09/08/2024 Church service

周日礼拜

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Jude:3: Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
以弗所书 3:20:上帝的能力运行在我们里面，能够丰丰富富地成就一切，超过我们所求所想的。(page 1986)

2 Thess 2:15: So then, dear family, stand firm with a masterful grip of the teachings we gave you, either by word of mouth or by our letter.
帖 撒 羅 尼 迦 後 書 2:15: 因此，兄弟们，要站稳，要坚持我们传给你们的教导，不论是口头上的，还是书面上的。(page 1920)
Prov 14:34: Righteousness [moral and spiritual integrity and virtuous character] exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.
箴言 14:34: 公义能叫邦国兴盛，罪恶是人民的耻辱。(page 1054)
Isaiah 5:20: What sorrow (woe) for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
以赛亚书 5:20: 祸哉，那些称恶为善，称善为恶，以暗为光，以光为暗，以苦为甜，以甜为苦的人！ (page 1120)
Hosea 10:12: Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
出埃及 3:11: 你们要为自己种植公义，就能收获慈爱。
现在是寻求耶和华的时候，你们要犁开刚硬的心田，
等祂来使公义如雨浇灌你们。 (page 1472)

Galatians 6:9: And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
加 拉 太 書 6:9: 不要厌倦行善，只要我们不松懈，当适当的时刻来临时，就会有收获。 (page 1892)

 

 

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Four Words
1 Sam 2:2: “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”
Words have power.
Words shape our society, our world, and our history (for better and for worse)
I want to heal the world. I want to restore hope. Alleviate suffering.
Bring restoration to people’s lives.
Guess what? I have no power to do that of myself.
But Jesus can. Apart from Him we can do nothing.
…and only an uncompromised message can deliver that kind of change to this world.

I have no stories or poems for you today – just a sobering wake-up call for the Children of God, coming directly and purely from the Word of God.

Jude 1:3 TPT: Dearly loved friend, I was fully intending to write to you about our amazing salvation we all participate in, but felt the need instead to challenge you to vigorously defend and contend for the beliefs that we cherish. For God, through the apostles, has once for all entrusted these truths to his holy believers.
Contending for the faith simply means that we take our commitment to Christ and His Church seriously enough to take firm strenuous action whenever such action is needed in doctrinal matters. It is actually the same attitude that a good doctor would have in looking after his patients.

The Message we share in the Gospel Message.
It is Good News. Good Things.
…and it is an uncompromised message.
Only an uncompromised message can deliver true change to this world.
Not diluted by the world. Not filtered to please the mainstream.
Today I offer you a message built upon four words:
“contend for the faith”
contend: to say that something is true or is a fact

2 Thess 2:9-12 (Paul warns us): “ …Satan… uses …every form of evil deception in order to deceive those who are perishing because they rejected the love of the truth that would lead them to being saved. Because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion that leads them to believe what is false. So then all who found their pleasure in unrighteousness and did not believe the truth will be judged.
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
2 Thess 2:15: So then, dear family, stand firm with a masterful grip of the teachings we gave you, either by word of mouth or by our letter.

why must we contend for the faith? Jude provides a simple answer: because there are false teachers.
Christians cannot allow false teachers to do what they do. Jesus, along with the other New Testament authors, warned of the coming of false teachers …and are currently present in our churches now.
In this letter Jude is sounding the alarm: “Church, be aware!”

Prov 14:34: Righteousness [moral and spiritual integrity and virtuous character] exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.
1 Sam 2:9: He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

? will you follow the apostles or the apo-state?
apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
Apostasy is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person. It can also be defined within the broader context of embracing an opinion that is contrary to one's previous religious beliefs.
The Apostate church does not seek God’s will – it tells a Holy God to take the people as they are, with no desire in them to conform to God’s Word and God’s Will.

? How did it get to this?
It didn’t happen overnight
Isaiah 5:20: What sorrow (woe) for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
It starts with words – that plant a seed in the hearts of those who do not know any better
Gal 5:9: This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!
TPT: Don’t you know that when you allow even a little lie into your heart, it can permeate your entire belief system?
“Bring every thought captive to obedience to Christ”
2 Corinthians 10: We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God.
It starts with us (our hearts) first
Matt 5:6: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. (filled)”
Hosea 10:12: Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
“Sow for yourselves righteousness” is a quote from the Bible, Hosea 10:12, which continues, “reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you”.

The Bible often uses agricultural terms to describe spiritual growth. In this context, planting right actions can lead to a harvest of God's mercy.

“Sow for yourselves righteousness” indicates and requires action on our part.
‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love.’
Transformation requires Action.
Phil 2:12: “Work out your own salvation”
“Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.”

Ephesians 6:12: For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

To “contend for the faith” begins with our own hearts first.
James 4:7: So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Job 22:21 Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you.
These verses indicate putting an end to our own rebellion and submitting ourselves to God. Repentance.

ask for the Grace to forgive others so you can, in turn receive that grace for yourself

I know it is a challenge – and I know we want change NOW
…but we are to keep doing the right things, and keep doing them long enough
The world didn’t fall apart in one day, and it will not all be restored in an afternoon

Galatians 6:9: And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
“Come Out from among them” “calls us Out of darkness”

Gal 5:18: “ … when you yield to the life of the Spirit, you will no longer be living under the law, but soaring above it!”

2 Thess 2:16,17: Now may the Lord Jesus Christ and our Father God, who loved us and in his wonderful grace gave us eternal comfort and a beautiful hope that cannot fail, encourage your hearts and inspire you with strength to always do and speak what is good and beautiful in his eyes.

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Phenix City  AL  36870
United States
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