LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL 新年快乐

新年快乐 Happy New Year! It will be Chinese New Year on February 19th. It’s also the new year of Korea, Vietname, etc. There will be free traditional Chinese food (You are welcome to learn to make it and help preparing), fellowship and fun games. All are welcome! Agape Community Church 1 Executive Dr, South Burlington, VT05043

IT'S TIME TO HEAR THIS GOOD NEWS

Do you want any help? You can't accomplish everything by yourself. Your inner being is always looking for something. We don't start our life by ourselves, utimately all things are from a Higher Being.

The wonderful cosmos points to a creator. He creates, and gives them freely, though priceless for us. He also wants to help us through our lifes. Very often even you don't understand yourself, but He knows you and prepares your way for you.

This is the God you know. But He wants you to know Him more, because the more you know him, the more peace you have. It's real peace, not artificial. He came to us and He made it possible. And you will know Him when you see the things He does.

Welcome to be our company on this wonderful journey!

Agape Community Church

Office Address: 115 College Street, Burlington

Phone: 802-448-0655 John

Website: www.burlingtonagape.org

Are you a single Christian?

An exciting new singles group is now being formed just for Christians. After we leave school many of our friends get married and we lose fellowship and a trusted friend who shares our same values. This is an excellent opportunity to come and meet other Christian singles and make new friends. 

We will be doing hiking, biking, swimming, skiing, and if you like food we will be having a number of pot luck dinners. There is no cost to join the only requirements are that you must be single and a practicing Christian. "WE ALL NEED GOOD FELLOWSHIP." So come to our first planning meeting next Tuesday (August 5th) night at 7pm. All are invited. The planning meeting will be held at Agape Community Church Office of Burlington.

It is located at 115 College Street, Burlington, Vermont.
Call 802-448-0655 for information.

Relax!!!

Thank about all God's done in your life, while sitting under a tree.

Agape Community Church Singles Group Meeting

Would you like to have fellowship with Christian Singles around Burlington, Vermont? We are planning for a Christian Single group. And we will gather regularly, studying the Bible, fellowship, hiking, having dinner, or just having fun! The first meeting will be in Agape Community Church office, at 4pm, July 26. Welcome!

Address: 115 College Street, FL3, Burlington, VT

Christ Cleansed Our Conscience

Hebrews 9

“6 Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the a outer tabernacle performing the divine worship, 7 but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing, 9 which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, 10 since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

Notes:

If you read the last two verses again, you will see how great the grace Christ gives us is! He cleansed our conscience, which are defiled by sin, so that we can serve the living God with peace.

God gave his Law to Israel through Moses, and asked them to offer sacrifices to purify themselves, so that they can worship him. As you see in verse 6-7, the priests are only allowed to perform the divine worship in the outer tabernacle. And only the high priest is allowed to enter the second – “the Holy of Holies” once a year taking blood. “The Holy of Holies” is where the ark of covenant is.  This worship system is so limited because God is so holy that man could not access his presence. However, this limited worship system itself signifies there will be a perfect worship in the future. (Verse 8-10)

Christ entered the greater and better tabernacle, “not of this creation”, the right hand of God, the presence of God. This is much better than the “Holy of Holies”, which is a copy of the real tabernacle in heaven. Christ offered better sacrifice, his own blood, his blemish life, so that he cleansed our conscience and brought us to the presence of God. How much guilty we felt before, but Christ cleansed our conscience and gave us the eternal salvation.

“19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. “(Hebrews 10:19-25)

Let us hold fast to this great salvation with faith and hope, and stimulate one another to love and good deeds. 

The Redemption That Came by Christ Jesus

Romans 3:21-25

When I was preparing the sermon today, I think about a question. What’s the message I should preach if I only have 30 minutes? It’s the “the redemption that came by Christ Jesus”. For around 2000 years, many people studied the Bible and wrote many books about the Bible, we have to admit, to some degree, that we are confused by these books. Imagine we will go back to Jesus and Apostles’ time, and let us read from the books of Jesus’ disciples what the salvation is!