ACLJV Follow Up

(PLEASE NOTE: THE STUDENTS LISTED ABOVE ARE IN NO WAY CONNECTED TO THE STORY I AM ABOUT TO TELL)

We gave the gopsel last week at one of my schools and tonight we did some follow up to some of the questions they had asked last week in addition to diving a wee bit more in depth to the Bible and some discipleship. Some of these students are ready to go deeper in their walk with Christ and are more than willing to take the steps needed. Others would much rather steer as far away from Jesus and his teachings as humanly possible and I just can't understand why. There's this one kid who absolutely shuts down whenever the topic of Jesus or anything surrounding Jesus is discussed. He will sit and wait patiently while shaking his head at us for attempting to teach the gospel and its truth to the other teenagers. Until asked to stop, he will tell the others in the room that Jesus is a hoax, some fake character that lived millions fo years ago and doesn't exist.

I believe this young lad has been emotionally wounded at some point in his life and has a very thick, brick wall built around him not letting anything or anyone near it, and if they do get near...they ain't gettin' in. I think the more he resists any kind of attempt to build a relationship with him so that they walls will begin to crumble, the more he wants a friendship. He has just devised this kind of facade that must remain so that others don't discover how scared he really is. Please pray that God will bring many others to help chizzle away at the wall this kid has so intricately built.