Lord’s Day Message:Galatians 1:1-10
1 Paul, an apostle–not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel– 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. 10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- To bring the saints back to Christ, Paul
- Opened himself to the saints by presenting his apostleship – what he will teach in this epistle is according who he is and what he has experienced (1)
a. Not from men – “from” (Greek, apo) indicates the source
b. Nor through man – “through” (Greek, dia) indicates the means
Note here the NLT translation is “I was not appointed by any group of people or any human authority”
c. But through Jesus Christ and God the Father – our unique source and means to live the Christian life
2. Spoke urgently and earnestly – “If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.” Note here Paul did not only mention others but also include himself. (6-9)
3. Only sought the approval of God in his serving and wanted to please God only (10)
- The gospel (4)
- The Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins – dealing with all the negative things in our person
- To deliver us from the present evil age – dealing with all the negative things in our living
- According to the will of our God and Father
- Our application/inspiration
- If we only consider what the saints feel or like for what should we do in the church life, is there any lacking? What is the proper way to consider? (Please note that it does not mean to ignore the human’s need.)
- How do you appreciate the brief statement in verse 4 about the salvation our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us?
- When we serve in the church life, how can we apply verse 10 to our serving?
Message Next Week:Galatians 1:11-2:10
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting: 24/10 Mon., 7:30pm, (7:00 dinner)
Richard & Flora’s
Pursuing of Uni Students: 25/10 Tue. 8:00pm,
(7:30 dinner) Yulin’s
Sisters Meeting: 26/10 Wed. 10:00am, Susan’s
Prayer Meeting: 26/10 Wed. 7:45pm,
David Tan, Warrawee
Lydia Xu, Chatswood (door number 152)
Pursuing of Words: 28/10 Fri., 8:00pm, David’s
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：
29/10 Sat. 7:30pm, Bill & Christine’s
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
- There are gospel calendars available for the saints to purchase, $5 dollar for each copy.
- On Dec. 11 the church plans to have a gospel meeting of singing hymns and testimonies. We do encourage all brothers and sisters to form a group and participate. You can either sing hymns or give testimonies, but please the details to Brother Yulin Wang for arrangement as soon as possible. If you need more fellowship, please also contact Brother Yulin Wang.
- Two sisters (Angela Li & Sarah Wang) will visit US and attend the conference in Cleveland in the year end. If there is any other brother or sister is willing to go, please contact Brother Yulin Wang.
<Reminder>
- During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence and not to walk around or to wonder/talk too laud 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.
Please refrain from bringing uncooked food for the love feast so we may lighten the work for the serving ones in the kitchen.
Intercession:
- May the Lord bless the gospel friends among us that they can know how precious the Lord is and are willing to believe in Him.
- Pray for the new believers (David Hu, Gerald Huang, Bangde Liu, Peter Zhang and Michael Qiu, 5 brothers and Li Li, Mandy Zhou, Leonie, Berry Fei, Jessica Li, Hennah Dong & Grace Li 7 sisters) May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their 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. Pray especially for the health of Brothers Shanwon Chow and Sister AhSeng Chow.
- Pray for those year 12 students among us as they are taking the exams now. May the Lord give them wisdom and timely help as well as lead them in the future.
Serving This Week: (Oct. 23)
- Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Shanwon Chow & Olsen Yu
- Serving Bread and Cup: Sam Li, Sean Dong, Patrick Li & Richard Cui
- Cleaning: Steven Wang Family, Joe & Lily Family, BangDe Liu，Lian, Richard & Lamee Family, Chuan Ma & Maggie Family
- Kitchen: Lisa & Pauline
- Children: Supervisor – Peter, Singing – Chris/David, Teachers – Betty/Berry
Serving Next Week: (Oct. 30)
- Message: David Tan & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Richard Cui
- Serving Bread and Cup: Benchu Guo, Sam Li, Jason Wang & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: Steven Wang Family, Joe & Lily Family, BangDe Liu，Lian, Richard & Lamee Family, Chuan Ma & Maggie Family
- Kitchen: Lily & Mandy
- Children: Supervisor – Terri, Singing – Sarah/Vasya, Teachers – Christine
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