”The Church We Love” (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)_Missionary Paku

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today we are going to talk about one of the basic things about christianity. It is “ecclesiology.” Ecclesiology is the study of the church. The Greek word for “church” is “ecclesia.” It means the people whom God called out to be his own people. Today we are going to study about what it means to be the church. Let me begin by asking a question. When did the church come into being? When was the church born? The church began at Pentecost, 50 days after Jesus rose from the dead. What happened

“this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.”(John 9:1-3)_Pastor Kitazawa

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) John 9:1-3 1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. (If you can’t hear from the bar above, click the blue button)

“Repent and live!” (Ezekiel 18:32)

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my second message on the book of Ezekiel. The main verses for today are Ezekiel 18:31-32, which say, “Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!” And so the theme of today’s message is “Repent and live!” Previously I gave a brief background about the book of Ezekiel. The people of Israel were divided in two