For this assignment I decided to report on the bible. I choose this book because
it's something that I've grown up learning about and it speaks on everything that this
assignment consists of. Growing up in church, I've found that reading the bible helps you
in everyday life. Life, death, justice, morality, power, society, reason, and divinity are all
I'll start with life because that's where it all began. The first story that comes to
mind when speaking of the bible usually is Adam and Eve. This story begins in Genesis,
the first chapter, starting at verse 26. God creates man and calls him Adam, and from
Adams rib he creates woman and calls her Eve. They lived in perfect peace until Eve was
tempted by a serpent and ate from a forbidden tree called the tree of life. After she ate
from the tree, she went and had Adam do the same. Before eating from this tree they had
no knowledge of being naked, but once they had, they quickly covered themselves with
leaves. I've always found this story to be interesting because if Eve had never eaten from
that tree as she was told, things possibly wouldn't have changed. The whole world
possibly could be walking around naked in peace without knowing.
One thing that the bible speaks of a lot is healing power. People often give
testimonies or speak of being healed of deadly diseases. Some people have spoken of
pronounced dead and they were brought back to life. These are all part of healing power.
The bible speaks about Jesus being able to heal the sick and raise the dead. Scriptures like
Hosea 12:3, Micah 3:8, and Matthew 9:6-8 all speak of healing power. There's not just
one type of power, besides healing power God gives the power to forgive sins. Just as he
forgives us of our sins and wrong doing, he's gives us the power to do the same. Matthew
9:6 says, "but that ye may know that the Son of man hath p
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