Hope Ministry

As the growth of dysfunctional family, many people are often struggle with their identity even in their old age. If the identity was not an issue for Galtians church, Paul did not have to necessarily emphasize the identity issue to Jewish christians in Galatia. They were still struggling after they were saved. It applies even today’s society, even to many born again Chrisitans. John 3:1-2, See ahow great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. (NASB)

A Special Guest, State Senator Distirct 20 Arizona, Kinberly Yee shares her passion for Prolifer Issue. When we know who we are in Christ, we can be bold and courageous becasue our God is our Father and He is with us. I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.(Galatinas 4:1-7)

A Special Guest, State Senator Distirct 20 Arizona, Kinberly Yee shares her passion for Prolifer Issue. When we know who we are in Christ, we can be bold and courageous becasue our God is our Father and He is with us. I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.(Galatinas 4:1-7)

We can experience the true freedom when we know who we are in Christ; We are chilren of God, who is our loving Heavenly father. 4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. May God comfort you today and grant you to experience His lovingkindness!

Let the love of husband be never so pure and fervent, it is but a faint picture of the flame which burns in the heart of Jesus. Passing all human union is that mystical cleaving unto the Church, for which Christ left his Father, and became one flesh with her. by C Spurgeon In Galatians chapter 2:17, Paul said “But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, Is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be. And also he said in Chapter 6:2, “Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.’ Chapter 4 in the book of Galatians beautifuly reconciles these two verses. We start from here, "who we are in Christ" and ends here, "who we are in Christ". Everything comes from the theology of "our sonship". When we understand who we are in Chirst, the rest will come naturaly. The issue is "Are we living in grace?". Many of us who experienced the deep pain or catastrophic incident in our life, we are shaken by the lies about who we are. We will come back to the chapter four weeks later.

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.(Galatians 6:1-2) Life is beautiful. Even though there was a war breaking out, the movie, Sound of Music portrayed such a beautiful picture of “life” in the midst of painful time in human history. We are living in a time when everything seems uncertain and foggy for our future, yet still there is hope. Hope is not external substances that change our internal being, but is the internal substances that will change external substances, that we call our world. May God spring a fresh HOPE today and carry you on His soulder during this difficult time!

When we are saved, we are saved by the grace of God. We are separated, sanctified, consecrated, purified. That does not mean we are going to be perfect. In fact, we might encounter bigger sins than sins before we were saved. When it happens, we immediately go back to the law or compensation mode to pay our debt with our own strength.  We have to understand that we are being sanctified by the grace of God, not by going back to the law, rituals or old way of living because we think God was disappointed by us. One of the books, Dr. Fred Chay wrote, Suffering Successfully says in page 88 “Once you are born again you can not be unborn. You are in the family.” This is the truth; the eternal spirit of God saved us. He does not die. His nature is eternal. Therefore, when you are saved, then the eternal God resided in us. He cannot be extinguished. “The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’ (Deuteronomy 33:27), Isaiah 9:6, Romans 16:26 The issue is "Are we living in this truth?" " Are we enjoying our eternal life everyday even if we fall?" We will fall again, again, again. In Hebrew word, shub is repent, return and restore. One of the usages is “shub” is “again”. God knew we are going to coming back again again, again. He recieves us in His abounding love.

We have a covenant, even better than the promise that we usually talk about between us, human. God guaranteed our freedom though Christ. It is not just a mere promise of ours, but a covenant. in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began  and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; (Titus 1:2) God promised a new covenant, the fifth covenant, in which He would enable His people to keep His laws and His commandments by writing them upon their hearts and in their minds (Jer. 31:31–34). This covenant was established by the Lord Jesus Christ and is the one to which Christians commit themselves (Heb. 8:7–13). Because God has bound Himself to His people swearing by His own nature and integrity, there is no need to fear that any of the good promises He has ever made to His people will fail. Carpenter, E. E., & Comfort, P. W. (2000). In Holman treasury of key Bible words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew words defined and explained. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. The true freedom comes from understanding this covenant.

We have been studying the attributes of God in Psalms. Today, I would like to finish our study, the attribute of God. One of the character of God that is revealed in the Bible is God is free. Psalm 139 described well about the attribute of God, God is everywhere. We call this term in a theological term, Omnipresence. God is neither lock up by our regulation nor is played by man-made scripts. Because of this character of God, there is creativity and freedom in the society that is made by these people who believe freedom in Christ. The freedom that I am talking about is different than rebellion. Our culture specifically teaches young generation rebellion, not the freedom. It is disguised freedom that actually brings people to the bondage of sins and chaos. As far as the true freedom goes, we have to reference the Bible that teaches us the healthy freedom. The book of Galatians describes very well about the sound doctrine of freedom. Our heart goes out to you! It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)

Happy Father's Day!Our Heavenly Father has not changed. He still waits for us to come back to Him fully without any reservation. He is LOVE. Many of us who are called "bayboomers" are experiencing awakening from our youth and the wisdom from God through our experiences. Every generation lays a foundation for the next generation. We work hard to help our next generation (our children) live a better life than us. That is our natural father's heart. When we come back HOME where our Heavenly Father is, our family comes back home. We want to welcome our guest who is a pioneer in the issue of father in our generation. Vance Simms is Founder and Executive Director of Father Matters. Father Matters is an organization where fathers can be mentored by other fathers or fathers can mentor other fathers. Please visit their website www.fathermatters.org.