Christians on Campus at the University of Utah
Living Christ to magnify Him
It was another wonderful Bible Study. We spent half the time singing with grace to the Lord! You know, by singing, we can enjoy God and also get filled up with truth! The other half of the time we got into the Jubilee mentioned in Leviticus. We saw that the year of Jubilee is actually Christ Himself! Furthermore, the word Jubilee means… Happy – Year !!!
Read all the verses we read in the Bible Study here: The Jubilee 01
Join us for more Jubilee, Wednesdays at 6pm – Union 311.
A story from the Fall 2018 College conference held in Wanship, Utah
The last message of the conference was about the Jubilee. God had delivered the Israelites, His people, from Egypt and from oppression.. At the end of Leviticus God gave them the instruction to observe the year of Jubilee – that was supposed to be every 50th year. The children of Israel each had received a portion of the good land from God. Over time, if some mismanaged their possessions, they might have sold everything they had, even their portion of the land, and possibly even themselves (into slavery). However, on the year of Jubilee, they got to go back to their possessions!
Today Jesus is the real Jubilee–and we are those who have been set free from all slavery that is in the world! When we got saved, Jesus restored us to Himself as our allotted portion and to our family–all the brothers and sisters in the church! We used to live oppressed but now have Jesus and our new family! – Debbie
A story from the Fall 2018 College Conference held in Wanship, Utah
The Bible verses in the College Conference emphasized the importance of eating Christ. For example, John 6:57 says, “As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.” For us to actually experience this, we were sent off to spend personal time with the Lord. During that time, I practiced singing to the Lord, reading His word, praying, and simply learning to spend time with Him, even learning to just communicate with Him.
Another aspect of eating Christ that stood out to me in the conference was that whatever we are surrounded by, that is what we take in to us and that is what we end up expressing. On the one hand, this is quite serious, as we could end up with “Garbage in, garbage out.” On the other hand, if we’re taking Christ in, then we’re expressing Him. – Eli
Some new people joined us for this Bible study (come back any time!). All enjoyed presenting aspects of who Christ is. Two aspects that came out strongly were:
In addition to the verse in the picture above, we really enjoyed:
“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall
call His name Jesus, for He shall save His
people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21)
Feel free to get more into this Bible Study through the attached Pdf: Who Christ is 05
The Bible shows us that in God’s plan there were two crucial steps that Christ went through. In John chapter 1 we see His becoming flesh. In 1 Corinthians chapter 15, a chapter on Christ’s resurrection, we see that He became a life giving Spirit. This is who Christ is today, in His resurrection – He is the Life-giving Spirit.
In order to enjoy this marvelous Life-giving Spirit, for our Bible study, we also sang the following song:
Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit;
Now Christ is the Spirit today.
Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit;
So turn to your spirit and say—
O Lord, Amen,
O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!
O Lord, Amen,
O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!
More of the lyrics can be found at: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/103
See the PDF of this Bible Study here: Who Christ is 04
Join us on Wednesdays at 6pm for dinner and more of what Christ is!
Christ is the Word. He is the explanation and definition of God. And He is the Word of life, particularly, conveying the eternal life, the very divine person of God.
John 1:1 – In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.1 JOHN 1:1 – That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard, which we have seen with
our eyes, which we beheld and our hands
handled, concerning the Word of life
The burden of the Spirit that came forth in this Bible study was that we need to be handling the Word of life. In addition to what we came up with and what is shown in the photo above, here are some more ways that we can handle the Word of life.
Download the Pdf of this Bible Study: Who Christ is 03
Our club is going to this conference – Contact us to register! www.uuChristiansOnCampus.Org
801-300-8952
Thank you to all who have been participating in this year’s welcome activities. It has been a joy getting to know the new students. We also praise the Lord Jesus for our getting more built together through these get-togethers!
This year’s welcome activities included the Welcome Dinner, the Gospel Dinner, hiking to Twin Lakes and recreation times at Sunnyside Park.
Let’s keep pursuing Christ together. We still have more activities that you can join:
Bible Studies
Recreation Times
Outings
Conferences
Contact us to participate!
www.uuChristiansOnCampus.Org
801-300-8952
This week we continued with two more aspects of who Christ is. The Bible Study was interactive and enjoyable. We read verses and worked on diagrams that show these two aspects.
As the only begotten Son of God, Christ gives us the zoe life, the eternal, uncreated life of God.
John 3:16 says, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.
In His resurrection, Christ became the Firstborn Son of God. His resurrection was a birth for Him–and actually, for us too!
Acts 13:33 says, That God has fully fulfilled this promise to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, “You are My Son; this day have I begotten You.”
Romans 8:29 says, Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers;
Being the Firstborn implies that there are many more. Those of us who believe into Jesus Christ receive His divine life and become the many brothers of Christ! Hallelujah!
Download the Pdf of the Bible Study here: Who Christ is 02
August 31, 2018 Gospel Meeting
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
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?
Below is our 2018 Activities List.
Contact us to participate!
www.uuChristiansOnCampus.Org
801-300-8952
• 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
We are so happy for the start of a new school year! Come Join us!
This lovely testimony from E.A. reminds us that there’s a lot more grace ahead!
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!
