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Meet Jesus
A night with Kanishka Raffel
There's lots of opinions about Jesus, but only one truth. The disciple John wrote his eye witness account "so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name". If Jesus is who John claims, it's worth meeting Jesus and discovering him for yourself. Come along to hear from Sydney Anglican Archbishop Kanishka Raffel as he explains who Jesus is from John's gospel.
7:30pm, Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
Leslie Hall, Barker College, Hornsby
Meet Kanishka Raffel
Kanishka Raffel was born in London to Sri Lankan parents and was raised as a Buddhist. While studying law at Sydney University a friend gave him a copy of The Gospel according to John and he subsequently became a Christian.
Kanishka recounts his conversion as follows:
“I was raised in a loving home, and my mother nurtured me in Buddhism. In my third year at university, I devoted a year to studying the faith of my childhood. Subsequently, I had a conversation with a Christian friend, during which he told me that being a Christian meant he had given control of his life to Jesus. It was an answer that surprised me, to say the least! He offered me Mark's Gospel and John's Gospel to read, and I accepted. The Lord saved me as I read John's gospel some weeks later. In God's kindness, I saw that in response to Jesus' words and deeds, 'people were divided'. It made me consider why I was 'against' Jesus. Eventually, I realised I had no reason to oppose Jesus, and in some way that wasn't altogether clear to me, he was for me.I saw that life is not an endless cycle but has a 'last day', and I was convicted that God was drawing me to his Son. So I came.”
The churches involved
Meet Jesus has been organised by 5 local Anglican Churches. If you’re looking to find out more about Jesus or Christianity in general, and would like to chat with someone, we’d love you to reach out.
