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Week No. 34 | 21 Aug 2022 Zion Church Lord's Day Service

LORD’S DAY SERVICE ORDER

PRESIDER: Elder Tan Pau Soon
*Silent Prayer
*Confession of Faith
Hymn 56
Responsive Reading:
42. Matthew 5
42. 马太福音 5
Prayer by Elder Tan Pau Soon
Scripture Reading:
Gen 2:1-3
创 2:1-3
Choir Anthem by Sharon Choir
Fill My Cup Lord
求主充满我杯
Sermon by Pastor Samuel Kim
The blessings of the Sabbath
安息日的祝福
Hymn 204
Offering Prayer by Elder Tan Pau Soon
Offering song:
Hymn 248 – Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning
锡安的快乐早晨

(Sharon Praise)
Announcements by Elder Tan Pau Soon
*Hymn 6
*Benediction by Pastor Samuel Kim

*Congregation Standing

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Let us continue to pray for the growth and revival of our church and for the work of evangelism and missions.
  • Let us continue to pray for God’s protection of all nations in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
  • Please refer to the following for our service times:

    • Lord’s Day (Sunday) service @ 10:45am*
    • Lord’s Day Bible study at 1:45 pm
    • Wednesday service @ 7:40pm*
    • Saturday Dawn service @ 6am

    *Also broadcasted live on YouTube: http://live.zionchurch.sg

  • Let us pray for the upcoming History of Redemption seminars and conferences:

    • Europe History of Redemption Seminar (Brussels, Belgium)

    – Theme: Genesis Genealogies
    – Date & Time: 26-28 Aug
    – Speakers: Rev. Andrew Pak, Rev. Samuel Kim, Evg. Joanna Pae

    • Proclaim 2022

    – Theme: God’s Word to the next generation (4th book in History of Redemption series)
    – Date and time: 15-17 Sept @ 6:30-9:00 pm SGT
    – Speakers: Rev. Philip Lee, Rev. James Park, Rev. Samuel Kim, Rev. Andrew Pak

    *Registration https://www.proclaim2022.com (Deadline is 31 Aug).

  • There will be a leaders’ meeting after the Bible study.
    Agenda: Follow-up on 3D design of the new units’ construction. We will be showing the new 3D design right after the service. Those who wish to view it can stay in the sanctuary. But the meeting for the leaders will be after the Bible study.
  • Please make your Lord’s Day lunch order and payment (via PayNow) http://lunch.zionchurch.sg latest by every Wed .
  • As part of our missions work to proclaim God’s Word and to support the publication of the 6th book in the series, “The Eternal High Priest of the Covenantal Oath,” Zion Church will be doing a BOOK DRIVE .

    Your missions offering given for BOOK DRIVE will be used to purchase History of Redemption Series books and Bibles (where needed) to be sent to schools, institutions, and individuals who otherwise cannot buy them to read.

    You may participate by indicating “book drive” on the offering envelopes or sending direct bank transfers to:
    HORA Ministries – DBS Bank Account 072-037508-4.
    Account Type: Corporate Multi Currency Account.

UPCOMING PRAYER DUTIES

Wednesday 24 Aug: Deacon Louis Loy

Lord’s Day 28 Aug: Elder Anthony Lim

OFFERING & TITHE

Via Internet Banking

You can give an offering electronically by transferring to the following account:

Please make sure to indicate your name, type of offering and the date info under the memo/remarks sections when initiating the transfer. Please indicate your offerings’ purpose especially for TITHES (to be listed as TH).
Note: Any online offerings without indications of whether for tithing, thanksgiving, building, mission, etc will be recorded as regular offerings.
Thank you for your assistance.

1. For regular, tithes, thanksgiving, special, and missions offerings ONLY
OCBC Bank Account: ZION CHURCH
Account#: 621835867001
PayNow UEN#: T00SS0141D

NOTE: Please specify Name, Purpose and Date (ddmmmyy) of the offering in the MEMO or Bill Reference Number section. See Example 1.

2. For Building Offerings ONLY
DBS Bank Account: ZION CHURCH
Account#: 047-903777-2

NOTE: Please specify Name, Purpose and Date (ddmmmyy) of the offering in the MEMO or Bill Reference Number section. See Example 2.

Use the following acronyms to indicate Purpose (offering type):

    • RO = Regular Offering
    • TH = Tithes
    • TG = Thanksgiving
    • SP = Special Offering
    • MO = Missions Offering
    • BO = Building Offering

 

Example 1:
JohnDoe TH 05APR20
SamMiller TG 05Mar20
JaneSmith RO 03May20

Example 2:
JohnDoe BO 05APR20

By Mail

You may mail your offering cheques to Zion Church to below address:
“Finance Department”.
2 Gambas Crescent, Nordcom 2 Tower 2 #10-13. Siangapore 757044.

By ATM

You may transfer via ATM:
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO SPECIFY TYPE OF OFFERING if you use this option.
Please inform any Finance Team member if want your offering to be recorded.

  • Eldress May Ling
  • Deaconess Leh Tieng
  • Elder Steve

Living Manna

Sermon Summary
Burning Hearts

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

The disciples in today’s passage had heard the news of Jesus’ resurrection but they did not believe that Jesus is alive. Jesus Himself had said that He would rise again & meet them in Galilee (Mark 14:28). If the disciples had believed, they should be going to Galilee, but instead they were headed in the opposite direction towards Emmaus. Likewise, where are our footsteps heading towards today?

1. Their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him (Luke 24:21-24)

It had been 3 days since Jesus’ death. They had expected Jesus to rise again on the 3rd day, but because there was no proof, they could not believe it. These disciples were close to Jesus when He was on earth. As human beings born with physical senses, it is easier for us to depend on our physical senses such as sight, touch and hearing than to reach out to our spiritual senses. When Jesus died in the body, His disciples were lost as they depended on only the physical side of Jesus and not His more important spiritual aspect. For He is God who is Spirit.

The death of Jesus truly revealed the status of His disciples’ faith during that time. Today, if we were to take away all these visible things, such as our offerings and time spent at church, the tasks and titles at church, leaving just me and God, what would our relationship with God look like, what would our faith look like? Do we have wrong expectations that define who God is?

The good news is that even when they were going away from the faith, Jesus comes to walk with them. Likewise, even when we are backsliding, the good news is that Jesus is still walking with us. Please be comforted by this fact.

But even though Jesus was with them, their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him (Luke 24:11, 16). Is this our condition today? Are our eyes prevented from recognizing Jesus in our lives today? Faith is in the present. Let us recognize Jesus walking with us today!

2. Their eyes were open and they recognized Him

Their eyes opened when Jesus explained the Scriptures to them (Luke 24:26-27). The word “explained” in Greek is διερμηνεύω diermeneuo meaning ‘to make clear, to interpret, to make one understand’. The History of Redemption series of books is explaining the bible clearly.
Luke 24:30-31 records this, how their eyes were opened when Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it and gave it to them. This bread represented the Word of God. The Bible tells us that when the disciples recognized Jesus, He disappeared from their sight. What this means is that when they truly recognized Jesus, physically He did not need to be present in bodily form for them to continue believing.

3. Burning hearts

As a result of understanding the Word, their eyes were opened to see Jesus (Luke 24:32). The problem today is that people’s hearts are not burning with the Word of God. Let us pray that in Zion Church, everyone’s heart will burn within us as the Word is explained & taught.
What is the result of burning hearts?

(i) They returned to Jerusalem that very hour (Luke 24:33)
Originally the disciples had reasoned that as the sun was setting, they could not proceed with their journey and urged Jesus to stay with them. However, when they received the Word and recognized Jesus, the physical conditions around them did not matter anymore – they rose at that very hour. Let us not make promises to God about the future, because we do not know what will happen tomorrow. If our hearts are burning, then we must do it right now, at this very hour!

(ii) They came to where the other disciples were and become witnesses (Luke 24:34-35)
They heard the Word of God and recognised Jesus, their spiritual eyes were opened and with their hearts burning, they became witnesses. They testified that the Lord has indeed risen! They could not prove it but their experience on the road to Emmaus was real even though Jesus was no longer there with them physically. Even today, many people seek physical experiences in order to believe in Jesus. Let us not seek these experiences but believe when the Holy Spirit explains the Word and allows us to understand Jesus.

What then is the real face of our faith, what is the real status of our faith today? Are we like the 2 disciples heading toward Emmaus in despair and hopelessness because Jesus was no longer physically with them? When Jesus appeared suddenly to them, He was showing them that He was there all along, even though they could not see Him. This is the spiritual aspect of Jesus.

Elijah when running away from Jezebel and Ahab, rested under the broom tree and sought God to kill him because he alone is left. But God revealed that 7000 others still lived who have not bowed down to Baal & gave him a new task. Are you under the broom tree today? God is saying there is much work for you to do and much race left for you to run.

Apostle Peter preached and 3000 people believed. After Jesus’ resurrection, wouldn’t it have been great if Jesus stayed around and helped the disciples? Instead, Jesus ascended to heaven. It was the task of the apostles who had walked with Jesus to start the new era of the church. It is the same with us doing Father’s work in these end times. God has given us the word of transfiguration and it is up to us to carry this Word all the way to the end.

In Revelation, apostle John met another strong angel who delivered the word and disappeared. John took this little book, ate it and becomes the 2 witnesses. It was up to him to take the baton from the strong angel and run the course, all the way to the 2nd Coming and the last judgment.
It is the same thing for us today. We have received this Word and now it is up to us to carry and run with it until the end! Are we ready? The Holy Spirit will help us to understand and remember the word. And God will use us to do His amazing work! Let us be like the disciples were turned round and headed back to Jerusalem to do His work!

AMEN.

Pastor Samuel Kim

2022-08-20T23:31:55+00:00
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