RCCM of Japan

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “6 parables of Jesus Christ” No. 1 (Luke 15:1-7) 1. We’d like to receive the message of God from the 6 parables told by the Lord Jesus Christ. Today, as the first message, we would like to read the parable of the lost sheep. This parable was a story that everyone at that time could understand easily. Also, for us living in the present time, this story is not difficult to understand. There was a shepherd who had 100 sheep, and one day he took them to open country. After a while,

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s message is from James 4:10,「Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.」It promises us that the Lord will lift us up when we humble ourselves. Today, let us learn how to humble ourselves before Him. Last week, we learned from James 3:18,「Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.」We met Jesus, repented from our sins, and we started a new life with Jesus. God wants to make us peacemakers who sow in peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. We’d like to have a positive aspect

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 　Today’s message is from James 3:18,「Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.」Last week, I spoke form James 2:20,「..faith without deeds is useless」We learned from the faith of Abraham, that faith and action work together. We also learned that faith without deeds is useless and dead. Through today’s message, we’d like to focus on our deeds, our words, and receive challenge to be peacemakers. ‭Now, please read James 3:1-18. ‭ ‭‭  James 3:1 says,「Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s message is from James 2:20, 「…faith without deeds is useless.」Last week, we learned from James 1:22,「Do what it(the word) says.」We also learned from James 1:19,「Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,」Through these scriptures, we received a challenge to put the word of God into practice in our daily lives. Today, I would like to talk about the power of the word, and ask ourselves what faith without deeds is like. Through today’s message, I hope you will realize that faith without deeds is useless.

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(2nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s message is from James 1:22,「Do what it (the word) says.」‭‬‬ From last week, we have started learning from the letter of James. Last time, I spoke from James 1:12, 「Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial…」I talked about enduring hardship, seeking God’s wisdom, and recognizing the difference between trials and temptations. I believe that our faith reflects on our lives naturally, and I sincerely hope to have faith that comes with action, not just by our words. This time, I would like to talk about paying attention to our words,

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This passage is the climax of what I would suggest is the most important chapter in the entire book of Acts and surely one of the most important chapters in the whole bible. Peter was one of the twelve disciples and was more or less the leader among those twelve. Jesus even anointed him as the rock upon which he would build the church. Roman Catholic tradition holds that Peter was the first pope. Of course Peter was not without his faults and weaknesses. Many times in the gospel accounts we see

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(2nd worship recording Japanese only) Today’s message is from James 1:12,「Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial…」We have been learning from the book of Hebrews for a while, and from this week, we will be learning from the book of James. This James is believed to be a brother of Jesus. The name of Jesus’ brother James appears several times in the Bible. Acts 15: 12-21 talks about the Council of Jerusalem, and in which James is mentioned, who became the leader of the church in Jerusalem. Although he grew up as a brother of Jesus (Matthew 13:55), he apparently did not believe Jesus as