Author: RCCM

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today we will be reading from the book of Zephaniah. In the past, I have mentioned several times about King Josiah, who carried out religious reforms in Judah. Judah, the southern kingdom of Israel, had many problems. In particular, the rulers before Josiah, King Manasseh and Amon, were considered evil kings as they allowed idolatry to be practiced even in Jerusalem, and they ruled in a way that was against God’s laws. It was in this context that King Josiah tried to reform the country, and one of the prophets who encouraged

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today, I want to talk about “greed(covetousness).” I’m going to share with you, using King Jehoshaphat, the fourth king of Judah, as an example. Jehoshaphat became wealthy as a result of obeying God’s word. There are many testimonies of people becoming rich after believing in Jesus. I believe there are such testimonies in IBF Church too. However, just believing in Jesus does not necessarily mean that whoever believes in Jesus will become rich. You know that well, don’t you? Many times, people suffer as a result of believing in Jesus. Living a

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is the 3rd Sunday of Advent season, when we look forward to celebrating the birth of Christ. Each week, we celebrated the different blessings of Christ: peace, hope, and, for this week, joy. On the first Sunday, we remembered the peace that he brings, and we read from Isaiah 9:6, which says, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Our Lord and Savior

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording: Proxy reading) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my third message on the book of Habakkuk. “But the righteous will live by faith” was the theme from my first two messages. During Habakkuk’s prayer, God revealed to him the future of the kingdoms of Judah and Babylon. These kingdoms were judged by God for straying from his commands to love God and love their neighbors. As we live in a world of dictators and ungodly leaders, we must pray for our leaders to receive wisdom from God, to protect citizens, and take care of people’s welfare. In chapter

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”(Hebrews 12:1) Let me begin by asking a question. Can you guess how much I weigh? As you see, I am neither light nor heavy. Do I look heavy? I am very Hutsu(普通). I am around 70 kilograms. When I was in my twenties, I weighed around 62 kilograms, but now it’s over 70 kilograms.

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got