RCCM of Japan

↓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: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s message is titled “Bread, Yeast, and Blindness.” In the passage we will read, there is yet another story about bread. In fact, it’s the second time in Mark when Jesus feeds a large crowd with just few loaves of bread. When the Bible repeats something, it’s probably important, so we should pay attention to what is repeated. After the feeding of the crowd, Jesus heals a blind man. So let’s see how these stories connect to important themes in the Bible. Before I start, let us pray. [Read Mark 8:1-26] 5 Lessons on

　↓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

↓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.