Personal Commitments Assessment

Personal Commitments Assessment Be sure you answer both Part 1 and Part 2 of this assignment before submitting. Part 1 After reading Chapter 2 in the textbook and the topic overview for this topic, write a two- to three-sentence answer to each of the six questions that form the basic components or personal commitments for your worldview. Answer the questions about your own beliefs in your own words, not what you think the Christian worldview believes. Keep this worksheet intact and only add your answers under each question. 1. What is your belief about ultimate reality? I have a strong belief to ultimate reality is having a Creator of life and of the world which exist everywhere but is separate from the physical world he created. In reality, is a learning ground for experiences and lessons on love, fear and hate. I do believe at the end of this life, we do return to our God and our soul continues after the death of our human body, a heaven or hell depend on us. God gives us a choice to choose him and his arm always open to welcome us. In Chapter 2, ultimate reality is defined the absolute, power, principle or substance underlying the universe. I do believe to Creator because I have recently reacquainted myself with faith after a tragic experience that happen to me. 2. What is your belief about the nature of the universe? I have a strong belief on the nature of the universe as it relates to our earthly reality is ordered chaos. God gives us free will, but nowadays, I feel like people misunderstood, going in the wrong way and have all abused it in different way. Because people think they have the freedom to make mistakes or even become to an evil since they themselves don't know at all. Because of chaos, there are consequences or relation to our actions and have to received it such as karma. We would not have choice, unless we awaken in time and our mistakes lead to some enlightenment ultimate, we will deserve what we did. 3. What is your belief about human nature and the afterlife? I have a strong belief there is a heaven and a hell for each of us at the end of this life. I believe If you have a strong faith to God, he will lead you to the right way and forgiveness of your sins, you would have whole life in heaven. Otherwise, your whole life will be in hell. 4. What is your belief about knowledge? Knowledge is truly power that is the ability to practice a skill that requires a learning and training process that can help people who have a rough life will have a better life when they worship, have a strong belief to God then they feel closest to the lord and feel like he is giving them the answers, but have to pay attention to the little signs, his word is absolute truth 5. What is your basis of ethics? My basis of ethics has been discovered, expanded knowledge by the bible and anything happen around the world. As chapter 2 suggests, I could easily list my strong ethical beliefs, whether I always follow them in the right way but in reality, there may be other factors that influence my decisions at the time but I kept honest, kindness, forgiveness and trust as my real values. I can realize everything, what is right and wrong, what to do and what not to do to avoid my conscience feel guilty. 6. What is your purpose? In my life, my purpose is love and be loved by whoever around me and love me, discover the world, keep learning too many things around me that can help me learn and grow from or mistakes and successes become an independent people and useful for society. Because one of my dream is I want to help people or animals in my ability. Part 2 Answer the following two questions with a 250-550-word response for each. 1. Your answers to the questions in Part 1 form the basis of your worldview. Now that you have articulated your worldview, evaluate it according to the practical test described in Chapter 2 of the textbook and the topic overview. Can you live your worldview out in the world as we know it? Why or why not? Living your worldview in a nonreligious world is possible but it is a challenge. Because sometimes it will be difficult. Many people view Christians as judgmental and hypocritical. But everything begins to change when I arrived Grand Canyon University and I enjoyed 2 staying and study here and I had learned so many things and was reborn into a loving member of Christians. But it is a life, the thing didn't go the right way like I expected since I decided to share the news with family and friends back home about everything that's happening every day to me at Grand Canyon University and they respond “why you have to believe in God? and what will god go to do for you? Where is the point that I have to believe?” I didn’t understand why they asked me those question and I feel disappointed and sad because I was being criticized for my beliefs, I became embarrassed, exhausted but then I spent time alone with God, do not care about what people said. Finally, I realized there is nothing to be ashamed of, on the contrary, those things made me have a strong belief in God. I will be completely confident, I have made some bad choices, went on the wrong way but God is helping on me, forgiving and teaching me a lot of things. I have struggled with anxiety and depression for the past few years, but now my life is change. I cannot begin to show the grin on my face and confident when I say Jesus is my hope and I am in love with him for forever in my whole life 2. Reflect on your current understanding of the Christian faith. In other words, what is the essence of the Christian worldview? How does one become a Christian? My current understanding of the Christian faith is a loving God who is always standing next to you and helping you need a personal relationship with you. How to become a Christian could be needed and essential discovery in your whole life. It isn't complicated to become a Christian, but it is much more than just joining a church or saying the prayer. If you think just going to a church and saying pray but in your heart without a strong belief, that is not accepted. Just personal relationships that will last for eternity life even after you die. Just only God chooses for you. You should spend time to read the bible and meditate on his word. God will understand your mind and will be open to welcome you as he always is. Which is only for those who earn Jesus Christ's gift of eternal salvation. In other words, heaven is not just for the "good people”, it is much deeper than that. Besides heaven is an eternity in Hell where it is for those who reject Jesus Christ and His Gospel, have done a wrong thing, stubborn not believe to Jesus like Satan did. There a some gospel directly from the bible "...That Christ died for our sins per the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day per the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). The Bible describes Hell as a fiery lake of burning sulfur as a horrible thing. It's just a risk you must take as a Christian. But it shouldn't happen to you if you're following God’s word, listen to him. God always there and his arm always open to welcome you as always. 3