1、Exam Results,There will be lists passed around the classroom. Please look for your student ID number. Next to your student number is YOUR score on the exam.out of 65 possible points. If you would like to see your exam and discuss your score, please contact me so we can arrange a meeting. Class avera
2、ge was 58 (about 90%) Good job!,From now until the end of the semester,We will be discussing the Bible and stories out of the Bible In addition to that, we will talk about what makes someone a Christian We will talk and read about The Bible and the beliefs of Christians If there is something that yo
3、u are curious about, but we dont cover it in class, please feel free to ask me personally,Genesis,The story of the beginning of everything.,Genesis Chapter 1,The Jewish and Christian “creation myth” come from the book of Genesis In chapter 1, God creates the Earth and everything on it in 6 days On t
4、he 7th day, he rests.this is where we get the idea of taking a day off,Day 1,God created light and separated the light from the darkness, calling light “day“ and darkness “night.“,Day 2,God created an expanse to separate the waters and called it “sky.“,Day 3,God created the dry ground and gathered t
5、he waters, calling the dry ground “land,“ and the gathered waters “seas.“ On day three.And God said, Let the land produce seed-bearing plants and fruit-bearing trees of every kind.,Day 4,God created the sun, moon, and the stars to give light to the earth and to govern and separate the day and the ni
6、ght. These would also serve as signs to mark seasons, days, and years.,Day 5,God created every living creature of the seas and every winged bird, blessing them to multiply and fill the waters and the sky with life.,Day 6,God created the animals to fill the earth. On day six, God also created man and
7、 woman (Adam and Eve) in his own image to commune with him. He blessed them and gave them every creature and the whole earth to rule over, care for, and cultivate.,Day 7,God had finished his work of creation and so he rested on the seventh day, blessing it and making it holy. This is why Christians
8、go to church on Sundays (some go on Saturday). It is the way of keeping the Sabbath (to show respect to the creator) Sabbath -,Adam the first man,He formed man from the dust of the ground. He breathed life into man and man became a living soul. The first mans name was Adam.,The Garden of Eden,God th
9、en created a beautiful garden. It contained every imaginable tree. He placed man in the garden, which he called Eden. God told man he could eat from any tree within the garden, except for one. This was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The tree of life.,Eve the first woman,God did not thin
10、k it was good for man to be all alone so he created a helper or companion for man. He made a deep sleep come over Adam and while Adam was asleep God took a rib from Adams side and created Eve. Because Eve was made from Adam she is a part of him. They were made from the same.,Adam and Eve,Eve became
11、Adams wife. Together they lived in Eden. They were created by God with no knowledge of good or evil. They were naked and were not ashamed.,Temptation and the first sin,One of the animals God created was a serpent (snake) who was very subtle with his actions. He spoke to the woman and asked her about
12、 the tree of life. He told her “that God did not want them to eat from it because if they did they would become like Gods. They would have all the knowledge of good and evil.”,The woman wanting the knowledge and thinking that the tree was so pretty ate from it. She also found Adam in the garden and
13、persuaded him to also eat. When they tasted the fruit of the tree their eyes were suddenly opened.,The Fall of Man Original Sin,They now knew good, but also evil. They saw they were naked and because they now knew evil, they were ashamed so they clothed themselves with fig leaves and hid from God.,G
14、od knew what was up.,God wanted to know why he and Eve hid. Adam answered saying “we were ashamed because we were naked.” God asked “how did you know you were naked did you eat from the tree which was forbidden?” Adam spoke and said that Eve had convinced him to eat. Eve told God that the Serpent ha
15、d tricked her.,God kicked some ass.,Because the snake had tricked Adam and Eve, God cursed the serpent and made it so he would crawl upon his belly and eat dust all of his life. I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will st
16、rike his heel.,God then spoke to Eve,I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.,To Adam, God said.,Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree a
17、bout which I commanded you, You shall not eat of it“, cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you retur
18、n to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.,God removed them from the Garden of Eden.,For the rest of their lives, they.and all humans.must work hard in order to survive because they now know of good and evil. So Adam and Eve were driven out of Eden. Go
19、d placed at the east of the garden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.,Some morals from the story.,The Garden of Eden story is about personal responsibility God gave Adam EVERYTHING on the condition that he not eat of the tree of life Adam and E
20、ve both blamed someone else for their own mistake God took away the Garden and their lives were difficult,Names of the God of Abraham,Yahweh Elohim Jehovah Allah (Islam) The Father The Lord (Almighty) The Holy Spirit Heavenly Father,Christians and Jews often capitalize God as well as any pronoun ref
21、erring to God. Do you have faith in Him?,Terms to think about.,Believe - to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so Faith - belief that is not based on proof To know to have actual proof Sin to fall s
22、hort of the grace of God.to disobey his word,Grace,A manifestation of favor, especially by a superior Synonyms: forgiveness, charity, mercifulness. Antonyms: animosity, enmity, disfavor. fall from grace, Theology. to relapse into sin or disfavor. to lose favor; be discredited: He fell from grace when the boss found out he had lied.,For Next Week,Go to: http:/ Select “Exodus” Then, select “The Ten Commandments” We will talk about the commandments next week,
