Mr.+L+-+Black+&+Yellow

Chicco Kuek and Christopher Lee =//__**Challenge 1**__//=
 * BLACK AND YELLOW **

//__**Our team name means interracial, harmony between two poeple.**__//

==== Of course the main law that Christians follower is the ten commandments. But some of these laws are not for ever one to follow. The government used some of these laws to make. ====

  Q2.  Laws that effective society include: Never Kill Don't steal Don't Plank

 These laws protect us because the apply to the common law. Never Kill is a law hat protect indivduals. Taking a persons life because you don't like them is wrong and the lord will punish. Stealing is wrong, this law protects us from our belongings geting stolen. The Planking law is protecting us from injuring ourselves from doing ourselves serious harm.

Q3. A.  A convenant is a promise between A person and the Lord. Breaking this promise will give you a life time of curses B. The ten commandments were given to the jews because they were terrible people. Living in a life of sin and lust. The Ten commandments made them live in a better life

Q4.



Challenge #2 3. With this step you have two choices (you must do your own work here...) : 4. What does it mean to be marginalised or outcast? As a team make a Venn Diagram or other chart which compares who the outcasts or marginalised were in Jesus' time, and who are those left on the margins of society today. (for example... a widow or a tax collector was an outcast in Jesus' time - today, it might be the homeless or refugees...) 5. Here again, you have two choices: (complete on your own and label)
 * 1) Copy and paste these instructions to your team's page.
 * 2) Read "The Beatitudes" as found in Matthew 15: 1 - 12 [|The Beatitudes: Matthew 5: 1 - 12] . Also, read through the two explanations of the Beatitudes found on the wiki's "Beatitudes" page (towards bottom of navigation bar...)
 * Discuss what you have read in your team.
 * As a team, construct a list of synonyms for the words "Blessed" and "Happy" - you can make two separate lists, upload a table, or do a word web or mind map - be creative! You can start with what is in your heads, and add to this using an online tool such as [|Synonyms online].
 * Explain what the Beatitudes mean. You should write in complete sentences and use some of your synonyms in your response. (Individually, what does each Beatitude mean? As a whole - What do they mean for us as Christians?...) (Type and label your own answer).
 * read this passage "The Widow's Offering" and explain in a short paragraph which Beatitudes are illustrated through this passage: [|The parable of the Widow's Offering Mark 1: 41-44] [|Explanation of the parable] (YOu will receive a C or less on this part of the criteria if you choose this option).
 * OR using your bibles, or searching online, locate a parable or other passage in the New Testament which illustrates one or more of the values from the Beatitudes. Try this as a starting point: [|List of parables] . Write a short paragraph which summarises your parable and explain in your own words which Beatitudes are illustrated in your chosen parable. (for an A or B you must do this option).
 * read one of the scenarios about Human Rights and Children from Amnesty International linked here: [|Scenarios] . Explain in a short paragraph how this relates to the Beatitudes today. (C response...)
 * OR think about society today - write your own description of a real life situation where someone is outcast or marginalised. Then, explain how this situation illustrates or relates to the beatitudes today.

Synonyms

Blessed ( holy, sacred, hallowed, consecrated, sanctified; ordained, canonized, beatified)

Happy ( cheerful, cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly, jocular, gleeful, carefree, untroubled, delighted, smiling, beaming, grinning, in good spirits, in a good mood, lighthearted, pleased, contented, content, satisfied, gratified, buoyant, radiant, sunny, blithe, joyous, beatific; thrilled, elated, exhilarated, ecstatic, blissful, euphoric, overjoyed, exultant, rapturous, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine, walking on air, jumping for joy, jubilant; informal chirpy, over the moon, on top of the world, tickled pink, on a high ).

**What do the Beatitudes mean for us today? Here are Jesus' teachings on true happiness as they might be understood by people your age.**

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are the poor **

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are they who mourn **

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are the meek **

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are they who hunger **

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are the merciful **

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are the clean of heart **

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are the peacemakers **

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** Blessed are they who are persecuted **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Depend on God. Don't let material things get in the way of loving God and others. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Share other people's sorrows and joys. Don't sent yourself apart from others. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Learn to be gentle with people and things. Don't try to get your way by violence or bullying. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Work hard to make sure that all people are treated justly. Do what you can to change unjust conditions. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Forgive others and ask their forgiveness. Let compassion, not anger, rule your life. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Turn your attention only toward what is good and right. Be faithful to God and God's ways. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Work to bring people together. Don't contribute to quarrels and fights. Look for ways to solve problems peacefully. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. **


 * <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In difficult times, keep trusting in God and standing up for what is right. **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; text-align: center;">Challenge #3

__**IMAGES OF GOOD AND EVIL**__ <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;">1. Copy and paste these instructions to your team's page. 2. Brainstorm and create a list of synonyms( words with a similiar meaning) for each of the following terms :
 * Good
 * Evil
 * Conscience

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">3. Paste onto your team page two media items( movie,link,clip,)... one that portrays good and the other evil.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: left;">4. Find the lyrics to a song or poem that promotes good in society.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-size: 27px; text-align: left;">5. Find a scripture passage that has a positive message that helps shape your life. <span style="background-color: #fff400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Q1. evil adjective **1** //an evil deed//: wicked, bad , wrong , immoral , sinful , foul , vile , dishonorable , corrupt , iniquitous , depraved , reprobate , villainous , nefarious , vicious , malicious; malevolent , sinister , demonic , devilish , diabolical , fiendish , dark; monstrous , shocking , despicable , atrocious , heinous , odious , contemptible , horrible , execrable; informal lowdown , dirty. ANTONYMS good, virtuous. **2** //an evil spirit//: cruel, mischievous , pernicious , malignant , malign , baleful , vicious; destructive , harmful , hurtful , injurious , detrimental , deleterious , inimical , bad , ruinous. ANTONYMS good, beneficial. **3** //an evil smell//: unpleasant, disagreeable , nasty , horrible , foul , disgusting , filthy , vile , noxious. ANTONYMS pleasant. noun **1** //the evil in our midst//: wickedness, bad , badness , wrongdoing , sin , ill , immorality , vice , iniquity , degeneracy , corruption , depravity , villainy , nefariousness , malevolence; devil; formal turpitude. **2** //nothing but evil would ensue//: harm, pain , misery , sorrow , suffering , trouble , disaster , misfortune , catastrophe , affliction , woe , hardship. **3** //the evils of war//: abomination, atrocity , obscenity , outrage , enormity , crime , monstrosity , barbarity.

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<span style="background-color: #fff400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> good adjective **1** //a good product//: fine, superior , quality; excellent , superb , outstanding , magnificent , exceptional , marvelous , wonderful , first-rate , first-class , sterling; satisfactory , acceptable , not bad , all right; informal great , OK , A1 , jake , hunky-dory , ace , terrific , fantastic , fabulous , fab , top-notch , blue-chip , blue-ribbon , bang-up , killer , class , awesome , wicked; smashing , brilliant. ANTONYMS bad. **2** //a good person//: virtuous, righteous , upright , upstanding , moral , ethical , high-minded , principled; exemplary , law-abiding , irreproachable , blameless , guiltless , unimpeachable , honorable , scrupulous , reputable , decent , respectable , noble , trustworthy; meritorious , praiseworthy , admirable; whiter than white , saintly , saintlike , angelic; informal squeaky clean. ANTONYMS wicked. **3** //the children are good at school//: well-behaved, obedient , dutiful , polite , courteous , respectful , deferential , compliant. ANTONYMS naughty. **4** //a good thing to do//: right, correct , proper , decorous , seemly; appropriate , fitting , apt , suitable; convenient , expedient , favorable , opportune , felicitous , timely; archaic meet. **5** //a good driver//: capable, able , proficient , adept , adroit , accomplished , skillful , skilled , talented , masterly , virtuoso , expert; informal great , mean , wicked , nifty , ace , crackerjack. ANTONYMS inept. **6** //a good friend//: close, intimate , dear , bosom , special , best , firm , valued , treasured; loving , devoted , loyal , faithful , constant , reliable , dependable , trustworthy , trusty , true , unfailing , staunch. **7** //the dogs are in good condition//: healthy, fine , sound , tip-top , hale and hearty , fit , robust , sturdy , strong , vigorous. ANTONYMS poor, ill. **8** //a good time was had by all//: enjoyable, pleasant , agreeable , pleasurable , delightful , great , nice , lovely; amusing , diverting , jolly , merry , lively; informal super , fantastic , fabulous , fab , terrific , grand , brilliant , killer , peachy , ducky. ANTONYMS unpleasant, terrible. **9** //it was good of you to come//: kind, kindhearted , good-hearted , thoughtful , generous , charitable , magnanimous , gracious; altruistic , unselfish , selfless. ANTONYMS unkind, thoughtless. **10** //a good time to call//: convenient, suitable , appropriate , fitting , fit; opportune , timely , favorable , advantageous , expedient , felicitous , happy , providential. ANTONYMS inconvenient. **11** //bananas are good for you//: wholesome, healthy , healthful , nourishing , nutritious , nutritional , beneficial , salubrious. ANTONYMS bad, unhealthy. **12** //are these eggs good?// edible, safe to eat , fit for human consumption; fresh , wholesome , consumable; formal comestible. ANTONYMS bad, inedible. **13** //good food//: delicious, tasty , mouthwatering , appetizing , flavorful , delectable , toothsome , palatable; succulent , luscious; informal scrumptious , delish , yummy , lip-smacking , finger-licking , nummy , melt-in-your-mouth. **14** //a good reason//: valid, genuine , authentic , legitimate , sound , bona fide; convincing , persuasive , telling , potent , cogent , compelling. ANTONYMS unconvincing. **15** //we waited a good hour//: whole, full , entire , complete , solid. **16** //a good number of them//: considerable, sizable , substantial , appreciable , significant; goodly , fair , reasonable; plentiful , abundant , great , large , generous; informal tidy. ANTONYMS small. **17** //wear your good clothes//: best, finest , nicest; special , party , Sunday , formal , dressy , smart , smartest. ANTONYMS casual, everyday. <span style="background-color: #fff400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> **18** //good weather//: fine, fair , dry; bright , clear , sunny , cloudless; calm , windless; warm , mild , balmy , clement , pleasant , nice. ANTONYMS bad, inclement. noun **1** //issues of good and evil//: virtue, righteousness , goodness , morality , integrity , rectitude; honesty , truth , honor , probity; propriety , worthiness , merit; blamelessness , purity. ANTONYMS wickedness. **2** //it's all for your good//: benefit, advantage , profit , gain , interest , welfare , well-being; enjoyment , comfort , ease , convenience; help , aid , assistance , service; behalf. ANTONYMS disadvantage. exclamation //good, that's settled//: fine, very well , all right , right , all right then , yes , agreed; informal okay , OK , okey-dokey. PHRASES **for good** //those days are gone for good//: forever, permanently , for always , evermore , forevermore , for ever and ever , for eternity , never to return , forevermore; informal for keeps , until the cows come home , until hell freezes over; archaic for aye. **make good** **1** //if I don't get away from my family, I'll never make good//: succeed, be successful , be a success , do well , get ahead , reach the top; prosper , flourish , thrive; informal make it , make the grade , make a name for oneself , make one's mark , get somewhere , arrive. **2** //he promised to make good any damage//: repair, mend , fix , put right , see to; restore , remedy , rectify. **3** //they made good their escape//: effect, conduct , perform , implement , execute , carry out; achieve , accomplish , succeed in , realize , attain , engineer , bring about , bring off. **4** //he will make good his promise//: fulfill, carry out , implement , discharge , honor , redeem; keep , observe , abide by , comply with , stick to , heed , follow , be bound by , live up to , stand by , adhere to.

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<span style="background-color: #fff400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> conscience noun //her conscience would not allow her to remain silent//: sense of right and wrong, moral sense , inner voice; morals , standards , values , principles , ethics , beliefs; compunction , scruples , qualms. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOM1k4oLGJU <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> The link for Q3. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Q4. 2pac changes

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//[1]// <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Come on come on <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I see no changes. Wake up in the morning and I ask myself, <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?" <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Cops give a damn about a negro? Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares? One less hungry mouth on the welfare. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal the brothers. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Give 'em guns, step back, and watch 'em kill each other. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"It's time to fight back", that's what Huey said. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">unless we share with each other. We gotta start makin' changes. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Learn to see me as a brother 'stead of 2 distant strangers. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">And that's how it's supposed to be. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me? <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I'd love to go back to when we played as kids <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">but things changed, and that's the way it is

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//[Bridge w/ changing ad libs]// <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Come on come on <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">That's just the way it is <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Things'll never be the same <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">That's just the way it is <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">aww yeah <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//[Repeat]//

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I see no changes. All I see is racist faces. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Misplaced hate makes disgrace for races we under. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I wonder what it takes to make this one better place... <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">let's erase the wasted. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">'Cause mo' black than white is smokin' crack tonight. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">And only time we chill is when we kill each other. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">And although it seems heaven sent, <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">we ain't ready to see a black President, uhh. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact... <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But some things will never change. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Try to show another way, but they stayin' in the dope game. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Now tell me what's a mother to do? <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">You gotta operate the easy way. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sellin' crack to the kids. "I gotta get paid," <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Well hey, well that's the way it is.

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//[Bridge]//

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//[Talking:]// <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">We gotta make a change... <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">and let's change the way we treat each other. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">what we gotta do, to survive.

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">And still I see no changes. Can't a brother get a little peace? <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">There's war on the streets & the war in the Middle East. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Instead of war on poverty, <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But now I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to you. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up, crack you up and pimp smack you up. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">You gotta learn to hold ya own. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">They get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But tell the cops they can't touch this. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">That's the sound of my tune. You say it ain't cool, but mama didn't raise no fool. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped & I never get to lay back. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Some buck that I roughed up way back... comin' back after all these years. <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat. That's the way it is. uhh

<span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//[Bridge 'til fade:]// <span style="background-color: #fbea2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Some things will never change

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Q4.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The most fruitful question that I asked in preparing for this message is: How does a human being differ from a beaver? I was trying to get at the essence of what work is. Because what I want to do this morning is to help us see our work from God's perspective. If we can discover how God conceives of work and why he wills it, then that huge portion of our lives that may seem so separate from religion and faith can be just as God-focused as our more religious acts. To be a Christian means to bring all your life, including your work, into sync with God's revealed will in Scripture. So to help us do that I want to show from Scripture four reasons why God wills work.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">__First__, God wills work because __when we work in reliance on his power and according to his pattern of excellence, his glory is made known and our joy is increased__. In Genesis 1:27,28, it says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and __subdue it__; and __have dominion__ over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."' Since our being created in God's image leads directly to our privilege and duty to subdue the earth, I take it that human vocation involves exercising a subordinate lordship over creation by which we shape and control it for good purposes. God takes man on as his deputy and endows him with God-like rights and capacities to subdue the world -- to use it and shape it for good purposes. So if you go all the way back, before the fall of man into sin, there are no negative connotations about work. According to Genesis 2:2, God himself rested from __his work__ of creation. And the capstone of that work was a creature in his own image to carry on the work of ruling and using creation. At the heart of the meaning of work is __creativity__. If you are God, your work is to create out of nothing. If you are human, your work is to take what God has made and shape it and use it for good purposes.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But here is where the beaver comes in. A beaver subdues his surroundings and shapes a dam for a good purpose -- a house. He no doubt enjoys his work; and even the diligence and skill of the beaver reflects the glory of God's wisdom.

> <span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">All things bright and beautiful,

> <span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">All creatures great and small,

> <span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">All things wise and wonderful,

> <span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The Lord God made them all.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">And is glorified in them all. So what is the difference between a human being at work and a beaver at work? Or for that matter, a bee, or a hummingbird? They work hard, they subdue their surroundings and shape them into beautiful structures that serve good purposes. The difference is that humans are morally self-conscious and make choices about their work on the basis of motives which may or may not honor God.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">No beaver or bee or hummingbird consciously relies on God. No beaver ponders the divine pattern of order and beauty and makes a moral choice to pursue excellence because God is excellent. No beaver reflects on the purpose of his existence and consciously chooses to glorify his Maker by relying on Him. But humans have all these potentials because we are created in God's image. When God commissions us to subdue the earth -- to shape it and use it -- he doesn't mean do it like a __beaver__. He means do it like a human, a morally self-conscious person who is responsible to choose his proper destiny. When he sends us forth to work in his image, to be sure, our ditches are to be dug straight, our pipefittings are not to leak, our cabinet corners should be flush, our surgical incisions should be clean, our typing sharp and accurate, our meals nutritious and attractive, because God is a God of order and beauty and competence. But cats are clean and ants are industrious and spiders produce orderly and beautiful works. Therefore, the essence of our work as humans must be that it is done in conscious reliance on God's power, as a conscious quest of God's pattern of excellence and in deliberate pursuit of God's glory.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">When you work like this -- no matter what your vocation is -- you can have a sweet sense of peace at the end of the day. I don't think God has created us to be idle. Therefore, those who abandon creative productivity lose the joy of purposeful work. Ecclesiastes 5:12 says, "Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep." People who spend their lives mainly in idleness or frivolous leisure are rarely as happy as those who work. Most of the retired people at Bethlehem know this, and so have sought creative, useful, God-honoring ways to stay active and productive in God's kingdom. And we should help each other in this, and with the whole problem of unemployment. It is not first an economic problem. It is first a theological problem. Human beings are created in the image of God and are endowed with traits of their creator that fit them for creative, useful, joyful work. Therefore, extensive idleness (when you have the ability to work) brings down the oppression of guilt and futility.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">So the first reason God wills work is that when we work in reliance on his power and according to his pattern of excellence, his glory is made known and our joy is increased.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The __second__ reason God wills work is that __by working we provide for our legitimate needs.__ When Adam and Eve sinned, God imposed on the human race a condition of hardship that continually reminds us: things are not all right while there is sin. The Lord said to Adam, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; __in toil you shall eat of it__ all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. __In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread__ till you return to the ground …" (Gen. 3:17-19). Before the fall man lived in a garden where God provided his food on trees. All Adam and Eve had to do was pick and eat. That's why the essence of work is not sustenance of life -- God gave himself as the sustainer. Adam and Eve were free to use their time in creative pursuits without the anxiety of providing food and clothing.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But when they chose to be self-reliant and rejected God's fatherly guidance and provision, God subjected them to the very thing they chose: self-reliance. From now on, he says, if you eat it will be because you toil and sweat. They are driven from the garden of ease to the ground of sweat. They exchange fruit trees for wheat fields where thorns and pests and drought and plowing and sowing and reaping and threshing consume their days. The curse under which we live today is not that we must work. The curse is that in our work we struggle with weariness and frustration and calamities. And all this is doubly burdensome because now by this very toil we must keep ourselves alive. "In toil you shall eat of the ground ... In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread."

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But hasn't Christ come to lift the curse (Gal. 3:13)? Doesn't be restore us to our original pre-fallen condition with God? The answer is: Yes, but not all at once. Christ delivered a mortal blow to all evil when he died for sin and rose again. But not every enemy is yet put under his feet. For example, death is part of the curse under which we live. Has Christ's coming lifted the curse of death? Yes, but only partly now. We still die, but the "sting of death," the hopelessness of death, is removed because our sins are forgiven in Christ and he is risen!

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">So it is with the necessity that we work to provide for our needs. Christ says, "Don't be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, or about your body, what you shall put on … Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom …" (Mt. 6:25,32f). He says, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-laden and I will give you rest" (Mt. 11:28). He says, "Know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain" (1 Cor. 15:58). In other words, God does not want his children to be burdened with the frustration and futility and depressing weariness of work. That much he aims to lift even in this age.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But just as death will be a reality to the end of this age, so will the provision of our needs depend on our gainful employment. The coming of Christ does not mean that we can now return to paradise and pick fruit in someone else's garden. That's the mistake made at Thessalonica. So Paul wrote them and said, "Even when we were with you we gave you this command: If anyone will not work let him not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living" (2 Thess. 3:10-12). Able-bodied people who choose to live in idleness and eat the fruit of another's sweat are in rebellion against God. (See Luke 10:7.)

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">God has not completely removed the curse in this age. He has softened it with a promise. The curse says: If you want to eat you must sweat (Gen. 3:19). The promise says, If you sweat you shall eat (Prov. 12:11).

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">So the second reason God wills work is that by working we provide for our legitimate needs.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The __third__ reason God wills work is that __by working we provide for the needs of those who can't provide for their own__. The promise that if you sweat you shall eat is not absolute. The drought may strike your village in sub-Sahara Africa; thieves may steal what you've earned; disability may cut your earning power. All that is part of the curse which sin brought on to the world. But God in his mercy wills that the work of the able-bodied in prosperous times supply the needs of the helpless, especially in hard times.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Three passages of Scripture make this plain. In 1 Timothy 5:8 Paul speaks to children and grandchildren regarding the aged widows: "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." In Acts 20:35 Paul refers to his own manual labor and then says, "In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive."' Then in Ephesians 4:28 Paul doesn't settle for saying: "Don't steal, work!" He says, "Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands __so that he may be able to give to those in need__."

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">So it's plain: the third reason God wills work is that by working we provide for the needs of those who can't provide for their own. Work is a way of love.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">__Finally, God wills work as a way of building bridges for the gospel__. In our work we are usually in the world. We rub shoulders with unbelievers. If we do our work in reliance on God's power, according to his pattern of excellence and thus for his glory, we will build bridges for the gospel so that people can cross over and be saved. In 1 Thessalonians 4:11,12, Paul exhorts the believers "to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands as we charged you __so that you may command the respect of outsiders__ and be dependent on nobody." There is a very close connection between the way we do our work and the attitude that unbelievers will have toward the gospel that makes us tick.

<span style="background-color: #fff600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">In conclusion, God's will in this age is that his people be scattered like salt in all legitimate vocations. As long as we are mentally and physically able we should work, in reliance on his power, according to his pattern of excellence and for his glory. In this way God wills for us to provide for our own needs and beyond this for the needs of others who can't provide for their own. When we enter our work in this spirit of humble trust in God and love for others, the truth of Christ will be adorned and bridges will be built for the gospel.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">Challenge # 4

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">Challenge 4 is so easy for 2 reasons- there are only 4 parts AND you don't even have to leave your bedroom ! ! !

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Visit <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> [|Learn about Oxfam]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">a <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">When and where was Oxfam established?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">b <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">What is the purpose of Oxfam's work?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">c <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">What can you do to help Oxfam achieve this?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Visit Oxfam ** ( stands for 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' ) ** via the link below and put yourself in the shoes of a sweatshop worker by either reading a 24 year old worker's blog OR watching Lulu's Story OR playing the Sweatshop Game OR by just choosing your own adventure.. check it out, there's sooo much to see and do!!

<span style="background-color: initial; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Oxfam Australia]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**3.** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Go to your wardrobe and choose <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">10 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> items of clothing/ shoes/ accessories and check the tags for the following-

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">** a what is the** **brand?**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**b** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> **origin of fabric?**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**c** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> **where is the item made?**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Don't be shy! List all data on your team site.. this should be interesting.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**4.**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">** a Ask yourself, could one of the** <span style="background-color: initial; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Sweatshops (check out your fave brands on the left hand side)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> featured on the Oxfam website have created this garment for you?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">b <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> Do <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">you feel <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">a <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">'change of heart' <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">How do you [|reconcile] your thoughts with your actions?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">c Consider <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">the following-

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">From what you've studied and reflected upon, how do <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">you <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> perceive your future decision making regarding ethically made clothing?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">Create an under <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">1 minute video diary <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">of your response. Make sure to load it onto your team page !

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Q1 a)

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Oxfam was established at Oxford in 1942

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">b) <span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Oxfam** is an international confederation of 15 organisations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.Oxfam works directly with communities and seeks to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">c) <span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">We can help supporting charities and programs that help poverty.

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Q2 <span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">a)

=<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Adidas =

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">So what’s the problem with adidas?
<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thousands of workers endure poverty wages and harsh sweatshop-like conditions to make adidas their coveted sports shoes. <span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Although the company has made some progress, overall adidas don’t have a good track record in relation to upholding trade union rights. In 2006-2007 they removed orders from suppliers with a history of respecting union rights, preferring to place them with suppliers with a tainted history in this area. <span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The factories which adidas cut orders to were in financial trouble, but Oxfam is concerned that these financial difficulties are likely to have been linked to adidas’ continual push to reduce the price they pay their suppliers. adidas has refused to release data on the prices paid to these factories.

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Better wages
<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Workers require a living wage, which is one that allows them to meet the basic needs of a family after working a full-time working week without overtime. Adidas won’t commit to a living wage for its workers. <span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">But it will commit to paying already high earning sport stars millions of dollars to endorse their products.

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The right to form trade unions
<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Adidas gets much of its gear made in countries and free trade zones where it is illegal or extremely difficult for workers to organise into unions. Without this united structure it is near impossible for individual workers to ask for improved conditions without fear of retribution.

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A confidential complaints structure
<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">When workers suffer sexual harassment, intimidation, violence or other human rights violations they need to be able to access a confidential complaints mechanism, and they need those complaints to be taken seriously and handled sensitively. In response to public pressure, adidas has made some effort to establish complaint mechanisms in some factories, but most adidas workers don’t have access to a complaint mechanism which they have reason to trust.

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Ban short-term contracts
<span style="background-color: #ffe200; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Adidas moves its production where it likes when it likes and does not ban or discourage short-term contracts for its workers. So when it leaves an area those workers on short-term contracts are left with nothing.

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Q4 <span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">a) There is a possibility that sweatshop may have made one on my cloths

<span style="background-color: #ffe200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">b) It is very sad to hear stories like this and anyone who reads stories would defiantly have a change of heart.