First Helmet of the new Btln season goes to Ben! Congrats Ben! At the end it was Ben, Noah and Nate (the usual cast of characters) battling it out for Bulldog supremacy! With Lukas and Jonathan out of the way, these three should be considered the favourites for Winston!
First Night wouldn't be right if we didn't play Murderball. I am hoping that we will be able to play Murderball more this year. It seems that in the last couple of years we haven't played Murderball enough.
The teams were close this week, but my team just seemed to have the edge. My team was up 2-0 when Noah showed up and tipped the scale in Ben's favour. It was 2-1 when my team battled back to take the night 3-1!
In Bible study we looked at Saul's conversion. (Acts 9:1-30)
It is hard to believe how bad Saul was before God got ahold of him!
Acts 26:9-11 “I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
It is awesome to see Jesus interrupt Saul's plans and turn his (Saul's) life around!
Acts 9:3-6 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Saul's (and our own) conversion should bring to mind this next passage.
Romans 5:8-10 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! or if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
God saved Saul even though he was his enemy!
1 Timothy 1:15-16 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
Saul's conversion was supposed to be an example for us! If Jesus was willing to save the chief of sinners he will also save us!
Acts 9:20-25 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?” Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.
After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him, but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
Only God could take a murderer and turn him into a difference maker! Saul went from being hunter to the hunted! Saul was now preaching about Jesus in the same synagogues that he had been trying to capture Christians!
God will do the same for us! We just need to follow God's Word and share it with others! God will make us difference makers!
Pool Party next week! Sept.16th (6:30-8:30 pm) at Abe's pool! (6715 18th street)
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