What could be better than a weekend at the beach? Could it be beach camping with a good cup of Starbucks in your hand? Could it be watching the wonderful sunrise and sunset that can only be captured when camping? Those are all good things, but a great weekend at the beach includes a great speaker challenging between 40-50 college students to start living a life that shows that the Gospel matters.
This past weekend was the Placerita Baptist College group camp out and it was a wonderful time of hearing Gods Word taught and admiring Gods creation in all it's splendor. A person who I am glad to call my friend, Todd Nighswonger, Executive Pastor at Simi valley Cornerstone Church, was our speaker and he taught out of 1 Corinthians.
Todd in teaching through 1 Corinthians asked us if when we woke up each morning do we think about the work we as believers are privileged to do, the work of the gospel and spreading it through out So. Cal. and beyond. He then went through a day and asked if we were excited that all day long we were to be living, eating and breathing the Gospel. He asked us if when we look at unbelievers are we praying for them to come to a saving knowledge of the Gospel. Then he asked us that as we lay our head down at night are we excited by the fact that tomorrow morning we get to do it all over again. In fact you will know that you have run into one of our college students because he challenged us to remind each other of our Gospel duty by saying to each other,"Gospel". So right now if you have Facebook you can see the impact of this message, because our campers have posted their status as "Gospel". I pray that this will not just be a "mountain top" experience.
In his final message he challenged us to live for the Kingdom. He told us that if we were living like the Gospel mattered then our finances would be used for advancing the Kingdom, our education would be used for advancing the Kingdom and most of all our lives would be given to advance the Kingdom. What a challenge for today's Christian! Are you living like the Gospel matters?
A thought that I was struck with throughout this weekend was that there is no such thing as an inactive Christian. As believers we are to be active at all times, living like the Gospel matters and do everything within the talents that God has given us to further the Kingdom.
1 comment:
Very true. This is no such thing as an inactive Christian. I have been learning that through the time of plenty and in times of lacking to keep preaching and living the Gospel. The things in life that you love, you talk about. I love my wife so I talk about her. I love our children so I talk about them. If I say that I love Jesus then I better be talking about Him too. Thank you and continue to reach out to the lost. God bless
Ty
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