Lord’s Day Message: Genesis 1-5
1 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, …
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
2 7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
3 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
4 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. 6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” 8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Message Next Week: Genesis 6-10
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting/Chinese Speaking Young People:
11/6 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily’s
12/6 Mon., 7:30pm, Richard & Flora’s, cancelled
Young People Dinner: 12/6 Tue. 6:00pm, Yulin’s
Sisters Meeting: 14/6 Wed. 10:00am, Pauline’s
Prayer Meeting: 14/6 Wed. 7:45pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing of Words: 16/6 Fri. 8:00 pm, Yulin’s
Home meeting for Adults：
17/6 Sat. 7:30pm, Joe & Lili’s
(Young people will attend RICE regional conf.)
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
- We thank God that there are 18 groups and more than 40 brothers and sisters joining the Bible reading in Genesis. We hope more can join such spiritual pursuing and fellowship together. After the meeting the brothers and sisters can bring back the Bible Reading Schedule and please mark the schedule on the white board for the reminding and encouragement.
- From August 1 to 14 we have 9 young brothers and sisters from US visiting us. They will preach the gospel with our university students and there will be an English speaking gospel meeting in August.
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- For brothers and sisters please bring your own Bible and hymn book for the Lord’s Day meeting.
- 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 loud in the kitchen.
- Please keep the play field and rooms tidy and put all equipments in place after use.
- 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 (4 brothers: Vincent Tai, YuMing Liang, Zylen Liang and Frank Wang, and 4 sisters: Vanessa Lu, Li Zhou, XiaChun Li & YuRong Liu). May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- Pray for those year 12 young people who are preparing HSC. May the Lord give them wisdom and abundant grace.
- 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.
Serving This Week: (June 11)
- Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Shanwon Chow & Patrick
- Serving Bread and Cup: Patrick Li, Benchu Guo, Jason Wang & Richard Cui
- Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Patrick & Lily Family, Baolin Lei
- Kitchen: Pauline & YuRong
- Children: Supervisor – Lydia & Lily
Singing – Angela & Sarah
Teachers – Sarah, Jono & Grace
Serving Next Week: (June 18)
- Message: David Tan & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Richard Chen & Jason Wang
- Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Jason Wang, Patrick Li & Chuan Ma Cui
- Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Patrick & Lily Family, Baolin Lei
- Kitchen: Hannah & Lisa
- Children: Supervisor – Lamee & HangHsin
Singing – Angela & Fiona
Teachers – Christine & Jerry
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