Students are willing to hear the gospel. They just need to understand why they need to hear it.

The last few weeks, I have heard over and over again from students claiming to be Christians that they do not have time to read their Bible and pray. I have been giving the Ray Comfort answer to start off with asking them if they had time to eat breakfast?

Matt 4:4 “But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”” 

I have been spending time talking to the Christian students about their walk with Christ. Are they going to church? How often do they go to church? Do they read their Bible? Do they pray?

Eternal life is knowing God. John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”  As Christians, it is important for us to spend time getting to know God. It is a privilege to know God. As Christians, our “Hope of Glory” Romans 5:2 is to see the face of God. In this day and age, we have access to Bibles and Bible resources and out of gratitude for what God has done for us on the cross, we should desire to read them. 

I keep hearing I do not need to go to church. I have a Bible and can worship on my own.

Heb 10:25 “ not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.”

When we look at the NT, we see that there are chapters on who is to lead the church. We see when we are supposed to meet. It is explained how church discipline is supposed to happen. Christians are to gather together and worship. We have unity with Christ because we have peace with God due to our justification. We also have peace with other Christians because of our justification. 

Gal 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

I have been told many times in the past that people do not want to go to church because the church is filled with hypocrites. The issue is that we all need Christ because we have sinned. We will not be perfect until we are glorified in heaven. Christians should not be in sinful patterns which would make them hypocrites however people come to Christ because they are sinners. If you find the perfect church it will no longer be perfect after you enter it since you are not perfect.  

Christians are called to be in fellowship with God by reading our Bibles and praying. We are called to be in fellowship with other Christians by going to church and participating.