7 April 2013
Rev Fred Tan
Wesley Methodist Church Singapore
TEXT: Rev 1: 4-8
In the great Commission we aretold to go make disciples of all natios
We are to testify that Christ Is Risen
We are promised troubles and tribulation
Yet we are reminded "I have overcome"
The world says that what ever means are justified by the end
Chinese Christian leaders celebrate as they are herded off to prison.
They sing for joy 唱歌！
"Back to school" they see prison as a place where their faith is tested and grown.
Take home message: Go forth and speak boldly.
Three attributes of Jesus described
1. Faithful witness,
2. Firstborn from the dead,
3. Ruler of the kings of the earth.
Faithful witness
Jesus tells us about God accurately
Jesus can be trusted to take care of us.
Firstborn from the dead
Jesus is the first man who died to live ever more.
Even as the first stalk of grain was cut and waved over the field as a wave offering during the festival of first fruit,
so too is Jesus presented to us as a wave offering.
Jesus as alpha and omega trancends time
He is the first and the last
The Beginning and the end
He was, and is, and is to come
There is no other Name but Jesus
Ruler of the kings of the earth.
Jesus will reteturn in glory
We are slated to rule beside Him:
Are you ready to rule the kingdom with Christ when he returns.
Story told of Mr CK Tan preaching in USA exhorting evangelists to go to China.
"Why should we go there?
They have 5000 year history of culture.
They have wise sages such as Confucius"
His reply
"Sages are teachers, Jesus is Saviour
Confucious is dead, Jesus is alive.
When Jesus returns, Confucius will stand before Jesus to be judged.
We will be standing on Jesus's side"
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