(Voice message will be posted after the 1st worship service.) Merry Christmas! We are having Christmas service today. We will look at three characters from the Gospel of Luke today. The first is Mary, the mother of Jesus. The second is the shepherds who are in the Christmas story, and the third is an old man named Simeon who met baby Jesus in the temple of the Lord. Through the faith and the lives of these people, we would like to rejoice and celebrate the birth of the Savior together while looking back on the events of Christmas. Now let’s look at Mary’s situation and her faith. Please open
“The LORD will guide you always;” (Isaiah 58:11)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is the 16th message from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. In my previous message, I spoke the second message from Isaiah 56:7, “For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Isaiah prophesies that the new house of prayer will be built including both Jews and Gentiles. We are living in the end times, and we are worshiping in the new house of prayer. The church is the house of prayer, the Holy Temple, and the dwelling place of God. The new worship started
Luke 10:25-37 “How do you read it?” Ps. Kitazawa
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) ① In today’s passage, one of the religious leaders at that time approached to Jesus with a malicious intentions thinking, “Let’s test Him!” ・ This religious leader was an expert of the Old Testament. He asked Jesus, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ・ Since this question is straightforward, it sounds like a good question at first glance. However, if you look carefully at the contents of this question, we can see the twisted perspective that the religious leaders had at that time. ・ Here, he first said, “What
“For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” (Isaiah 56:7) No.2
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my 15th message from the book of Isaiah of the Old Testament. This is the second message from the same passage as last message. Isaiah prophesies that a house of prayer will be built, including both Jews and Gentiles. So what was the current situation of Jewish people at the time of Isaiah? From Isaiah 56: 9 to the whole Chapter of 57, it is written that the leaders were corrupted, and so were the people of Israel. The content is really sorrowful. However, as we learn and understand
“For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” (Isaiah 56:7)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my 14th message from the book of Isaiah of Old Testament. In my previous message, I spoke from Isaiah 55:1,「“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;」 Isaiah talks about the work of redemption accomplished by Christ on the cross in Chapter 53, he prophesies about the beginning of work of restoration in Chapter 54, and he encourages us to come before Him for the waters, seeking and receiving the salvation given by God in Chapter 55. Now, from Chapter 56, the 6th part of the book
Matthew 20:1-16 “I want to give the one who has hired last the same as I gave you.” (Ps. Kitazawa)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) ① Today’s Bible passage contains the following parables spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ. ・ There was a landowner who owns a vineyard in a certain place. One day, the landowner went out to the market to hire workers. ・He went out to hire workers first early in the morning, then around 9 in the morning, then around noon. Furthermore, he went out around 3 pm to hire more workers and sent them to his vineyard. ・After that, he went to the market again around 5 in the evening, then he found
「“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;」(Isaiah 55:1 )
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is the 13th message from the book of Isaiah of the Old Testament. In my previous message, I spoke from Isaiah 54:8, “but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you”. Isaiah prophesies about the work of Christ’s redemption on the cross in Chapter 53. And the following Chapter 54, prophesies that the work of restoration will take place in Jerusalem. Isaiah speaks to Jerusalem, the abandoned city, where there is no one to live in at that time, to sing for joy. That is because the work of