Recording for Uni Fellowship’s Mid Year Conference 2021 training session. Listen to all of the talks here.
I (Christine) was recently at a day conference for local ministry leaders. And one of the speakers gave an analogy of how Jesus has done it all. He used Mark and Steve Waugh, the cricketers, and how back when they were in school and they were playing for their team, there was one game where they both opened to bat and they got all the runs. They didn't get bowled out. And then they were the two bowlers as well. And they got all of the other team out just between the two of them.
And so he said, "Like Jesus, Jesus has done it all. And isn't it great to be part of his team because we get the reward, even though it was them who did all the work, we get the reward at the end."
And my push back would be yes, but we're not all sitting on the bench. We're out in the field catching balls because by God's good design, He has decided to use His people to proclaim the Kingdom of God is at hand, made possible through Jesus’ life, death, resurrection and ascension.
Repent and believe and join Him in the work of deliverance and healing and salvation so that Jesus, when He returns, will ultimately make all things perfect. And we will get back to the design that was very good. When the city of God comes down to earth and we live in perfect harmony with God, one another and the world around us. That’s the story of the Bible. As you read the Bible and you find little bits different and tricky, come back to this and always see how Jesus impacts the Good News of the Bible for all people, for all time.
Below are videos of James Choung’s illustrations demonstrating the Big Story of the Bible and the Good News of Jesus I used with the students in this training session. Intervarsity has created an app to help people use these illustrations in their own gospel conversations.
At University Fellowship of Christians we are in a unique position to speak into the University realm of conversations and ideas and worldviews and point those who are questioning, confused by the world's lack of answers where authenticity, goodness and beauty has become the ethical standards.
Christians and churches (both local and further afield) partnering with us in this important work makes a massive difference in young people's lives as staff and students are showing up and are here for these types of conversations.