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Name: Ashley Jade V.

Domalanta Section: 11-Charity

A. Assessing Learning

MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write True if the statement is true and if false
write the word/s that made it wrong. Write the answer on the space provided.

Haran 1. Abram’s wife is Haran.


85 years old 2. Abram is 85 years old when he left his hometown.
knows 3. Abram knows where he was going when God told
him to leave his hometown.
moon 4. Abram would have as numerous as the moon in
the sky and grains of sand on the seashore as his descendants.
True 5. Abram will be called Abraham because he will be
blessed.

Two roses and a thorn strategy:


 Name two things that you like about the lesson.

The two things that I like about the lesson are the Sacred
Teachings on the Calling of Abraham:

1. Abraham’s faith on the voice and promises of God.


=I learned that the biblical passage is about Abram’s
[Abraham's] faith. Abraham was asked to leave his family.
With this command, he received promises from God:
(a)That he shall be a father to a great nation even
though his wife is barren; and (b) That he shall own a
vast land even though he knew that he has to subdue
the inhabitants of that land; it would mean war, even
death. Abram [Abraham] obeyed and marched on. He
believed in God who spoke to him. He believed in God who
would not fail him. For this, Abraham earned the title:
“Father of Faith.” It is the family that provides security. The
family gives hope during troubled times. The family gives
happiness to the dull moments of life. These facts about the
family makes it difficult for one to leave his or her family to
follow the voice that tells him or her to do so. It is neither
easy to believe in promises especially if these promises
seem to be impossible to be realized. More than this, it is
difficult to trust people outside of one's family. Why leave
the land where there is food, shelter, happiness, and
peace? Would it not be so risky to journey and venture to
other lands? When a married couple is already old and
barren, will it be possible for them to have a child of their
own? How can one become a great man, when one does
not even have a child to call him great? How can one fight
and conquer a land, when one has only a handful of men?
Who has the courage to believe a voice for one to leave?
These questions could have been in Abraham's mind.
Abraham believed in God. He rose and waited patiently for
the fulfillment of God's promises. He was already seventy-
five years old then, but his faith remained strong, for he
knew for a fact that God would fulfill His promises in His
own time. After almost a millennium, a Pharisee, named
Paul had hailed Abraham's faith and later on converted to
Christianity. Consequently, Abraham became the Father of
Faith. He became distinguished of his faith, to the extent
that he was venerated not only by the Jews and Christians,
but by the Muslims as well.

2. The sacredness of God’s calling and promises


=The story of Abraham is about the sacredness of the
calling and the promises of God. Everyone must listen and
believe. Like what had happened to Abraham, deep within
our hearts, God calls us to leave our fears behind. He tells
us to free ourselves from our sinfulness and travel the path
of goodness. God calls on us each day to do His will, which
is to be the “salt” and “light” of the world, to serve, and to
love others. On the other hand, it is true that it is not easy to
obey God's call. Difficult as it may seem, we must recall the
faith of Abraham. It was not easy for him, yet he believed
and followed God's will. Similar to the calling that Abraham
received from God, accepting the call toward priesthood,
B. Enhancing Skills

RECIPE OF FAITH

1. Make a recipe of faith. Put the needed ingredients in responding to God’s calling of
your chosen vocation.
2. Use terminologies in making recipes such as one cup, one kilo, one teaspoon, and
the likes.
3. Examples are given below.
Use this box for your own recipe.
C. Reflection
Write your personal response using the bible verse below.

“Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” (James 2:17)

I believe that "Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless
as a screen door on a submarine." People act in line with what they believe. For
instance, if we believe a stove top is hot, we will not place our hand on it. If we believe
vitamins are essential for good health, we will take them. Good marketers persuade
people to believe they need a certain product in order to induce people to buy it. The
actions that result from our faith are no different from those that result from other of
our beliefs. If we truly believe God is who He says He is and that the Bible means
what it says, we will act accordingly. The teaching of Christianity was revolutionary,
and it still is. The emphasis of the gospel is on grace, through faith, and not by the
good deeds—works—which we do. Instead of demanding sinless perfection and
sacrifice, or some subjective judgment, God was offering forgiveness of sins and an
eternal home with Him for all who believe in Christ. That leads to an all-important
question: "What does it mean to have a saving belief in Christ?" This is the issue
James is tackling in this part of Scripture. Reading James in context with the rest of
the New Testament helps us to answer that question. In this particular case, James is
making a crucial point about the gospel: simple mental agreement is not enough.
"Knowledge" is not "trust." Salvation does not come when a person agrees to the
facts of Christ's life, death, and resurrection. Accepting Christ is not like agreeing that
the city of Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska. Such a "belief" requires no response, no
action. In verses 15 and 16, James also pointed out that merely claiming something
does not make the claim true. A person who says, "I believe," but does nothing to
support such a belief, does not actually believe what they have claimed. James
makes clear that saving faith in Christ is active and transformative. Salvation is about
placing our trust in Christ; this necessarily transforms us in such a way that we begin
to make new and different choices. Living faith in Christ changes the direction of a
person's life. It always results in the believer beginning to participate in good works.
Where there are no works, there is only a dead "words only" faith—the king James
refers to in the first part of verse 14. It's important to note here what James is not
saying. He is not in any sense claiming that salvation requires good works. He's not
talking about following the law or being perfectly sinless. He's talking about doing
good works that are consistent with loving other Christians and obeying the Father.
That's what those who trust in Christ begin to do. In other words, we are saved only
by faith, and this faith which saves will produce good works. According to James,
those who lack works are not saved—not because they lack works, but because their
lack of works proves that they lack saving faith. In my own perspective, I believe that
Faith sees what could be. Faith does things. Faith takes action. Faith takes risks.
Faith leaves its comfort zone to do things for the Lord. And faith that doesn’t produce
works is a faith that doesn’t work. When we step out in faith, God will work.

“And whatever you ask in prayer,


You will receive, if you have faith.”
-Matthew 21:22-

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