Lord’s Day Message: Genesis 15-20
1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” 4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.” 5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness. (Gen. 15:1-6)
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2 that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, 4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8 And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”
9 And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” 18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” 19 God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. (Gen.17:1-11, 15-19)
9 They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.” 10 The LORD said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?” 13 The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.” 15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.” (Gen. 18:9-15)
17 The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” 20 Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”
23 Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” 26 And the LORD said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” (Gen. 18:17-21, 23-26)
Message Next Week: Gen. 21-25 (also the Bible reading schedule)
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting/Chinese Speaking Young People:
9/7 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily’s
10/7 Mon., 7:30pm, Richard & Flora’s, (Dinner @ 7pm)
Pursuing of Uni Students: 11/7 Tue. 7:30pm, Yulin’s (7:00 dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 12/7 Wed. 10:00am, Lili’s (Normanhurst)
Yvonne’s (Chatswood)
Prayer Meeting: 12/7 Wed. 7:45pm, Olsen & Likun’s
Pursuing of Words: 14/7 Fri. 8:00 pm, David’s
Saturday Home Meeting：
15/7 Sat. 7:30pm, Bill & Christine’s (YP & adults)
15/7 Sat. 7:30pm, Olsen & Likun’s (gospel group)
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
- May the Lord keep strengthening all brothers and sisters to continue the group Bible reading. We also remind the brothers and sisters to mark the schedule on the white board so that all can be reminded and encouraged.
- We plan to have a baptism on 13/8 with two lessons on 30/7 and 6/8. If any gospel friend is willing to receive Christ Jesus as your savor and to be baptized into God’s family, please contact Brother Olsen Yu.
- From August 1 to 14 we have 10 young people (6 brothers and 4 sisters) from US visiting us. They will preach the gospel with our university students and there will be an English speaking gospel meeting on August 13.
If any family would like to open your home for hospitality, or for dinner, or preach the gospel with them, please contact Brother Thomas Wu.
<Reminder>
- For the 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.
- May God bless the saints visiting Cleveland US for church training that they may receive the life supply in God’s words and bring the blessing back to our church.
- 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.
For the wife of Brother BanDe Liu, may the Lord heal and help her in her recovery after surgery.
Serving This Week: (July 9)
- Message: David Tan & Thomas Wu
- Breaking the Bread: David Tan & Thomas Wu
- Serving Bread and Cup: Richard Cui, Jason Wang, Sam Li & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: Steven Wang, Cindy, Joe & Lili Family, Bangde Liu, Michael Qui Family, Richard & Lamee Family, Chuan Ma & Maggie Family
- Kitchen: Margret & Didt
- Children: Supervisor – Jessie & Hannah
Singing – Sarah & Fiona
Teachers – Angela, Tina & Greece
Serving Next Week: (July 16)
- Message: Raymond Young & Patrick Li
- Breaking the Bread: Shanwon Chow & Richard Cui
- Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Richard Cui, Patrick Li & Sean Dong
- Cleaning: Steven Wang, Cindy, Joe & Lili Family, Bangde Liu, Michael Qui Family, Richard & Lamee Family, Chuan Ma & Maggie Family
- Kitchen: Anne & Susan
- Children: Supervisor – Christine & Tina
Singing – Combined
Teachers – Elsa, Holly & Jerry
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