Messages: Romans 5:12-21
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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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.” (Gen. 2:15-17)
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Cor. 15:22)
13 Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:13-14)
Message Next Week: Romans 6:1-14
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. Collaroy Conference
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
Time: Morning 10-12; Evening 7:30-9:30
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.)
We hope that there will be more than 80 people participating full time (now there are 61 full time and 14 day trip.) Therefore please register and pay the fee online as soon as possible. If you need assistance, some young people can help you register during lunch time or you can use the printed Chinese registration form. If you need more details, please contact brothers Thomas or Yulin Wang.
Please note that the Lord’s Day meeting on April 21st is held at Collaroy Centre and there won’t be a meeting at the hall.
On April 20 (Saturday), we plan to have a picnic and BBQ at Collaroy beach. We will announce the details next week.
3. Today after lunch we will have fellowship about the Collaroy conference. May all the serving brothers and sisters join the fellowship.
4. Because of the Collaroy conference April 21 and 28 will be combined meetings and April 7 and May 5 will become separate meetings between the Chinese and English speaking. However, the food service will not changed, so next week (7/4) there will be a breakfast at hall (9am) and the lunch is prepared by all brothers and sisters.
5. Sister Lydia was married to Mr. Hong-Tao Li on March 16. May the Lord bless them. Mr. Li has received the Lord, but yet is not baptized. When the brothers and sisters offer your best wishes to them, please also remember his salvation so that he may be baptized and enter God’s family as soon as possible.
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meetings
Chinese Speaking Young People: 1/4 Mon. 7:00pm, Richard & Flora (w/dinner)
@ Chatswood: 4/4 Thu. 8:00pm, Ming Pan
@ North Region: 6/4 Sat. 7:30pm, Bill & Christine
Pursuing of ES young adults:
2/4 Tue. 7:00pm, Yulin (w/ dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 3/4 Wed. 10:00am, Megan
Prayer Meeting: 3/4 Wed. 7:45pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing for Ministering: 5/4 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. Pray for the upcoming Collaroy Conference for the Lord to take care of the serving and bless each brother, sister, or gospel friend so that we may all see Him in the conference and receive His bountiful life supply.
3. Pray for the new believers (5 brothers: Chao Ma, Lyon Yang, Jack Zhou, Joe Zhou and You-Gen Wang as well as 17 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, Jennifer Meng, Phoenix Bao and Grace 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, Kelly Wei, and Mei-Ting Liu.
5. Pray for the testimony of the church in Canberra. May the Lord show His power of the gospel and raise up brothers and sisters for a strong testimony.
Serving This Week: (Mar. 31)
1. Message: Patrick Li & Yulin Wang (Downstairs)
Benjamin Lim (Upstairs)
2. Breaking Bread: Yulin Wang & Richard Cui
3. Serving Bread & Cup: Sam Li, Benchu Guo, Kevin Zhu & Patrick Li
4. Food: Group 3
5. Cleaning: Group 1 & 2 (excluding Chinese speaking young people)
6. Children: Lamee, Angela, Priscilla, Leonie & Joe
Serving Next Week: (April 7)
1. Message: Yulin Wang (Downstairs)
Thomas Wu (Upstairs)
2. Breaking Bread: TBA
3. Serving Bread & Cup: TBA
4. Food: All brothers and sisters
5. Cleaning: Group 4
6. Children: Lu Gan, Christine, Fiona, Hannah Meng
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If you wish to use an electrical transfer for your offering or payment (conferences or books, etc.), here is the bank information of the church:
Acc Name: Christians In Sydney
BSB: 062-155
Acc no: 904388
Please also write the purpose of the transfer on the reference (such as Collaroy conference, etc.)
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