Christians on Campus at the University of Utah
Living Christ to magnify Him
Our Bible study on the human spirit is becoming more personal. We explore the following questions:
What is your understanding of how one becomes a Christian?
What does the Bible call the life of God – which He gives to us?
How can we receive this life?
Where does the Lord live?
Where is the Lord Jesus right now?
We invite you to dive right in as we think that you will really enjoy this Bible study titled: “Another Life”.
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A Flowing River and a Tree, this is the first line of a classic hymn. These two represent a certain way that God takes to carry out His eternal purpose.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 6pm.
Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger, and he who believes into Me shall by no means ever thirst. (John 6:35)
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. (John 6:57)
And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen. 2:9)
Use these verses (above) to describe God’s intention for man.
They are saturated with the fatness of Your house, / And You cause them to drink of the river of Your pleasures. (Psa. 36:8)
With You is the fountain of life; / In Your light we see light. (Psa. 36:9)
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)
Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he who follows me shall by no means walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
In My Father’s house are many abodes; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2)
What does the “house” in the verses above refer to? How do these verses relate to each other?
One thing I have asked from Jehovah; / That do I seek: / To dwell in the house of Jehovah / All the days of my life, / To behold the beauty of Jehovah, / And to inquire in His temple. (Psa. 27:4)
A day in Your courts is better than a thousand; / I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God / Than dwell in the tents of the wicked. (Psa. 84:10)
Is there something in these two verses that touches you?
Further reading: The Tree of Life, chapter 4, published by Living Stream Ministry
Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 6pm.
And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. (Gen 1:26)
How do we see God’s purpose in His creation of man?
Jehovah God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. And Jehovah God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen. 2:7-9)
Describe the scene in Genesis chapter 2.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)
Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger, and he who believes into Me shall by no means ever thirst… 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. (John 6:35,57)
But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life… God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truthfulness. (John 4:14, 24)
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. (John 6:63)
How can you tie these verses in John with the verses in chapter 2 of Genesis?
Further reading: The Tree of Life, chapter 1, published by Living Stream Ministry