Sunday Service Oct 05, 2014 Please turn off cell phones and other devices, Thanks!

Weekly Bible Verse 2 Timothy 4:7 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

Call to Worship

Hymn of Praise

Invocation

Lord's Prayer Matthew 6:9-13 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Hymn of Praise

Welcome and Announcement 1. Welcome all brothers and sisters and friends to our Sunday Worship Services. Please stay for lunch after the English Sunday School and the Chinese Worship Service. Today's lunch serving and clean up will be provided by brothers and sisters from the English Congregation.

2. The next scheduled baptism service will be held on Sunday, Nov. 23. Baptism class begins two weeks from today on October 19. If you have made profession of faith in Christ, you should follow His teaching to be baptized. If you have any question, please see Pastor Herring, Pastor Ho, Minister Doty, or Ben Lee.

3. Children Choir Rehearsal continues this afternoon 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. in Room 301. We encourage families with young children to bring your child(ren) to participate in this ministry. 4. Sports Ministry. We have weekly Badminton and Basketball in the Family Life Center every Tuesday evening starting at 7:00 p.m.

5. Biannual Mission Conference will be held on October 24-26, with a theme of "God's Mission - Here, There and Everywhere". Dr. Nelson Jennings, our main speaker, is Director of Overseas Ministries Study Center. The times are Fri. 10/24 7:30- 9pm--message 1; Sat 10/25 1:30-3:30pm-- message 2 and workshops; 6-9pm-- missionary sharing in homes with potluck dinner (please sign up in the foyer); and Sun. 10/25 9:30am--combined worship; 11:15am--workshops.

Pastoral Prayer

Scripture Reading 1 Timothy 1: This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight, 19 keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. 20 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

Message Waging the Good Warfare 1. Learning2. Living3. Leading

1. Learning 1 Timothy 1:18 18 This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight,

1 Timothy 1:3-4 3 As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, 4 nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith.

1 Timothy 1:19a 19a keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

2. Living 1 Timothy 1:19 19 keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

1 Timothy 1:5-6 5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion,

3. Leading 1 Timothy 1:19b-20 19b keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. 20 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

1 Timothy 1:3-7 3 As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, 4 nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith. 5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

6 For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, 7 wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

Titus 1: For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain.

1 Corinthians 5:1-5 1 It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife. 2 You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst.

3 For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Titus 3: Reject a factious man after a first and second warning, 11 knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self- condemned.

1 Timothy 1:19b-20 19b keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. 20 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

Hymn of Response By Faith

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.Doxology

Benediction