Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Gap Between Ideal and Reality? (Galatians 3:26-4:11)     A. Is this the ideal God wants? (3:26-28) 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.   Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Waiting for the Lord with rejoicing and trusting (Psalm 33)   1. Sing joyfully to the LORD! (1-3) Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.   2. The LORD… a. As the Creator of all (4-7) For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.  The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.  By the word of the…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio We believe in God’s Promise (Galatians 3:15-25)     A. God’s Promise 1. We don’t believe God’s promise (15-18) 15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio The messenger of forgiveness (Psalm 32)    1. Be a blessed person a) The joy and peace brought by forgiveness (1,2) 0 Of David. A <maskil.> 1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. b) The hardship as a consequence of transgression (3,4) 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio A Free Interpretation of the Bible by the Spirit and Christ (Galatians 3:1-14, Genesis 15:1-6)    A. The experience of the Holy Spirit 1. We did not believe by our own strength (1-5) 1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? 4…