Lord’s Day Message: Jude
- The challenge in the church life: ungodly people have crept in
- Perverting the grace of God into sensuality (4)
- Denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (4)
- Like dreamers: defiling the flesh, rejecting authority, and blaspheming the glorious ones (8)
- Their behavior (10-13, 19)
a. Being destroyed as they understand instinctively like unreasonable animals
b. Walking in the way of Cain
c. Abandoning themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error
d. Perished in Korah’s rebellion
e. Causing divisions, worldly people, devoid of Spirit
5. Their ending: their deeds of ungodliness will be convicted in the judgment when the Lord comes
- Exhortation and Teaching
- To contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints (3)
- Remembering the predictions of the apostles (17-19)
- Building yourselves up in your most holy faith (20)
- Praying in the Holy Spirit
- Keeping yourselves in the love of God (21)
- Waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
- Dealing with weak brothers and sisters (22-23)
- To have mercy on those who doubt
- To save others by snatching them out of the fire
- To show mercy with fear to others who are flesh
- Assurance and praise to the salvation
- The calling and love in God (1)
- The keeping of (for) Jesus Christ
- The keeping of the only God (24)
- Praises to God (25)
1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Next Topics: Special topic: Building up the church in love (Eph. 4:11-16)
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting: 11/4 Mon., 7:30pm, (dinner @ 7pm)
Richard & Flora’s
Pursuing of Uni Students: 12/4 Tue. 7:30, Yulin’s
Sisters Meeting: 13/4 Wed. 10:00am, Susan’s
Prayer Meeting: 13/4 Wed. 7:30pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing of Words: 15/4 Fri., 8:00pm, Cancelled
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：
16/4 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 will have a conference at Collaroy. The conference topic will cover Luke 15 which speaks how God has found us and how we find our value and meaning in life. The church also invites two brothers, Mike Samulak and Ben Sheu, as our speakers. Adults and young people will meet together in all messages.
The cost of the camp: $240 for adult, #230.40 for children (Primary school or below), Day trip: $50/Day. If whole family participates (including the day trip) then you can have 20% off. If you have financial hardship, please fellowship with Brother Richard Chen.
For registration please register as soon as possible with Sister Lian Lin or Brother Chris Young. Please also give your payment to Sister Lamee.
- Next Lord’s Day will be a combined meeting. The message will be given by brothers Mike Samulak and Ben Sheu from US and the topic is “To build up the church in love” in Ephesians 4:11-16.
Because of the conference, the Lord’s Day meeting on 24/4 will be combined and hold at Collaroy Centre. There will be no meeting at the hall.
<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 to believe into the Lord and to be baptized into God’s family.
- Pray for Brother David Hu and Gerald Huang and three sisters, Li Li, Mandy Zhou and Leonie, who were just baptized. May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- 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 (Richard Chen’s Father) 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: (Apr. 10)
- Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Richard Chen & Jason Wang
- Serving Bread and Cup: Patrick Li, Benchu Guo, Jason Wang & Richard Cui
- Pianist: Nelson Chen
- Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Patrick & Lily Family, Baolin Lei
- Kitchen: Likun & Margret
- Children: Singing – Combined
Teachers – Angela/Tina
Serving Next Week: (Apr.17)
- Message: Mike Samulak & Ben Sheu
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Olsen Yu
- Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Jason Wang, Patrick Li & Chuan Ma
- Pianist: Hannah Cui
- Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Patrick & Lily Family, Baolin Lei
- Kitchen: Margret & Qiong Wei
- Children: Singing – Sarah/Yasya
Teachers – Christine/Pris
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