Bible Sunday | 8 September 2024 | 11:00 AM

Manager Worship Service Write-up 12 September 2024

In recognition of Bible Sunday, worship leader JH Ginmung briefly talked about how blessed we, as a small community, are to have several translations of the Bible in our language. He then read out from 2 Timothy 3:16 before opening the Sunday service.

Pastor T. Lamkhanthang led the mass prayer after the worship service. The Manipur Crisis as well as the sickly or needy in our church were remembered in our prayers. Miss Salomi then sang a beautiful song as her special item.

The next part of the program was a report on BSI/BIIS & EBCC Delhi, in which the members, patron members, donors of every form were asked to stand up. They were given acknowledgment and thanksgiving for their continuous support. This was followed by a short distribution of certificates.

Pastor Dr. Suankhanhau was the sermon speaker for the service. He based his sermon from the 2 Corinthians 4:2. The overarching theme of the sermon was on the sufficiency of the Bible, as an instrument of spreading the Good News. After an opening prayer, the pastor established that just like how the right tools are needed to accomplish certain projects, the Bible is the right tool that fulfills the purpose of spreading the gospel. To elaborate further, with 2 Corinthians 4:2 as an anchor, there are several things that should not be done when spreading the Good News. They are:

Involving oneself in secret and shameful ways, especially actions that may secretly manipulate others for our self-gain
Use of deception/lies
Distortion of the Word of God

On the contrary, One should tell the truth of the Good News plainly. The pastor explains that it is not eloquence or entertainment in our narration of the Good News that wins souls, but the truth of the Good News. The truth of the Bible intersects together with the Holy Spirit so that through the Holy Spirit’s convicting power and the truth, a person may be saved and set free. The pastor connected that the truth in the Good News, the Gospel, is Jesus as Jesus Himself has proclaimed that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Furthermore, the Good News is shared in a way that everyone’s conscience can receive it and they can judge for themselves the credibility of the truth. Lastly, all of these things are to be done plainly under God’s view. Therefore, in conclusion, we do have the whole instrument needed to proclaim the Good news. The way through which to share the Gospel is to look into how you yourself were saved. One finds that it all traces back to the Bible. Thus, we should thoroughly understand the Bible as followers of Christ. This marked the end of the sermon.

The sermon was followed by a short praise and worship session. To close the morning Sunday service, Elder N. Chinsum prayed over the congregation.

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