Lord’s Day Message:Galatians 2:11-21
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Message Next Week:Gal.3:1-14
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting: 13/11 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily
14/11 Mon., 7:30pm, (7:00 dinner) Richard & Flora’s
Chinese speaking YP meeting : 15/11 10:00 Am., Yulin
Pursuing of Uni Students: 15/11 Tue. 7:30pm, (7:00 dinner) Yulin’s
Sisters Meeting: 16/11 Wed. 10:00am, Anne’s
Prayer Meeting: 16/11 Wed. 7:45pm,
David Tan (Warrawee)
Lydia Xu (Chatswood)
Pursuing of Words: 18/11 Fri., David’s
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：
19/11 Sat. 7:30pm, Richard & Lamee’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. Please put the cost into the offering box.
- 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.
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- 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.
- Brother John Ingalls has rested his labor on earth. May the Lord comfort his family, especially Sister Yvonne.
- 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 that the Lord may lead them into university and help them to grow in Him in the future.
Serving Next Week: (Nov. 20)
- Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Richard Cui
- Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Richard Cui, Patrick Li & Sean Dong
- Cleaning: Brett & Linda Family, Sean Dong & Wei Qiong Family, Jessie, John & Peter, Lisa Tao Family, Bill & Christine Family
- Kitchen: Julie & Anne
- Children: Supervisor – Christine, Singing – Chris/Nelson/Gerald, Teachers – Jono/Pris
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