Sunday, August 23rd, Michiana Chinese Christian Church

Michiana Chinese Christian Church | August 23rd, 2020

Chinese | English Worship service

Chinese Worship and Service: click here: http://mcccin.org/
Sunday school Materials for the Youth and for Children:  https://mccc2020youth.blogspot.com/

CALL TO WORSHIP:

WORSHIP:  ENGLISH WORSHIP MUSIC:

Soon and Very Soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp0scMs9tAU

The King is Coming ~ Newsboys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxN2kpY2NiI

Even So Come ~ Passion, Kristian Stanfill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHsSbgbQZg

BEGIN PRAYER | SCRIPTURE | SERMON VIDEO LINKS: 

ENGLISH SERVICE                                中文崇拜            

https://youtu.be/mD20-X7bhf4                              http://mcccin.org/

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING:       

Matthew 24: 4-14   NKJV

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

 

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.  

                           

SERMON:

The Love of Christ and The End of Days!

*Landmarks and signs help us find our way.

*Jesus is doing the same for us in Matthew 24 by telling us what to watch for in the last days.

*This world is not our home!

        4 “Lord, make me to know my end,

And what is the measure of my days,

That I may know how frail I am.

5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,

And my age is as nothing before You;

Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah  Psalm 39: 4-5   NKJV

and...

“All flesh is as grass,

And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.

The grass withers,

And its flower falls away,

25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.” 

Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.  1^st Peter 1: 24, 25   NKJV

Even Jesus tells us:

       24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me,         let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For                   whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for         My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the                 whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in                     exchange for his soul?  Matthew 16: 24-26   NKJV

*each of us who live on this blue dot of a planet only have so many years to live on it.

*But Christ…

*We are headed into some very rough waters ahead. 

*Scripture makes clear that in the last days,

21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.  Matthew 24: 21   NKJV

*Tensions around the world are getting hotter and more edgy by the day.   These prophecies are almost daily being revealed in today’s world headlines.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.  1^st Thessalonians 4: 15-18   NKJV

*Those of us who proclaim Christ as our savior are to be ready.  

*Brothers and sisters, this is a message of great light and hope.  Our Savior is returning in all glory!

*Do you believe you are going to heaven?  What is it that makes you believe this?  Is it because you made a profession of faith at an earlier time in your life?  Is it because you were baptized?

*There are three simple steps to becoming a believing child of God.  Today, Jesus is calling everyone of us to respond. 

* A…  As in Admit.  Admit your sins to Jesus.  Have you been doing things you know you shouldn’t be doing?  Admit to doing them and confess it to Jesus!  Have you been proud and arrogant?  Have you been putting others down?  Admit and confess it to Jesus!  Paul tells us in Ephesians 1:

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace  Ephesians 1: 7   NKJV

* B… As in Believe.  Believe in Jesus.  Believe He is who He says He is.  Believe and make that belief the center of your life.  Jesus tells us in John 3: 16, and 17:

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  John 3: 16, 17   NKJV

*By simply believing in Jesus, He begins a transformation in your life that causes you to see and live differently.  He changes you from the inside out and gives joy and peace and a new heart. 

*C…  As in Confess.  Confess to others that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.  Jesus is King of Kings, Lord of Lords!  Jesus is your way, your truth and your life.  He is your creator and your redeemer.  He is your treasure and strength!  And then walk out your faith in all areas of your life.  Let Jesus’s life shine through you to others of His light and salvation.

*This world is not our home!!  Our lives here are but a vapor, a wisp. 

        55 “Oh Death, where is your sting?

O Hades, where is your victory?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.  1^st Corinthians 15: 55-58   NKJV

*God has something infinitely better for you!  Something you cannot imagine! 

*The course of your life could change today based on a single decision you’ll make.  Jesus stands at the door and knocks.

*If you do not have this hope and expectation in your life, then it is time, today, that you ask God to show you His truth, and that your Admit your sin, Believe in Jesus, and Confess Him to others as your Lord! 

13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption [d]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.  Colossians 1: 13, 14   NKJV

*Matthew 24: “13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”

RESPONDING HYMN: ENGLISH

King of Glory ~ Michael W. Smith -  ft. CeCe Winans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JGS9WICtIg&list=RD8JGS9WICtIg&start_radio=1&t=0

English Pastor                                                Chinese Pastor
Pastor Kevin Haislip                                      Pastor Rocky Yang
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