Mari Ikeda Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170423.mp3 We die with Jesus and live with Him (Luke 23:50-24:12) A. We die with Jesus (23:50-56) 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation…

Andy Nagahara Easter Sunday Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170416.mp3 The sign of the connection (Matthew 12:38-41) Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know…

Mari Ikeda Palm Sunday Albrecht Dürer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170409.mp3 The Voice From The Cross (Luke 23:26-49) A. The voice from the Cross 1. Know your sin (26-32) 26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when…

Andy Nagahara Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170402.mp3 Closeness and Openness a. The openness necessary for church (Luke 5:30-32, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23) But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and `sinners’?” Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:30-32) Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win…

  Mari Ikeda Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170326.mp3 The Covenant to Love (Membership of Your Church) 1. I will love and serve God (Mark 12:28-30) One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: `Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ (Mark 12:28-30) A. By making worship the highest priority in…