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Sunday, May 20, 2007

Building of the church in the Gospel

1.      The goal of the gospel is for the building up of the church

a.       Not only saved, but come to the full knowledge of the truth – 1.Tim. 2:3-4

b.      Not only baptized, but obeying what the Lord commanded us – Matt. 28:19-20

2.      Equipping of the saints for the building up of the body of Christ – Eph. 4:11-16

a.       Gifts for the perfecting of the saints

b.      Not to remain as children

c.       Grow up in all things in Him

d.      Every member functioning

i.        Be part of the royal priesthood – 1.Pet. 2:5, 9

ii.      Fellow co-workers – 1.Cor. 3:9

iii.    Working side by side – Phil. 1:27

3.      Being an example to the believers – 1.Tim 4:12-16

a.       Good ministers of Jesus Christ, both our speaking and living – 1.Tim. 4:6; Rom. 15:18

b.      Ready to preach the word – 2.Tim. 4:2-5

c.       The word makes the man of God complete – 2.Tim. 3:15-17

d.      The church will multiply when we keep the word and rest in Him – Acts 9:31

e.       Word multiplying from every saint – Acts 4:4; 5:14; 6:7; 8:4; 12:24

4.      No one is too young to preach – 1.Tim. 4:12; 1.Thess. 1:5-9

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Laboring and Serving in the Gospel

1.      We are debtors to men – Rom. 1:14

2.      Prayer for all men – Acts 1:14; 2:42; 4:31; 1.Tim. 2:1

3.      Compassion for the unbelievers – Luke 10:30-37; 13:2-5

4.      Ready to preach – 2.Tim. 4:2

a.       Go – Matt. 28:19

b.      Use every opportunity – Phil. 1:12-14

c.       Don’t wait – Acts 8:26-38

5.      Be filled with the Spirit – Acts 1:8; 2:4

6.      Speaking the word with boldness – Acts 4:29-31; Eph. 6:19-20; 2.Tim. 1:6-7

7.      A spiritual battle – Col. 1:13; Gal. 1:4

Sunday, May 6, 2007

Being Fruitful for the Gospel

1.      God’s desire is for all men to be saved and
        come to the full knowledge of the truth – 1.Tim. 2:4

2.      God’s purpose in creating man is for man to be fruitful – Gen. 1:28

3.      God’s promise to Noah and Abraham is that they would be fruitful – Gen. 9:1; 22:17-18

4.      To be fruitful for the Lord, we must labor like a farmer – Matt. 13:23; Psalms 126:5-6

5.      To be fruitful for the Lord, we must learn to abide in the Lord – John 15:4-5

6.      We need to be God’s fellow workers – 1.Cor. 3:6-7

7.      In the New Jerusalem, the tree of life bears new fruits each month – Rev. 22:2

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Entering into the Enjoyment and Reality

of the Lord’s Table Meeting

1.      The most important meeting of the church as He commanded His disciples – Matt. 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20; Acts 2:46-47; 1.Cor. 11:23-26

a.       First Day of the week – Acts 20:7

b.      Significance of the symbols on the table

i.        Bread

1)      The Lord as food for us – John 6:51

2)      Unleavened – Exo. 13:3-10; Lev. 2; 1.Cor. 5:6-8

3)      One body as our testimony of oneness – John 12:24; 1.Cor. 12:12-27

ii.      Wine

1)      Blood shed for our forgiveness of sins – Heb. 9:14-15; John 19:41; Eph. 1:7

2)      New Covenant – Heb. 8:8-13

3)      Take the cup of salvation – Psa. 116:12-14

c.       Our hope to feast with the Lord when He returns – Matt. 26:29; Mark 14:25

2.      Remembering the Lord by praising Him – Psa. 111:1-4; Acts 2:46-47

a.       Examine ourselves – 1.Cor. 11:27-29

i.        Dealing with our offenses before the meeting

ii.      Not partaking in division

b.      Praise with our mouths – Psa. 51:15

c.       Do not be silent or dead – Psa. 115:17

d.      In the midst of our enemies – Psa. 23:5

e.       Exercising to praising all the time – Psa. 113:1-3

f.       Praising Him with the saints in the church – Psa. 109:30; 111:1; 116:18-19

May - June, 2006

For the next 8 weeks our burden if to focus on some basic core topics essential to our Christian walk and for the church life.  They are:

1. The Blood

2. The Word

3. The Spirit

4. The Church

Our hope is that in the fellowship meetings, we all would get into not only these verses, but also additional verses regarding the precious blood of Christ, and share our fresh experiences with one another.

List below is what was handed out last Sunday.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

The Church – God’s building

1)      The Church being build – 1.Pet. 2:5; Eph. 2:22

a)      Eve, the ark, the tabernacle and the temple were built

b)      The church being build to a spiritual house today

2)      Build on the proper ground – Deut. 12; Psa. 132

a)      Chosen by God

3)      Build on the proper foundation

a)      Build on Jesus Christ – 1. Cor. 3:11

b)      Build on the foundation of the apostles and prophets – Eph. 2:20

4)      Build with the proper materials – 1. Cor. 3:12-15; Rev. 21

a)      Gold – The nature and life of God experience in us – Rev. 3:18

b)      Silver – The perfect redemptive work of our Lord as our reality – 1.Pet. 1:18-19

c)      Precious stones – Being transformed through the Holy Spirit – 2.Cor. 3:18

d)     Not with wood, hay and straw

i)        Not with our fallen nature – corruptible and dead

ii)      Not with our good intentions

iii)    Not with our own and religious concepts

5)      Build according to God’s way

a)      Comprehending all dimensions of Christ – Eph. 3:18-19; 4:13

b)      Keeping God’s word – Rev. 3:8

c)      In and through the spirit – Gal. 5:25; 6:16; Zech. 4:6

d)     Through prayer – Matt. 21:13

e)      Not being conformed to this world – Rom. 12:2

f)       Not according to our own ways – Phil. 2:3-4

g)      Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together – Deut. 12:8; Heb. 10:25

h)      A dwelling place of God – Eph. 2:22

i)        Having the fear of the Lord – Isa. 11:2

j)        For His good pleasure

Sunday, Jun 18, 2006

The Church

Matt. 16:16-18; 18:17; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:22; 4:4; Titus 1:5; Acts 14:23; 13:1; 2:42; Rev. 1:4a, 11; 1Cor. 10:16-17

1.      The universal aspect

a.       Includes all believers

b.      As revealed in Matt 16:18

2.      The local aspect

a.       The believers living in the local churches

b.      The local expressions of the Body of Christ

3.      The ground of the church

a.       The ground of locality – one city, one church

b.      The ground of oneness – one body universally

4.      The local administration and the universal fellowship

a.       The administration being separate and equal locally

b.      The fellowship being one universally

Sunday, Jun 11, 2006

The Spirit - Part 2

Sunday, Jun 4, 2006

The Holy Spirit

Sunday, May 28, 2006

The Word of God – Part 2

1.      Letting the word cause changes in our lives

a.       Make us righteous by the cleaning of our garments – Eph. 5:26-27; Rev. 19:17

b.      Becoming mature, not remaining as a babe – Heb. 5:12-14

c.       Word accomplished in us – both in word and deed – Rom. 15:18

d.      Keeping the word – Rev. 1:3

2.      Taking the word through prayer – Eph. 6:17-18

a.       Not being general repeating of words, but specific in our prayer for the Lord to answer – Matt. 7:14

b.      The word dwell in our hearts – Col. 3:16

3.      Speaking the word

a.       Preaching the gospel – 2 Tim. 4:2

b.      Minister the word to one another – 1 Tim 4:8

c.       Speaking the truth in love – Eph. 15-16

Sunday, May 21, 2006

The Word of God

1.      The Eternal Word – John 1:1-4, 14; Rev 19:13

2.      All things created by the Word of God – Col 1:16-17; Heb 11:3

3.      Living and Active – Heb 4:12

4.      In the believer’s life as:

a.       The source of new life – 1 Pet 1:23

b.      Spiritual food – 1 Pet 2:2

c.       Our guide – Ps 119:133

d.      Our light – Ps 119:105

e.       Our wisdom – 2 Tim 3:15-17

f.       Our faith – Rom 10:17

Sunday, May 14, 2006

The Precious Blood of Christ

I   Redemption  Eph 1:7

1.      Redemption is to repossess at a cost

1 Peter 1:18-19; Hebrews 9:12; Galatians 3:13;

1 Peter 2:24;3:18; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:28, 10:12

2.      Lost because of  sin

Ephesians 2:1-5

3.      Redeemed by the Blood of Christ

Hebrews 9:12,14; 1 Peter 1:18,19

II  Cleansing  Hebrews 9:14

1.      The need of cleansing

Titus 1:15; Mark 7:20-23

2.      Cleansing during redemption

Revelation 1:5; 1 Corinthians6:11; Hebrews 9:14

3.      The cleansing of the blood

1John1:7,9; Revelation 7:14, 22:14

Sunday, May 7, 2006

The Blood of Jesus Christ

To cleanse us from all sin and unrighteousness

1. John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

1. John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

John 1:29 “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

Mt. 6:14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

Heb. 8:12 “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

To overcome the accuser

Rev. 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb ….”

To serve the living God in the Church

Heb. 9:14 “how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

Rev. 22:14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes (NU-Text), that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.”