Messages: Romans 3:21-31
The Righteousness of God Manifested Through Faith
21But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom 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. 26It 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.
27Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. 29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
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9 …For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; … 20For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. (Rom. 3:9b-10, 20)
… righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. (Psm. 97:2)
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2Cor. 5:21)
Message Next Week: Special Topics (Combined Meeting)
Announcements:
1. We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into the family of God.
After the meeting we will have a love feast for lunch. We hope that everyone can stay to enjoy the fellowship and love of the Lord with us. There are tea and beautiful tea sets in the hall, we welcome all to use it for fellowship after lunch.
2. Today after the Lord’s Day meeting brother You-Gen Wang, sisters Xin An and Jennifer Meng will be baptized into Christ. May all brothers and sisters come together to praise and pray to God for them.
3. Next Lord’s Day is a combined meeting. We will have breakfast together after 9 am at the hall to prepare for our spirit to see God. The love feast of lunch will be prepared by every brother and sister and be shared together.
4. We are thankful God had revealed himself to us and we have come to know him and believe in him. We encourage all the saints to come to the Collaroy Conference so that our Christian journey may be uplifted and see something higher. Together with all the saints, may we be aspired to love him more, know him more, and pursue him more.
Time: April 20-22 (Sat. afternoon to Mon. afternoon)
Place: Collaroy Centre (We hope all can stay in the centre for 2 nights)
Speaker: Brothers Richard Yeh and Mark Ma
Content: Matthew 21:28-22:14 three parables
Fee: Cabin – $192/adult, $170/child, $57.6/infant
Hotel – $247.2/adult, $192/child, $57.6/infant
(These are only for the cost of conference centre, not including others such as speakers and outlines.)
If you need more details, please contact brothers Thomas or Yulin Wang.
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meetings
Chinese Speaking Young People: 25/2 Mon. 7:00pm, Richard & Flora (w/dinner)
@ Chatswood: 28/2 Thu. 8:00pm, Ming Pan
@ North Region: 2/3 Sat. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily’s
Pursuing of ES young adults: (Online Ephesians Bible study)
26/2 Tue. 7:00pm, Yulin’s (w/ dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 27/2 Wed. 10:00am, Megan’s
Prayer Meeting: 27/2 Wed. 7:45pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing for Ministering: 1/3 Fri., 8pm, cancelled
Intercession:
1. May the Lord bless our gospel friends so that they can know how precious the Lord is and become willing to believe in Him.
2. Pray for the upcoming Collaroy Conference that the Lord can care for the serving and bless each brother, sister, or gospel friend that we may all see Him in the conference and receive His bountiful life supply.
3. Pray for the new believers (5 brothers: Yuan-Pei Zhao, Chao Ma, Lyon Yang, Jack Zhou and Joe Zhou as well as 14 sisters: Li-Fang Ge, Kelie Wei, Li-Yuan Xu, Jean Hu, MinFang Wu, XiuQing Chen, Heidi Li, Tracy Lin, Sophie, AnJie Lin, Han Huang, Ariana Chang, Feng-Lian Li and Miao-Lian Li. May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
4. 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. Especially please pray for Brother Michael Lin, Sisters Yvonne, YuLan Ding, Ah Seng Chow, and Kelly Wei.
Serving This Week: (Feb. 24)
1. Message: Yulin Wang (Downstairs)
Raymond Young (Upstairs)
2. Breaking Bread: David Tan & Sam Li
3. Serving Bread & Cup: Chuan Ma, MengQiang Lin, Joe Zhou & Sam Li
4. Food: Group 3
5. Cleaning: Group 4
6. Children: Lu Gan, Christine, Fiona & Hannah Meng
Serving Next Week: (Mar. 3)
1. Message: Yulin Wang
2. Breaking Bread: Thomas Wu and Yulin Wang
3. Serving Bread & Cup: Kevin Zhu, Richard Cui, Peter Zhang & Chuan Ma
4. Food: All brothers and sisters
5. Cleaning: Group 3
6. Children: Susan, Sarah, Tina Jiang & David
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