The Church in Hayward

09/25/2022

The Lord has given freedom
To all who just believe Him.
Be no longer enslaved.
Come now! Return to Jesus.
Receive the Life that frees us!
Call on Him and be saved.

This is the year of jubilee!
Proclaim our liberty in Him!
Throughout the land we sound out:
The slaves have been returned to Him,
Released from toil, anxiety, and sin!
This is the year of jubilee!

Reclaim the land, our portion,
God as our rich possession.
Feast on Him ev’ry day!
Enjoy Him with God’s fam’ly;
Find satisfaction and peace.
Here forever to stay!

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09/21/2022

We are planning to have a baptism for some young people this Lord's Day. Praise the Lord! Let us know if you want to learn more or be baptized as well.

What Is Baptism and Why Is It So Important? Baptism is the act of being immersed in water. When we believe in the Lord Jesus, we should also be baptized. Mark 16:16 says, “He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.” This physical act, when accompanied by faith, has profound spiritual significance. It ends our old life and begins our new life in Christ.

Baptism is the act of being immersed in water. When we believe in the Lord Jesus, we should also be baptized. Mark 16:16 says, “He who believes and is baptiz...

09/11/2022

The young people from nearby cities came and enjoyed the evening together at our new meeting hall. We shared on, "What is Faith?" based on Heb 11:1, 1 Tim 1:4, Gal 2:20, and 2 Cor 4:13.

Can you use Heb 11:1 to explain what faith is?

09/09/2022

Psalms 113:2-3 Let the name of Jehovah be blessed, / From now and to eternity. From the rising of the sun to its setting / The name of Jehovah is to be praised.

Thank you all for your prayers and encouragements. We hope to be posting more regularly, having been inactive on Facebook for the past three years.

We are planning to go for a hike this evening to watch the sunset and praise the name of our Lord Jesus on the Ridge View Trail, which is just a few minutes from our new meeting hall.

09/09/2022

Oh, the church of Christ is glorious, and we are part of it— We’re so happy that the Lord has made us one! There’s a Body in the universe and we belong to it—

Hallelujah, for the Lord has made us one! Hallelujah for the Body! We are members of the Body! We are wholly for the Body! Hallelujah, for the Lord has made us one!

11/24/2019

Mat 7:1,14 says “Do not judge, that you be not judged …Narrow is the gate and constricted is the way that leads to life…”

When you judge others, you must judge them according to how you want them to judge you. To consider the matter in this way is to take care of others. In whatever we do, we must think about others. We have a real lack in this area, because in our natural life we do not consider others. If we consider others when we are about to criticize or judge them, we shall neither criticize nor judge. The reason we judge others and criticize them is that we do not care for them. If we cared for others, we would sympathize with them.

The basic concept of the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens is that the kingdom people should be righteously strict with themselves, mercifully kind toward others, and secretly pure toward God. In the two previous chapters, the Lord has dug out our temper, our lusts, our inner being, the self, the flesh, and our anxiety. Now He brings us to the point where we must learn to take care of others, entering the narrow gate and walking the constricted way (7:13-14). We also see that we must build a house and do the will of the heavenly Father (vv. 24-27, 21). Therefore, the conclusion of the constitution of the heavenly kingdom ushers us through the narrow gate and to the constricted way; thus we may do the will of the heavenly Father and we may build a house.

11/17/2019

Matthew 6:31 says, “Therefore do not be anxious..." Our human life is a life of anxiety, whereas God’s life is a life of enjoyment, rest, comfort, and satisfaction. In Mat 6:1-18, the Lord apparently dealt with the righteous deeds of the kingdom people, but actually He was touching the self and the flesh. In the same principle, Mat 6:19-34 seemingly touches our wealth, our riches; actually, the Lord’s intention here is to touch anxiety, the source of the problem of our daily living. The whole world is involved with anxiety. Anxiety is the gear that makes the world move.

We all have our duty to do. As we are fulfilling our duty, we should not do anything for the sake of our anxiety, because we have a divine life that knows no anxiety. And we have an almighty and all-inclusive heavenly Father who takes care of us in every way. Both sloppiness and anxiety will delay your growth in life. No one who is idle, who does not fulfill his duty, will ever grow in life. Everyone who grows in life is diligent and industrious. Do not allow anxiety to occupy your daily living. We labor and fulfill our duty, but we have no anxiety. This is the proper way to grow in the Father’s life.

11/11/2019

Mat 5:48 says, “You, therefore, shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Many Christians have taken Mat 5:31-48 as instructions concerning their outward behavior. This is the reason so many have been disappointed. Do not take the Lord’s word as a teaching concerning how you should behave. This way will not work. The Lord’s word was intended to touch our being, our natural choice, and to expose what we are and where we are. When we have been exposed and subdued, we shall give the full opportunity to the divine life to live in us. This will make us perfect even as our heavenly Father is perfect. We cannot imitate the Father.

The kingdom of the heavens is the highest demand, and the divine life of the Father is the highest supply to meet that demand. After we have been exposed, we can turn to Him, stay near to Him, trust in Him, live by Him, and pray, “Lord, have mercy on me. How I need Your deliverance! I want to stay near to You and trust in You. Then I will be perfect as my Father.”

11/03/2019

Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the law or the prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.” Christ fulfilled the law in three ways. He kept it, He died for us, and His death brought into us the resurrection life to strengthen us for fulfilling the requirements of the new law. Today we are not trying to keep the lower law; rather, we are keeping the uplifted, higher law through the highest life that is in us. We need to pray, “Lord, grant me the highest expression of life. Grant me to have the highest level of morality. Lord, we are not only moral people, but kingdom people.”

10/27/2019

Mat 5:13-14 "You are the salt of the earth...", “You are the light of the world...” Light is the shining of the lamp to enlighten those in darkness. To the darkened world, the people of the kingdom of the heavens are such a light effacing its darkness. In nature they are the healing salt, and in behavior they are the shining light. When we have truly been built together, we shall be the city on a mountaintop shining upon those around us. Mat 5:16 "...Let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens."