We are Clothed in Christ! – Sunday Hope 25/09/2022 Galatians 3
…that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. (v22)
* We are justified by faith. We live by faith. We are given the Holy Spirit by faith. We are one with our fellow Christians by faith. It is all right to lose everything. Let us not lose our small faith!
* A classic hymn in vocal ensemble (Conference of T4G Live)
O Lord, My Rock & My Redeemer
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He Gave Himself for Me! – Ark Channel 24/09/2022 Sat Galatians 2
… I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. (v20)
* “The Cross/crucified” occurs 8 times in Galatians. Crucified with Christ. United with Christ. “Me” is no longer in control of my life!
* My dad / 江澤球弟兄was baptised at the age of 83, and has since enjoyed church life for 11 years, happy, worry-free and in good health. He finished his earthly journey of 94 years and was received home by our Lord on 6 September. His memorial meeting will be held on 25 September to mark the grace of God. (From Sam Kong/瑞榮, Hong Kong)
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Not of human origin! – Ark Channel 23/09/2022 Fri Galatians 1
…If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. (v10)
* The heart of the Gospel is that Christ “gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age”. Apart from Him, there is no salvation!
* A heart of caring and mercy — HK Bible Conference notes (Bill Crowder)
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Joy In Struggle And Suffering! Ark Channel 21/09/2022 Wed 2 Co 12
…“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”… (v9)
* Grace is sufficient (v9)! The word ‘sufficient’ in the original text also means ‘inexhaustible’ as well as ‘satisfied’, ‘constant supply’ like a monthly salary. God’s grace is an inexhaustible gift, sufficient to meet all of life’s problems!
* The clotting of blood in the human body involves 20 different plasma proteins to form the specific fibrin that stops the bleeding. The complexity of biochemistry is amazing and wonderful!
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A Burden To No One! Ark Channel 20/09/2022 Tue 2 Co 11
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? (v29)
* The beauty of the Church is that we can empathise with the weak. We sympathise with others who have fallen, but also recognise our own vulnerability and unreliability, and fear that one day we will fall too. That is why we do not criticise the weak, but to feel for them and support them in prayer as members of God’s family.
* A summary of Ajith Fernando’s sharing: Thank you for praying for me to finish my sermon. Two dear friends of 50 years recently passed away and went to be with the Lord – Faith Berman and Brian Blacker, both of whom worked closely with us in the Youth to Christ Association. They were faithful servants and lived lives of love! (Letter from Sri Lanka)
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Capture Every Thought To The Obedience Of Christ! Ark Channel 19/09/2022 Mon 2 Co 10
But “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” (v17)
* The result of our serving should be “of Him and through Him and to Him”. As the Lord’s co-workers, we can only say, “say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ” (Luke 17:10). Not to boast the workers but to glorify the Lord who works!
* Video Tribute : Christian faith of Queen Elizabeth II – in her own words
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Sow Bountifully, Reap Bountifully! – Sunday Hope 180922 II Corinthians 9
… He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever. (v9)
* A heart to love is a natural overflow of life, not a compliance commandment. Be a cheerful giver and supply each other, not out of obligation. Supplying fellow Christians is an evidence of our mutual care as members of the Body of Christ. Financial support for one another is a common index of to measure our spiritual life.
* A beautiful hymn in Irish folk tune, with lyrics composed by Dallan Forgaill in the 5th century.
Be Thou My Vision(祢是我一切)
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He Became Poor for Your Sake! – Ark Channel 17/09/2022 Sat II Corinthians 8
… that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. (v.2)
* Freely giving. This is the grace of God abounding in the Macedonian churches! We provide for fellow Christians who are in poverty, because God’s grace is bringing us together for His testimony as the Body of Christ. We won’t value brotherly love more than the unreliable money, unless we have tasted the grace of God.
* FAM-Able, a website of family education talks(家油站)by Sister Yu / 余巧雲, educational psychologist and pastor FAM-Able
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Spiritual companions! – Ark Channel 16/09/2022 Fri 2 Corinthians 7
“conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus…” (v5-6)
* Even Paul, a rock solid believer, can feel downcast, so why not us? Encouragement that comes from God moves us to become a comforter from God, supporting other brothers and sisters who are coworkers with God. Let us not complain about our shepherds; they need our encouragement too!
* Before Amen(The Power of Simple Prayer) – Max Lucado
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I will walk among them! – Ark Channel 15/09/2022 Thu 2 Co 6
…now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. (v.2)
* A life of maybe and yet: We are servants of God, we may be misunderstood, yet we are protected by God. By Earthly standards, we may die an unjust death, yet His words, actions, death and resurrection transcends generations, bearing many fruit!
Should a Christian Bet on Sports?
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In This Tent, Sighs & Anguish! Ark Channel 14/09/2022 Wed 2 Co 5
…if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (v1)
* The love of Christ compels us. In life and in death, act not by sight but by faith! Regardless how much the Gospel maybe despised, let us carry out our duty. One day all shall be revealed before the throne of Christ and each will be rewarded for good or evil.
* The heaven and earth praise the name of the Lord! Glory be to God! Yesterday we also took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday to reach out to the general public and overseas students in the park. Many prayed to accept the Lord! Dixon Ip/特生 (LA)
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Perplexed But Not In Despair! Ark Channel 13/09/2022 Tue 2 Co 4
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. (v32)
* What should be our attitude to serve? Not to lose heart, not to handle the word of God deceitfully, but only to preach Jesus as Lord (v1-3). The means to serve is only by the power of God (v7-12). Those who serve must speak in faith, not be bothered by the temporary afflictions but to care for the glory that is not seen!
* Sunday Service in Church in Gothenburg, speaker Peter Chan
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Reflect The Lord’s Glory! Ark Channel 12/09/2022 Mon 2 Co 3
…our competence comes from God. (v5)
* For us living in the New Testament, our work is the transformation of lives by the Lord’s life (v1-3), with the vitality of the Holy Spirit (v4-6), bringing people into glory and spiritual freedom (v17-18)! Fancy words is only building on sand!
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Triumphal Procession Led by God! – Sunday Hope 11/09/2022 2 Co 2
For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. (v15)
* Submit to God’s sovereignty. Renounce self-will. Follow Christ with our whole heart when He leads. Only then our aroma will diffuse, and our life will make an impact.
* The world is too full of noises. Why don’t we quiet down and listen to the heavenly sound
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He Will Deliver Us Again! – Ark Channel 10/09/2022 Sat 2 Co 1
Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. (v9)
* Misfortunes can be a blessing in disguise. Years have passed. Our life may be running aground. Even so God’s comfort may abound more. The sky may be overcast with dark clouds. Even so God’s Spirit is teaching us not to rely on ourselves, but on the Lord who makes us alive!
* Sermon by Max Lucado: Anxious For Nothing
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The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you! – Ark Channel 09/09/2022 Fri 1 Co 16
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. (v13)
* Are you facing many trials? Then opportunities are abound! Paul stayed in Ephesus, where people came and went, but he toiled with tears for three years, speaking only about God’s will, giving himself to others, and through the Holy Spirit established the Church in Ephesus. Rather than moan, why not charge ahead!
* How to preach the Gospel? – Elder Samuel CHING/程蒙恩長老(in Chinese)
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Raised in Power! – Ark Channel 08/09/2022 Thu 1 Co 15b
…For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (v.52)
* Belief in the resurrection can sustain our footsteps in this life. We are careful in our ways, yet filled with hope for the future! Moody said, “You can believe in yourself, but you’ll ultimately be disappointed; you can believe in your friends, but they will die, and may leave you; but if you believe in God, you will never be confused, whether in this life or in eternity!”
* Nuremburg Gospel Camp: A Richer Life (01) – Bro. Dingqiang GUO/郭定強弟兄 (2022-06-03)(in Chinese)
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The Grace Of God Was With Me! Ark Channel 07/09/2022 Wed 1 Co 15a
…the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand (v1)
* Live today in the hope of the resurrection, in purity and in hope, always striving to do the Lord’s work! “…knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” (15:58b)
* In the days of your youth remember the Lord your God.
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Speak Words That Edify! Ark Channel 06/09/2022 Tue 1 Co 14b
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. (v32)
* To ‘edify’ means to build up, to give a deeper understanding of the faith and a deeper experience. All gifts are to be measured by the edification of the whole church. 1 Cor 14 mentions ‘edify’ six times, which is worth considering – are we using our talents for God’s work to satisfy our own sense of success?
* The Healing of Forgiveness :- Tim Kelly
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Speak To Edify The Church! Ark Channel 05/09/2022 Mon 1 Co 14a
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. (v33)
* Two rules for congregational meetings: the preacher must be a man of God and not a man of his own counsel (v.26). Everything is for the edification of the people, so all may learn and be exhorted (v26, 31).
* Since childhood, she has been pessimistic and anxious, and in secondary school she was over 1000 degrees nearsighted. After graduating from university with a medical degree, she moved to New Zealand, where she was able to attend church, experience Hosea 6:1 and reconcile with her family. She says: “The end of man is the beginning of God!”
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Say Jesus is Lord by the Holy Spirit! – Sunday Hope 04/09/2022 I Co 13:1-13
… does not seek its own, is not provoked, … (v5)
* We have two windows to express love. One is giving. Another is gratitude. In the ebbs and flows of life, always give so love flows out from us, and be grateful to experience blessedness. This is the fruit of the Cross.
* The lyrics read: Years and months fly by as lightning. Yet Your hands have never left me. You Know Me Deeply(如此認識我)
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Give Food of God’s Grace in Due Season! – Ark Channel 03/09/2022 Sat I Co 12
… and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. (v.3b)
* Chapter 12 of I Corinthians starts talking about the spiritual gifts (v. 1-11); and moves on to the Body of Christ (v. 12-31). Everyone in the church is given different kinds of gifts, all ingenious talents! How do they build up the Body of Christ? Gifts are for building up the Body of Christ, rather than standing above others! Edify people, edify the church – this is God’s purpose!
* Sermon by Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu / 沈祖堯教授 on Once-in-a-Lifetime Pandemic(世紀之疫), at Grace (S.C.C.) Church. Scripture from Matthew 8:1-4./ in Chinese
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Proclaiming the Lord’s death! – Ark Channel 02/09/2022 Fri 1 Co 11
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. (v1)
* The Lord’s death was one of abandonment — the world nailed Him to the cross! Are we ready to be abandoned by the world when we give ourselves to Him? Through death, the Lord defeated many demons, and brought forth many seeds, uniting with us forever! We die with the Lord, and we will be resurrected with Him!
* By popular request, from September 1, the HK Bible Conference will replay all 28 sessions for the churches worldwide to recap.
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Do not grumble! – Ark Channel 01/09/2022 Thu 1 Co 10
No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. (v24)
* Life has five traps: Coveting after evil things, worshipping idols, committing adultery, testing God with complaints, and drinking from the cup of demons. Instead, we ought to build others up and glorify God.
* Our Daily Bread ministries’ .52 Good Habits In Spiritual Growth series
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Woo If I Do Not Preach The Gospel! Ark Channel 31/08/2022 Wed 1 Co 9
…that I might by all means save some. (v22)
* “Temperate” literally means strict training for competition – controlling not to create divisions, to only preach Christ and His cross, to only carry out the work of life, to be faithful to your companion, one husband one wife.
* A list of classics, early Christian books are not known , but have now been translated. The University of Western Sydney, Australia has done research and published a wealth of information. ” is now available online.
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Through Whom Are All Things! Ark Channel 30/08/2022 Tue 1 Co 8
But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him. (v3)
* In the church, interpersonal relationship must be based on the truth but more importantly it must be based on love, for the benefit of the weak as a priority. Care for the spiritually weak as well as the socially and financially disadvantaged. Lay aside your rights and freedom to serve with kindness!
* Good news: Due to popular demand, all messages in 28 sessions in the 2022 HK Bible Conference with the theme “Our Eternal Hope” is now available online.
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