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…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio Committing our spirit into God’s hands (Psalm 30)    a) Our heartfelt hope to the Lord (0-5) 0 For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. 2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. 3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. 4 Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. 5 Into your hands…

Mari Ikeda Video  (YouTube)   http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170730.mp3 Audio  Who Is Sinful?  (Galatians 2:11-21)   1. A failure story (11-14) 11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. 14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the…