After Quiet Time, where we looked at Daniel 3:17-18, we moved in to a time of prayer for various aspects of life here at Holmsted Manor. After that we resumed our lessons on Grace. The teaching was fantastic once again. The whole gospel message was re-iterated today in such a way that if I wasn't already a Christian, I would have wanted to become one now. To know that God has dealt with all the times I have missed His perfect standard, and that He looks at me and sees the perfection of Jesus is quite simply the best news one can ever receive. Every other religion relies on the idea that you can do something/enough to reach God - the Bible shows that can't happen, and that God has reached down to us. It was also a great revelation, and one that should have been obvious before, that the whole of The Law - the laws given by God to Moses, could have not been given, and God's plan of salvation would still have been possible. No one was ever saved by observing rituals or providing sacrifices - it is only by the sacrifice God himself provided in Himself, by sending Jesus for us.
After lunch we took part in our usual Community Care activities, and then we had free time, where I tidied the room I share with the other male students, and relaxed a bit before our men's small group. Today we watched the film "Meet the Parents". This was quite a funny film, which I remembered I'd seen about 10 minutes in to it! It features a man meeting the parents of the woman he wants to propose to, and the disasters that follow his lies used to gain the approval of her parents. There were a lot of lessons in this film useful for people in that situation.
This was another fantastic day, focused on excellent teaching on Grace. I'm still loving it here on my YWAM DTS course. I hope you are having a great week too.
