So its disturbing that they did a thorough search for alcohol and checked EVERYONE and then had hundred of condoms on tables beside the punch bowls to give out 0.o
I find it SCARY that frosh reminds me of TC except with swearing.
I also find it scary that the way the student body is run @ York is similar too if not exactly the same way we run "fellowship" at MCBC with the exception that we throw in a short prayer between things to make it religious and "God centered" and then a few bible verses taken out of context and slap a theme on it and say that we learned something about God when in reality its we learned about what we would want God to be like and what we think He should want us to do.
The whole concept of raising up leaders and getting them to be active....
Its NOT biblical its actually a socialogial thing that has been implemented in secular educational circles and then transferred to the "church"
The biblical model is more like this:
God's grace appoints leaders in the church and they teach and rebuke while everyone else listens. (1 Cor 3:10, Eph 4:11)
Yes Paul was Timothy's father in the faith BUT Timothy also received the gift through the laying on of hands and so is encouraged to "fan into flame the gift of God"
He is then taught to teach the other men (even older men so age makes no difference in God's eyes) to live by the Words of truth. Yes there are elders and deacons BUT their function is to take care of the social needs of the church and running of the church.
While I am on this one thing that is distressing me to no end is the fact that we are literally killing the youth @ MCBC by playing games with them when they are STARVING spiritually for the Word. Its like we're sending them through a death machine called religion and we popping out pharisees like crazy who have absolutely NO DESIRE for God. This is partly due to the fact that they have no proper understanding of who God is due too the lack of proper teaching and also due to lack of prayer of regenerated believers in the "fellowship".
and we use excuses called:
"they're not ready" or "we have to show them love through relationship first" or "the change is too quick"
Wasn't the sermon last Sunday on CASTING out?
well what if Peter said
"I don't think the fish are ready yet" or "hold on let me just talk to the fish first and build a relationship with them" or "we've never let down the nets after we've taken them back up.... the change is too quick"
then I guess we would have no story.
See the NET is the Word of God its the only thing thats gonna get us any fish and is the only thing that ever has. His Word will NOT return to Him empty it WILL accomplish what HE desires and some of the seed that is scattered will fall on good soil and its not our job to worry about where it's falling but rather to SOW in faith.
Are we placing too much of our faith on how well of an institution we have?
or are we placing our faith on His Words and setting forth the truth plainly?
