第3期若者訓練学校

二つ目は、ビジョン（神様からの召しを受け取る）を知ることの大切さについて学びました。将来、自分が何をすべきであるか？をまだ、十代の時に知り、迷うことなくまっすぐな主への道を歩むために、自分が何を見て歩むべきであるかを知ることと主により頼むことから、また、神様がどのように私たちを導いて下さるのかを学ぶことから、身近なところで出来ることを行うように指導しました。

将来をあきらめる・あるいは、無知のままふたを開かないのは、自分に与えられた人生を無駄にすることであり、与えられた賜物（タラント・才能）を無駄にすることとなります。いち早く自分の生まれた理由を解り、それを成し遂げるために自分の生涯を献身する若者を育ってることがゴスペルハウスの一つのビジョンであります。

ここに二人の高校生の証を紹介します。

Isaac’s Testimony

2009.1.12

I want to share with you my salvation story. I was born in a Christian family. So I should have grown up as a good boy. I don’t say every Christian child is good or perfect, but at least they are walking towards God. In my case, it was not. As you know, I was a very naughty boy especially when I was in my first to third grade years. I did a lot of bad things; stealing money from the church, many Pinpon Dash, telling a lie, and bothering many people. In short, I was fearless of God.

When I was in third grade, I gradually became shy and negative without noticing. I was afraid of communicating with other people and easily discouraged. It lasted until my junior high school years. In that period, I realized my guilt and sin strongly. One day, I repented my guilt and asked God for forgiveness. Then I got peace and joy. I felt I was forgiven by Jesus. And I was baptized to express that I became a Christian at the age of 13.

I am still bad at communicating with other people and shy and easily discouraged. But now I know that Jesus loves me as who I am. So I want to do something great in the future for Jesus Christ.

高校1年生の女

I was born in Christian family. I’ve learned about Jesus and Bible. Bible says faith can not inherit from parents, but from his own decision. When I was a little child, I thought I was a Christian because I went to the church every week. But I was a Christian only outside.

About the time when I became a Jr. High school student, although I knew God, I didn’t think about God because I was focusing on my school work. Even though I knew God, I was living in vanity. I began to have time to think about my life after I began homeschooling since my high school. I began to have questions about my life. Without knowing other religions, how can I assure Christianity is right one? Is there really God? My faith was greatly shaking. Although I have been learning a lot of things at the church, I thought God created me when I did not want to be born. So, I thought I was supposed to live for God as a result. If I had a choice not to be born to this world, I thought I would like to choose that option. Before I went to sleep, I complained about it. God heard and answered my prayers on this issue. I remembered a saying from a book; God did not have to create man since He is a perfect being, but He created us as to have loving relationship with us. I felt that God embraced me with His love beyond my absurd heart.

From my high school, I began to have more time to think about my future and to pray for my future. In my normal daily life, suddenly a thought, “He does not use me because I have the worth and ability, but even though I am not worthy, He has given me talents in order to use me for His purpose,” came to my mind. At that time, I was reminded of a parable of talent in the Bible. The two servants, who multiplied two times from talents they received from the master, were blessed and rejoiced much. I realized that when we use the talents for God’s glory according to His good purpose, there are much blessings and joy. I also thought that I would like to use my talents for God’s glory. I do not know how God actualize this, but I would like to continue to pray for His guidance.