English 2 Western Literature: Lesson 101 Essay – “How were adoption and inheritance related in Paul’s thought?”

Paul thought Jesus and God had selected people to be “adopted” before the world had been created. These people would “inherit” in the kingdom of heaven through God and Jesus’ grace.

Paul made the connection between “adoption” and “inheritance” by examining God’s grace. Paul thought some of us would be adopted because God had sent his only perfect son to die for us. Paul thought that our inheritance could be in Jesus’ coming kingdom because Jesus constantly stated said His kingdom was not of this earth. Paul made the connection that those who had faith in Jesus’ purpose would be adopted by him for what He did. He thought they would inherit eternal life with a clean slate in Jesus’ and God’s kingdom.

Paul thought God had “adopted” some of us before time so that we could live with Him and Jesus in holiness and be without blame. Paul thought that through Jesus’ sacrifice and grace as well as our faith and acceptance of Jesus’ love would lead to the “inheritance” in heaven. god chose us to be adopted and we have to show love and faith towards God and Jesus to get to the inheritance. Living happily forever with God, Jesus, and the Spirit was the inheritance.

Paul said adoption lead to inheritance. This meant that God’s and Jesus’ grace and sacrifices made the inheritance possible. If Jesus had not died no the cross then we would not be able to access the inheritance. The final stage of the adoption leading into the inheritance would be when God gathers all things that believe in Him, Jesus, and the Spirit together. The inheritance would begin as God’s plan of us living with Him, the Spirit, and Jesus come into effect.

Paul made it clear that the means of obtaining the inheritance were by trusting and believing that God sent Jesus to die for our salvation. Paul said that once we believe, we are sealed with the holy Spirit. Paul said the holy Spirit and our faith was our earnest of the inheritance. This meant the Spirit and faith were our down payment to the inheritance. Then the inheritance would be made whole when we are forgiven for our sins, made holy, and given eternal life to love our Christian family.

In conclusion God’s plan made the adoption possible so that the faithful could choose to inherit in the kingdom of heaven. God’s grace and plan gave us Jesus and salvation so that we could be adopted, then if we chose to be adopted we would enter His kingdom and have eternal life.

History Western Civilization: Lesson 100 Essay – (1) “Describe feudalism and manorialism.” (2) “What changes did William the Conqueror introduce in England?”

Manorialism was the relationship between the lord and the serf. During the Viking raids many people would want security so they would seek protection from local rich people in exchange for their labor. The serf would normally bind himself to some of the lord’s land and work on it. Since he would be working on the lord’s lands he would be protected from Vikings. Feudalism was when the lord would hire knights (vassals) to protect his land. The lord would normally give the vassal some of his land so that the vassal could afford to buy a horse, buy weapons, and train himself with these weapons. The vassal would also make an oath to protect the lord and his lands in case of an attack.

When William defeated Harold, the other guy trying to claim England as his, William took lots of land from the Anglo-Saxons and distributed the land to Normand nobles. William kept large portions of land for himself. William centralized the power of the monarchical structure even more, giving himself more power. William had a book that kept track of peoples property that way he could tax them heavily. William also said the Pope needed his approval before appointing people and making decrees in England.

Biology: Lesson 100 Essay – “How do the laws of chemistry and physics affect a plant’s ability to obtain and transport nutrients? Use facts and examples from the lessons readings or other sources.”

From a physics standpoint we see that water is adhesive and cohesive. This helps water and nutrients stick to the xylem and phloem as they move up these membranes. Since water is cohesive it helps the water stick to itself so that it wont split and fall as it moves up through the xylem and phloem. The pressure of the plasma membrane against the cell wall also helps push the nutrients up. The concentration of solutes and water molecules affect the speed and direction the water or nutrients in when traveling through the xylem and phloem. Physics is very important when explaining how water moves through plants.

Chemistry is also important when explaining how water moves through the xylem and phloem of a plant. Chemistry helps explain adhesion and cohesion with polarity. Water is polar because the valence electrons on H2O will hover around the oxygen more than the hydrogen. This gives the hydrogen a small positive charge and the oxygen a small negative charge. This polarity shows how water will stick to itself and other substances. Imagine the positive side of one water molecule sticking to the negative side of another water molecule. That is cohesion and polarity. In this case of water inside the xylem will stick to the xylem because the xylem will have a slight charge.