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↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today I will continue speaking on the book of Habakkuk. Again, the main theme is taken from Habakkuk 2:4, “But the righteous person will live by faith.” Firstly, a righteous person is not a perfect person. As Romans 1:17 says, by faith we are forgiven of our sins and made righteous. According to the New Testament, the righteous are those who have put their trust in Christ and accepted redemption through the Cross. A Christian is a person who has faith in Christ, has received a status of righteousness from God, and

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today we will read from an Old Testament book called Habakkuk. Habakkuk was a prophet from the same time period as the prophet Jeremiah. Previously we read the book of Jeremiah, which was about how Babylon destroyed the kingdom of Judah. The people of Judah were taken to Babylon as captives. But God promised a time of restoration; 70 years later they would return to the land of Israel. Habakkuk accepted God’s promise and sought his guidance. The book opens in chapter 1 verse 1 by giving Habakkuk the title of prophet.

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment.” (John 16:7-8) Today, we are going to talk about the second part of “What is the Gospel?” Last time, we talked about the first part. It was about Jesus’ birth, life, and suffering. Today, we will talk about Jesus’

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) We have been learning about the book of Ezekiel for some time, and today’s sermon is the last one in this series. Today’s theme is the water of life, which flows from the sanctuary. In this passage Ezekiel has a vision of water flowing from the threshold of the temple of God. This is just a part of Ezekiel’s longer vision of the temple. Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48 record the vision of the temple. God had chosen the people of Israel to become a holy people, a nation of priests (Exodus

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today, I would like to talk about the gospel. I am going to preach the gospel. Let me begin by asking a question. Do you know what the gospel is? More specifically, what does the gospel mean to you? We often use the word “gospel” or the phrase “preach the Gospel” in churches, but many of us may not deeply ponder upon what the Gospel is and its specific content. Once again, what is the gospel? Do you know what its specific content is? What does it mean to you? It may

↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Matthew 22:34-40 34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two