OK, this week, I figured it only be fitting, that our lesson be on The scripture theme from NYC, we all will be leaving on Friday 7/16, which is 12 days from now. I want this to be fresh in our minds as we move into our Journey. The scripture is one that has been used as a theme by plenty of bands, movies, and other events. It is, of course, written by everybody’s favorite Rabbi from Tarsus, Paul. Let’s jump to 2 Corinthians 6-10 and 16- 18
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"[a]made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. 7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body
16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
What is this message saying? What does it say to you? Lets start at the beginning and I will try to break it all down into simple paraphrasing that will give us all some basic insight.
The same God that created everything in the beginning, gave us not only the gift of initial life but the gift of everlasting life through our Savior, Jesus Christ. If we know Jesus, we will be able to hold onto these gifts forever. We WILL be made fun of, attacked, and isolated, but we will never be alone, God will NEVER leave us, we will never be truly destroyed as long as we have Christ in our hearts. Because Jesus died on the cross, we have the opportunity to live forever, if we let Jesus live through us.
Don’t ever worry or feel let down. For through our whole lives on earth, we are dying in our bodies, but through Christ our souls are being strengthened and Renewed. We will have good times and bad times here on earth, but with Jesus in our hearts the good that we will achieve at our eternity will far outweigh the bad. This is all because of what is here on earth is only temporary, but what we attain in Heaven will last forever.
That is what I hear when I read this, maybe you hear something different, maybe you hear something similar, but not exact. Take the next 12 days and think about it. We will have plenty of time on the car ride, the bus ride, and the plane ride, and the other bus ride, plus dinner, to discuss this. So, that’s what I want to do. Think about it, and tell me what you hear exactly. Post it on our Facebook, Post it on your Facebook in a note, send it to me in a text or message, or email, just read it, and interpret it to your words. I wanna know exactly what this means to you, and where we can take it from here. My goal is to come up with a scripture that we can begin using as our theme for PMCOB Youth, maybe we can even rename ourselves, lets start our process of branching out. I think NYC will bring us a LOT of energy and blessing. Let’s use it, capitalize on it, and GROW!
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"[a]made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. 7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body
16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
What is this message saying? What does it say to you? Lets start at the beginning and I will try to break it all down into simple paraphrasing that will give us all some basic insight.
The same God that created everything in the beginning, gave us not only the gift of initial life but the gift of everlasting life through our Savior, Jesus Christ. If we know Jesus, we will be able to hold onto these gifts forever. We WILL be made fun of, attacked, and isolated, but we will never be alone, God will NEVER leave us, we will never be truly destroyed as long as we have Christ in our hearts. Because Jesus died on the cross, we have the opportunity to live forever, if we let Jesus live through us.
Don’t ever worry or feel let down. For through our whole lives on earth, we are dying in our bodies, but through Christ our souls are being strengthened and Renewed. We will have good times and bad times here on earth, but with Jesus in our hearts the good that we will achieve at our eternity will far outweigh the bad. This is all because of what is here on earth is only temporary, but what we attain in Heaven will last forever.
That is what I hear when I read this, maybe you hear something different, maybe you hear something similar, but not exact. Take the next 12 days and think about it. We will have plenty of time on the car ride, the bus ride, and the plane ride, and the other bus ride, plus dinner, to discuss this. So, that’s what I want to do. Think about it, and tell me what you hear exactly. Post it on our Facebook, Post it on your Facebook in a note, send it to me in a text or message, or email, just read it, and interpret it to your words. I wanna know exactly what this means to you, and where we can take it from here. My goal is to come up with a scripture that we can begin using as our theme for PMCOB Youth, maybe we can even rename ourselves, lets start our process of branching out. I think NYC will bring us a LOT of energy and blessing. Let’s use it, capitalize on it, and GROW!
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