❖ Video ❖ Audio From Adam to Christ: From the Cycle of Sin to the Cycle of Grace Sermon Series on Paul’s Letter to the Romans #10 Romans 5:12-21 Mari Ikeda (This message borrows heavily from Professor Takeshi Nagata’s final lecture at International Christian University on 2/12/2013 titled, “Adam and Christ in the the Book of Romans: The Arrival of the New Man”) From Adam to Christ: From the Cycle of Sin to the Cycle of Grace      Today, we will be reading the second half of chapter 5 in the Romans, but let me make a point before we start. As I prepared today’s message, I borrowed heavily…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Where is the City of the LORD? Psalm 101 Andy Nagahara 0 Of David. A psalm.1 I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise. 2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life– when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. 3 I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. 4 Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. 5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Reconciliation with God Romans 5:1-11 Mari Ikeda Today we are going to read the first half of Romans 5. This part can be said to be the conclusion of chapters 1 through 4. Here, Paul’s contentious tone stops for a moment and he talks about the joy and hope of living by faith in Jesus in a way that he cannot contain. Let’s read it a little at a time. First, let’s look at verses 1-2. 1. Reconciliation with God produces hope (1-2) 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Shout for Joy to the Lord! Psalm 100 Andy Nagahara 1. The basis of our joy that makes us want to shout (1,5) 1 A psalm. For giving thanks.Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. 2. The relationship between us and the Lord (3) Know that the LORD is God.It is he who made us, and we are his ;we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 3. Worship and service (2,4) 2 Worship the LORD with gladness;come before him with joyful songs. 4 Enter his gates…

❖ Video ❖ Audio A Promise of Blessings as Numerous as the Stars Romans 4・Genesis 15:1-6 Mari Ikeda Today, we will be reading the whole chapter of the Romans chapter 4. I picked the whole chapter, as its content is one and cannot be split in the middle, but I will be skipping a good amount of its middle part. Let’s start from verses 1-3.  A. Abraham, father of the faith(1-3, Genesis15:1-6) 1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3 What…