Saturday, April 3, 2010

Experiment - Good Friday

Ques:
Good Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday, is a day when Christians remember Jesus' death on the cross. Write an experiment that examine the meaning and purpose of Good Friday and explore why Good Friday is essential to the Christian faith.

Answer:
Problem statement: 1.What is the meaning and purpose of Good Friday?
2. Why Good Friday is essential to the Christian faith?

Hypothesis: Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

*Apparatus and materials are negligible.

Variables:
Manipulated variable: Type of way (By believing in Jesus/By good deeds)
Responding variable: Presence of salvation (Whether u will be saved or not)
Constant variable: Type of living organism (Only human, not including plants and animals)

Procedure:
1. A group of humans accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and savior as the way to get salvation. They also repent from their sins.
2. Another group of humans only do good deeds and do not accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and savior. They want to get salvation only by doing good deeds. This group of people try their best not to sin.
3. Refer to God's word -The Holy Bible, to obtain the result.
4. The result cannot be observed(unless u have died and has risen again) but can be clearly predicted by faith.
5. The result is recorded in a table.

Results:
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Type of way | Salvation
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Believe in Jesus Christ | Presence
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Do not believe in Jesus Christ , | Absent
do good deeds only
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The Holy Bible:
1. [For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith– and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God– not by works, so that no one can boast.] - Ephesians 2:8-9

2. [(not by works that `are' in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,which He poured upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.] - Titus 3:5-6

3. [
But as many as received Him (Jesus), to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.] - John 1:12

4. [
'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ] - Revelation 3:20

5. [
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.] - 1 John 5:13

6. [''Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me (Jesus), has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.] - John 5:24

Discussion:

Good Friday is the day that Christians focus especially on the cross and Jesus' sacrifice for the sins of the world. The cross is a central symbol of the Christian faith. Christians believe that Jesus, son of God, died to save all believers from sin, all that separates human beings from God. The cross reminds Christians of Jesus' death and their salvation, how Jesus saved them from death by dying in their place.

Jesus' crucifixion, death on the cross, is the source of eternal life for all who believe according to Christian teaching. Jesus put himself in the place of every believer's sins as he suffered for the whole world by sacrificing his own life.

Atonement, Jesus giving himself for the sins of Christians, saves all Christians from hell and suffering. Good Friday is a time for Christians to remember Jesus' sacrifice and reflect on how the cross has saved them from their sins.

Conclusion: All humans can only be saved by believing Jesus Christ. There's no other way to get eternal life. Jesus is the only way. The hypothesis is accepted.

Extra!!
Step Three - A B C To Salvation
Admit, Believe, Choose

"Because of what Jesus did for you, you can have your sins forgiven."

Admit that you are a sinner and cannot save yourself.

Believe that Jesus died on the cross and was buried and rose again to take your punishment for sin.

Choose to receive the Lord Jesus as your Savior, knowing He will forgive your sins and make you His child.

*Why and who are u waiting for? Accept Jesus and u will have HOPE in the Lord XD

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