Biblical Perspectives
In the beginning of this class I had a limited view, by choice, of the Bible. Two weeks before I was to be baptized by grandfather, who was a pastor, passed away. I was fourteen years old. After his death, my mother's side of the family started to fight over every little thing from the flowers at the funeral to my grandfather's clothes. I couldn't understand why God would do this to my family. After this incident I shut part of my life off to God. I still believed in Him, but I didn't understand why he allowed such suffering. Through this class, I have grown to realize that everything is not God's fault or His doing. In the following I will describe what I have learned through this class about righteousness, the covenants, and the kingdom of God.
Righteousness
The role of righteousness is hard to define. At dictionary.com, it defined righteousness as morally upright; without sin or guilt. In the Old Testament of the Bible, righteous meant to follow all of God's rules and laws. The rules consist of the Ten Commandments God gave to Moses at Mount Sinai. The first four commandments deal with the relationship one has with God, and the remaining deal with the relationship we have with one another.
Old Testament law, on the other hand, doesn't apply to Christian's today because many of the laws were to show the Israelites how the please God. Through the Ten Commandments the Israelites were shown how to worship God, and how to be a different nation. The Ten Commandments are not that hard to follow. Following the Ten Commandments would through total obedience would, in a since, make you righteous. The Ten Commandments still do apply to us today (www.gotquestions.org). &n ...