Crossroads Campus Ministry – Los Angeles

SPEAKER Marcus Choi (The Vine)
Meditation for Maturation Psalm 1
“But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.”

Biblical Meditation
- Involves the filling of the mind through Scripture as opposed to emptying
- How can you gain something from reading the bible EVERY single time? (Meditation!)
- 10 years from now, how do you see yourself spiritually? Statistics note that after college 1/2 of people who attend church will fall away. God will become less important to them. How is it so that someone can so easily fall away from God? Right now, are our minds filled with God’s righteousness to the point of lasting faith?

The Godly Life
- The pivot point between a godly and ungodly life lies centrally on the Word of God and what you do with the insight you gain
- There will be times when you are under a dark cloud and God will seem distant. How then are you supposed to continue to trust in God and do what is right? (Through meditation of course!)
- But Godliness does not just happen upon deciding; you need to train!

Blessed is the Man (v.1)
- “Blessed” gives the vision of going straight
- A lot of things can hurt you and wear you out; Ask yourself: Is this wise? Is this edifying?
- “Wicked” is the path of loose-minded, unstable, and ultimately immoral things
- The true test is not allowing your mind to become captive to such things! Instead, be…

Taken Captive by God (2 Corinthians 10:5)
- “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
- Let God’s Word give you long lasting flavor and EXTRA spiritual energy!
- Mold your thoughts to be in-line with obedience to Christ so that our actions may bear long-lasting fruit

Be Filled with Goodness (Select passages to meditate upon)
- 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
- Philippians 4:6-7, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
- Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Application: With a partner, read the passages to one another, and focus on different words of the passage each time, each one powerful and God-breathed in its own sense!

SPEAKER Hyung Lee (CCM-LA Advisor)
The Ultimate Potluck Ephesians 5:25

- Each one of you have been hand-picked to be here at this ministry and to serve in your own unique way.
- We live in a society where everything is non-committed with everyone swapping things and choosing one over another. However, we need to learn to commit to not something in particular, but to each other and to God.
- What is the ultimate commitment and teamwork? Ephesians 5:25, Paul writes a letter to the Ephesians that described the commitment between wives and husbands, children/parents, and slaves/masters. In v. 25, he describes how the couple should love one another like Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
- We should not only have an attitude of commitment out of our love for one another and for Christ, but we should also learn to use our skills to have amazing teamwork.
- Lets have the ultimate potluck so we can be able to experience amazing diversity, yet unity within the body.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; recognize that you are all individual parts that are very important and instrumental to the body of Christ as a whole.
- Try to think beyond what our natural instincts tell us to do. Stop looking out for number one all the time, and consider loving others through your actions.
- Use all the individual gifts that you have to strengthen and build up the body.

Hi everyone! Here are a few pictures from our Fresh Fun night! It was an amazing progressive night for the Freshmen who had dinner with the second years, dessert with the third years and games/praise with the fourth years! I hope you all had a great time that night! God Bless!

SPEAKER Ben Shin (Open Door)
“Pointing Collegians to the Cross” Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

- College is a time where you are in a crossroads, deciding whether to follow Christ or not, deciding what to do with your life.

- CCM stands for Crossroads Campus Ministry and it is an acronym that have great meaning.

1. Christ-centeredness – the Gospel points people to die themselves and live in Christ. For example, the Jews and Gentiles are the most unlikely pairing of people, but the Gospel bring those who are unlikely to be together, to be unified through Christ. In Ephesians 4:4-6, there are 7 parts of a oneness creed that are linked together by the trinity of the Godhad.
2. Relationally based – the Gospel needs to be lived out through all kinds of people. This ministry does what it can to build deep relationships based upon Christ.
3. Outreach oriented – We should not be a spiritual fortress, instead we should be a spiritual hospital. Change how you live in order that you can bring the Gospel to those that do not know God through your words and also through the way you live. 1 Corinthians 2:2, Ephesians 3:6-8
4. Scripturally sound – Matthew 28:18-20, We need to live out what God has called us to do by being willing to share the Gospel.
5. Spirit-filled – We have two power sources: Word of God and the Spirit of God. The Word of God provides us with the power to know more about God, while the Spirit of God allows us to have the power to share God with others.
6. Relevant to Society – We need to learn to be relevant to society while preserving the distinct message of our Christ Jesus. For example, playing IM basketball, studying for classes and doing everything we do diligently and done as an example of Christian living.
7. Opportunity to serve – The ministry has allowed God’s children to serve in unique ways that take advantage of the skills and talents that they have. We all have opportunities as university students to serve at Christian fellowships and our churches.
8. Accessible to all – This ministry was changed from KACF to CCM in order that we could have a multicultural focus. We want to live bibically correct such that in Rev. 5:9 where we learn that the choir sang to praise God came from every nation, every language (multicultural).
9. Discipleship driven – The strength of CCM is through the small groups in this ministry.
10. Student run ministry – This ministry is also run solely through the student leaders.

Final challenge: Understand that the college you go to is your mission field. This spring, leave a legacy by impressing upon people that CCM is an organism alive for Christ that points collegians to the cross.

SPEAKER Steve Chai (New Hope)
Joy of the Gospel 1 Peter 1-9
“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”

Aliens to the World (v.1)
“To God’s elect, strangers in the world…”
- We are living in a world that is not our own
- This is not our home, so don’t get comfortable!
- We are designed for perfection; that is why we yearn for and love greatness
- That is why people are constantly not satisfied in this world; there is always something better
- Getting credentials to be a doctor will not make you happy because you are alien

We Are Chosen (v.3)
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
- We cannot understand why God chose to love us, even in 1,000 years
- God gave up His glory to be our friend; likened to a king taking off his crown to be with beggars… and we will never understand why
- We will never be good enough for His love, and yet the truth remains: He CHOSE us

Our Living Hope Never Fades (v.3-4)
“…and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you…”
- Fact: We will die.
- And without Jesus, there is no hope in our current life
- Fact: There is a hell.
- And Jesus is the only way to avoid it

Our Life is Sweet (v.6)
“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials”
- The Christian conception: We are going to heaven!
- Jesus came to die to give us sweet life, NOW!
- We can greatly rejoice because the trails we have daily are just for a little while…

The Gospel message is not a list of things we have to do. It is not a trite book we read to pass time or learn about history. It is more rich than we can ever imagine. It is a means of joy we can experience everyday if we just open our eyes to the Truth.

Congratulations to you all! You are all now about half-way done with the year! We have a couple announcements for you guys about the coming week!

1. CCM SWEATERS: We continue to have a few people who have yet to buy and pick up their wonderful CCM sweaters! If you have not done so, please pay $32 to Peter Hwang as soon as possible. If you still would like one, please ask Peter Hwang to see if there are still some available. = )

2. FRESH FUN 2009: We had our first annual Fresh Fun progressive night, and will be having a few pictures posted up from the event! BE ON THE LOOK OUT! Thanks to all you freshmen and upperclassmen who came out. Much Love from CCM.

3. TRI-CAMPUS: We are going to have tri-campus meeting with CCM Irvine and San Diego at Irvine this coming Wednesday night, February 11 at 7:00 pm. Our beloved CCM founder Pastor Ben Shin will be speaking for us. If you would like to come join fellow CCM brothers and sisters in worship, please e-mail one of the CORE members (their contact information is on the Contact Info page).

4. Poetry Auction: Our quarterly fundraiser for missions is our annual poetry auction! Either individuals or groups create services in a form of a poem and people at CCM would vote to bid on those services coming Week 8 for fellowship! For example:

“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You look hungry,
So I will cook for you!”

If you and your small group would like to do a service, please e-mail Caroline Youn at cyoun21@yahoo.com with the (a)poem, (b)service, (c)starting bid and (d)how many people the service is for.
If you and your small group or friends would like to buy a service, make sure to come on CCM Thursday Week 8 to buy some services! All the proceeds go towards missions so come with your wallets and checkbooks!

Have a great weekend and study hard for your midterms and write your papers well! May God continue to love you and keep you always! Best of Luck this WEEK!

SPEAKER John Shin (Good Stewards Church)
The College Complex (The College, Complex) 2 Cor. 11:2-4

Life seems to be getting busier and busier, but we are trying so hard to make everything more simple day by day.
- we try to simplify our life with things such as iPhones, universal remote controls because our lives are so complex.
- Lets talk about the simple things about life.

Instead of understanding the things we need in order to improve our walk with Christ, lets understand the things we need to have taken away from our lives.
- In Apostle Paul’s letter in 2 Corinthians, he heard that the church has not changed much after his first letter. He heard that the church brought in False teachers and he is now defending himself to his own church.
- Paul’s reveals his love and concern for his church when he warns them about things that complicate their faith such as false teachers, false doctrines and even a false Jesus.

There are a few things you can do to make your relationship simple with Christ, and get back to your pure and sincere devotion to Christ.
1. Not going astray from Christ
- do not forget His commands, and do not create new distractions
- God has a divine jealousy for you. He doesn’t want you to love anyone else.
- Our job now is to sanctify and live faithfully until we compete our marriage with God, similar to the Jewish cultural marriage tradition where a husband and wife get married but cannot have physical union until one year later.
- We need to think about being pure for God by not going astray. We have so many distractions in college. Our minds are corrupted by our pride and our inability to prioritize things correctly.
- 11:3, Paul talks about his fear for his church because they do not know what is true or false anymore.
- Do we have that same emotion and feeling when it comes to our friends? Do we get tugged at the heart when our friends go astray?
- Where is the accountability in our life these days? We live in an age where Satan will do his best to present truth as error and offer error as truth!
2. We need to build a high strong wall of defense.
- Be alert, and be on the offensive.
- 11:4 shows a three fold pattern on how a breach occurs in our defense. (a) A different Jesus is preached that we believe in; (b) A different Spirit is given and we receive; (c) A different Gospel is preached and we believe.
- We have settled for compromise for ourselves and for each other because we let things sink into our minds.
- You are not stronger than the world, God is stronger than the world!
- Even the strongest and most wise man in the world Solomon feel away from God by having hundreds of wives which all corrupted him.
- Many times we do what makes each of us feel good. What is that thing that you cannot set yourself from? Sin?

Application
1. Take action to simplify your life, and take steps to be devoted to God: it’s time to make some hard and tough decisions in your life. Instead of ignoring the issues in your life, do your best to strip away the complexities of your life, having accountability with others and stop being the silent brother or sister. You must give up things that are distracting you from God.

2. Stay Gospel centered: 2 Cor. 11:4 says that when it comes to a Gospel that has been compromised, we “put up with it easily enough.” Remember the Gospel because the minute you step away from God, you have replaced the Gospel. Christ must reign in your life because this life is not our own, but God’s.