 Mr. Mal Forman From the Chairman ……2010  BCC 2009 Annual Report.pdf (379.13 KB)
Since our commencement in 1996 with 39 students and to see where we are today, it causes much excitement and thankfulness within me as I write my report. We have again seen encouraging results in the life and growth of Bundaberg Christian College. I know I’ve said it before but I must say it again, I am continuously amazed and humbled by God’s faithfulness and the evidence that He continually blesses the College. Bundaberg Christian College is the Lord God’s and Jesus Christ is its Head
The core and foundation of Bundaberg Christian College is Jesus Christ. The foundation committee of the College had a vision to provide a Christ centred education for the children of Christian families with an outreach to a number of non-Christian families. This still is our focus. Bundaberg Christian College has a very strong focus on providing education within a very caring and Christian environment. Our motto “Education With Wisdom” is derived from Proverbs 4:7, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and in your getting, get understanding”, and our foundation is Jesus Christ, and is based on the Word of God. The Word of God is our “constitution”, our road map, our source of guidance and authority in the matters of ethics, morality, spiritual living and grace, enabling us to be and live as Christ would have us. Christ-centred education is meant to develop character.
We congratulate our current year 12 students and wish them the very best for their future, both in their spiritual and physical lives. You are tremendous young adults of whom we are very proud. We have enjoyed your company and input into our College. Thank you!
As I mentioned earlier that Jesus Christ is the Head of our College, the one whom we serve. I want to briefly focus upon Jesus Christ and answer the question “Who is this Man”? There are many who have not heard of Him. Those who have, have become so familiar with Him that perhaps they have ceased to be amazed by Him. Who is this God man, this Jesus Christ? His name, Jesus, actually tells us something of His nature. It means, "God is my Saviour." Christ means "the anointed one of God." So, Jesus Christ is the one whom God anointed to be our Saviour. He was born roughly 2000 years ago in very humble circumstances to a poor family, where his earthly dad was a carpenter/construction worker named Joseph. His mum, when she birthed Him, was a young woman. He grew up in humble circumstances. He never traveled more than a few hundred miles from His home, never wrote a book, never held a political office, never ran a company, yet He is the most influential person in the history of the world. No one comes close to the impact that this man, Jesus Christ, has made. In His wake, more songs have been sung to Him, more paintings painted of Him, more books written about Him than anyone who has lived in the history of the world. There are no less than 17,000 books that have been written about this man, Jesus Christ. Our two major holidays are about His birth at Christmas and His resurrection at Easter. Our entire calendar is based on this man - BC, before Christ, and AD, anno domini, the year of our Lord.
So Who is this man? Is He the only true God? Jesus made a number of statements which are earth shattering, history altering, and life changing. No one in the history of the world has said the things that Jesus said, and there have been so many that have had so much to say about Jesus, I felt it is only appropriate just to let Him speak for Himself. Here is what Jesus says.
Statement: Jesus says repeatedly that He came down from heaven. This is an unprecedented and unparalleled claim. He is saying that He pre-existed eternally as God and that He has come down into human history on a rescue mission of love. He says this repeatedly in the sixth chapter of John's gospel alone. He says on multiple occasions, "I have come down from heaven."
Jesus also said that He alone is God. In John chapter 10, verses 30 - 33, Jesus says it this way: "I and the Father are one." He is claiming to be equal with God the Father. They picked up stones to stone Him and Jesus answered them, "I've shown you many good works from the Father, for which of them are you going to stone Me?" And they answered Him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because You, being a man,
make Yourself God." Jesus says, emphatically, clearly, repeatedly that He is God, that he in fact is God. Jesus performed miracles, He healed those who were sick, He fed those who were hungry, He loved those who were hurting. He didn't get into trouble for those actions. What got Him in trouble was His claim to be God.
Jesus said that His miracles proved He was God. Jesus said look at My life. See Me walk on water. See Me resurrect those who are dead. See Me take a little boy's lunch and multiply it to feed the multitudes. See Me calm the storm as the Creator of the universe demonstrating unprecedented, unparalleled spiritual authority and power
Jesus claims that He is without sin. One example is in John 8:46: "Which of you convicts Me of sin?" He says this openly and publicly. Jesus says, "I am without sin." Those of us who maybe consider ourselves most holy are aware of our faults, our flaws and our failures. And Jesus says, I have none of those. He is either the most boastful, arrogant man who's ever lived, or the God man as He says He is.
Jesus claimed He could forgive our sin. In Mark chapter 2, verse 5, He looks at someone and says, "Your sins are forgiven." A debate then erupted and ensued. People were wondering how in the world could this man forgive sin. God alone they said, forgives sin. And they were right.
Jesus makes another statement that He is the only way to heaven. In John 14:6, He makes this claim: "I am the way, the truth, the life," singular and exclusive. "No one comes to the Father but by Me." What Jesus does for us, is clarifies and simplifies how to be reconciled to God through Him. There's one mediator between God and us and that's this man Christ Jesus. All we need is Jesus. If we want to have sins forgiven, it's in Jesus. If we want to have eternal life, it's with Jesus. If we want to know how to live, it is like Jesus. And Jesus says, all that we need is Him. He is the way, the truth, the life. There is no necessity to look for hope and salvation and newness of life anywhere other than in this man Jesus Christ. Jesus says I am that path. Follow Me. Walk with Me. Trust in Me.
Jesus also claimed He would rise from death. All of His other truth claims hinge upon this truth claim. He says it this way, in Mark 10:33-34: "The son of man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him over to the Gentiles and they will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him." And here's the key, "And after three days, He will rise." Without this our hope and future would be in vain.
Paul says that death is our great enemy. That we will all die. Some of you are on the precipice of the end of your life wondering what awaits you on the other side. What awaits you on the other side is Jesus who has conquered death, and who came back to tell us He did die and He did rise. That’s why every Sunday, a few billion people on the earth gather to remember Jesus, not as a dead example, but as a living Saviour. As the one who hears our prayers, who forgives our sins, who changes our lives, who guarantees our eternity and who conquers our death. And Jesus has done all of this and He has done it in love and He has done it in grace and He has done it in mercy and He's done it for us.
I have one final question which is from Jesus Christ himself, the most important question for our lives. Matthew 16:15, Jesus says to those who are considering Him, as I would pray that you would consider Him, "Who do you say that I am?" Who do YOU say that I am? Jesus is asking you, asking me, asking us, "Who do you say that I am?" Do we know this Jesus?
Bundaberg Christian College belongs to the Lord and He has blessed us greatly. I ask that you would seek Him and continue in prayer throughout 2010.
M Forman
Chairman
M Forman
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