CRU Update

Have you ever felt that someone has spoken with such authority, that it was impossible to ignore them? Would you take this voice seriously?

Last Friday at CRU, Mr Phillip Greenwood began with a game followed by a song of worship before we dived into the study of Mark 1:21-28. Mr Gibson spoke on the passage, which described the miracle where Jesus drove out an impure spirit from a man. The initial observation, which Mr Gibson indicated as a surprise, is that the impure spirit knew who Jesus was and feared that Jesus had come to destroy him (v24). Jesus ordered the spirit to come out of the man (v25) and it did. This miracle is incredible, as was noted by the crowds Jesus was teaching. Jesus demonstrated authority with the power of His words, but Mr Gibson also explained how the miracles demonstrate that we should listen to Jesus’ teaching. Verse 27 outlines the amazement at Jesus’ authority and His power.

As a result of this, Mr Gibson posed the question, “What voices are we listening to?” This passage indicates that we should listen to Jesus and as was shared, using John 4:13-14 as an example, Jesus’ voice provides truth and security while earthly things will make you thirst for more. We should also consider which parts of God’s Word might be most relevant and helpful at the current time. We hope to see more boys as we look forward to continuing the exploration of Mark’s Gospel next week.

InterCRU

On Friday afternoon, a group of around 15 boys made the train trip to Roseville College for InterCRU with the other CRU groups from the schools on the North Shore. It was a great opportunity to meet new people and make friends, and we heard Tim speak on 1 Corinthians 1:4-17 regarding unity in the church. Tim talked about how, as the church and God’s people, we have received God’s grace and He has blessed us. God has also provided us with spiritual gifts and will keep us firm until the very end when Jesus returns to judge. We also heard about how the church should be united in purpose without quarrels.

Following the talk, we heard the testimony of Jess from Roseville College, who described her walk towards Jesus. We also heard from Kieran Old about CrossTrain, a CRU Camp which happened in the holidays, and we prayed for our schools and CRU groups. It was a wonderfully encouraging time.

Daniel Becker
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