Sunday 29 January 2012

The Glory of God

Preached by Pastor Daniel, January 29, 2012 ( Fulfillment of Promises )

The Scripture tells about the glory of God. In Exodus 33:18, Moses is begging the Lord to see His glory, verse 19, Then He said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the Name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion (mercy) on whom I will have compassion.
It is said that the glory of God consist of goodness,as we always say "God is good all the time, All the time God is good. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not be perish and have everlasting life.(John 3:16)
Proclaiming the Name of the Lord, He has a lot of names, and each of His name is glory. We give glory, honor, and praise unto His Name.
Grace is receiving something you don't deserve.Unmerited favor.
And the last is mercy.
We should all be resemblance of our Father by being merciful, gracious, long suffering and abundant in goodness. The Lord wants to give us future. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.- 2nd Corinthians 5:21
God also give glory to man, Haggai 2:9 says "but the glory of God is greater".
In 2 Corinthians 2:7, But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages of our glory. Because of the freedom God has granted man, God's plan for the crucifixion of Christ had to be kept secret. In the gospel of Mark4:11, and he said to them, " To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things are come in parables. In other words, only those believer is to understand the mystery. And that mystery is Jesus Christ Crucified!
When we say glory, it is the beauty, the radiance,the fruit. Glory is the essence of a brethren.
Everything has its own glory-1 Cor 15:39. In verse 47-49, the first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.And as we have borne the image of the man of dust,we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

The Glory of the Lord is risen upon me!
May the Glory of the Lord shine upon you!

Sunday 22 January 2012

Jesus is the Light

Preached by Pastor Daniel,RVC HK


The Beginning of everything is important. In the beginning,we do not know what will be the middle and the end.
Begin with God. The Spirit of God knows everything from the beginning. Partner with the Spirit of God and surely everything will fall into its place and you will succeed. In Gen.1:3 Then God said,let there be light and there was light. Light is associated with life. Imagine life without light. Life without the sun that gives us light each and everyday. People will live in darkness. People will die. There will be no food. Plants will die,without sun,plants will not be able to produce fruits. It needs chlorophyll to obtain energy form the light. The world will be so cold without the sun that gives warmth to us. Without light there is no life.
What is the Word, the light and the life?
Jesus is the light. In the Gospel of John, In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
This Book of the law shall not depart from you mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.-Joshua 1-8
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet,-Psalm 119-105. The lamp unto my feet! The light that will let us see the path that we are taking. The Word that if we put in our heart and meditate,it will illuminate us.
The Word define as three in one. The spirit, the light and the life and all this together is JESUS.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Today,as the year begins we should know the light. We should value relationship more than how we value it before, and most of all, we must obey the great commission.
The Bible talk about God. The story in the Bible is only the mirror of the real thing. God is the real thing.God is the beginning and the end of everything. The author and the finisher of life. The One and Only God.

Blessed be Thy Name forever and ever! Amen.