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Jesus’ Ascension to Heaven, the Gospel Preached Everywhere

Jul 24, 2020
4 min

Jesus’ Ascension to Heaven, the Gospel Preached Everywhere

Reverend Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 16:19-20 Because of the coronavirus pandemic, after the Sunday worship on March 15th of this The Scripture today for our last devotion on the Gospel of Mark consists of only two verses: “After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied i

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The Lord Gives the Great Commission

Jul 22, 2020
3 min

The Lord Gives the Great Commission

Pastor CJ Translated by Allan Liang Mark 16:14-18 The Lord Jesus resurrected; he appeared to Mary and others, but when this message arriv We are unable to imagine the situation at the time, and Mark also did not describe it in too much detail, for the author proceeded to record the commandment referred as, “the great commission”, a mission like calling given by Jesus to his disciples: “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation” (Mark 16:15). Thre

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Trusting in the Resurrected Lord and Becoming Victorious

Jul 22, 2020
4 min

Trusting in the Resurrected Lord and Becoming Victorious

Pastor Rong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 16:12-13 The Gospel of Mark especially emphasises here that the resurrected Jesus Christ appea People tend to believe only what their eyes have seen; the resurrection of Jesus was not only seen by people, it was prophesied long ago by Jesus himself. Consequently, their unbelief was not only disbelieving the testimony of those who had seen the resurrected Jesus but disbelieving the words of Jesus: men did not have the faith to acc

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Is My Belief in Jesus’ Resurrection Enough to Overturn My “Three Views”?

Jul 22, 2020
3 min

Is My Belief in Jesus’ Resurrection Enough to Overturn My “Three Views”?

Pastor Jiao Translated by Allan Liang Mark 16:9-11 Throughout church history, Jesus’ bodily resurrection was always held to be a core Chr Second, Jesus’ resurrection, just like his death, is absolutely vital to our salvation, for our bodies destined to decay must be united with him through the resurrection in order to become imperishable in the age to come (Romans 6:5, 1 Corinthians 15:42-57). If Christ did not resurrect, our faith is useless, because we will still die un

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The Burial of Jesus

Jul 17, 2020
3 min

The Burial of Jesus

Pastor Steven Translated by Allan Liang Mark 15:42-47 When the pandemic raged, our fear was great, we feared death. Now that the pandemic In today’s Scripture, Jesus’ corpse was taken off the cross and buried in the cold grave. Christians focus more on Jesus’ death and resurrection, but often ignore the importance of Jesus’ burial. Yet when the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, mentioned the contents of the core Christian faith, he especially mentioned Jesus’ buri

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This Man Really is the Son of God

Jul 16, 2020
4 min

This Man Really is the Son of God

Reverend Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 15:33-41 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him” (John 3:36). This is the gospel mystery that as Christians, we have received from God. This is also the area of the gospel that is considered most overbearing and is most hated by the world. To the world, even if the afterlife consists of heaven and hell, it ought to be that good people go to heav

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Take Up the Cross of the Lord

Jul 16, 2020
4 min

Take Up the Cross of the Lord

Pastor CJ Translated by Allan Liang Mark 15:21-32 An unordinary character is presented at the start of this passage in Mark, Simon from C Many believers today may rejoice for the path that we walk alongside the Lord, perhaps even celebrating jubilantly because we will be glorified with him. However, let us enter the situation given to us by the Scriptures, and again reconsider what it means to carry up the cross. The Lord Jesus first rejected the wine mixed with myrrh

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The Lord Jesus Died for Me

Jul 16, 2020
3 min

The Lord Jesus Died for Me

Pastor Rong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 15:16-20 When the Roman soldiers humiliated and abused Jesus in this cruel and evil way, they As I read the Bible these past few mornings, when this passage of Scripture: Mark 15:16-20, entered my eyes, a current of sorrow poured out of my heart. Sorrowful, because of the Lord’s humiliation? Thankful, because of the cost paid by the Lord to redeem humanity? O Lord, why did you forsake your splendor and take upon yourself such sh

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Where was I when Jesus was Sentenced to Death?

Jul 12, 2020
4 min

Where was I when Jesus was Sentenced to Death?

Pastor Jiao Translated by Allan Liang Mark 15:6-15 The Jewish Sanhedrin when carrying out the judicial trial, had no authority over the l Pilate was a governor appointed in AD 26 by the Roman government to be in charge of the region of Judea. The authority of the governor was great, and commanded over the people the power to spare and kill. But because it was undesirable to interfere in Jewish religious divisions, the Jews could not accuse Jesus of religious crimes (Matt

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The Trial of Jesus

Jul 6, 2020
4 min

The Trial of Jesus

Reverend Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:51-65 “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Although In the Scriptures of Mark that we read of today, we see in God’s eternal will that: First, Jesus as the true passover lamb who was slain, must be sacrificed on the passover. Consequently, Jesus handed himself over and appeared before the high priest on the very night of the passover. Second, according to the laws concerning sacrifices,

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The Silent King

Jul 6, 2020
3 min

The Silent King

Pastor Jiang Translated by Leo Liu Mark 15:1-5 Jesus is Christ and Messiah. Christ comes from the Greek in the New Testament and Messiah comes from the Hebrew in the Old Testament. They all have the same meaning, which means "anointed." In the Old Testament, the two most common types of human identities were designated by God to be established through an anointing process. One is the high priest of Israel, and the other is the king of Israel. From the previous verse we see

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Always Stay Alert and Pray

Jul 4, 2020
3 min

Always Stay Alert and Pray

Pastor Rong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:32-42 Thanks be to God, let us consider today’s Scripture. Some people say: Today there are We may have all experienced a tension between our desires and our wills. In today’s Scripture, the “darkest night”, here the plot to betray the Son of Man into the hands of sinners was complete, and here Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Facing the darkness of the cross, Jesus asked his three disciples, Peter, James and John to

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Peter and I

Jul 4, 2020
4 min

Peter and I

Pastor Jiao Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:27-31 The four gospels all record Peter’s denial of Jesus three times, indicating that this is an important warning given to us by the Lord. From the outward failures, Judas and Peter were very alike. However, Judas died in his sins, and even until death, did not seek Jesus for help, not knowing at all Jesus to be God, to which the natural consequence is eternal perishment. The biggest lesson that we learn from Judas is that he

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God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Responsibility

Jul 4, 2020
4 min

God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Responsibility

Pastor Steven Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:12-21 The Bible talks about both God’s sovereignty in controlling our things, including our actions (Acts 17:28) and thoughts (Exodus 7:3), as well as the total responsibility of man for his thoughts, words and actions. However, the precise interaction between the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man cannot be explained clearly as this already has exceeded the limits of our minds. Light is composed of both waves and

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The Last Supper

Jun 26, 2020
3 min

The Last Supper

Pastor Jiang Translated by Leo Liu Mark 14:22-26 This is the last time Jesus and his disciples kept Passover. Usually the Passover feast includes bitter herbs, seasoning sauce, unleavened cake, wine and lamb. Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it out and handed it to the disciples, "You take it, this is my body." He took another cup and thanked him, saying, "This is the blood of my covenant, which was shed for many people." This is the most important moment in the Pas

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Judas Betrays the Lord

Jun 26, 2020
4 min

Judas Betrays the Lord

Pastor Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:10-11 Jesus led the disciples in healing and casting out demons, performing miracles and pr The Gospel of John points out that the person who openly rebuked Mary for not caring about the poor was Judas of Galilee. However, did Judas really care about the poor? Absolutely not! “He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put i

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Watchfulness prepares the Lord to return

The Heart that Loves the Lord

Jun 18, 2020
4 min

The Heart that Loves the Lord

Pastor CJ Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:3-9 The Scripture verses we will learn today are all quite familiar and this story is recorded also in the Gospel of John 12:1-8 and the Gospel of Matthew 26:6-13. It began by telling that the story occurred at Bethany, where Jesus saved a person by raising them from death, and the setting being when Jesus reclined at the house of a person with leprosy. The Gospel of John gives the name of the woman, Mary, (John 12:3) who

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The Lord Gave His Life For Me

Jun 18, 2020
4 min

The Lord Gave His Life For Me

Pastor Rong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:1-2 From the Scriptures we see, the passover originally involved a lamb being chosen and sl This passage of Scripture tells us: the Lord Jesus has the authority to control his own life. He has the authority to lay down his life and has the authority to take it up again. In all of heaven and earth, only our Lord has this authority. We humans have no such authority to control the length of our lives, when we ought to lay it dow

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Cautiously Preparing, Enduring to the End