Acts 2b
I want to tell you about the Thursday evening Bible study last night. Last year we did evangelistic Bible studies all year and everyone who came was already a Christian. So this year we are doing Bible Studies through Acts aimed at equipping the Christians and there's a guy who comes most weeks who isn't yet converted. OK.
Anyway Acts includes Acts 2, so we're doing that in four sessions.
Last week's was the most important part - the point of Pentecost being the firstfruits of the gospel. Incidentally, it's not all that easy in France to hold on to the fruitfulness of the gospel.
This week was what the tongues signified. Verse 12 - What does this mean ?
Before the study I was talking with one of our French guys and we were grumbling a bit about how hard it is to reach the French (though the Chinese students are very responsive !)
Anyway for the study we were six. Me and five French guys aged between 19 and 35.
Ha ha ! That'll teach me !
The study went well - we traced three paths -
Babel to Jerusalem,
Moses wish (Numbers 11) to Joel 2 to Acts 2,
Isa 28 and Jer 5 to Acts 2 via 1 Cor 14.
I was pretty unsure how the guys would respond because everyone's from different backgrounds ranging from dispensational fundamentalism through to Assemblies of God, but there was great discussion and happy unity.
Five young French guys. Off you go lads !
Anyway Acts includes Acts 2, so we're doing that in four sessions.
Last week's was the most important part - the point of Pentecost being the firstfruits of the gospel. Incidentally, it's not all that easy in France to hold on to the fruitfulness of the gospel.
This week was what the tongues signified. Verse 12 - What does this mean ?
Before the study I was talking with one of our French guys and we were grumbling a bit about how hard it is to reach the French (though the Chinese students are very responsive !)
Anyway for the study we were six. Me and five French guys aged between 19 and 35.
Ha ha ! That'll teach me !
The study went well - we traced three paths -
Babel to Jerusalem,
Moses wish (Numbers 11) to Joel 2 to Acts 2,
Isa 28 and Jer 5 to Acts 2 via 1 Cor 14.
I was pretty unsure how the guys would respond because everyone's from different backgrounds ranging from dispensational fundamentalism through to Assemblies of God, but there was great discussion and happy unity.
Five young French guys. Off you go lads !
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