Messages: Romans 4:1-12
Abraham Justified by Faith
1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
9 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
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23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, … 27 Then 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. (Rom. 3:23-24, 27)
Message Next Week: Romans 4:13-25
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 tea sets in the hall, and we welcome all to use it for fellowship after lunch.
2. Today after the Lord’s Day meeting sister Phoenix Bao and sister Grace Li will be baptized into the name of the Lord. May all brothers and sisters come together to support them, praising God for them and blessing them in prayer.
3. We are thankful that 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 to 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.)
Please register online as soon as possible. If you need more details, please contact brothers Thomas or Yulin Wang.
4. Today after lunch we will have a serving meeting for the Collaroy Conference. If you are willing to participate, please join and fellowship.
Next Lord’s Day (17/3) after lunch we will have a fellowship for food serving. May all the main serving ones and those who would like to give suggestions come together to fellowship.
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meetings
Chinese Speaking Young People: 11/3 Mon. 7:00pm, Richard & Flora (w/dinner)
@ Kingsgrove: 12/3 Tue. 10:30am, Shanwon Chow
@ Chatswood: 14/3 Thu. 8:00pm, Ming Pan
@ North Region: 16/3 Sat. 7:30pm, Lu Gan
Pursuing of ES young adults:
12/3 Tue. 7:00pm, Yulin (w/ dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 13/3 Wed. 10:00am, Megan
Prayer Meeting: 13/3 Wed. 7:45pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing for Ministering: 15/3 Fri., 8pm, David Tan
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. Sister Lena’s father passed away on March 1. Please pray for her that the Lord can comfort her and care for her family.
3. 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.
4. Pray for the new believers (5 brothers: Chao Ma, Lyon Yang, Jack Zhou, Joe Zhou and You-Gen Wang as well as 15 sisters: 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, Miao-Lian Li, Xin An and Jennifer Meng.) May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
5. 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: (Mar. 10)
1. Message: Patrick Li & Thomas Wu (Downstairs)
Yulin Wang (Upstairs)
2. Breaking Bread: Richard Chen & Peter Zhang
3. Serving Bread & Cup: Patrick Li, Sam Li, Benchu Guo & Kevin Zhu
4. Food: Group 4
5. Cleaning: English Speaking Group
6. Children: Lena, Mandy, Tracy & Lu Gan
Serving Next Week: (Mar. 17)
1. Message: Yulin Wang (Downstairs)
Benjamin Lim (Upstairs)
2. Breaking Bread: Shanwon Chow & Patrick Li
3. Serving Bread & Cup: MengQiang Lin, Ash Li, Sean Dong & Richard Cui
4. Food: Group 1
5. Cleaning: Chinese Speaking Young People
6. Children: Flora, Chris, Berry, Betty & Michael
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