And no fireworks...
Well, not a whole lot of changes here. I just finished my third week of teaching. It is very rewarding, but also very nice to have an upcoming weekend. We spent the whole week going over Doctine of Salvation and Doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Some of them had never had a solid biblical explaination of either so there was a bit of shaking up to do. The main questions surrounded loss of salvation and the gift of tongues. There is so much bad theology out there... I have one very encouraging story to share from a week of good times.
One the students in my class, Joshua, was under the basic impression that if a Christian dies before confessing his current sin to God he will go to hell immediately. Apparently that is a very common belief. After serveral days of class he shared with me that he thought he understood salvation but I "had destroyed everything, and it was such good news!" Hahaha... thats so awesome! The idea that God has forgiven the sins of the past, present, and future was brand new for many students.
The other great step forward was concerning the Holy Spirit. The idea that he is present in all of those who believe can cannot leave us was brand new. From the questions I gathered that their understanding was that only certain gifts, like tongues, proved that the Holy Spirit was present. Worse still, His presence comes and goes with those gifts, so one has to be diligent throughout the day to "stay filled." It is those gifts, not the Holy Spirit, who is the "seal" of our salvation.
I am so glad that I am able to be here to simply share the clear, beautiful truth of the Word of God! There is so much more to share, but I have no idea how to write about it.
Tomorrow we are getting out of the city again (hooray!). We are going hiking in some forest somewhere that is supposed to be full of monkeys. Sounds good.
7 comments:
You might want to brace yourself for a bit of spiritual backlash. There was a similar reaction when John Wyclif explained to people what was really in the Scriptures! XOXO
Hey Ray,
That's so cool that your freeing them from those unnecessary restraints!
Love ya!
Happy 4th, Raymond! Firework are over rated and you just have to keep in mind that what you are doing is much better than some silly explosives. :]
Your third week sounds like it was incredibly uplifting for you! That's such good news! Keep up the amazing work!!
dude, that is soo awesome. that makes me happy!
My name is Morinke Ole Mereru and i am in Narok Kenya... I Talked to Esther Carlson - who is my friend and your friend too! and she really wanted you to be here for some time .... Could you be interested to teach for some days in a bible school here??? My AD is mmorinke@hotmail.com
Cheers and Lots of Christ Love
Have a good trip to Kenya. Praying for it. Must have funky email address...came back undelivered! Keep going, Eric Mounts
Hey Raymond, we are praying for your upcoming 'adventure.' We hope that you arrive in Kenya to find things in order. ~Peter Denio
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