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Leadership 101 – Freedom in the Mess

2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: Matthew 27:15-23 (NIV)
Speaker: Mr. Aaron Garcia

Matthew 27:15-23(NIV)
15Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas. 17So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” 18For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
21“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.
“Barabbas,” they answered.
22“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked.
They all answered, “Crucify him!”
23“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

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Leadership 101 – Following Jesus

2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22 (NIV)
Speaker: Mr. Aaron Garcia

Matthew 4:18-22(NIV)
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19“Come, follow me,”Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”20At once they left their nets and followed him.
21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

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What is Job telling us about Genesis- 2 (I believe in God the Creator)

2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: Job 38:36-41, 39:1-2, 5-9, 13, 18-20, 26-29, 40:15-19, 41:1-2, 18-21 (NIV)
Speaker: Mr. Alex Chan

Job 38:36-41(NIV)
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding?
39 “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions
40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?
41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?

Job 39:1-2, 5-9, 13, 18-20, 26-29(NIV)
1 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
2 “Do you count the months till they bear?
Do you know the time they give birth?
5 “Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who untied its ropes?
9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you?
Will it stay by your manger at night?
13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs at horse and rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust,
striking terror with its proud snorting?
26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
29 From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.

Job 40:15-19(NIV)
15 “Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

Job 41:1-2, 18-21(NIV)
1 “Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?
18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.

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The True King – Making God First When Times Are Difficult

2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:6-9, 19-22 (NIV)
Speaker: Mr. Aaron Garcia

1 Samuel 8:6-9(NIV)
6But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7And the Lordtold him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”

1 Samuel 8:19-22(NIV)
19But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. 22The Lordanswered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”

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The Strategy that Changed the World


2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11
Series: Learning From The Master – Part 1
Speaker: Rev. Fred Tham

Luke 5:1-11(NIV)
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, (5:1 That is, the Sea of Galilee) the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
5Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.”11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

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Life. Eternity. Now


2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: John 3:16-21
Speaker: Mr. Aaron Garcia

John 3:16-21(NIV)
16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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What is Job telling us about Genesis (I believe in God the Creator)


2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: Job 38: 4-15, 31-33
Speaker: Mr. Alex Chan

Job 38:4-15(NIV)
4“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
5Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone—
7while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels (38:7 Hebrew the sons of God) shouted for joy?
8“Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
9when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
11when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt’?
12“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
13that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked out of it?
14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
its features stand out like those of a garment.
15The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.

Job 38:31-33(NIV)
31“Can you bind the chains (38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty) of the Pleiades?
Can you loosen Orion’s belt?
32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons (38:32 Or the morning star in its season)
or lead out the Bear (38:32 Or out Leo) with its cubs?
33Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you set up God’s (38:33 Or their) dominion over the earth?

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I Believe in Forgiveness


2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10 (NIV)
Speaker: Mr. Aaron Garcia

1 John 1:5-10(NIV)
Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness
5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all (1:7 Or every) sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

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I Believe in the Church

July 5th, 2020

2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: Acts 2:42-47 (NIV)
Series: I Believe – Part 8
Speaker: Rev. Fred Tham

Sermon Outline

The Essence

Timeless Truths (vs. 42)

Faithful Fellowship (vs. 42)

Observance of Ordinances (vs. 42)

Prevailing Prayer (vs. 42)

Strong in Power (vs. 43)

Sincere Relationships (vs. 44-46)

Successful Witnessing (vs. 47)

Be the Church

Acts 2:42-47(NIV)
The Fellowship of the Believers
42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

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I Believe in the Holy Spirit


2020 Church Theme: Make Disciples, Journey Together
Scripture: John 14:15-17 (NIV), Romans 8:14-17 (NIV)
Speaker: Mr. Aaron Garcia

John 14:15-17(NIV)
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands.16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be (14:17 Some early manuscripts and is) in you.

Romans 8:14-17(NIV)
14For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. (8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.) And by him we cry, “Abba, (8:15 Aramaic for father) Father.” 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.