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(11/07/21) Jeremiah Cua
Message: Lord Jesus Is Our Good Neighbor – Redeemer
– Lord Jesus is the only Good Neighbor to mankind
– Lord Jesus is always the Good Neighbor to Christians

Hymnary 427: Jesus Only
Scriptures (main): Luke 10:21-37
Scriptures (reference): Romans 3:23, 1 John 5:19. John 3:16, Revelation 22:12, 20

Outline:
I. God gave Lord Jesus as the only Redeemer to mankind; Lord Jesus is the only Good Neighbor

1. The whole world lies in the power of the evil one (1 John 5:19, also see Genesis 3)
2. God sent His beloved Son to go through many difficulties and accomplished the redemption
3. God have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent like the lawyers, priests, and the Levites. These people are supposed to teach, lead, and help people to know God, but they reject the Lord. (See Luke 11:45-52 The three woes to the lawyers)
4. To infants – those who recognize they know nothing, incompetent, in need of a redeemer and accepted the Redeemer. They are like the one who fell among the robbers and are waiting for their redemption.

II. The Good neighbor gave up his life to save those pitiful and dying sinners

1. He used oil – the precious and abundant Spirit of God’s Son, He gives mankind the new life, and ease the sinners’ pain.
2. He used wine – the Son of God has gone through death and became wine. The wine washes the wounds
3. Bandaged up – refers to the perfect salvation
– Lord Jesus is the only Good Neighbor to mankind

III. The Good Neighbor prepares a place for the wounded to recover

1. Put him on his own beast – The Lord walked instead and went through many difficulties to redeem sinners
2. Brought him to an inn – the Church of Jesus Christ – to take care of him.
3. He took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper (the Church) to take care of him

i. 1 denarius is for the wounded
ii. 1 denarius is for the innkeeper to take care of the wounded until the Lord return. (See Luke 19:11-27 “Parable of Money Usage,” and Matthew 20:2 “a denarius is for the servant’s lifetime wage.”

IV. The Good Neighbor will return and pay back

1. The wounded and the innkeeper who took care the wounded will receive their own portion – reward or punishment. But at the end, they will be with the Lord forever.
2. Every indication is telling us the Lord is coming back soon. Receive caring or to take care of the weak, be alert and wait of the return of our Lord! (See Revelation 22:7, 12-14, 20, 21)
– Lord Jesus is always the Good Neighbor to Christians

Speaker: Jeremiah Cua

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Regular Meeting: We resume our regular meeting schedule next Sunday (11/14), meeting starting at 9:15AM
2. In-Person Meeting: In order to ensure we operate in a safe environment, we ask all visitors to observe the following tentative rules and guidelines when coming to our church physical meetings:
   1. Please make a reservation for the Sunday Worship Service and or Breaking of Bread Meeting. We ask brothers and sisters to make a one-month reservation by visiting  http://www.hocla.us/rsvp/ or call/text Brother Caleb Kwok at 626.888.9746. For Chinese Worship Service, please call Sister Käte at 626-757-6992. Reservation is required only for the Sunday Worship Service and the Breaking of Bread Meeting. If you come to our Sunday Worship Service without a reservation, we may or may not be able to accommodate you depending on the available seating capacity at that time.
   2. Anyone regardless of the vaccination status who comes to church meetings is subject to health screening and temperature check.
   3. Please wash your hands upon entering the church building. The church provides two hand sanitizing dispensers. One is placed in the entrance and another one on the second floor around the elevator area.
   4. Please wear a face mask while inside the church building. We will provide you one if you do not have one.
   5. When attending church meetings, please sit in every other seat to maintain a certain distance.
   6. Please sanitize the meeting place after each use.
   7. Children under 12 years old are not allowed to come in at this point.
   8. We will post the above rules and guidelines on the entry door.

    

3. Prayer Meeting: Prayer Meetings are Tuesdays from 8:00 to 9:15PM, joining via Webex for the combined session of the meeting (Meeting number: 627 564 274 Password: 4000). We are using Zoom for the English group session, please reach out to Richer for login information.
4. Offering: If you would like to make offerings, you can send your checks to: Home of Christians, L.A., PO Box 507, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Our accounting department will handle the offering every Sunday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM.
5. Feature Pages: Checkout our worship YouTube channel for our latest music productions. Also checkout the two new webpages on the Chinese site featuring hymns and the sharing of our brothers and sisters.
6. Howto: There are several ways to watch the HOC Sunday Sermon. Here are two methods
7. Bible Reading Plan: For this year’s Bible reading, we will be using the BibleProject | Biblical Storyline Reading Plan. With a reading plan, we can keep one another accountable in our Bible reading. For more details or to join the plan, click here.

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