Week 8

Erasmus was the first editor of the New Testament. He was known as a humanist. I learned that humanist meaning before was not the same as the meaning of the term today. The meaning before was going back to the source. I learned that in the life of Erasmus, he applied to himself to remember and go back to the source of everything. Another lesson that I learned was in the life of Huldreich Zwingli. It was that I must not be like him in terms of compromising of what I believe just to protect myself. I learned that what he had experienced was not easy because he must do the things that was assigned to him to do. But I think it was not a reason to compromise.

I was also guilty of going back to the source when I was in elementary. I sometimes forgot to recognize the source of everything. It was that when I was involved in singing contest, I forgot to recognize where my talent came from and who gave this to me. Also in our church, I sometimes forgot to recognize God for the skills that He gave me. I was proud of having those skills and enjoy accepting praises form other people which was not good. I was also guilty in terms of compromising. It was when I was high school. I rejected to act as a Christian just to be accepted in the atmosphere of my classmates. I was because most of my classmates were Catholic and have the worldly characters and attitudes. I was influenced by them and just accept their environment just to be in with the group which was the wrong decision that I had made. Until now, I am still working on about compromising and going back to the source. I have to be firm of what I believe and I have to always remember the source of everything and recognize that everything comes from Him alone and I do have nothing without Him.

The steps that I will take to continue to avoid compromising, first is that I will be careful of the words that I will say and the action that I will perform. It is that the action that I will perform will not deny the fact that I am a follower of Christ. It is to show the unique character that shows the difference of a person having Christ in his or her life and the person who does not have. Then, in recognizing the source, first is that, I will continue to put in my mind that I have nothing without Him and that everything that I have is not really mine but of Him. If anyone appreciate the talent or skill that I have, I will tell them that all praises is for Him alone.