Unhindered: The Gospel goes on and on
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Jeff Liou
- Acts 28:31 & 2 Timothy 2:1-2
- Break Forth
- 33 mins 19 secs
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Pastor's Letter
This week, the chancellor of the California State University system passed down a decision to no longer recognize certain Christian groups as a part of their campus communities. Those groups who have doctrinal requirements for their leadership teams have been deemed discriminatory and now fall afoul of university policy. This will surely change the way that ministry works at the Cal States. They will no longer enjoy the benefits of reserving rooms, receiving student organization funds, advertising on campus for their meetings, etc.
This week, the chancellor of the California State University system passed down a decision to no longer recognize certain Christian groups as a part of their campus communities. Those groups who have doctrinal requirements for their leadership teams have been deemed discriminatory and now fall afoul of university policy. This will surely change the way that ministry works at the Cal States. They will no longer enjoy the benefits of reserving rooms, receiving student organization funds, advertising on campus for their meetings, etc.
So many issues of fairness arise. It may be tempting to begin pointing fingers. But before we jump too quickly to anger (for our God is slow to anger), we pause this week to hear from one of our own who is lovingly working within one of the Cal State Schools despite institutional disapproval. You will hear that God has not lost control, nor has God's mission been cut short.
We also will spend the weekend hearing how God's servant, Paul, lived a faithful life of gospel-centered mission with boldness and without hindrance by his religious or political climate's favor or lack thereof. In fact, in God's mercy, God has preserved an unbroken chain along which the gospel is still transmitted from one generation to the next. It really is as Paul said elsewhere while sitting chained in prison: "The gospel is not bound!"
To His Glory,
Jeff Liou
Pastor of College and Young Adult Ministries
Study Guide
Unhindered: The Gospel goes on and on... - Week 10 - Study Guide
UNHINDERED: tHE GOSPEL GOES ON AND ON.....
aCTS 28: 28:-31, 2 TIMOTHY 2:1-2
- In the end of Acts, Paul reaffirms his mission to the Gentiles because of the unbelief he encounters from his own people. In Paul's letter to Timothy, we see Paul's instructions on how to continue transmitting the gospel. What do you think these two passages have to do with one another?.
- We typically "settle down" and "develop roots" in one place and for a long time. When the gospel was not being received well (Acts 28:28), Paul moved on. Do you know people whom God uses like this? Are you one? What can we learn from the way Paul moves around?
- Timothy was in charge of the church in Ephesus. He was to stay there and work to make sure the gospel took hold in that region. How do you determine what ministry opportunities you take on in the places that you live or work? How does the gospel go forward in those places?
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The gospel was meant to be passed on, especially to those who would, in turn, keep passing it (2 Tim. 2:1-2). How does this passing process work in your life, your home, and our church?
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