tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313907527777164884.post1837748279393485359..comments2024-03-23T19:46:55.806-04:00Comments on JourneyNotes: Since 1991.........Bill.........http://www.blogger.com/profile/08551427157551246541noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313907527777164884.post-45911752330264483242009-05-20T14:26:46.464-04:002009-05-20T14:26:46.464-04:00Great article Rev. Bill. I remember our very firs...Great article Rev. Bill. I remember our very first week in Disciple 1. I was leafing through the book looking at each coming week's agenda. I was anxious to find when it would be that we would get to the study of the New Testament. I had never considered the Old Testament to be as relevant to me in my "infancy" as a Christian. As far as I was concerned at that time, the Gospels were the only thing that really mattered. How naive I was.<br /><br />How was I to know at that time that a reading of the Old Testament would reveal a God with a plan for us all. A plan that began with our creation and then with Him uplifting and using the Jewish people to glorify Himself as the one true God.<br /> <br />Further reading revealed to me a God who showed mercy to the Gentiles at Nineveh- an act which gave Jonah, a Jew, much distress-- so much distress that he refused to obey God at first. <br /><br />It was after reading Jonah, just before we began studying the New Testament, that I believe I was starting to "get it".<br /><br />And then we, as a group, were taken into the New Testament where we found a God who was bestowed His grace and mercy on all of mankind through his Son, Jesus Christ, the Word of God. An act so selfless, loving and so kind- it was impossible for my human mind to fully comprehend.<br /><br />I had no idea when I began Disciple 1 that there was so much more to God's plan than I had ever realized. How could I have known that I would end Disciple 1 with a new knowledge of how much God loves me and all of us. <br /><br />I am so thankful that I was led to take Disciple 1 and that God used this time to work through you to reveal His plan to all of us in the class!Bill M.noreply@blogger.com