“So how confident are you now that you have eternal life?” ….. “A lot more than when I met with you today.”
Two weeks earlier, in that same spot, our intern Billy met with a student named Dipankar for the first time. Only God could have arranged this
meeting. Kelsie, a senior here at KU who has gone on many retreats,
conferences and summer projects with cru, got his name from a friend at University of Arkansas (that she met on Summer Project.) This friend leads a Bible Study that Dipankar’s girlfriend attends. Dipankar had been talking to his girlfriend about God, but, being from a Hindu family, didn’t have a relationship with Him. He wanted to know more, and the girl passed his number along the chain. When Billy met with him, he asked what he values in life. He valued making others happy, bettering himself, caring for the poor, all good things that make him look like a pretty good guy. He even said that people had told him this sounds Christian. Billy explained to him that these were really great things, but these things in themselves were not good enough. Even when we have the purest intentions, things focused on the self and on others is not focused on God, and therefore is sinful. Billy pulled out a Knowing God Personally booklet and went through the Gospel presentation. He explained that we can’t do anything for God without Christ directing our path. God wants a relationship with all of his people, and wants what is best for people, but that can’t happen until we let God take control of our life. Dipankar decided that he wanted a relationship with God and prayed to receive Christ right there! He’s started to come to Bible study and they’ve started meeting to go through fundamental concepts about the Christian life.
