↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 1. There are two men who appear in this parable. They came to the temple to pray just around the same time. One man belonged to the group called “Pharisees” known as a religious group which is extremely fundamental and legalistic. He thought very highly of himself as a “righteous man of faith”, and had an absolute confidence in his prayers. However, faith is after all grace given by God and prayer is also mere means for intimate fellowship with God, wherein no one should have place for pride or sense of
「You are precious and honored in my sight, and I love you.」(Isaiah 43:4)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(1st worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is the ninth message from the Old Testament book of Isaiah. From the previous message, we started learning the fifth part of the book of Isaiah, which is in chapters 40-55. The content is mainly prophecies of salvation by Jesus, the servant of the Lord. Chapter 40 talks about the salvation of Zion by the Almighty God. The Savior will be our shepherd, embrace us in his arms, and He will strengthen us. Isaiah gives readers this challenge to walk with this savior. In Chapter 41, the work of God as
「But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;」Isaiah 40:31
↓Audio link to the sermon:(ZOOM worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is the eighth message from the Old Testament book of Isaiah. From today, we will learn the fifth part of the book of Isaiah. It is written in chapters 40-55. The main content is prophecies about salvation by Jesus, the servant of the Lord. Before these prophecies, there is the 4th part (Chapter 36-39), which is about historical records, so I would like to briefly explain about its content before talking about today’s passage. In chapter 36, it is written that Assyrian king, Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem. He speaks to the people
Luke 15:25-32 “When the older son came home” (Pastor Kitazawa)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(ZOOM worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 「“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your
「Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”」Isaiah 25:9
↓Audio link to the sermon:(ZOOM worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s message is the 6th message from the book of Isaiah of the Old Testament. In my previous message, we learned the sentence spoken to Egypt. Declarations to other countries are written in chapters 13 to 23. From these chapters, we learned the sentences against Babylon and Egypt. God sees through history of the nations and judges the proud people in His appointed time. Not only that, God prepares a way to restoration and recovery for those who repent. This is the absolute promise of the Bible. Isaiah went a step further
Matthew 1:1_by Akihiko Tsuchiya (Seminarian)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(ZOOM worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) There are two things that I would like to ask. One, do you have anything that you want to share with other people? Second, how do you want to do that? Recent days, due to the continuous development of the internet, it is much easier to share your thoughts with others compared to before. For example, Youtube. I used to play baseball in high school, and I often watch baseball related YouTube channel. Former Nippon Ham fighters, Mr. Kataoka owns his own youtube channel to communicate the reality of the baseball
「The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them.」Isaiah 19:22
(Voice messages will be posted after ZOOM worship.) This is the 5th message from the book of Isaiah of the Old Testament. From last week, we started learning about the second part of the book of Isaiah, the sentence to other countries. This sentence is written from chapter 13 to 23. The first one was for Babylon. Let’s look back briefly. One of the main messages of the sentence to Babylon is written in Isaiah 14: 4-6.「How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended! The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with