This morning we left the hotel about 8:30am to travel to Toledo City for a gospel meeting with the Mainggit congregation. The travel was a little over two hours as we had to go from the eastern shore and cross over the mountains at the center of Cebu Island and go to the northwestern side of the island. When we arrived, the crowd of 94 were already assembled and ready for us to begin the preaching. The first lesson of the day was on “Faith That Overcomes Despair & Fear” from Psalm 11. We examined how David’s faith helped him overcome such trials and how we can develop a similar faith to overcome our times of trials and suffering. The next lesson of the morning was from Jude 3-4, “The Necessity of Openly Contending for the Faith.”
After the lunch break, we studied a pair of lessons from Ephesians 4. The first was “A Life of Darkness” from Ephesians 4:17-19 regarding what causes one to lead a life characterized by the darkness of sin. The second lesson was the opposite side of the text – “A Life in Light” from Ephesians 4:20-24. The lessons were well received by an audience that stayed focused throughout the day. At the close of the service, two made known their desire to be baptized into Christ.
