Small groups formed an integral part of the early church and they still do in today’s church. Our group meets regularly every Friday morning. I used to prepare my own lessons, but later it was decided that the whole church use one book. For some time now we have been studying Philip Yancy’s book, “What’s so amazing about grace?” We have come almost to the end of the book and soon will begin a new series.
Well it’s so easy to talk, discuss or sing about ‘grace’ but when it comes to applying grace in our everyday relationships, it is not always that easy. But we are all striving by the grace of God. None of us have arrived yet. We are assured by our Lord, “My grace is sufficient for you.”
For Sunday’s Adult Bible Study I am doing a series on Joshua and last Sunday our lesson was on “Cities of Refuge.” The Levites were put in charge of these cities and they were to ensure that God’s justice and fairness was kept. A man who killed someone accidentally could flee to any one of the Cities of Refuge and find safety.
These cities of refuge are taken to represent for us a picture of salvation that is found in Jesus Christ. In a number of our songs we sing of Jesus as our Refuge.
Personally I’ve been much blessed as I study the Scriptures everyday and lead the cell on Friday and Bible class on Sunday.
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