Sunday, 20 May 2012

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Sun 20 May 2012, 8:30am
Topic: Social Concern

Speaker: Mr. Liew Tong Ngan – CEO, World Vision

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Sun 20 May 2012, 11:30am @ Mission House

Lesson 6 : Intro to Jerusalem in the Days of Jesus

Reference : The Gospel Story Vol.2 – pages 36 & 37

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Christianity Explored 11

Christianity Explored (CE 11) Session 6 on 20 May 2012, 11:30am @MPH.

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Jubilee Celebration PDF Print E-mail

By Mrs Tan Ah Eng

We have much to thank and praise God as we at PJGH celebrate 50 years of experiencing God’s faithfulness and mercies.

The fiftieth year in the Old Testament was a significant year. In Leviticus 25, God commands that this be a year of Jubilee, a year for God’s people to reflect and remember God’s faithfulness and a year set apart for worship. To the Israelites, the Jubilee was a call to learn total dependence on God and to remember that everything belongs to God.

The shofar, the trumpet was blown on the Day of Atonement to announce the Jubilee. There is no evidence in the Bible that the children of Israel ever kept the Jubilee. It cost them too much. They had to release all the slaves and revert the land back to its original owners. They had to trust God for all their needs as the land was supposed to lie fallow on the fiftieth year.

In Luke 4:18-21, Jesus in His first public meeting quotes from the book of Isaiah “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Jesus then went on to say, “Today the Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing .” In other words, Jesus is saying, “Today, in Me, the Jubilee begins!”

The Jubilee trumpet like the message of Christ proclaimed at least seven things -atonement, liberty, forgiveness, rest, bounty, restoration, brotherly love.

What then is the challenge to us at PJGH as we celebrate our Jubilee year?

I believe our Jubilee year should not be merely a trip down memory lane, looking back and congratulating ourselves for what we have done. It should be about looking forward to where God is leading and what He has ahead.

Is PJGH a place where people can find atonement and freedom in God’s amazing grace and love? Am I willing to revert everything I am and have, back into the hands of God, to realize that I am not the owner but a steward of every blessing?

Is our community one where we have found forgiveness and are willing to forgive one another , freeing us then to God’s restoration, bounty and rest?

Our challenge then as we celebrate this year is to learn to move forward with God because we trust Him, our Jubilee and our Lord of the Years.
 

Thought for the Week:

Mercy Compared to Forgiveness, Love, and Grace

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Matthew 5:7

 

To understand the significance of mercy, let’s compare it to three amazing attributes of God. First, mercy has much in common with forgiveness, although it is distinct from it. God’s forgiveness of our sins flow from His mercy. But mercy is greater than forgiveness, because God is merciful to us even when we do not sin, just as we can be merciful to those who have never done anything against us. God’s mercy does not just forgive our transgressions but reaches to all weaknesses and needs.

Just as forgiveness flows out of mercy, mercy flows out of love. “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (Eph.2:4-5). Love is greater than mercy – it can manifest itself even when there is no wrong to forgive or need to meet.

Finally, mercy is also related to grace, which flows out of love. Grace and mercy have the closest possible relationship, yet they are different. Mercy deals with the consequences of sin, while grace deals with sin itself. Mercy offers relief from punishment, grace offers pardon for the crime.

Just look at what the Good Samaritian did. When he found a Jewish traveler who had been robbed and beaten, he held no animosity toward him. Love motivated him to show the man mercy when he bound up his wounds. And when he took him to an inn and cared for him, he showed grace. Such is the expression of mercy working with forgiveness, love and grace.

Ask yourself: Is there someone to whom you need to show God’s mercy, expressed through your love, your grace, our forgiveness? Think of how you can turn your merciful intentions into practical action

Taken from Grace for Today
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