Lord’s Day Message: Basic Lessons for Christians (1) Knowing you are saved
- Condition before salvation: A dead sinner and God’s enemy (Eph. 2:1-3, Rom. 3:9-12, 5:10)
- Salvation came and accomplished by
a. God’s grace, love and resurrection power (Eph. 2:4-7, Rom. 5:8)
b. The redemption work of Christ (Rom. 3:23-26, 1 Pet. 1:18-19)
c. The enlightening of the Spirit (Jhn. 16:8)
3. Receiving of salvation
a. Confessing and repentance (Mat. 4:17, Rom. 2:4, 1 Jhn. 1:9)
b. Believing (faith) (Eph. 2:8, Heb. 11:6)
4. The accomplishment of salvation makes man
a. Reconciled with God (Rom. 5:10)
b. Become the children of God (Jhn. 1:12)
c. Belong to God (1 Jhn. 5:19-20, 1 Cor. 6:20)
d. Mutually abide with the Lord (a close relationship) (Jhn. 15:5)
e. Full of peace and joy (Luke 1:78-79, Rom. 5:11)
5. The assurance of salvation
a. The Spirit and our spirit near the same testimony (Rom. 8:15-16)
b. The Lord can save us to the uttermost (Heb. 7:25)
c. No one will snatch us out from the Lord’s (God’s) hand (Jhn. 10:28-29)
6. What the salvation is NOT
a. Not of the blood
b. Not of the will of flesh (human’s effort) (Eph. 2:9)
c. Not of the will of man (Eph. 2:8)
7. Run the race that is set before us (Heb. 12:1-2)
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ–by grace you have been saved– 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:4-10)
24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (Rom. 3:24-26)
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Rom. 5:8-11)
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. (Jhn. 1:12-13)
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. (Jhn. 10:28-29)
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. (Heb. 7:25)
Next Topics: Basic Lessons for Christians (2) A life journey with growth in life
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting: 9/5 Mon., 7:30pm, (dinner @ 7pm)
Richard & Flora’s
Pursuing of Uni Students: 10/5 Tue. 7:30,
Yulin & Jessica’s
Sisters Meeting: 11/5 Wed. 10:00am, Lena’s
Prayer Meeting: 11/5 Wed. 7:30pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing of Words: 13/5 Fri., 8:00pm, David’s
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：
14/5 Sat. 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. After meeting please stay for lunch and enjoy the love feast together with us.
- From this week the Lord’s Day message will cover the Basic Lessons for Christians which include life, truth, practices and living to help brothers and sisters to establish a firm foundation for Christian living. Accordingly, the meeting schedule will change to: the Lord’s Table 45 mins, message 45 mins, and the last 30 mins for discussion and sharing in small groups.
- Today is Mother’s Day and the young people will prepare a special lunch for the mothers. May the Lord bless each of our family and bless all mothers to enjoy the service of our young people and abundant supply from God.
<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:
- Pray for the Basic Lessons for Christians in the coming Lord’s Day meetings that every brother and sister can receive the life supply and grow stably in the Lord.
- There are five brothers and sisters who will visit Cleveland US for church conference and pursue. Please pray for them that they can bring back the abundant spiritual supply and become our blessings.
- Pray for the gospel work of the church and may the Lord 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 those who are baptized this year (Brothers David Hu, Gerald Huang, Bangde Liu and Peter Zhang, and sisters, Li Li, Mandy Zhou, Leonie, and Berry Fei) May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- 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.
- Pray for those year 12 students among us. May the Lord give them wisdom to meet the needs of the exam and help them to know His presence as their encouragement and timely help.
Serving This Week: (May 8)
- Message: Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Richard Cui
- Serving Bread and Cup: Sam Li, Olsen Yu, Jason Wang, Benchu Guo
- Cleaning: Brothers and young people
- Kitchen: Young people
- Children: Singing – Combined
Teachers – Betty/Berry
Serving Next Week: (May 15)
- Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Richard Chen & Chuan Ma
- Serving Bread and Cup: Sam Li, Jason Wang, Richard Cui & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: TBA
- Kitchen: Baoling Lei & Christine Han
- Children: Singing – Chris/David
Teachers – Jerry/Jono
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