A'IGHT!!!! PART TWO!!!!!! I HOPE THIS IS NOT BORING TO ANY OF YOU GUYS!!!!!!!
This day is the day where there were two sessions. This is the post where the events of day two will be told. Part three of this series will not have the diary!
Alright! Lezz gooo!!!
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Day 2 17th May Wednesday
Session - Sit pt. 2
Sleep was admittedly not that great, but it was better than none. Breakfast wasn't too bad, they had some pretty good cereal selections, the hot meal was pretty good too. I think it was bacon and pancakes. Yup, definitely bacon and pancakes. the pancakes were a little on the burnt side but still good.
The first activity session, me and my friends went and did canoeing. It was a very nice day out, however, the wind was against us and so one of our canoeing destinations was canceled because we wouldn't have enough time to get there. It was going to be a waterfall. I wish we were able to go and enjoy the scenery but we couldn't, oh well, it doesn't matter.
Our canoe got grounded near an offshore island, and I volunteered to get off the canoe and push the boat back into the water. The water was so cold! It was super cold, and one of my feet had fallen asleep, so I almost fell into the water a couple of times. But after a bunch of pushing and shoving, teamwork and yelling about the water the canoe was off of the shallow lakebed and once again we could keep on going.
Canoeing was super fun, but my sides hurt after that, and laughing was a complete pain.
Then we had an island cookout, we didn't go to a legit island, we just stayed at the main campsite, but we ate stuff that was grilled over a fire(not really actually). Our food was packed in aluminum foil packages, and then they were placed over/around the fire. Our group's food was really burnt, I couldn't eat half of my food because it was literally burnt to the point where it was a blackened mess on the tin foil.
Then we had our session, which I will talk about later.
After the session, we had another activity time, we were gonna do archery(my sport XD) but it was taken off our list because we were sharing the camp with another school. So me and my friends went rock climbing, I didn't climb, I just watched and took photos of my friends. After that, we had free time until dinner.
I don't really remember what I did during free time, I think I just sat on my bunk and practiced my Chinese words in my notebook.
After that was a game of Capture the Flag, boring and intense at the same time. But neither team won because neither team could get to each other's flag.
That's basically it, now time for the session!!
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The passage for this session is Ephesians 2.
This is part two of "Sit".
We were given a comparison between the garden of Eden, which represented life, and the fall of man(Genesis 2) which represented death. We were also asked in our small groups what was the first thing that came to mind when the term "Garden of Eden/ Eden" was said. A few of the words that came up were "perfect", "peaceful", "loving".
However, we all kinda missed one of the key words, one that was the main focus of this session.
"Alive".
How can we become alive after the fall? There is only one way, and that is in relevance to our position in Christ. We become alive in Him, we become alive with Him after He died on the cross for our sins. There is only life and life alone through Jesus.
Our second position is to be alive with Christ and to be seated with Him, We were then asked the question, how could we be sure of our position in Him, how secure is this position, how do we secure it etc.
Do we secure our position with christ through faith or works?
This contradictory question has been asked in my baptism class before, and truly one cannot exist without the other. Also, if you were wondering, the faith part comes from Ephesians while the works part comes from James.
The answer is faith and works. One cannot be without the other because both lead to grace, which then leads to salvation because salvation from sin is a gift of grace from God, it is one which we do not deserve.
What I mean by faith and works is that works come out of faith in God that you will be able to perform certain deeds when you trust in his name. But faith can also come out of works because your certain attidtude towards performing a certain act can show your faith and perhaps even strengthen it. So that is why both are important, none should be less than or more than each other, they are equally essential to grace and salvation.
Our third and last(at least in this series of sessions) position is to be united in Christ.
Once upon a time, Jews and Gentiles were divided. Gentiles were separated from the promise of salvation, however, Jesus mended this rift between the chosen nation - Israel - and the peoples of other nations as well.
If the above was not true and the rift was still here, I'm sure that I would not be allowed or even have heard of the gospel because I should be cast out of the plan of salvation since I am not a Jew. However, Jesus claims that all nations will be blessed, and there will be good news preached to all.
Once we were dead and divided because of sin, but not we are alive and united in Christ.
That is out ultimate position - to be seated with Him, to be under Him but protected by Him, and finally to be alive and united in Him.
p.s. You guys notice the prepositions there?
So, this concludes day two's first session and diary post. Feel free to write a reflection or ask questions(which I will try my best to answer) in the comments!
Stay tuned
and BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
