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…

 Andy Nahgahara Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170319.mp3 Who are those who fear the LORD? (Psalms 25:12-22) A. God’s promise to those who fear the LORD  (12-14) 12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. 13 He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. 14 The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.  B. The present situation of those who fear the LORD (15-19) 15 My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. 16 Turn to me and…

   Andy Nahgahara Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170312.mp3 The Triune Prayer (Psalms 25:1-11) A. 基本的な三つの願い The basic three prayers 1. Who may stand in the Lord’s holy place? (3-6,　Psalms15) 2. Who may stand in the Lord’s holy place? (3-6,　Psalms15) Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. 2. Who may stand in the Lord’s holy place? (3-6,　Psalms15) 2. Who may stand in the Lord’s holy…

 Andy Nahgahara Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170305.mp3 Who is this King of glory? (Psalms 24) 1. The Creator (1,2, Genesis 1) Of David. A psalm.  The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;  for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every…

 Mari Ikeda Jesus and Barabbas before the Judgment Seat of Pilate Engraving by Bernhard Rode [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, 1789. Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170226.mp3   We Are One of Them (Luke22:39-46) 1. Not recognizing God as God (Religious leaders) a) Believing we are on God’s side (22:66-71) 66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. 67 “If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, 68 and if I asked you, you would not answer. 69 But…

 Andy Nagahara (Psalms 23) Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170219.mp3 Promise of the Shepherd to His Sheep   The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. (1-3a) He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. (3b) Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (4) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (5) Surely goodness and love will follow…

(Albrecht Dürer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) Mari Ikeda (Luke22:39-46) Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170212.mp3 Jesus’ Fear 39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” [43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to…