RCCM of Japan

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. [Acts 9:26-31] 26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) During my last sermon we started reading the book of Daniel, which contains prophecies about our Savior, Jesus Christ. One of the prophecies was about a rock cut out of a mountain (2:45), which symbolized that the rule of the Romans and all other powers would be destroyed, and there would be a new kingdom. That rock which is stronger than anything is the Messiah. The Messiah to be born was Jesus, and the followers of this Messiah would spread throughout the world, going beyond national borders and eras of history. The

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today, we are going to talk about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and the qualifications that Jesus looked for when he chose his disciples. As you work during the week, I’m doing some work during the week. Guess what? I’m teaching Korean to a group of Japanese people. I teach them for an hour and a half per week. Personally, I think my students need to practice not once a week, but six times a week to improve their Korean skills. I mean almost everyday. If they do

↓Audio link to the sermon: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Each morning, I send my daughter to kindergarten. One day, another parent said, “Be careful. There’s an old man near the school who shouts at people walking by: ‘右歩け! Walk on the right side of the road!’” “Who does he think he is?!” she told me. Sure enough, I encountered this man. He shouted at me, “右歩け,ばかやろう! Walk on the right, you stupid idiot!” Now, it’s a different story if a police officer told us to walk on the right side of the road. We would probably obey the officer, even if there were

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. (If you can’t hear from the bar above, click the blue button)

↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. 19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.” 22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten

↓Audio link to the sermon: (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) A few months ago, Park-sensei preached on 1 Corinthians 6, about the idea that our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit. He mentioned the story of Jesus chasing out merchants from the temple of Jerusalem. Park-sensei asked us to imagine that if our hearts are a temple, then what needs to be cleared out and cleansed? Today’s sermon is about the story of Jesus clearing the temple in the Gospel of Mark. Before we read it, let’s pray. [Read Mark 11:12-25] The fig tree and the temple We read about two events: