Jézus a Úr!

A new day, a new post :). Not much to post really. Had lots of uni work, and things due in, but i managed to get them done.

Church on Sunday was interesting, had a missionary talk to us about Islam. Was good, gave a great incite into what they believe, referred to Romans 9:30-10:21 where Paul mentions Israel, and his heart goes out to them because they have zeal without Knowledge. Without knowledge that righteousness comes from faith in Jesus Christ as Lord (Jézus a Úr!) - Jesus is Lord!).

Monday, looked at Hinduism, again it was a great incite into what they believe. Had a couple who lived in India who were very nice, and gave us some incite into what Hinduism is like. Interesting how they believe that we are in a cycle of death-rebirth, and if we managed to get enough karma, we will eventually be released out of this cycle and return to a greater source, the Brahman. It is interesting contrasting it back to Christianity. The Christian faith, God takes the initiative and reaches down to us. so 1 John 1:3 - In his great mercy, he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Through God's mercy & Love, God has given us new life, and reconciliation through his son. But looking at other Ideas of religions, It seems we have to work for our salvation, work for life, which because of our rebellious nature, we can't achieve.

From Reading Knox's book, one of chapters remind us that God's power in creation also extends to Judgement. Jesus will come back to judge the living and the dead. Peter reminds us that those who suffer righteously for God's sake should commit their cause to God, the faithful creator and the one who judges righteously, and we will be vindicated as we serve him and bring this eternal gospel to every tribe, nation, tongue and people. So lets continue to proclaim faithfully Jesus as Lord

Tomorrow we are having a talk on boy/girl relationships, which is going to be interesting. Growth groups have been going well this semester. Most groups are finishing up learning two ways to live and moving on to looking at the book of Malachi. I'm really looking forward to NTE this year, Uni gets tiring and stressful after a while, and NTE is a highlight of the year. This year we are looking at Eschatology (Looking at the end times), lol probably a hobby horse of mine for a while :). Continue praying for our uni group, that we can be bold in proclaiming Jesus as Lord & that we can continue to grow in the likeness of Jesus.

God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Laurence.