Biblical Integration Essay: God, Accuracy, and ERP Systems

This essay undertakes a biblical integration analysis of the ethical issue of accuracy in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The essay begins by identifying and defining the concept of accuracy as it relates to ERP systems, drawing parallels to God's nature as accurate and precise. It then explores the attributes of God, including His roles as creator, provider, protector, sustainer, and omniscient being, providing biblical references to support each attribute. Subsequently, the essay identifies relevant biblical principles and commands that apply to the context of accuracy in ERP systems. The core of the essay then presents a response to the secular worldview, contrasting it with a biblical perspective and articulating how a Christian worldview should interpret and respond to the ethical challenges of accuracy in ERP systems. Finally, the essay reflects on who God is, emphasizing His attributes of love, life, kindness, mercy, and patience, and how these qualities inform our understanding of accuracy in all aspects of life and technology. The essay concludes by providing references to the sources used in the analysis.

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Biblical Integration Essay
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Accuracy as the ethical issue that relates to ERP system
Everything that God does is accurate and precise, right from the beginning of
Genesis when he begins his creation to the end, Revelation when he speaks about how
he will destroy the world during end time. He is a God of order; this is evident from
the way he created the universe, everything in its own day and time. Also, there are
many uncountable instances that shows how accurate God was in the things he did.
Who is God?
God it the creator (Genesis. 1:1-31), he created the entire universe and man, He is
the omnipresent (Exodus. 16:4-5), he was with the Israelites in the desert for forty
years and never abandoned them, God is omniscient, he sees everything, the Bible
says he knows the deepest thoughts of our hearts, He is the provider (Exodus. 16:4),
he provided Quails and water to the Israelites while in the desert. He is the protector
(Daniel. 6:19-23), he protected Daniel in the Lion’s den, God is the sustainer of life
(Genesis. 3:19) he decides how long man shall live.
2) What biblical principles apply to the context?
Creator
God created everything in His own time and pace, he created everything accurately
from the beginning when he created heavens and the Earth, and on day two he made
the firmament and separated the waters which were under and above the firmament,
on the third day he created vegetation, on the fourth day God made heavenly bodies,
on the fifth day he made sea animals and birds, he blessed them and commanded them
to multiply and fill the waters of the sea, on the last day God created man in his own

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image and likenesses. And he made them wiser and greater than all his other
creations.(Genesis. 1:1-31) All that God created was good in his eyes, from this we
get to see how accurate and how well planned had planned his creation, everything in
its own day and time (Johnson, 2014).
Provider
God, from the beginning has been providing for man all his needs, in the garden of
Eden, he planted fruits for man to eat and also provided animals for his food, in
Genesis 22:13-14 God provides a ram for Abraham and his son Isaac for him to offer
as a burnt offering to God in place of his son Isaac, David also praises God in Psalm
65:9-13,he praise him for enriching the Earth and filling the streams with water, his
path drips with fatness and the fields are green and signs to his honor.
Protector
God has been portrayed as a protector on numerous instances; he is precise in the
form of protection that he offers (John, 2014). To the Israelites, he protected them
while they were still in Egypt and ones he had delivered them out of Egypt he
protected them in the dessert from the hostile desert tribes. In 1 Corinthians 10:13,
Paul states that God in his accuracy promises no temptation shall befall you except
that which is common to mankind. He promises to provide a way out of every
situation and help you endure it. In Daniel 6:19-23, God protected Daniel from the
lions; he sealed their mouths and kept Daniel safe all through.
Sustainer of life
In Genesis 3:19, he says to Adam that we are dust and to dust we shall return. He

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gives us life and also takes it away, he created everything and gave them the breath of
life, and he therefore has the power to sustain our lives. Job 38:33-37; "Do you know
the ordinances of heaven or rules over the earth?” Can you lift up your voice to the
clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? "Can you send forth lightning
that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are’?” Isn't he the one who puts wisdom in
the innermost being or given understanding to the mind? “Isn’t He the only one who
can count the clouds by wisdom, or tip the water jars of the heavens?
Omniscient
He sees all, he is aware of what is happening what happened and what is to happen
later.1 Kings 8:39, he pleads with God to hear the cries of men from heaven, his
dwelling place. He, God, hears everything, he forgives and acts and renders judgment
according to his ways. He alone knows the heart and thoughts of men.
3) What’s your response based on who God is?
Affirm what the secular world view says as true.
The secular world views God as a scam, to them he doesn't exist, they don't believe
in the creation theory with support from the Babylonian creation theory known as
"Unuma Elish”. This is the story of creation according to the Babylonians, according
to it Marduk created the universe through defeating his sister Tiamat and created
heaven and earth by diving her body into two halves then he ascended the throne
Pantheon and became a god. This in some ways is similar to the creation story in
Genesis 1.Scientist with their vast knowledge and research also don't believe in
creation theory (Bruch, 2010). They believe that according to thermodynamics law

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nothing can be created today. They also claim that God doesn't exist, they believe in
the existence of science and in the incarnation, hence claiming that there is no life
after death. They argue that if God created everything then who created God? Which
can be argued as true, who is God and how did he came into existence? Secular world
believes that "God" is just an excuse for Christian's not to have fun and enjoy life;
they claim that he has a lot of rules and Commandments that he requires people to
follow hence no fun in living. The Secular world also believes that God is a self-
proclaimed king, nobody made him king but he claims to be the king, the ruler of
heaven and Earth. They don’t believe in the holy Trinity, according to them it is
impossible for one person to exist as three people unless he or she is possessed by the
evil spirits.to them this is just a way to confuse people and recruit more people to
follow Christ.
Reject what the Secular world says.
God is self-existing (Psalm. 53:1-3) David says that only a fool Denise God
existence and nobody can understand or explain how God works, the scriptures says
that God works in mysterious ways and his ways are not like those of men. In Hebrew
11:6, it states that without sufficient faith, it is impossible to be good before God; this
is because anybody who seeks him should and must believe in his existence. He is the
most holy being that will ever exist in the face of earth. God is the sole creator of all
things, from Genesis 1:1 it clearly states that God is the maker of everything. He is the
king, the ruler of everything in heaven above and in earth; above all he is the sustainer

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of life as evident in Genesis. God is powerful, evident from Romans 1:19-20, it states
that God’s power and Devine nature is invisible though understood through the things
he has made. Genesis 1 cannot be compared to the Enuma Elish of the Babylonians,
this is because Genesis is not just some old stories of creation, and it is the Israelites
theology. Genesis also says that God created everything on his own, not through some
old power struggle ploy like in the case of Enuma Elish (Bruch, 2010).
Ancient stories like that of the Babylonians helps us understand how the ancient
people thought about the creation and helps us calibrate the genre of genesis.it doesn't
give us an opportunity to question the bible. The Bible also isn't away for Christian's
not to have fun, the Bible itself encourages fun, the Israelites had numerous
celebrations, but it should be done with precaution and anything you do should be in
accordance with the Lord ways. Judges 14:10 "Then his father went down to the
woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men customarily did this”. The
Bible also says you should drink wine, it even says that it is good for the body, but
you should not let it control you. The Bible has commandments that Christian's follow
and they follow them because that is what is required of them by God. God exist as
three persons in the Trinity and this cannot be explained to anyone without enough
faith.
4) Who is God?
I have realized that God is love and he loves us (John. 4:10) God loved the world
so much that he gave us, sinners, his only begotten son to come to Earth and die for
our sins, so that those who believe in him should not perish but have an everlasting

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life in him. John 3:16.
God is life, the Bible states that he is the bread of life and the water of life and
whoever comes to him will never lack or perish but have everlasting life in God.
God is kind; his kindness is evident in Psalms 63:3, because your loving kindness
is better than life, my lips will praise you.
God is merciful, Ephesians 2:4, but our father God, being abundant in mercy,
Because of God's great overwhelmingly love that he offers to us.
God is patient; he is slow to anger according to Nehemiah 9:16-17 Nehemiah
confess that their fathers had acted arrogantly. They had become increasingly
stubborn and wouldn't listen to God's commandments. They forget the wondrous
things and miracles God had done for them in the past.they even appointed a leader
who would return them back to Egypt to be slaves, but our God is a God of
forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in love. He is
unbelievable kind and not even for a moment did he forsake them.
God is a God of miracles; all that he has done cannot be explained by anybody. All
things that are unattainable to men are attainable through God in Matthew 19:26,
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things
are possible.”

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Bruch, M. D. (2010). Biblical References in Thomas King’s "Green Grass, Running
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible. (2007). M. D. Coogan (Ed.). Oxford, UK:
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New International Version. Bible Gateway, www.biblegateway.com. Accessed 29
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