Today we dug deeper to discover more about who God is.  After a quick review of the past lessons, the group was presented with a challenge.  Imagine a group of young people trying to tie an intricate knot with parachute cord …….. it was quite a sight.  The “diamond knot” proved to be a useful teaching aid and was quite challenging for some of the participants (myself included).  

A deck of cards, a Bible, a trampoline and some frisbees what’s it all add up to……..one great Jr. High Bible Study.  Tonight we researched the characteristics of God.  We found that God was present at the foundation of the world as all three persons--acting in all three persons--and yet was one in being (Gen 1:1, John 1:1-2 and Gen 1:1-2).  Some were enlightened that, and I quote “God is here with us right now in the back yard”. 

Tonight the Jr. High youth explored claims they may soon hear, that the Bible is unreliable because it has been changed by people over time and modified to say what the copiers wanted it to say.  We learned that this could not ever happen, simply because of the amount of copies that were made when the Bible was originally written and the devoted believers who were willing to even die to preserve the Gospel accounts.  Also, the fact that we have such ancient manuscripts preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls makes our modern day Bible quite simply THE most reliable document in existence today.  Frankly, if we can’t trust the authenticity and fidelity of the Bible then nothing ever written can be trusted. 

Do you have to see something in order to believe in it?   What about wind, can you really see wind?   Does that mean it’s not really there?    How about carbon dioxide?  The “mad scientists” of the NCF Jr. High group performed extensive scientific research this evening in an attempt to answer these very questions.  Wait a minute……I thought this was a bible study, not a science fair.  What does a chemical reaction have to do with the Holy Spirit anyway?

Did Justin ever work for the space program?  Does Tommy like mac & cheese pizza?   Who loves peanut butter and jelly? Tonight we learned the answers to these questions and dug deeper into the topic of “God the Son”.