Morweena High School - School Memories Yearbook (Morweena, Manitoba Canada)

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Delbert Brandt Peter Loewen Rosanna Reimer Dolores Barkman Roydon Dueck Gerald Brandt Leona Reime r Marlene Reimer Melvin Reimer

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SUMMARY OF GOD AND HIS PEOPLE UP TO THE REFORMATION In the beginning God created the whole universe in six days. On the first day He made light, on the second day atmosphere, on the third seas, dry land and vegetation, on the fourth light giv¬ ing bodies, the fifth day fi3h and birds. On the sixth day He made land animals and man. On the seventh day He rested. Man was created in the image of God and was intelligent right from the beginning. His early work consisted of farming, build¬ ing, keeping cattle and sheep, and he also played musical instru¬ ments. Man was given the moral choice of obeying or disobeying God. They chose to disobey God and were sent out of the Garden of Eden. Because of their sin they had to die. From the very first man had evil intentions. Sin was dealt with by a flood in Noah ' s time, death, separation and other means. Man, judges, officers, parents and the church were authorized to punish. God helped sinful man in many different ways. A few were cloth¬ ing them, promising victory over Satan, and by sending His own Son to be the Saviour of mankind. God guided His people in many ways. He spoke to them in an aud¬ ible voice, through angels, visions, man ' s concience, ten command¬ ments, judges, prophets, kings, through His own Son, etc. Abraham, the forefather of the Israelites, including Jesus, was guided by God when he moved from his birthplace, Ur of the Chaldees to Canaan. God also led the Israelites out of Egypt. For a time they kept His law3 but eventually disobeyed Him. It was prophesied that God would send His Son to be born of a virgin and would be called Immanual. This was a to man ' s sin. ’Then Jesus came to earth He called men to become His followers. Jesus sent His disciples to witness of Him in all parts of the world On the day of Pentecost the church began its outreach. A large number of people believed, were baptized and began to organize into a church. The church began in Jerusalem and spread rapidly to Judea, Gam- aria, Pisidia, Syria and a eunuch took the gospel to his home land Ethiopia. The church spread in spite of persecution under the Homan gov¬ ernment. The church contiued to grow because they were assured of the Kingdom of Heaven after death. By 90 A.D. there was some spiritual decay in the churches. A few examples are: becoming spiritually dead, financially rich, too self-satisfied, and becoming lax about sinful practises in the church. The monks were the missionaries of the middle ages. They went north from the civilized and somewhat Christianized areas along the Mediterranean Sea. They spread Christianity to France, Ireland, Scot land, England, the Netherlands and Germany. ’Vars called the Crusades, were fought to recover Palestine from the Turks. The intentions of many of the Crusaders were good, but it was not right to kill. A better way would have been to teach the Turks about God. In the Homan Catholic Church, the priests read the Bible and told people what to believe. The people confessed their sins to the 48