Lord’s Day Message: 1 John 4
- Knowing the spirits (1-6)
- To discern – the Spirit from God or the spirit of the antichrist, the Spirit of truth or the spirit of error
- To test – does the spirit confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh (acknowledging God’s salvation)
- The assurance and experience of the Spirit
a. Who is in us is greater than he who is in the world
b. We are of God (or from God), we know God and we listen to apostles
- God is love (7-21)
- The source of love (7-8)
a. Love is from God
b. Whoever loves has been born of God and knows God
2. The manifestation of love – God sent His only Son into the world to be the propitiation for our sin (9-10)
3. The living of love – the mutual abiding of God and man (11-16)
a. To love one another (12)
b. God has sent us His Spirit (13)
c. To confess that Jesus is the Son of God (15)
d. To abide in love (16)
4. Love is perfected within us
a. To know God and the accomplishment of God’s salvation (7, 9-10)
b. To love on another (12)
c. To come to know and to believe God’s love and abide in love (16-17)
d. To learn to live out the Lord – as He is so also are we in the world (17)
e. To let love cast out our fear (18)
5. Conclusion
a. He who does not love his brother cannot love God
b. God’s commandment – love God and love brothers
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, … 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (ESV)
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us.
Next Topics: Special Topic (Combined meeting)
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting: 29/2 Mon., 7:30pm, (Dinner @ 7pm) Richard & Flora’s
Sisters Meeting: 2/3 Wed. 10:00am, Lamee’s
Prayer Meeting: 2/3 Wed. 7:30pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing of Uni Students: 3/3 Thu. 8pm, Yulin’s
Pursuing of Words: 4/3 Fri., 8:00pm, David’s
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：5/3 Sat. 7:30pm, Yulin & Jessica’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. After meeting please stay for lunch and enjoy the love feast together with us.
- From April 22 Friday night to 25 Monday noon (ANZAC day) the church plans to have a conference at Collaroy. This year we encourage both young people and the parents/adults to attend together.
The cost of the camp: $240 for adult, #230.40 for children (Primary school or below), Day trip: $50/Day. If you have financial hardship, please fellowship with Brother Richard Chen.
For full detail of the conference, please contact Brother Yulin Wang or Thomas Wu. For registration please contact Sister Lian Lin or Brother Chris Young.
- From 28/5 to 4/6 the church plans to visit the church in Cleveland (US) to join the conference and pursuing there. If any brothers and sisters are interesting, please contact Brother Yu-Lin Wang by end of March.
<Reminder>
- Brothers and sisters, please bring your own bible to the meeting.
- Please come on time for the meeting. During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence and not to walk around or to wonder in the kitchen.
- 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:
- May the Lord keep blessing the gospel work of the church and keep us fervent in spirit to preach the gospel. Pray that the Lord will bless the gospel friends among us to receive His salvation. Also pray for those have received the Lord to be baptized into God’s family.
- Pray for Brother David Hu and Gerald Huang who were just baptized. May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- May the Lord bless the university students among us that in the new school year they can experience the rich supply of grace of the Lord.
- Pray for the coming Collaroy conference. May the Lord bless us through His words that we have more desire to pursue Him and to serve Him.
- 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. Pray especially for the health of Brothers HinSang Woon and Brother Shanwon Chow.
Serving This Week: (Feb. 28)
- Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Patrick Li
- Serving Bread and Cup: Sam Li, Sean Dong & Patrick Li
- Pianist: Nelson Chen
- Cleaning: Jason & Susan Family, Andy & Anne Family, Benchu Guo Family, Yulin & Jessica Family
- Kitchen: Lydia & Pauline
- Children: Singing – Hannah/Nelson
Teachers – Angela/Tina
Serving Next Week: (Mar. 6)
- Message: Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: David Tan & Thomas Wu
- Serving Bread and Cup: Benchu Guo, Sam Li & Jason Wang
- Pianist: Hannah Cui
- Cleaning: Jason & Susan Family, Andy & Anne Family, Benchu Guo Family, Yulin & Jessica Family
- Kitchen: Pauline & Susan
- Children: Singing – David/Jono
Teachers – Christine
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