Something quite interesting happened recently which was really a pleasant reminder of where God has taken me from and how He has really lead me in life.
So I became a Christian as in teenager around late 2008 and that is when I made the decision to give my heart to Christ. While going to church, I was a part of the Cornerstone Connection Sabbath school class (this was the class for 16-18 year olds). Any way, I didnt spend too long in that class, before making the decision to get baptised and hence joining the baptismal class; but I am very sure that the time spent in that class had a great influence on my decision to get baptised. (I actually think that that class is way better than the adult sabbath school class, I have my reasons...)
Jumping to the future (or the "now" rather), I was recently elected to be a sabbath school teacher for this year. Interesting enough, I was elected to be the teacher of the Cornerstone class. Having gone over the lesson for a few weeks, I was really blown away by the content of the lesson. The editor is really clear on righteousness by faith. The theme for this quarter is "In the flesh", which deals with the nature of Christ, basically covering the fact that He overcame in sinful flesh and, by the power of His indwelling Spirit, we may overcome in the very same flesh.
I've really enjoyed this lesson so far, it is very practical. So I had kept my Cornerstone Sabbath school lesson from when I was still in that class even up to this day. Having enjoyed the current lesson so much, I wanted to compare the 2 to see if there has been a change in the standard of the lessons. So I looked through some of my books and when I found the lesson (my 2009 Cornerstone lesson), I checked the theme to see what it was. To my surprise, the theme title was "In the Flesh". Paging through it, I reallised that it is the very same lesson. Same studies etc.
I turned the page to the lesson which had been repeated last week to see some of my answeres to the questions in the lesson. The lesson was on Matthew/ Luke 4, on the temptation of Jesus and one of the questions read "Which part of this story is new to you?". As I was going through it now, I had to look for something new in the story, my answer in 2009 that I wrote was "Most of it, I have never read this story before." :) It was really nice to see that. Its always good to remember where God has led me from.
Im really excited by the lesson. Looking at the impact it had on me back then, I am interested in seeing the impact it would have on my class. A teacher has a great impact on the interest of the students so theres much responsibility here.
My answers really reminded me of much of my early Christian experience, Im reminded of that song that goes "the longer I serve Him, the sweeter He grows; the longer I love Him, more love he bestows..." The past few years of being acquainted with Jesus have been more pleasant than all my life before then. My hope is that should Jesus not have returned in a few years from, I will look back on this time in life and think "God has really led me far from then."
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