CRU Update

What do you desire most? Could it be good grades in your next exam? Or possibly, a chance to muster up enough courage to talk to the girl you like? At lunch last Friday, Mr Nigel Vaux from CRU came to give a talk about just that one thing; human desire.

As we’ve been going through the book of Mark, it is fitting that we discuss Mark’s passage in Chapter 2 which highlights something incredibly important. A man who is paralysed and cannot walk is brought to Jesus by some friends. Back in those days, people who were paralysed would have struggled to live. There was no way for them to make money and all their food and belongings were gifts from those who took pity on them. This paralysed man had friends who lowered him to the feet of Jesus from the rooftop of the house in which Jesus was preaching. Jesus did not heal this man at first. He forgave the paralysed man’s sins. Why would he do this? He shows us that the forgiveness of our sins is the most important need we have. After this, Jesus proceeds to heal the man physically. This is first time in the Book of Mark that Jesus forgives sins. Will we trust in Jesus? Jesus wants us to recognise our sin and know the great forgiveness that He offers. Come along to CRU at lunch time this Friday and enjoy a sausage sizzle for a gold coin donation. If we reach a donation goal of $30, Isaac Lanham of Burns House will personally buy sauce for us to enjoy with our snags!

Nick Gong
10SL2