Walking in Honour & Reverence of God

Today we will have the message shared by Uncle say Yaun on Honour and reverence of God.

Below is the editorial by Ps Jeremy in theChurch bulletin

Honour and Reverence may sound like archaic and vestigial values from a lost past but they are fundamental to our life and living. God wants to bless us with individuality and self-expression as long as we know our place under authority. —And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)

The family and the local church are where our character is formed. The challenge of the Christian home is to allow individuals to feel loved, to grow in maturity without being infantilized, humiliated, or demeaned. A nurturing home is a place where love, respect, dependency and dignity are propagated down the generations. God has set us a divine order – that is; the headship of the husband and the respect of parents from the children. No one can violate this divine order and expect to reap divine blessings.

Actually, the Lord Jesus seeks more than just mere outward compliance but instead, reaches deeper into the issues of our hearts. In Mark 7:6, the Lord quoted Isaiah 29:13-" These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” God sees our hearts and not just polite appearances.

Psalms 133:3 tells us that God will command the blessing and anointing to flow downward when there is genuine unity and mutual submission. So much blessing has been withheld from Christians because they took in the prevalent cultural values—namely self centeredness and the lack of respect for our parents and authority figures. Well, not all authority figures are godly, but our respect for their position should remained. When we violate the basic principles of God we will reap the consequences.

The bible has a simple and balanced teaching about family relationship in Ephesians 6:1-4 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2"Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3"that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

Let us ask God to help us to be better children and better parents.
Pastor Jeremy

Easter Camp 2007 Promo

Speaker Profile

Pastor Peter Misso is a gifted communicator with extensive
experience as a Trainer, Mentor, Camp speaker and Church
consultant. He is passionate for God and loves to see the young
people being won and discipled for the Kingdom. He was a
director of Teen Challenge Christian Drug rehab ministry in
Singapore till the late 90s. He is currently the Founder/director
of Frontlet Ministry in Australia and also serves as the key
pastor/consultant to the 2G Church in Box Hill. His lovely wife
Anne and three boys, Leroy, Shannon and Jan will be joining us
in the camp.

Date:

6th - 8th April 2007 (3 days 2 nights)
(Friday evening till Sunday after lunch)

Registration:
Sherene Loh - Tel: (03) 9467 7010
Mob: 0422 126 765
For more information, please contact:
Ps Jeremy Wong - Tel: (03) 9858 3682
Mob: 0411 573 088

Costs: Very economical! Only $70 person and concession and full time students is only $60 for two nights accomodation and all meals.

Su-Ann Loh - Tel: (03) 9467 7010
Mob: 0422 126 764

Campsite Webpage: http://www.weekaway.com.au

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Corner King St and Lower Heidelberg Road,
Ivanhoe East, Victoria, 3079
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Bible in a Year Reading Program

Bible in One Year Program—
Bibles are still available for collection today for those who have ordered after Christmas. Contact
Sherene or Su Ann.

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(Log-in Code is BL555) for updates.

Our theme for 2006 is – “Word and Walk”—part of our desire to encourage everyone to know the bible more and to live victorious lives.

Did Jesus rise from the dead?

Did Jesus rise from the dead?

James Cameron of Hollywood fame says no...but his theory has been denounced by many......

The claim of James Cameron and the Discovery Channel that a tomb contains the bones of Jesus is bogus, said leading Biblical and archeological scholars today. Unfortunately, this is a story full of holes, conjectures and problems, said Dr. Ben Witherington, author of What Have They Done With Jesus? and New Testament professor at Asbury Theological Seminary. It will make good TV and involves a bad critical reading of history. Basically, this is old news with a new interpretation. We have known about this tomb since it was discovered in 1980. There are all sorts of reasons to see this as much ado about nothing much.
Witherington and other leading biblical scholars and archeologists say there are at least 10 reasons why the Jesus Tomb claim is completely bogus:

1. There is no DNA evidence that this is the historical Jesus of Nazareth
2. The statistical analysis is untrustworthy
3. The name "Jesus" was a popular name in the first century, appearing in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries
4. There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child
5. The earliest followers of Jesus never called him "Jesus, son of Joseph"
6. It is highly unlikely that Joseph, who died earlier in Galilee, was buried in Jerusalem, since the historical record connects him only to Nazareth or Bethlehem
7. The Talipot tomb and ossuaries are such that they would have belonged to a rich family, which does not match the historical record for Jesus
8. Fourth-century church historian Eusebius makes quite clear that the body of James, the brother of Jesus, was buried alone near the temple mount and that his tomb was visited in the early centuries, making very unlikely that the Talipot tomb was Jesus' "family tomb"
9. The two Mary ossuaries do not mention anyone from Migdal, but simply has the name Mary, one of the most common of all ancient Jewish female names
10. By all ancient accounts, the tomb of Jesus was empty, making it highly unlikely that it was moved to another tomb, decayed for one year's time, and then the bones put in an ossuary

In light of all the incredible number of problems with the recent claim that Jesus' grave has been found, the time-honored, multi-faceted evidence for the bodily resurrection of Jesus is more convincing than ever, said Dr. Gary Habermas, an expert on the resurrection of Jesus and author of The Case for the Resurrection. Even the early opponents of the Christian message acknowledged that Jesus' tomb was empty. And the evidence for Jesus' bodily resurrection appearances has never been refuted.

Source: Bill Muehlenberg
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