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Chap1
Sac Theo would rely on written word of God; second Tradition (Unwritten) Oral.
God's revelation is seen through human history, development of events
Patterns, Dreams, God is working through the events of daily life
Looking through History how God is working through the events
Scripture is not only about knowing about God but the relationship of God and Man
How man is responding to his own understand of who God is
The Bible, therefore, is the word of God that reveals to man his high destiny and also
answers man's innate desire to rise from a fallen condition and to experience the
divine.
Journey that he undertake with the Divine
How we allowed God worked in us. God wants to work on you.
Spirituality - Becoming like Christ
Everything must be understood and evaluated in the light of Scripture, and the closer any spirituality is
to the Bible, the more authentic it is.
Authentic spirituality should be rooted from the Bible. Bible-based Spirituality.
2 Part of the Scriptures
OLD Testament
- It prepares us to the core of spirituality CHRIST

God making the initiative and man responding to the will of God, perfected by Jesus
We will enter the Mysteries of Christ's life in Spirituality
Existence of God and Dependence to Him
Paganism - Longing and searching the Divine
Pagan religion was a projection of his instinctive needs, such as health, life, fertility, protection against
the unknown.
fertility cults as tradition, responsibility, morality
God chose Abraham for an alliance of friendship and it was through Abraham that God raised up a
people who will be his people and he will be their God.
Time and again, God revealed himself through his actions, which were often accompanied by signs.
Genesis - Subject of discernment Actions and Signs
Response - Witnessing and Obeying the Lord
Spirituality is how Man is able to respond to the Will of God
Ezekiel
With Ezekiel, whose ministry spanned a time marked by the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the
Temple, the sacred is clearly distinguished from the profane, and great insistence is placed on
observance of the Law.
God also demands repentance and conversion, not only collectively but individually, and Ezekiel insists
that this requires the proper interior dispositions
The emphasis here is clearly on the necessity for each person to make a commitment and assume
personal responsibility.
You are following but you heart is not there. Commitment and assume personal responsibility. You can
only be committed if you know what is happening inside.
Second-Isaiah
Second-Isaiah (the Book of Consolation)(15) depicts the perfect disciple of Yahweh as one who confesses
the true faith, atones for his sin and is exalted by God
From God as Almighty and Powerful
To God as Father of Love and Mercy
Eros - Attraction
Agape - Unconditional
The marriage symbol used by the prophet, portraying God as a husband, is an echo of the stirring
passages of the Book of Hosea
The same wedding imagery is found in Jeremiah (2-3), Ezekiel (16) and the Song of Songs.
God loves us and asks our response to his love through faith and obedience.
WISDOM
The "wisdom" books (Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom) base their moral teaching
on the principle that good will be rewarded and evil will be punished; they then offer
directives for the acquisition of virtue and the avoidance of sin.
The Old Testament morality is one of personal effort based on a deep trust in God (cf. Job, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes). Finally, in the Book of Psalms the Old Testament provides more moral instruction plus
prayers of adoration, petition, thanksgiving and contrition.
Dynamics of Growth
1. Awareness
2. Name
3. Claiming/Owning
4. Decide
NEW Testament
Our spirituality is how the mystery of Christ makes sense in our daily living
Christ is, therefore, the embodiment of authentic spirituality and, quite logically, from our point of view
the spiritual life must be a participation in the "mystery of Christ."
How is the NT becoming relevant in what is happening today?
Parallelism, images giving us insights from Christ's life.
Christ's life evolving today
It is lived out by different people, place, time.
Christ did not leave us a detailed code of morality, a fully explicated body of dogmas, a directory of
liturgical rubrics and ceremonies, or even a completed pattern for the structure of his Church. Rather, he
seems deliberately to have allowed for evolution in dogma, prudential decisions in morality, adaptation
in liturgy, and the gradual development of the Church, not to mention the charismatic operations of the
Holy Spirit.
What we should seek in the New Testament is a spirituality that is valid for all persons everywhere and
in every age, whether it be the twentieth century, the Middle Ages or the primitive Church.
The context of spirituality - the kingdom of God and how it grows interiorly
We should not be afraid to be perfect
Excellence and Distinction
Your work should reflect the generosity of God
The dynamic of evolution is perfection of Charity
Conversion to God through faith and baptism in the Holy Spirit, and love of God and neighbor in the
fellowship of Jesus Christ.
The spirituality of the Gospel is therefore a dynamic evolution which cannot be restricted to any
particular age or fixed permanently in any historical context.

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Chap1

God's revelation is seen through human history, development of events

Patterns, Dreams, God is working through the events of daily life

Looking through History how God is working through the events

How man is responding to his own understand of who God is

Journey that he undertake with the Divine

How we allowed God worked in us. God wants to work on you.

Spirituality - Becoming like Christ

Authentic spirituality should be rooted from the Bible. Bible-based Spirituality.

2 Part of the Scriptures

- It prepares us to the core of spirituality CHRIST

We will enter the Mysteries of Christ's life in Spirituality

Existence of God and Dependence to Him

Paganism - Longing and searching the Divine

fertility cults as tradition, responsibility, morality

Genesis - Subject of discernment Actions and Signs

Response - Witnessing and Obeying the Lord

Spirituality is how Man is able to respond to the Will of God

From God as Almighty and Powerful

To God as Father of Love and Mercy

directives for the acquisition of virtue and the avoidance of sin.

How is the NT becoming relevant in what is happening today?

Parallelism, images giving us insights from Christ's life.

Christ's life evolving today

It is lived out by different people, place, time.

We should not be afraid to be perfect

Excellence and Distinction

Your work should reflect the generosity of God

The dynamic of evolution is perfection of Charity

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