We had our lastest cell group bible study this sat, 8March @ Joshua’s House. This time round, we tried to use the Beta bible study program we borrowed from Edwin. I have to say this was quite a good cell gathering where we managed to do sharings and catching up as we learn God’s word.
This week, we’re basically discussing the question: “Who Am I?” We talked about how we were initially created in the image of God, where Adam and Eve are both physically and spiritually alive. They felt safe, significant and secured as they were close to Christ. But from the day Adam and Eve sinned, they died spiritually even though they lived physically. And as a consequence, every descendant of Adam is born into this world physically alive but spiritually dead. We started feeling fearful, anxious, guilty, ashamed, depressed, angry, powerless and rejected.
But 2000 yrs ago, Jesus came into the world. He was the first man since Adam to be both physically and spiritually alive. He modeled for us how a spiritually alive person can live in this fallen worldas long as his life is lived dependent on the Father. Most importantly, he cam to give LIFE. He said, “ I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10).
That’s the main stuff that we learnt this session. We also got a list of “Who I Am In Christ”, one whole page of bible verses telling us who we are and how important we are in God’s eyes. Will print a copy for everyone next week.
Lastly, the ending question for this week that will lead us to next week’s session is, “Suppose you are talking to someone who is not yet a Christian. How would you summarize the gospel message in a a few sentence?” Do spend some time thinking about it and feel free to leave a comment about your answer below.
