I am enrolled in New Testament mainly for two reasons: first, it completes my course work for my religions requirement and second, I am interested in expanding my level of study of the Christian faith by further studying the New Testament.
My journey into the Christian faith actually began as far back as childhood in Sunday School classes with my church. Unfortunately, I attended a church that only spoke in the language of Spanish so I didn't actually pay too much attention to the service so the class was all I had. It was not until I began my coursework at Loyola University that I began to indulge myself into the Christian faith in my first course, Introduction to World Religions. This course acted as a foundation for my faith. I began my studies of a variety of religions and Christianity sparked my interest for two reasons: the Book of Revelation and the sibling rivalry between Michael and Lucifer. I believe I was able to easily connect with the dilemma of Michael and Lucifer because I can relate to the situation with my own brothers and when further researching information I found my interpretation of who Lucifer really was to be completely altered. I found him to be not as much as the Devil but a loyal son betrayed by his father for his love towards his own people.
As an attempt to further branch out in my studies of Christianity, I enrolled into the course titled, Jesus Christ. JC was an overlook into the man who Jesus was, not only in regards to how he died on the cross but an overlook at the faces and interpretations of Jesus from historical, cultural, and humanistic ways. In the text, Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture, Jaroslav Pelikan illustrates an important aspect of Jesus that the course was primarily focused on, the Trinity. In his own words, "No one knows the son except the father and no one knows the father except the son and those to whom the son chooses to reveal him." Matthew 11:27. This phrase is an important part of the course and the study of the Trinity between God, the son, and the Holy Spirit. When examining the four Gospels in my JC course, I noticed the similarities and differences in each of the writing styles of the Gospels. I found it particularly interesting that some information could not be found on certain Gospels and how each author sets a theme on what they want to write about Jesus' life. For example, I can recall the book of John would focus on the man Jesus was rather than an important figure.
In conclusion, my enrollment in this course is to further enlighten the answers to my questions of Christianity and the Gospels. I hope to take from this course a better understanding on who the authors of the Gospels are and why they wrote what they wrote. As Proverbs 24: 3-4 says best, "By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures"
Proverbs. The Holy Bible.
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