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• Reflection on what it means to be the family of God |
• Reading from Galatians 4:1-7 |
• Explanation of the gospel message as freedom from slavery through Christ's redemption |
• Discussion of adoption as children of God and inheritance as heirs |
• Application of the passage to daily life as children of God |
• The law was a gift to the Jews as a guide until the set time |
• The law was powerless to save and was weakened by human flesh |
• God sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering |
• Jesus became the curse so that He can free us from being under the curse of the law |
• Both Jews and Gentiles were in slavery to sin, with Jews being slaves to the law and Gentiles being slaves to false gods |
• The entire creation was longing for redemption and a Savior |
• The set time in God's fullness has come and is already fulfilled through Christ |
• Don't go back to being a slave, but instead recognize you are God's children |
• You have received the Spirit of adoption and can call God "daddy" or 아빠 |
• As God's children, you live and move and have your being in Him and are free from slavery to sin |
• The law could never make you an heir, but now as a child of God you are fully privileged and free |
• Warning against returning to being slaves by adding the law of Moses through the Judaizers' teaching |
• The Judaizers in Galatians were trying to define who the real family of God and children of God are based on their own traditional standards. |
• Paul argues that true membership in God's family is not determined by ethnicity or observance of Jewish traditions, but rather through faith in God's spirit and His grace. |
• The gospel message is Christ alone, and those who believe in Him are invited into His family regardless of background. |
• The question arises of what is added to the gospel to define real Christians, and how this can subtly or explicitly affect church membership requirements. |
• The concept of belonging to God through faith in Christ Jesus |
• No distinction between Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female, as we are all one in Christ |
• Identity as children of God and heirs to the promise |
• Reflection on God's family and identity hope |
• Being loved and free in Christ, enabling us to bear one another with love and the fruits of the Spirit |
• The empowerment by God's own Spirit for our identity as His children |
• Adoption into God's family through Christ |
• The importance of recognizing one's identity as a loved child of God |
• Overcoming seasons of doubt and suffering |
• Seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit |
• Embracing privilege and freedom in Christ |
• Receiving and sharing God's love through one's life |
• Celebrating and acknowledging one's relationship with God |
[0.00 --> 11.34] well this morning we get to welcome a number of new people into our church family and it's always |
[11.34 --> 15.88] a privilege to have people say this is the the church i want to join this is the church we want |
[15.88 --> 20.76] to join for the rest of our season and i want to at this time invite all those who were part of our |
[20.76 --> 24.56] membership class for the last few weeks to come up here on the stage and they're going to introduce |
[24.56 --> 28.44] themselves to you so come on up here we'll line up as best we can on the stage |
[28.44 --> 53.16] it's right up here |
[53.16 --> 65.70] all right i knew we could fit |
[65.70 --> 73.50] before i say anything about uh being part of the church i want to give everyone a chance just to |
[73.50 --> 78.88] say a bit about who they are uh their story of coming to hope and uh that way you can hear from |
[78.88 --> 86.62] them who we're welcoming to our church we'll start with you james hello my name is james major um |
[86.62 --> 94.00] i was born actually uh born new west i attended john ox christian reformed church and then sometimes |
[94.00 --> 101.46] after that kind of just faded away uh so when i kind of completely came back to god it was entirely |
[101.46 --> 107.42] online and so like years and years and years of just watching sermons online and then kind of have |
[107.42 --> 111.50] to it's not it's not good you got to be a part of the community so that brought me here |
[111.50 --> 127.46] morning everyone my name is jabe and we moved from quebec to uh bc last uh july and we live across the |
[127.46 --> 133.52] street over there so uh it's only natural that we come to this church and we've been loving this church |
[133.52 --> 140.86] ever since and um we joined the membership class the two weeks after we uh first came here |
[140.86 --> 146.00] and we're really happy that we found this uh big family thank you |
[146.00 --> 156.88] uh hello everyone good morning uh today i'm honored to uh stand uh here to be a new member of this church |
[156.88 --> 166.34] my name is yuan i come from chendu china where is panda's hometown as well um i've been a christian |
[166.34 --> 176.90] for 15 years one was in china i i've been going to church and baptized to baptized 2009 |
[176.90 --> 186.98] um seven years ago my family came to canada but the first over six years we live in montreal |
[186.98 --> 195.78] last year summer we moved to here and we find the perfect church my family love this church the pastor |
[195.78 --> 204.58] uh the members and the worship service and i feel like i find a home for my soul and my spirit |
[204.58 --> 211.54] so we gratefully join this church of the new member i think um different country and different |
[211.54 --> 219.46] uh culture but we have the same face same love to jesus christ that's why we hear a big family here |
[219.46 --> 230.02] thank you wow i i can't i can't do that i have to read my really good okay so uh my name is lois |
[230.02 --> 236.90] claus and i am thankful to god for many things today i'm thankful that i'm celebrating 50 years of |
[236.90 --> 250.18] marriage to dave this weekend i'm thankful that god gave us five children and 12 grandchildren i'm |
[250.18 --> 258.18] thankful for knowing the lord since 1977 when i was baptized as a young mom but this weekend i'm also |
[258.18 --> 263.94] thankful to be joining hope church i have loved this church from my first day here |
[263.94 --> 271.06] and want to join to be a part of this family to support the people here when i can and use my |
[271.06 --> 274.90] gifts to reach out and share jesus with those in our community |
[277.06 --> 284.58] morning i'm dave this is definitely a milestone weekend for lois and i our 50th anniversary |
[285.54 --> 290.42] is a sure testimony of the faithfulness of jesus and his work in our lives |
[290.42 --> 294.10] and i'm going to be a part of the church in our lives we started attending hope church about a year ago |
[294.66 --> 299.86] it was the friendliness of the people and the preaching that kept us coming back we have |
[299.86 --> 306.66] decided to join hope and want to be part of hope's vision for this community if you'll have us thank you |
[310.50 --> 313.22] good morning i'm tim and i belong to lisa here |
[313.22 --> 323.38] we uh we were happily part of a church for many many years in the in the north surrey guilford fleetwood |
[323.38 --> 333.46] area and much to our sorrow that church declined and and finally ended up closing its doors and i had |
[333.46 --> 340.42] sometimes noticed this building as i was driving along fraser highway at times and i thought i should |
[340.42 --> 344.98] just check it out a little more and i checked the website and when we started visiting other churches |
[345.62 --> 350.50] with a view to you know recommitting somewhere else we thought we should visit this one |
[351.54 --> 357.14] and we we loved it when we first came and then when we came back a number of weeks later even more so |
[358.10 --> 363.86] i'm very grateful for the church's sense of community in the congregation and in the clayton heights |
[363.86 --> 370.26] area and in a sense of responsibility to share the gospel to the global community at large and |
[370.42 --> 380.74] uh we're very very grateful for the church uh yes exactly um i grew up in the church so my church family |
[380.74 --> 388.74] is very very important to me uh the first sunday that we were here i was greeted by a child and i |
[388.74 --> 395.54] noticed all of the children it was a growing and healthy church and um the second sunday i was here |
[395.54 --> 402.82] i i realized when we were singing i wasn't just singing myself i was worshiping with you and that |
[402.82 --> 408.74] was uh i knew from that moment that this was going to be our church home and i'm so privileged i thank you |
[410.90 --> 417.06] my name is amanda you may recognize me we've been coming for the past year and a half two years |
[417.06 --> 427.86] um but i'll let my parents talk a bit more about that okay nope um my name is ed gerber and this is |
[427.86 --> 434.66] my wife michelle and our four daughters yes i hit the jackpot with four daughters um that's right my |
[434.66 --> 442.58] brother greg four sons we're 16 months apart don't ask me how it happened uh amanda lauren kyla and annalise |
[442.58 --> 448.18] uh we're born and raised in the vancouver area i was raised in new westminster christian reform church |
[448.18 --> 453.94] michelle and maple ridge christian reform church so coming back to and staying in the christian |
[453.94 --> 460.82] reform church in north america is very much home to us um i'm a pastor so we had moved away lived in |
[460.82 --> 466.82] the states for over a decade lived in wales for a year where i was working on a phd then came home |
[466.82 --> 473.46] and in 2010 we started attending hope church which looked very very different uh than it looks right |
[473.46 --> 479.22] now that was at latimer road and so we were there for about four years uh whereupon i took a call to |
[479.22 --> 485.62] willoughby christian reform church served there for eight years and then um after that call ended i ended |
[485.62 --> 491.70] up at trinity western university and so this is very much a homecoming for us there's many familiar faces |
[491.70 --> 497.94] and we find ourselves very much in alignment with where this church is at both in its mission and its |
[497.94 --> 505.30] theology so we're delighted to be back and um excited to serve in the ways that god has put us together |
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