18 February 2018 - God Still Loves Me Even When I Fail - Pastor Mark Ng Chinese New Year Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesChinese New Year is like a picture of grace (undeserved favor) - as a child whose family celebrates Chinese New Year, one wakes up with red envelopes that contain money, has yummy goodies to eat, and only words of blessings are spoken that day. Isaiah 11:8 - In the Millennium when Jesus returns to rule on earth, it will be a beautiful world. Little children will even play safely near once-dangerous animals. In the Millennium, people who die at the age of 100 are considered to have died young. Chinese New Year is like a mini-Millennium experience in the family for 15 days. “The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.” (Isaiah 11:8 NKJV) Grace is not what we can do for God - it’s about what God can do for you. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival: 春 (spring) = 三 (three: the Triune God) + 人 (man: Jesus became a man) + 日 (day: the day where Jesus died for us is the day of salvation) Jesus knew the state we were in and He came to do a thoroughly “spring cleaning” for us. Romans 5:9 - The auspicious color of Chinese New Year is red. Red like the blood of Jesus which has cleansed us from our sins. “Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him.” (ROMANS 5:9 AMP)
Pastor Mark Ng taught us in this powerful Chinese New Year sermon that God still loves us just the same even when we fail and that we can continue to receive His goodness and blessings. We need to be established in the truth that we are the righteousness of God in Christ! Image Credits: www.newcreation.org.sg
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