Today we taught the men the song, “Behold Our God.” It was a new song for them as well. Praise God for the opportunity to introduce some of the songs that we sing with our church.
In our class this morning the topic of our reading assignment was: “the Sufficiency of Scripture,”
demonstrating that the Sola Scriptura most simply means that Scripture is
sufficient.
Today, pastor Rick covered the issue of the exegesis of
Scripture. First he dealt with the principles and practice of expositional Bible study. Good exposition presupposes sound exegesis, and exegesis is
related to exposition as interpretation is to application. He clearly answered
the questions of how to study your Bible with the centrality of Christ, and also
dependence on the Spirit of God as He illumines the Word. Before you study the
Word of God you need to prepare your heart. You need to be practicing the Word;
you need to be a doer of the Word, and it needs to become your life. You also
need to have a proper attitude toward the Word. It is the living Word of God.
Do not violate it, but hold it in the highest regard because it is God’s
Word. Also you need to have a
Spirit-controlled life. A notable quote from the day is: "You cannot expect God to do through you what He has not first done in you." You cannot live in sin and at the same time rightly divide the Word of Truth. You should pray, forsake sin, and ask for
God’s blessing on your study and teaching. You will not be fruitful if you are
not submitted to the Spirit of God in your study and preaching. And the Holy
Spirit’s role is to magnify and promote the glories of Jesus Christ.
After lunch, pastor Situma and his family took us to see the Webuye waterfall. It was great to see God's creation in Africa. He then took us to see a Sugar Cane Processing factory near Kongoli. Boardering this Sugar Cane Plantation, pastor Situma was born and grew up. He took us to his family farm and home. It was great to see a part of his history. We also had a chance to visit Zacchaeus' home for dinner, he is a lead pastor at the Church were both pastor Rick and I will be preaching tomorrow morning. This church was planted by pastor Situma almost 10 years ago and is going strong today with about 100 people attending. Please pray for God to use us in a mighty way, as we proclaim the glories of Christ.
This is pastor Rick with pastor Situma and part of his family.
This is the house where pastor Situma grew up.
This is pastor Rick with Zacchaeus and his wife Sheila, and their children Innocent, Ian and Happy.
Paul and Rick
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