and depend upon to the person who leads the wrong doctrine not to God alone. But God wants His people to know about Him so I learned that I’m one of the people that He uses to declare that truth.