Summer School of Truth 2012

Summer School of Truth 2012

       This year’s SST was my first time and I really enjoyed it. Our junior high’s topic was the Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ. What I enjoyed the most in all of the messages was Christ’s Human Living.

      Through incarnation, Christ became a genuine man. He was the carpenter’s son, and has a mother, brothers and sisters. He ate with other men. He was once thirsty and asked a woman for a drink. These facts and actions prove that Jesus Christ is a man, not a bit different from an ordinary man.

       Christ was the most perfect and the finest. He was obedient. He cared for His Father’s will and also obeyed to His natural parents. Some of us, the young people may say, “I am of God!” But at home, we would be disobedient to our parents. This is not the fine and balanced humanity of Jesus.

       Mark 10:45 says, “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve.” We, the young people may always expect our parents to serve us. No! That is not the humanity of Jesus. Jesus Christ was the son of God! He could just tell His disciples to get food for Him. But why didn’t He do so? Because that isn’t the humanity of Jesus! Instead, He served His disciples! The humanity of Jesus is one to serve, not to be served. We need a spirit to serve others diligently.

       Christ Jesus had no appearance of evil. In John 3, Jesus met an elderly man in the middle of the night. In John 4, when He spoke to a woman, He did it in an open place. Not only He was very careful to avoid evil, also He avoided appearances of evil.

       Jesus also had the finest personality. He was meek and lowly in heart. He was so meek that little children could come to Him. He was so lowly that a sinful woman could weep at His feet. In all things, Jesus was so fine and balanced.

       God wants a group of people who are filled with Him and can express Him. For this, we must have the proper humanity. Satan tries to frustrate God’s purpose by attacking man’s humanity, so man will be useless for God’s expression. We need to be careful and always remember the Lord is living in us. When we realize the Lord is telling us to stop doing something, or when we see that we’re short of standard of Jesus’ humanity, we should open to Him, call His name out of a pure heart and become one with him! Then His highest, finest and perfect humanity will be in us and that is what we need today for our church life! If we always have this humanity of Jesus, the others will be touched and become attracted to the church! Hallelujah! May the Lord be expressed through us!