The Purpose of the Christian Life.

　The theme of today’s message is “The Purpose of the Christian Life.” 　Actually, I turned 43 years old this year. Some may say that I am still young, but I myself feel that I am already 43 years old and get old. Mentally, I don’t feel that I have aged much, but I realize that my physical body is deteriorating. According to the Japanese government’s report, the average life of Japanese people in 2020 is 81.64 years for men and 87.74 years for women, these numbers are the highest ever. Based on these figures, I have completed half of my life. When I think about this, I often wonder what

Luke 7:1-10 “I have not found such great faith”_Pastor Kitazawa

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with them. He

Gospel of John 5:1-9 “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get