Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio The Freedom To Live To Love (Galatians 5:2-15,  1Corinthians 9:19-23)   A. Our relationship with God is only through Jesus 1. It’s not by our works (2-4) 2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.   2. It’s not through someone else either (7-10,12) …

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Are You A Slave or A Free Person? (Galatians 4:21-5:1)   A. What deprives us of freedom 1. The Law (Tradition) (21-25) 21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  I am your salvation! (Psalm 35, Matthew 5:43-48, Romans 6:6-10, Ephesians 2:14-16)      A. The Lord knows our limitations 1. We ask the Lord for help to defeat enemies (1-3) (0-3 Introduction) Of David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid. Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”  2. We are tempted to curse enemies (4-8) (4-8 The curse against the enemies) May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Let’s Become Fathers and Mothers Who Keep “The Child’s Happiness” (Galatians 4:12-20, 1Corinthians 4:14-16)      A. The happiness of children 1. The blessedness of meeting Jesus and being made a child of God (12-15) 12 I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong. 13 As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, 14 and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  The LORD is your only refuge (Psalm 34:11-22)   A. Let’s share what the fear of the LORD is (11-14) 11 Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.  12 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,  13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.  14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.  1. It is to do good 2. It is to seek peace B. Let’s share who the LORD is (15-18) 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Taste and see that the LORD is good! (Psalm 34:1-11)     A. ….By singing (1-4) 0 Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left.  1 I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.  2 My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.  3 Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together. 1. Sing at all times   2. Sing together   B. ….By remembering (5-8) 4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from…

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.…