Knowing God's Words and Works - Jonathan Lau

Another enjoyable week with fellow interns. We went to bethel presbyterian church for a talk by Rev Tan. He talks about the reformation and john calvin. Then after that, we had sharing from three amazing youths. Their commitment in evangelizing is so amazing. They are so young too, reminds me of the verse from 1Tim. 4:12, "Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young,but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." It makes me wonder whether I can really commit my life to evangelise, to do missions, basically God's Works.

Bethel Presbyterian Church's roadmark is 道路，真理，生命。

Next day, Rev. Tan Tiong Ann talked about the theology of worship. He talks about how the Roman Catholic Church observed the Mass, which actually objectified grace into a medium. So only through a medium is our life effected by grace. 

As Christians, we should not be finding ways to gain salvation through different mediums, but we should live out our life in ways that God desires. He talks about how we can worship anywhere. During the Old testament period, they don’t have sound systems etc, but they are still worshipping God, so how can we say that some churches has better worship than some? It reminds me that, as a worship leader, I shouldn’t keep comparing how I lead with how other people lead. As long as we are praising God, as long as we are glorifying him, that is worship!

Then after he talks about the sacraments, what John Calvin said about the sacraments, which is a symbol of our faith in God. He used an analogy of why we must partake in holy communion even though it is just a symbol. The analogy is when we wants to get married, why must we register under R.O.M.? Holy communion is a teaching of Jesus and it is important because it shows our full content of our faith and our acknowledgement of our salvation through Jesus Christ.

Jonathan Lau