St. George's Christian Union

Hey guys,

Welcome back!!! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday... and for those who didn't, you've had your turn, don't be jealous ;-) We have lots of interesting things planned for this term and we'll keep you posted for further details. Bible school is upon us this week on Thursday 4th May in the interview rooms and will be running every Thursday at 7:00pm.

Bible school is designed for students in a university environment and as such will not put unbearable strain to an already hectic term. As an encouragement, the bible says in Psalm 37:4,5 "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this"

The Bible School is a flexible four-year course formatted around the busy lives of students and the curriculum is structured as:
FIRST YEAR
Basic Foundations
SECOND YEAR
Biblical Leadership
THIRD YEAR
The Body of Christ
FOURTH YEAR
Ministry

The fee will be £20 per term and for more information feel free to contact the Bible School at London@shofarworld.com or at www.shofarworld.com OR contact the CU at committee@sghmscu.org.uk

PLAN FOR TERM 3

Thursday 27th April - Just looking

Tuesday 2nd May - 7:00 - Opening Meeting

Thursay 4th May - Just looking, start of Bible School

Tuesday 9th May - 12:00 - 2:00 - Elective lunch talk
No CU meeting that evening; Visit to King's College CU meeting

Thursday 11th May - No Just Looking or Bible School

Tuesday 16th May - 7:15 : Band Night at the Bar

Thursday 18th May: Alpha Course to start (every thursday)

Tuesday 23rd May - 12:00 - Fair trade exposition
7:00 - Talk from ASHA organisation from India

WEEKEND AWAY - 26th-28th -???

Tuesday 30th May - 7:00 - Vision

Tuesday 6th June - 7:00 - Multicultural P&P

Tuesday 13th June - 7:00 - Missions : Sierra Leonne talk

Tuesday 20th June - 7:00 - Missions : Europe talk

Tuesday 27th June - ???

End of Year Partayyyyy!!!

His Agony and Our Access

Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples . . . . 'Stay here and watch with Me'
—Matthew 26:36, 38

We can never fully comprehend Christ's agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don't have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique— they are the gateway into life for us.

It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God— Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan's assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see Hebrews 9:11-15 ). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation— ". . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time" ( Luke 4:13 ). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan's final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man was in Gethsemane.

The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.