Hasten the Coming of the Lord

11th October 2015Alvin Chew

Heartbreaking News

Mass Grave Detected in

Malaysia

HAZE

Death in Custody

Matthew 24:3-146 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not

troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there

will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these

are the beginning of sorrows. 9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation

and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And

then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one

another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And

because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he

who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will

be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end

will come.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 24:14

Joshua Project

6600 unreached peoples group

10/40 Window

The viral nature of the gospel

And the Lord added to their number DAILY…. Acts 2:47

News about HIM spread all over Syria… Large crowd from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed

HIM…. Matt 4:24-25

The viral nature of the gospel

As few as 25,000 Christians

Up to 20,000,000 Christians

100 AD

310 AD

The movement of the gospel in Malaysia

The gospel was first brought in by the Portuguese

London Missionary Society (LMS) started in Penang

1511

1815

2010 9.2% or ~ 2 million Christians population in Malaysia

Post-Constantine Christianity issues

“Church attending”Culture

Lack of a deep conviction of one’s personal faith

The Gospel became a presentation

Presentation of the Gospel ?

Sharing the gospel is much less of a word presentation (10%) than the living out of the life of Jesus by us individually and

corporately as a body of Christ (90%)

You (your life) are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink (words) but with the Spirit of the living God (life of God), not on tablets of stone (words)

but on tablets of human hearts (life of God).

2 Cor 3:3

The gospel is not that we agree with some abstract propositions in order to qualify to go to heaven when we die

but an invitation to live in a new way of life. Therefore, sharing the good news (gospel) is not only about conversion,

it is about inviting someone to walk with us relationally.

Joel McClure - Water’s Edge, Hudsonville MI Emerging Churches – Gibbs/Bolger pg. 56

Everything we do in our lifestyle, in what we say, in how we treat people, that’s all our witness. That’s the gospel we

really preach and others relate to. This may seem pretty basic and obvious but many people don’t get it.

Anna Dodridge – Christian Social Worker, Bournemouth, UK

There is no start or stop to the gospel presentation. We live 24 -7 with Jesus in an entirely new way of life, embodying the

kingdom and displaying the beauty of Jesus.

Re – Presenting the Gospel by our lifestyle

A Call to return the gospel to its viral nature

“Sneezing the gospel”

There’s a better way

Monty Roberts “The Horse Whisperer”

Likewise, there’s a better way to preach the gospel..

“Whispering to the Souls”

Acts of Kindness – the “clearest” whisper

WE ARE a City on a Hill

Let us “BE THE CHURCH”

FPBC “BE THE CHURCH”

November 2015

FPBC “BE THE CHURCH”

November 2015

FPBC “BE THE CHURCH” November 2015

• Outing with Eden Handicapped Children to Tambun

• Organize an outing for the children in Jelutung Drop in Center

• Visit seniors’ home in Tanjung Bungah Area

• Provide a meal for the homeless people in Georgetown

• Medical mission trip to the refugee camp in Batu Feringghi.