IGNITION@BC

YOUTHBCians

Hi! Welcome to IGNITION@BC!

Where students from secondary schools, junior colleges and polytechnics come together each Saturday afternoon to have fun enjoying each other's company, jamming and talking about everything under the sun but most importantly sharing a common passion - loving Jesus Christ!

At IGNITION@BC, we believe that every single young person has the God-given potential to make a difference at home and in school. Here at IGNITION@BC, we meet each Saturday to have fun, learn more about God, and equip ourselves to impact our homes and schools for Christ!

Besides youth service on Saturday, we meet every Friday evening for Oikos (aka cell group). We chill together, hang out, encourage and build each other up in God, spurring each other along. What are you waiting for? Come and join US!

IGNITION@BC Service:
Saturday 1630 hours

Bethesda Cathedral, 30 Chai Chee Street, Singapore
Click here to find out how to get here!

Oikos:
Simei 2000 hours
Tanah Merah 2030 hours

If you would like more information, contact us @ 6444 5891 and look for Jonathan Chen or Mabel Tang. Hope to see you soon!

KNOWING GOD.

How to know God personally?

What does it take to begin a relationship with God?
Devote yourself to unselfish religious deeds?
Become a better person so that God will accept you?

You may be surprised that none of those things will work. But God has made it very clear in the Bible how we can know Him.

The following 4 principles will explain how you can personally begin a relationship with God, right now...

Principle 1: God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life

God's love:

"God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." - John 3:16

God's plan:

[Christ speaking] "I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly" [that it might be full and meaningful]. - John 10:10

Principle 2: All of us sin and our sin has separated us from God.

We Are Sinful:

"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." - Romans 3:23

We were created to have fellowship with God; but, because of our stubborn self-will, we chose to go our own independent way, and fellowship with God was broken. This self-will, characterized by an attitude of active rebellion or passive indifference, is evidence of what the Bible calls sin.

We Are Seperated:

"The wages of sin is death" [spiritual separation from God]. - Romans 6:23

God is holy but people are sinful. A great gulf separates us. Although we are continually trying to reach God and the abundant life through our own efforts, such as a good life, philosophy, or religion -- we inevitably fail.

Principle 3: Jesus Christ is God's only provision for our sin. Through Him we can know and experience God's love and plan for our life.

He Died in Our Place:

"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8

He Rose From The Dead:

"Christ died for our sins...He was buried...He was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures...He appeared to Peter, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred..." - 1 Corinthians 15:3-6;

He Is The Only Way To God:

"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.'" - John 14:6

God has bridged the gulf which separates us from Him by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross in our place to pay the penalty for our sins. But simply knowing these principles is not enough...

Principle 4: We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.

We Must Receive Christ:

"As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name." - John 1:12

We Receive Christ Through Faith:

"By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast." - Ephesians 2:8,9

When We Receive Christ, We Experience a New Birth

We Receive Christ by Personal Invitation:

[Christ speaking] "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him." - Revelation 3:20

Receiving Christ involves turning to God from self (repentance) and trusting Christ to come into our lives to forgive our sins and to make us what He wants us to be. Just to agree intellectually that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for your sins is not enough. Nor is it enough to have an emotional experience. You receive Jesus Christ by faith, as an act of the will.

The following explains how you can receive Christ:

You can receive Christ right now by faith through prayer:

Prayer is talking to God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. The following is a suggested prayer:

"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be."

Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?If it does, you can pray this prayer right now and Christ will come into your life, as He promised.

If you have said this prayer, then we would like to welcome YOU to the family! We would like to invite you to join us for our IGNITION Service or Oikos this very week! If you would like more information, contact us @ 6444 5891 and look for Jonathan Chen or Mabel Tang. Hope to see you soon!

THE HAPPENINGS