Lord’s Day Message:
Bible Verses: Hebrews 5:11-6:20 (ESV)
11 About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (Heb. 5)
1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits. 4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. 7 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things–things that belong to salvation. 10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. 11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. 19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. (Heb. 6)
Next Topics: Hebrews 7
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting: 25/8 Mon. 7:30pm, Richard Cui’s
Young Professionals Meeting: 26/8 Tue. 7:30pm, Postponed
Sister meeting: 27/8 Wed. 10:00am, Anne’s
Prayer Meeting:27/8 Wed. 7:30pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing of Words: 29/8 Fri. 8:00pm, David’s
All the brothers who share Lord’s Day message are welcome to participate
Young People Meeting/Pursuing for Adults：30/8 Tue. 7:30pm, Olsen & Likun’s
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today and hope that you can leave your information for us to contact you in the future.
- The church will invite Brother Titus Chu as the speaker for the conference on October 4~6. We hope all the brothers and sisters can separate the time to participate.
Brother Richard Chen and Patrick Li will be the mangers for the conference. They will ask brothers and sisters to serve and we hope all can respond to support. If you have any suggestion, please also have fellowship with them.
The invitation cards are prepared for the brothers and sisters to distribute. Please take them after the meeting. We hope many other Christians and gospel friends can join us to receive the supply of God’s words and blessing.
- Next Lord’s Day (31/8) at 1 PM the church will hold a lesson of baptism. We welcome all gospel friends who want to be baptized to join.
<Reminder>
- During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence.
- The serving of the church
Hall Maintenance: Michael Lin & Richard Chen
Hall Cleaning: Richard Cui & Patrick Li.
- When you prepare the love feast for Lord’s Day lunch, please do not prepare any food containing nuts that someone may have food allergy.
Intercession:
- Pray for Lydia, Winnie Jiang, Hui Yang, and Holly who are newly baptized that they can grow healthily in the Lord.
Keep praying for the gospel friends among us, especially the young people and our family members, so that our Lord can open their hearts to see God’s salvation and be willing to receive the Lord and become the member in God’s family.
- Pray that our Lord can heal and care for those who have cold/flu recently. Pray for Brother Thomas Wu that he can recover for his knee surgery.
Pray continuously for Sister Da-Nan Lu who just came back from China. May the Lord care her spirit, soul, and body.
- Pray for those who are weak in spirit that the grace of the Lord can be sufficient for them.
Serving Today: (Aug. 24)
- Sharing: Chuan Ma & Raymond Young
- Breaking the Bread: David Tan & Jack Lee
Serving Bread and Cup: Benchu Guo, Jack Lee & Jason Wang
- Pianist: Hannah Cui
- Cleaning: Bill & Christine Family, Sam & Hannah Family, Winnie, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Patrick & Lily Family, BaoLin Lei
Serving Next Week: (Aug. 31)
- Sharing: Richard Cui & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Thomas Wu
Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Thomas Wu & Patrick Li
- Pianist: Nelson Chen
- Cleaning: Bill & Christine Family, Sam & Hannah Family, Winnie, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Patrick & Lily Family, BaoLin Lei
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