In the beginning, it was hard engaging the youths. They were distracted or completely zoned out. But by God's grace, we had an amazing time studying His word. Some of their simple observations were:
- If we listen and study His words we are His disciple
- The truth will set you free
- Jesus is the truth
- Everyone is a slave to sin
- Pharisee's contradicted themselves
- Fools are closed minded, do not listen, and do not care about the truth
At this point of the study, their heads blew up and Holy Spirit totally permeated into their stone hearts. One kid cried out, "I can't believe I understand the Bible!" ... Interesting...
The summary of their observations was that fools do not listen or care about truth (essentially Jesus) which leads to freedom. Therefore, some are not free because they are still slaves to sin and the wages of sin is death. A slave simply cannot will themselves to become free. This is why we need Christ.
It was very encouraging seeing the holy excitement in these youths.
I'm happy that God showed you this :P
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