Sunday, November 19, 2023

“Your Sins are Forgiven”

Pastor Kenichi Osumi

1. Jesus the healing Lord

* Luke 5:20 “When Jesus saw their faith…” (NIV)

* 1 Peter 2:24c “…by his wounds you have been healed.” (NIV)

2. “Your sins are forgiven”

* “Why People Leave the Church” (by Masami Katsumoto)

* 1 Peter 2:24ab “’He himself bore our sins’ in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness…” (NIV)

* “Osamu Dazai” (“The Act of Living Deeply and Cherishing One’s Ordinary Life” by Ayako Miura)

* Akitoshi & Yoneko Tahara (Yamato Calvary Chapel)

3. The judgment seat of Christ

* 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” (NIV)

* 1 Peter 4:5 “But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.” (NIV) “give account” = give a report

* 1 Peter 1:4 “…and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you” (NIV) “kept” = watched and held

* Yasuro Enomoto (From Pastor Chiroba’s Daily Chapter “The New Testament Edition”)

Thoughts to share at mini church:

1. What is necessary to be healed?

2. Why did Jesus first say “Your sins are forgiven”?

3. What is it that we should continue to fix our eyes on?

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