Lord’s Day Message: Peter – his experience of salvation
- The theme of Peter’s epistles: the understanding and experience of salvation (1 Pet. 1:5, 9)
Who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Pet. 1:5)
- Peter’s experience of salvation
- Knowing the Lord in the beginning
a. Change his name (Jhn. 1:40-42)
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter). (Jhn. 1:42)
b. Truly meeting with the Lord (Luk. 5:3-11)
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” (Luk. 5:8)
- Learning while following the Lord
a. Believe and doubt (Mat. 14:25-33)
And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” (Mat. 14:28-31)
b. Affirmation and Critique (Mat. 16:15-19, 21-25)
Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.”
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” (Mat. 16:16-17, 21-23)
c. Only Christ (Mat. 17:1-8)
And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” … And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. (Mat. 17:4-5, 8)
- The deep lessons before ministering
a. Restored from his biggest fall (Mat. 10:32-33; Luk. 22:31-34, 61-62; Mak. 16:7)
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.” (Luk. 22:31-34)
b. Receiving the Lord’s commitment (Jhn. 21:15-19)
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” (Jhn. 21:15)
- Our experience and application of the Lord’s salvation
Obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Pet. 1:9)
Next Topics: 1 Peter chap. 3
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting: 2/11 Mon., 7:30pm, (7:00 dinner)
Richard & Flora’s
Young Professions Meeting: 3/11 Tue. 7:30pm, Meeting Hall
Sisters Meeting: 4/11 Wed. 10am, Anne’s
Prayer Meeting: 4/11 Wed. 7:30pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing of Words: 6/11 Fri., 8:00pm, David’s
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：7/11 Sat. 7:30pm, Thomas & Lena’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.
- Today after the Lord’s Day meeting there will be a gospel talk in the prayer room. We welcome all the gospel friends to attend.
- The church plans to have a gospel meeting on December 13. We hope many brothers and sisters can intercede and prepare for this meeting.
<Reminder>
- Brothers and sisters, please bring your own bible to the meeting. Please take the Bible Reading Supplement for your daily Bible reading after the meeting.
- Please come on time for the meeting. During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence.
- When you prepare the love feast for Lord’s Day lunch, please do not prepare any food containing nuts as someone may have food allergy. After the love feast, please remember to bring back your plates.
Intercession:
- We have more than 40 gospel friends who are coming regularly to our gatherings recently. Pray that the Lord will bless them to receive His salvation earlier and they may become a member in God’s family. Also pray that the Lord will keep us fervent in spirit to have more learning in the work of the gospel.
- May the Lord give us his bountiful supply of His words in every meeting so that the brothers and sisters can grow in life and the gospel friends can be attracted into the name of the Lord..
- Please pray for the six young people (Nelson, Chris, Hannah, Christine, Cherie, and Winnie) that our Lord can bless them and lead them into the university which fits them for their growth.
- Pray for the newly baptized sister Yi-Nan Zhao. May the Lord bless her spiritual growth in life.
- Pray for the brothers and sisters or their relatives who are weak in body or spirit. May the Lord care for them and give them sufficient grace.
Serving Next Week: (Nov. 1)
- Sharing: Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: TBA
- Serving Bread and Cup: TBA
- Pianist: Hannah Cui
- Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Patrick & Lily Family, Baolin Lei
Serving Next Week: (Nov. 8)
- Sharing: Richard Huang & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: TBA
- Serving Bread and Cup: TBA
- Pianist: Hannah Cui
- Cleaning: Richard & Flora Family, Lydia, Olsen & Likun Family, Pauline Zhang
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