Students Build Bigger Flashlights: Dedicating time to learning God's way
New students arrived at ABC prepared to strengthen their spiritual flashlights through this nine month program dedicated to learning and understanding God’s way.
In the Epistles of Paul class, Steve Myers shared an analogy with the class that can be applied to the church at Corinth as well as each student’s personal journey as Christians.
Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 2 of spiritual wisdom, and the spirit given by God. Paul explained the mystery of God’s wisdom and how the gift of the Holy Spirit is a tool we can use to unlock the mysteries of His Word, the Bible.
Mr. Myers compared God’s Spirit to a flashlight held in the hand of a man in a dark room. The Holy Spirit is a tool, used to illuminate the contents previously obscured in the shadows of the dark room—the Bible. As a person matures spiritually, the flashlight is upgraded to a higher wattage or a brighter bulb. All the while, more and more of the contents of the room are illuminated. Likewise as we build our relationship with God, He reveals more of His truth to us.
The members of the ABC class of 2014 each arrived with different intensities of light radiating from their spiritual flashlights. The class has a wide spectrum of ages and backgrounds, but all participate in intensive eight hour days to become closer to God and to learn to decipher more of his wisdom and truth.
One of those students, Katlyn, came to Cincinnati from Florida with a previous foundation of God’s Word, but is still amazed by all the material being covered in class.
“I came in thinking I knew a lot more than I did,” she said. “I knew what was right… I didn’t know how to study or where to start.”
The multiple classes give students an organized approach to learning God’s word. Katlyn said the classes have given her a jumping off point for further studies. As her spiritual flashlight becomes more powerful she will explore new topics she would not have thought interesting or approachable before.
-Larisa Bosserman