The Revelation, Appreciation, & Application of Christ as Our Sin Offering

August 31, 2018 Gospel Meeting

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Many came together for this gospel meeting on campus. We had a Barbecue dinner, sang a hymn, and heard the good news of Christ as our sin offering.

In order to know, see, and even love the wonderful person of Jesus Christ, we must see that we are sinners. Furthermore, we need to see that Christ died for us as the sin offering, as typified in Leviticus chapter 4 and revealed throughout the Bible. By Believing in what Christ has done for us, our sins are forgiven and we receive His life!

The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! – John 1:29

Him who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. – 2 Corinthians 5:21

The gospel message was based on a training outline produced by Living Stream Ministry for the Winter Training of 2017. A link to the outline of the original message is below:

The Revelation, Appreciation, and Application of Christ as Our Sin Offering

Who Christ is – God and the Son of God

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This wonderful person, Christ, wants us to know Him. In this Bible Study we read a passage from Colossians 2 and other related verses. We saw that Christ is God and also the Son of God.

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, – Colossians 2:9

This verse (Colossians 2:9) is a true gift to us from God. We can really treasure it, as it shows us that the entire Godhead dwells in Christ and that outside of Christ there is no God.

As an assignment for the week, we presented this open-ended question:

How should we be affected by seeing who Christ is?

Download the pdf of this Bible Study: Who Christ is 01

You can also read last year’s related Bible Study: The Tree of Life – Who is Christ?

2018 Activities List

Below is our 2018 Activities List.

Contact us to participate!

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Welcome Dinner – Wed, Aug. 22 6-8pm @Union Den
• Hiking Together – Sat, Aug. 25 10am meet @PHC
• Recreation & Meeting New Students – Sun, Aug. 26 5pm
@Sunnyside Park
• Gospel Dinner – Fri, Aug. 31 6pm @West Village Community
Center – come and bring your friends!
• Bible Study (Dinner) – Wednesdays 6pm always @Union Rm
311 (Except on Sep. 5 @Collegiate Rm & Nov. 7 @Union Den)
• College Conferences – with Other Universities
• Club Field Trips

Christians on Campus at the University of Utah – 2018 Spring Break Trip

This much anticipated Spring Break trip took us through the following cities:
Colorado: Denver, Boulder, Estes Park
Wyoming: Lyman

When we were in Denver on Thursday and Friday morning of the trip we gathered together before going sight-seeing. Those morning times were full of fellowship and worship. We released our spirits in praise to the Lord like never before, especially as we sang Psalm 30:11-12 “Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing for me…!”

Here are the lyrics of this song:

Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing for me;
Thou hast put off my sackcloth;
Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing for me,
And girded me with gladness;
To the end my glory may sing praise unto Thee,
And not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto Thee forever.

Listen to the tune here: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/1334

In Denver we also visited the Red Rock Amphitheater where we sang some songs from the stage!

Boulder is such a colorful town! We hiked and went tea tasting, of course!

During the Christians on Campus Mountain States College Cconference at Estes Park, every student from every campus prepared a one minute point of truth. One person shared on 2 Corinthians 4:7 “We have this treasure in earthen vessels…”. According to the verses surrounding this verse, the light of God is what brings the treasure into us, the vessels. This Treasure is Jesus Christ! What is needed, is for us to open our minds to God. This is like a camera opening the shutter to let the light in and then the light burns the image onto the film! Lord Jesus, We’d like to turn to you again and again, and gain You more and more!

 

An Exceedingly Good Land – How to Possess the Land

In this Bible study we reviewed the history of the children of Israel, as they left Egypt and the things they experienced on their way to the Good Land. The Lord really led us to focus on two matters: Confessing our Sins, and Eating Christ – through His Word.

Although we are on a college campus, reading many books and articles and studying topics thoroughly, our eating of Christ in His Word is something special. We must come to His Word, linger there, contact the living Person there, and learn to exercise our spirit, our deepest part, to receive Him, digest Him, and assimilate Him.

Why did God bring us to this university? To meet other Christians and mutually help one another to… POSSESS THE LAND!

Download this short Bible Study: An Exceedingly Good Land 09

An Exceedingly Good Land – Its Unsearchable Riches – Minerals 2

Minerals2We had seen that minerals are for building. This time we saw that minerals are also for protection. That is, for the spiritual warfare.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God that you
may be able to stand against the stratagems of
the devil

Download the pdf of the Bible Study: An Exceedingly Good Land 08

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An Exceedingly Good Land – Its Unsearchable Riches – Minerals

Even as we gather and enjoy delicious food with the Christians on Campus club, and even as we prepare for our big Spring Break Trip with the club, our focus is still Christ. This week we saw what our relationship is with the minerals found in the Good Land. Furthermore, we found that our need is transformation!

Coming to Him, a living stone, rejected by men
but with God chosen and precious, You
yourselves also, as living stones, are being built
up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood to
offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ. (1 Pet 2:4-5)

Download the pdf of this Bible Study: An Exceedingly Good Land 07

An Exceedingly Good Land – Its Unsearchable Riches – Food

Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 6pm.

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As we continued to look at the Good Land, which represents Christ, we saw it’s goodness represented by fig trees, pomegranates, the olive tree, and milk and honey.  We found…

  • sweetness
  • satisfaction
  • beauty
  • and the abundance of life

Ultimately again, to experience Christ in such a rich way and to flow His life out to others, we must be those who get filled with the Spirit, as revealed in the following verse…

And I answered a second time and said to him, What are the two olive branches that are by the side of the two golden spouts, which empty the gold from themselves? And he spoke to me, saying, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, sir. And he said, These are the two sons of oil, who stand by the Lord of the whole earth. (Zech. 4:12-14)

Come and join us Wednesdays at 6pm

Download the PDF of this Bible Study: An Exceedingly Good Land 05

An Exceedingly Good Land – Its Unsearchable Riches – Water

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 6pm.

We feel that the Lord is really with us. He cares that we would experience Him and not just know about Him. This is the real feeling in our Bible Studies so far this semester.  This time we read verses from Deuteronomy and from the New Testament. Here are the ones from Deuteronomy.

8:7 For Jehovah your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of waterbrooks, of springs and of fountains, flowing forth in valleys and in mountains.

11:11 But the land into which you are crossing over to possess is a land of mountains and valleys; by virtue of heaven’s rain, it drinks in water.

Because the Good Land is a land of mountains and valleys it points to the high and low experiences of the believers. Yet, in these experiences, Christ is the satisfying water. Furthermore, although the water comes from heaven, as believers, we have this water flowing within us already.

Download the PDF of this Bible Study: An Exceedingly Good Land 04

As we’ve mentioned previously, the PDF is very helpful, but there is a big enjoyment of the Lord as we dive into these bible studies together. Plan to join us Wednesdays at 6pm!

An Exceedingly Good Land – Its Ascendancy

Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 6pm.

In this Bible Study we saw how the elevation of the good land signifies Christ’s ascendancy. The Great Sea and the Dead Sea signify death while the elevated good land signifies Christ’s resurrection and ascension.

Moreover, the way to experience Christ in His ascendancy is to contact Him. We read from the book: All Inclusive Christ, “When you contact Him, you will be resurrected, you will be ascended, for the Christ whom you contact is the Christ who has ascended to the heavens. When you contact Him, you will be on the high mountains, not in the valleys. You will be in the high land, far above sea level.”

We fellowshipped in small groups and helped each other with these questions:

  • How is it that we can be on the high mountains when we contact Christ?
  • What does contacting Christ look like?

Download the PDF of this Bible Study: An Exceedingly Good Land 03

Join us Wednesdays at the Union at 6pm

An Exceedingly Good Land – Its Spaciousness

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 6pm.

What is our patience, and what is the patience of Christ? What is our love, and what is the love of Christ?

In this Bible Study we covered the Spaciousness of the good land. It is good – in its spaciousness. The good land is the all-inclusive type of Christ. As such, its spaciousness points to Christ’s unlimitedness. To apply the spaciousness of Christ is to apply His unlimitedness to our limitedness.

We read from Exodus and from Ephesians and we also read an excerpt from the book, The All Inclusive Christ, by Witness Lee.

Download the PDF of this Bible Study: An Exceedingly Good Land 02

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An Exceedingly Good Land – Its Recovery

Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 6pm.

Here’s a question for you: As a Christian, what is the measure of your experience of Christ?

This semester we started a new Bible Study on the good land. The Bible calls it an exceedingly good land (Numbers 14:7) and we will dive in to explore how the good land is applicable to us, the believers in Christ.

In this first Bible study we saw that Christ is the reality of all. Furthermore, as the reality of the good land, Christ is the center of God’s eternal plan. However, there is a battle for this land.  We also explored some practical examples. Although a downloadable Bible Study PDF is available, we encourage you to come and join us, as most of the “meat” of our Bible Study is in the speaking that comes out through the group.

Download the Bible Study PDF: An Exceedingly Good Land 01

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Knowing, Seeing, & Gaining God In an Age of Godlessness

We had our Fall College Conference this November in Glorieta, New Mexico. Students from all over the mountain states came together to know, see, and gain God.

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Christians-on-Campus-College-Conference-Singing“Here is something that I got from the conference concerning knowing God. We can know God with experience and without experience; these are two kinds of knowledge. One is inward and the other is outward. When we talk about knowing God, we are talking about simply knowing God Himself. Thus, we need to touch Him. We need to touch Him with the right organ, which is our human spirit. He is now in us as the Spirit in our spirit. We also need a close and personal relationship with God. This is to pursue Him inwardly. This may not be easy so we need much practice in our contact with the Lord and the exercise of our spirit.

I appreciated the following example: If Cain had known God, he would have turned to Him when he became angry instead of killing his brother. We may also be like this, forgetting about God and trying to solve our problems with our own reasoning.

By our practicing to contact God, eventually, it will not only be ‘I who live’, but, ‘Christ who lives in me’.” – Kevin

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“The Lord showed me that first we must know God. We must be open to see a vision of who God is– then we can even gain God. We will be able to eat Him as the tree of life. Eventually, He also wants us to know that we’re His sons. As sons, we can come to God as our Father.” – David

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“This has been my best college conference so far. We saw that the Trinity, although having ‘three’, has to be ‘one’. We really need to give ourselves to know Him. We should even get to know His ways. Sometimes we don’t get answers to our prayers because we didn’t ask Him according to His ways. We need to take initiative to know His ways, especially in the morning. Otherwise, throughout the day, we’ll just be playing catch-up. I’m thankful I got to see the contrast between Lot and Noah. Lot just followed Abraham, but Noah followed God directly. So with Lot, it’s like He loved God, but not.” – Anda