Round 2

So our first go-around of the Bible study went great. We had round 2 last Saturday, and God brought more people! It indeed is a good thing when more people come to honestly hear about God's plan of salvation through Jesus! Their is no other name among heaven whereby man can be saved (Acts 4:12), and we acknowledge that HEAVILY!

I taught out of Romans 5:12-21. God tells us that all men are condemned because of the curse that Adam brought upon us. If you look at the 3rd page of my Bible, you will clearly see that man does not get better after disobeying God, but Adam's sons have a fight and the first has occurred. By the 6th Chapter of Genesis, God wants to annihilate mankind because their have wicked intentions in their hearts continually. By Chapter 11 man tries to make a huge tower to "make a name for ourselves", only to realize that they cannot because God kills their construction plans and scatters them throughout the earth. It was only through the a perfect sacrifice being made that man could ever receive the perfect obedience necessary to attain eternal life. Whew!

If you believe in Jesus Christ, then you have eternal salvation! Contrary to those who think God loves the world like He is hugging a teddy bear, He s sin. Those who choose to sin, enslave themselves to it, and owe God their lives in hell upon . The good news is that Jesus Christ, the perfect God-man, came to earth, died on the cross, paid our debt in full, and declared those righteous who by faith in His payment are reconciled with God.

That is our Bible Study. We are transformed people who through the gospel of Jesus Christ have been born again by the living and abiding word of God.

Blessings

Soaked in the gospel

Ever read through the Matthew passage about using you bag of talents? Well, God has been prodding me into using my vision for His purpose. For over 6 months he had impressed me with the idea to begin a college group that was seeking to be centered in the Bible, worshipping the hero of the Bible, Jesus Himself.

I didn't know how this would work out, and as I continue to develop the heart to run this ministry, God ALONE works out the details. At our first meeting we had 25 people, with about 5 unbelievers mixed in. A good friend shared her story of how she "once was lost, but now was found", I taught from the Word of God, and a dear brother lead us in some music.

The message came out of Hebrews 2:5-18, which talks about the need humanity had for a human Savior. That saviour could have only been perfect, because perfect blood needed to be shed to forgive all sin. Jesus came to die as our propitiation - the appeasement of our punishment we owed God! That is rich, because each man actually has to make a payment of his life back to God. God says that either you will trust that Jesus made that payment, or you will make that payment forever in Hell. (Easy choice, right?!?!?!)

God was honored, and we are going to be meeting this coming Sat., March 14th at 7 pm in Newhall. I am eager to have him bring more unsaved to hear about the sweet name of Jesus, the Savior of the world.