Sunday, August 14, 2011

Cause & Effect

Throughout history we see this flow of things happening that is a cause & effect.  Something happens that causes an effect to happen.  This effect causes something else to happen.  Anytime in history we can go to a situation and look back and see the things that caused the situation to happen.  But we can also look past that situation and see the effect of it on history after that.  In a since the situation has now become a cause for the next thing in history.    Let's take the situation of Jesus' death on the cross as an example.  In the beginning, Adam sinned.   This required a savior to come and die in the place of Adam and all human kind.  God told Moses that Jews were to offer a lamb as a sacrifice for their sins.  This was a picture of the ultimate sacrifice to come which was Jesus Christ.  Through the old testament prophets God spoke of Jesus coming to die as a sacrifice for all human kind.  Those are some of the causes that led to His death.  After His death & resurrection some of the effects are: we have the christian church, salvation, the ability to be free from sin, our relationship with God is restored.  These are effects of Jesus' death on the cross that effect your life today.  Because Jesus died on the cross (cause), you can be saved today! (Effect)  The future effect is that you can have life with God, going forward and the hope of going to heaven when you die  (effect of being saved today).

Share something that was a cause and effect in your own life or something you have seen in history that had a cause and effect.  Please write about it in the comment section below and after reading other comments you can comment on what they wrote.  Click on the comment hyperlink below.

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44 comments:

  1. MaryAugust 17, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    I can not wait to see what all of you think about this.

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  2. Alison GibsonAugust 17, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    Alison Gibson: Cause: Last year when i was in diving some people treated me meanly, it was hard to endure. Effect: I realized that God could help me in this situation, so I prayed and trusted that God would give me strength to pull through. Therefore, I got stronger in my faith and in my diving.

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  3. Alison GibsonAugust 17, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    Alison Gibson: Cause: Last year when i was in diving some people treated me meanly, it was hard to endure. Effect: I realized that God could help me in this situation, so I prayed and trusted that God would give me strength to pull through. Therefore, I got stronger in my faith and in my diving.

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  4. Mrs. MacLarenAugust 17, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Wow, Alison! I bet that was difficult to take. You are such a sweet girl. I can't imagine anyone being mean to you. I am so glad God used that situation to grow your faith and become stronger in Him. God is so Good!!!

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  5. McKinley'sAugust 18, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Cause: I was playing football with the neighbors when the ball hit my hand in a weird way.. Efect: I broke my finger.

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  6. DanielAugust 19, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    Cause: When I was ten I fell on my arm
    Effect: I broke it

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  7. mrs maclarenAugust 22, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    I am so sorry You broke your arm and Jessica broke her finger!!

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  8. Maddie H.August 22, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    The cause: When I was in second grade I took an antibotic and the flue shot in the same day. The effect: I ended up in the hospital with Stephen's Johnson Syndrome for ten days. While I was in the hospital I had to rely on God. now I can not have the flue shot.

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  9. Mrs MaclarenAugust 22, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    I am so glad God protected you in the hospital. I know it was a lesson in trusting in Him.

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  10. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    Cause: I got birthday money
    Effect: i'm buying a new video game
    PS. this is Amelia

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  11. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 8:16 AM

    cause: Germany invaded Poland
    Effect: WWII started

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  12. Ryan O'DanielAugust 23, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    cause: I did alot of school work today.
    Effect: I did not have alot of school to do the next day.

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  13. Heather O'DanielAugust 23, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Cause:I'v been practicing rollerblading every day.
    Effect: I was able to win a speed contest.

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  14. Grace HilscherAugust 23, 2011 at 8:56 AM

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  15. Grace HilscherAugust 23, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    Cause: I was jumping really high and then spinning to see if i could get a 360. Then I fell on my leg and heard a "pop"
    Effect:I broke my leg

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  16. Daniel YatesAugust 23, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Cause: I shot a dr pepper can with a gun.
    Effect: It there was a hole in the can afterwards.

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  17. Stephanie DanielsAugust 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Cause: Last season in soccer at the tournement passed the ball in the middle

    Effect: My friend scored off of the pass

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  18. Jacob DanielsAugust 23, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Cause:I fell Effect:I scraped my knee

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  19. Ethan StephensonAugust 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    Cause: Our house got struck by lightning
    Effect: Our house almost caught on fire

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  20. Elise StephensonAugust 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Cause: I was playing soccer with my brother at the park and I was gollie. The ball hit my hand extremely hard.
    Effect: I spraned my rist.

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  21. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    Who is "Anonymous"

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  22. JoelAugust 24, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    Cause: I did alot of homework. Effect: I had a day off.

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  23. Erika KertzAugust 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Cause: I fell while ice skating.
    Effect: I shattered my wrist.

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  24. Stephen SnodgrassAugust 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Cause: Procrastination
    Effect: Doing school work on the weekend

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  25. LaraAugust 25, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    Cause: Abraham tried to "help God" with His promise to have a baby, so he had a baby with Hagar (Ishmael) and then had a baby with Sarah (Isaac). Ishmael picked on Isaac.
    Effect: Ishmael became the father of the Arab nations, and Isaac became the father of the Jewish nation. These nations have been fighting ever since.

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  26. Katherine MillerAugust 25, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Cause: There was no freedom in religion in England.

    Effect: People came to America.

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  27. Emily ManskeAugust 25, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    Cause: I got rammed into by a team mate in Soccer.

    Effect: I sprained my wrist.

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  28. Will HilscherAugust 25, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    Cause: I was born with genetic disposition towards diabetes. Diabetes was triggered by an unknown cause.
    Effect: I have to take insulin.

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  29. Mark YoderAugust 26, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    Cause: My history teacher wanted me to write a comment on her blog.
    Effect: So I did.

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  30. Tobias YoderAugust 26, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    Cause: Europeans began to explore the world in the 1400s.
    Effect: I live in America.

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  31. Caleb AnchorsAugust 27, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    Cause: I was riding my bike after the first day of school several years ago, I flipped over the handle bars and ended up having to go to the hospital.
    Effect: I had a torn spleen and liver and could do not activity for 60 days. No Fun!

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  32. Alison GibsonAugust 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    Alison Gibson: Caleb that sounds very painful. I would not want to be sitting around doing nothing for 60 days ether. I think I would die of boredom.

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  33. Mrs. MacLarenAugust 28, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    Caleb, I totally agree with Alison! How painful to have a torn spleen & liver!!!

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  34. samuel jamesAugust 28, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    Cause:I didn't do my work.

    Effect: I'm doing it right now!

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  35. joshua jamesAugust 28, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    caleb, did you have to do school in that time?

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  36. Jamesson TankersleyAugust 29, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Cause: I finished on Thursday last week.
    Effect: I got to gloat that I finished before my sister and a I got to go on a 4 mile walk in 108 degree weather.

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  37. mason gaspardAugust 29, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    Cause:whenever I stay up late
    Efect: I am sleepy in the morning.

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  38. Grace HilscherAugust 30, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    cause:I told Jerry she should stop biting her nails. she said she did not even though they were ripped and uneven. The activities director agreed with me and said that Jerry should stop biting her nails.
    Effect: We were told if we said one more thing we would have our noses ripped of.

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  39. samuel jamesAugust 30, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    Cause:Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the Wittenberg chapal.

    Effect:it started the Reformation

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  40. Emery LauniusSeptember 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Cause: i disobeyed my mom
    Effect: i got in trouble

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  41. Stephen MSeptember 3, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Cause: Because I trained all summer for cross country!
    Effect: I got 1st at my meet!

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  42. Alison GibsonSeptember 4, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Alison Gibson: Cause:Before the Renaissance and before the black death, the trade was starting to get big. There were allot of people taking ships to other places and buying goods.
    Effect: Because of this there were rats that got on the ships. When bugs bit the rats, they would get infected. When the rats bit the people they would get infected. Therefore it caused the black death.

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  43. Jessie LoehrSeptember 16, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    I commented weeks ago, but it is somehow gone...
    Cause: I tripped and fell on the edge of a paint can when I was 1.
    Effect: I still have a scar between my eyebrows.

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  44. Megan JaeMarch 1, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    Cause: I didn't study for a science test at the ODA.
    Effect: I didn't do as well as I should have.

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