Sean F's and Mr. Fanning's combined Groups for Trip 2
Do not let the name "Bahamas" make you think that this trip was meant to bring some to kids to paradise so they can have fun at the beach and relax. This trip was not meant to be a vacation, nor a trip for "pleasure". In the Bible, Matthew 28:19-20 says, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Christ commanded us to go! And spread the good news of His birth, life, death, resurrection and the hope that if we believe in Him, we can have eternal life through His blood. We, as Christians, believe in the concept of being born again. This is not of the flesh, but of the Spirit. Jesus talks about this in John 3: 3-5, which says,
"Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.'
'How can someone be born when they are old?' Nicodemus asked. 'Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!'
Jesus answered, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.'"
As a Christian, we whole heartedly believe that Jesus Christ is the living God, the Messiah, and that He was born as a human on Earth and lived a sinless (or without fault) life. We believe that he was crucified on a cross, becoming as a perfect, holy sacrafice. We believe that if we confess Him as our Lord and Savior not by our mouths, but in our hearts, and believe He died on the cross so that we can have eternal life. A person who has never done this, and proceeds to do this, becomes born again in the spirit and is able to live eternally with Christ. We can't get to Heaven on our own. The Bible specifically says in Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, but have the hope in the death of Christ to be saved. We are hopless without Christ and are all doomed to go to hell. Yet John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but hav eternal life". Jesus Christ was all God, and all man, and lived a perfect life. We can be redemeed through Him and be forgiven of our sinful ways. We ca not get to Heaven because we are sinful and impure but when Jesus Christ died for us on the cross, he cleanse us of all our sins so that we can go to Heaven. That does not mean all Christians are perfect, it just means our sins are forgiven. God started a good work in us that would not be finished until we go to Heaven. This is when we become perfect and enter the Kingdom. Phllipians 1:6 says, "For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." We may neither be perfect, nor "finished" but those who believe in Him are getting there.
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