Zion Church Online Bulletin

Week No. 02 | 14 January 2024 Lord's Day

LORD’S DAY SERVICE ORDER

PRESIDER: Elder Tan Pau Soon
*Silent Prayer
*Confession of Faith
Hymn 48
Responsive Reading:
47. John 15
47. 约翰福音 15 章
Prayer by Elder Tan Pau Soon
Scripture Reading:
Hebrews 13:7–14
希伯来书 13:7-14
Choir Anthem by Sharon Choir
Just a closer walk with Thee
让我靠近祢同行
Sermon by Pastor Samuel Kim
Hebrews 15 – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever
希伯来书 (15) – 耶稣基督, 昨日, 今日, 永远都是一样的
Hymn 359
Offering Prayer by Elder Tan Pau Soon
Offering Song:
Turn your eyes
当转眼仰望耶稣

(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.
  • Please refer to the following for our service times:

    • Lord’s Day (Sunday) service @ 10:45 am*
    • Lord’s Day Bible study at 1:30 pm
    • Wednesday service @ 7:40 pm*
    • Saturday Dawn service @ 6:00 am

    *Also broadcasted live on YouTube for Lord’s Day & Wed Services: http://live.zionchurch.sg

    *也在 YouTube 上直播主日和周三礼拜: http://live.zionchurch.sg

  • The Precept for 2024: “A Church that Arises to Rebuild the Foundation of Faith and Is Devoted to Spreading the Word of Redemptive History. “ (Neh 2:18; Isa 58:12; Matt 24:14; 1 Tim 4:15; 2 Tim 4:2)

    “一个兴起重建信心基础和致力传播救赎史话语的教会”
    (尼希米记 2:18; 以赛亚书 58:12; 马太福音 24:14; 提摩太前书 4:15;提摩太后书 4:2)

  • There will be special dawn services every Saturday for the month of January. Let us all come to be charged with God’s Word and pray for our families, church, and nation! These services will start at 5:50am. Let us fervently pray together to start the year in His grace!
  • Pastor Sam will be lecturing on “Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament” on 29-31 Jan, (Mon-Wed) at Tung Ling Bible School. Please pray for the showers of blessings for all the lectures.
  • There will be a meeting for all Bible Academy teachers next Lord’s Day (21 Jan) after Bible study.

SERVICE DUTIES

Prayer (Wed 17 Jan) Evg. Nicholas Chiang
Presider (Sun 21 Jan) Eld. William Ng
Basket Bearers (Sun 21 Jan) Eld. Anthony Lim, Dcn. Andrew Cheong

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 Number: 621835867001
PayNow UEN #: T00SS0141D
Swift: OCBCSGSGXXX
Bank Address: CHULIA STREET, 63, OCBC CENTRE, FLOOR 10, SINGAPORE

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

2. Offering toward Missions Offering or Book Drive to support broadcasts of the History of Redemption Series globally, can be made in the following ways to HORA Ministries:

1) Direct bank transfer to:

DBS (Development Bank of Singapore)
Account Holder: LI JIA TSUEY or CAI XIAO FEN ERICA
Account Number: 271-310151-9 (Account Type: Multi Currency Account)
Currency Type: All currencies accepted (US$, S$, etc)
Address of Beneficiary Bank: 12 Marina Boulevard, DBS Asia Central, Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, Singapore 018982
Country: Singapore
SWIFT Address/Code: DBSSSGSG

2) PayNow to HORA Ministries via NRIC S7638942Z

3) Indicating “Book Drive” or “Missions” on the offering envelopes.

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. Singapore 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
Hebrews 14 – Are you ready to finish the race of faith?

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3

Scripture reference: Hebrews 12:1-4, Proverbs 3:11-12

Are we ready to take the baton of this relay race of faith? And complete the race before us? We’ve studied about all the forefathers of faith in the book of Hebrews, and they are waiting for us to finish the race so that they can be perfected. As Bible says, they should not be made perfect apart from us.

We’ve received the covenant of Mount Zion and are qualified to run this final race. Today we’ll learn from the author of Hebrews crucial tips on how to live a life of faith where we can be successful in our race.

1. Resist against sin with endurance (Hebrews 12:1)

If we’re ready to run, let us be ready and be dressed properly. We have to resist sin in this world where sin is commonplace and accepted. Have we resisted sin to the point of bloodshed? (Hebrews 12:4) If we haven’t done so, I’ll pray that you can be successful in doing so.

2. Love (1John 3:14)

We have to love the brethren in Christ. Also don’t neglect to show hospitality to strangers. May our church be filled with brotherly love this year, and always pray for each other.

Hospitality is about sharing love to strangers, in the Jewish culture, it is providing shelter and food in your home. Christians were persecuted by Romans and Jews then so to open up their homes is dangerous, yet the author of Hebrews encourages them to do it, sometimes to the perils of their lives.

When we evangelise our neighbours, friends and colleagues, it is not done to receive love back. It is to share God’s love to them, so we don’t have to fear rejection. We share God with them so that they can receive Jesus into their lives. To do this, we spend financially, also with our time and in prayers.

φιλαδελφία
In Greek, Philadelphia means brotherly love.

φιλοζάνια
In Greek, Philozania means show love to strangers.

When we make effort to share the love of God with others, it provides a way for God to come into us and do His mysterious work. (Hebrews 13:3)

Let us pray for others like their problems are mine. (1Cor 12:26)

3. Purity, to keep from defilement (Hebrews 13:4)

To God marriage is to be kept in honour, this applies to both married and unmarried Christians.

The writer also calls out 2 types of sin at the end of the chapter.

(1) Fornication

Any sexual activity done outside of marriage, or pre-marriage. In today’s society this is acceptable and commonplace, but the Word of God has not changed, and it will never change even in the future. If you’ve committed the sin, just repent and Jesus will forgive you!

Fornication is taking something you’re not allowed to take. We’ve to stay pure. Jesus can make us pure even when we’re impure.

(2) Adultery (Hebrews 13:4)

Let us find fear in that God will judge the adulterers Himself. (1Cor 6:9) As a church let us be clear on this. It’s not that we’re rejecting all these people, we are in the same boat as them. Murderers, liars all cannot enter into heaven. So we must repent, let our church be one all sinners can come in, and leave their sins and go away cleansed.

We can’t condemn anything or their sin, but let us receive power to condemn the sin within us.

4. Do not covet (Hebrews 13:5-6)

Covetousness is not just wanting what others have, it is sinful wanting. This is something that will take away my focus, my time away from God. What is the purpose of money? What results can it bring for us, and for the kingdom of God? Will what I want lead me to idolatry? Will it bring me closer to God or further away? (1Tim 6:10)

The opposite of coveting is contentment, which will lead us to thankfulness. When God sees that we can do this, He will bless us more and more. Amen! (Phil 4:11)

Everyone has different talents and ways in which God can use them.

Conclusion:

Hebrews 12:28-29 NKJ
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.

Though we’re still on earth, let us receive this kingdom and show gratitude! God has promised us that if we keep these things and run the race, God will give us this kingdom that cannot be shaken.

We are sons of God so there are times when God will discipline us. We are all saved but as His sons He has expectations and He will judge accordingly. (Hebrews 12:5)

This year 2024 let us satisfy God’s expectations and start running this race!

AMEN.

Pastor Samuel Kim

2024-02-24T18:01:16+00:00
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