This week’s chapel focused on words from Romans 5 about life through Christ. We can often become
weighed down by our sin and begin to doubt the promise of salvation God gives us through His Son. This often leads to fear and forgetting that God has already promised us salvation and won the
battle over death.
We opened by reading Psalm 100 and singing Awesome Is the Lord Most High by Chris
Tomlin. Then we dove straight into
Romans 5 to unpack the multitude of things that it says for us. Verse 1 says that “we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,” meaning that God is no longer angry with us. Jesus has already paid the price for our sins
on the cross; we have been justified with his blood. It is hard to wrap our minds around
God’s grace. As sinful people, it’s hard to understand how merciful God is too
us. But it’s important to remember that in Christ we no longer have to fear death because God has given us
everlasting life with Him. 
Afterwards, we jumped into some text from 2 Timothy 1 about how God has called us to live a holy life. Since God has already saved us from death, we
don’t live in fear of death but rather out of gratitude for
life. God has already given us more than we deserve. As Christians, it's our call to live in thanksgiving and gratitude.
Sometimes we become disillusioned by sin and start to
doubt our place in God’s plan. However, God can use us in our
imperfection. We projected a Prezi with
examples of many influential Biblical characters who were used despite their sin. We were
reminded that God does not just look to call the qualified. Instead, He looks to
qualify those he calls. It’s
important for us to remember that God does not expect us to be perfect. Though we are sinful, He still has a spot for us in his kingdom.
After a time of silent reflection and prayer we
closed by singing How He Loves and The Stand. This gave us a chance to reflect on God’s everlasting love and then surrender to His
plan for our lives.
OCHS Chapel on October 2, 2013 from Ontario Christian School on Vimeo.
No comments:
Post a Comment