After a day of rest yesterday, we had a joint gathering of
the Cebu City area churches at the building of the congregation meeting in the
center of the city. There were 160 people in attendance. It was designed as a
one day Gospel Meeting, so it went from about 9am to a little after 4pm. In the
morning worship, various men from the different congregations took part in
leading in the worship. I preached in the first hour on “Defeating the Devil”
from 1 Peter 5:8-9. In the second hour, we studied a lesson on “Influencing the
Ungodly World around Us” from 1 Peter 2 and 3.
After a brief break for lunch, we began an afternoon study
that was divided into three sections. The overall study was on “Learning to Use
the Bible.” It was conducted as a class and we had good participation from those
present. The study tried to present a framework for studying the Scripture that
started with the basic content and purpose of the Bible books, then showed how
they fit together in the theme of the Bible – Salvation in Christ. It was a
great day and was very encouraging for the brethren in Cebu to have the
opportunity for fellowship with one another.
