back to indexBerean Community Church - Sunday Service 6/29/2025
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All my regrets, all my acclaim, the joy and the pain, I'm making them yours. 00:03:30.780 |
All that I am, all that I have, I've waited down before you, oh Lord. 00:03:44.460 |
All my regrets, all my acclaim, the joy and the pain, I'm making them yours. 00:03:59.800 |
Now, Lord, I offer my life to you, everything I've been through, use it for your glory. 00:04:15.800 |
Lord, I offer my days to you, lifting my grace to you. 00:04:26.820 |
As a crazy sacrifice, Lord, I offer you my life. 00:05:00.820 |
All of my hopes, all of my plans, my heart and my hands are lifted to you. 00:05:18.000 |
Lord, I offer my life to you, everything I've been through, use it for your glory. 00:05:31.840 |
Lord, I offer my days to you, lifting my grace to you. 00:05:45.060 |
Lord, I offer my life to you, everything I've been through, use it for your glory. 00:06:06.940 |
Lord, I offer my days to you, lifting my grace to you. 00:06:18.880 |
Lord, I offer my days to you, everything I've been through, Lord, I offer you my life. 00:06:40.940 |
Lord, I offer my days to you, everything I've been through, use it for your glory. 00:06:48.080 |
There's a newcomer's welcome lunch that's happening at 1 p.m. after the second service. 00:06:57.720 |
If you want to learn more about the church and meet some of the leaders and the history of the church, 00:07:02.340 |
that's what they're going to be covering at 1 p.m. at the youth chapel. 00:07:10.060 |
And then FAM245, if you're part of the FAM245 ministry, 00:07:15.140 |
and if you are newly married since 2023, this ministry is for you. 00:07:20.220 |
There is a bowling fellowship that's happening on July 5th, which is this Saturday at 11 a.m. 00:07:25.520 |
So please sign up for that if you are planning to attend that. 00:07:27.980 |
And then they asked me to make a push for July 12th at 9 a.m. 00:07:32.580 |
They are in need of a lot more people to help. 00:07:35.080 |
We've been so caught up with the VBS that we haven't been able to emphasize this. 00:07:39.500 |
But there is a table that are a sign-up table outside. 00:07:42.380 |
So as you're exiting, if you can visit that table and just let them know that you're able to come. 00:07:46.260 |
This is July 12th, not this Saturday, but the Saturday after that at 9 a.m. 00:07:50.860 |
Even if you can come for just a short period, they're asking me that we need to get more people to help. 00:07:56.280 |
Because obviously we've used the whole church facility for VBS. 00:08:00.940 |
They wanted more attention given to kind of getting the church back to where it was and clean up. 00:08:08.680 |
So if you can come, even a portion of the day, please visit the table as you're exiting. 00:08:14.540 |
And then next members' meeting is happening on July 27th at 2 p.m. in the main sanctuary. 00:08:20.180 |
And for whatever reason, if you cannot attend, please let us know ahead of time. 00:08:24.020 |
And then lastly, our Korea mission team is leaving this Friday on July 4th at night. 00:08:32.920 |
Most of the team is going to be coming back on the 19th. 00:08:36.880 |
So we're going to be there for two weeks running two English camps, one for boarding school with high school, junior high school students. 00:08:44.280 |
And then the second week, we're actually in the universities reaching out to the campuses. 00:08:48.800 |
And so it's going to be a really packed schedule for the two weeks. 00:08:54.780 |
Again, there's 18 of us that are headed out, and we'll be there for two weeks running two separate camps. 00:08:59.880 |
So please keep them in your prayer, and that will be on July 4th. 00:09:03.440 |
We'll give you updates while we're out in Korea so you can better pray for us, okay? 00:09:08.940 |
Again, if you have a physical offering to give, our offering box is in the back. 00:09:14.400 |
Father, we thank you for your continued grace and love that you pour upon us. 00:09:22.640 |
We thank you, Father God, that you are a God of love and grace and righteousness and justice. 00:09:31.080 |
Help us, Lord God, to know you, to love you, to obey you, and to worship you. 00:09:36.320 |
We pray, Father God, that you will bless the offering that we give, 00:09:40.600 |
that it would be given joyfully and may be multiplied, Father God, for the sake of your kingdom. 00:09:48.220 |
Before we stand up, I have, I forgot to announce, after the worship time, 00:09:53.260 |
our sister Diana Choi is going to come up, give the testimony, be baptized this morning. 00:10:34.880 |
Let us all rise and spend a few moments to greet the neighbors around us before we continue. 00:10:53.160 |
Let us all rise and spend a few moments to greet the neighbors around us before we continue. 00:11:23.140 |
Let us all rise and spend a few moments to greet the neighbors around us before we continue. 00:11:53.120 |
Praise Him for He is Thy health and salvation. 00:11:58.120 |
All He who hear, now to His temple draw near, praise Him in glad adoration. 00:12:14.580 |
Praise to the Lord above all things so wondrously rare. 00:12:30.580 |
Filters me under His wings are so gently sustainable. 00:12:59.580 |
Praise to the Lord who taught prosper the work and defend Him. 00:13:16.580 |
Surely there's goodness and mercy in your daily attending. 00:13:21.580 |
Surely there's goodness and mercy in your daily attending. 00:13:25.580 |
Surely there's goodness and mercy in your daily attending. 00:13:27.580 |
Under anew, under anew, what the Almighty can do, but with His love He befriends you. 00:13:46.440 |
Praise to the Lord, praise to the Lord, all and all that lives in the adornment. 00:14:14.820 |
Oh, I have loved you, I've come now with praises before Him. 00:14:22.920 |
Thank you, amen, so from His people again, gladly for all we adore Him. 00:14:43.200 |
Oh, I have loved you, amen, so from His people again, gladly for all we adore Him. 00:14:52.300 |
Oh, I have loved you, amen, so from His people again. 00:14:55.300 |
Oh, I have loved you, amen, so from His people again. 00:15:00.600 |
There is no song we could sing to honor the weight of Your glory. 00:15:21.700 |
There are no words we could speak to capture the depth of Your beauty. 00:15:33.800 |
Jesus, there's no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You. 00:15:42.900 |
There's no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You, Lord. 00:15:56.000 |
There is no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You, Lord. 00:16:05.100 |
There is no sin of the arms, the infinite stretch of Your mercy. 00:16:14.100 |
There is no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You. 00:16:23.200 |
There is no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You. 00:16:37.200 |
There is no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You. 00:16:46.300 |
There is no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You, Lord. 00:16:58.400 |
There is no one like You, Jesus, we love You, ever adore You, Lord. 00:17:10.500 |
All we have, all we need, all we want is You. 00:17:28.600 |
All we have, all we need, all we want is You. 00:17:48.700 |
All we have, all we need, all we want is You. 00:19:09.500 |
Hi, my name is Diana Choi, and I have been attending Berean with my husband, Travis, and our son, Archer. 00:19:25.460 |
I was fortunate to grow up in a Bible-believing church, and I became a believer at an early age in seventh grade at a retreat as the speaker shared the gospel. 00:19:39.200 |
I had heard the gospel before, but this is the first time I was saved by it. 00:19:43.520 |
It's the first time I believed that I was dead in my sins, and that I was saved only by the grace of God who sent Jesus to die for my sins. 00:19:51.760 |
It was a long time ago, over 30 years ago, and it's hard to remember the details, but I remember the feeling of joy and awe that there was nothing I could do to save myself, but that God had provided a way. 00:20:06.160 |
I grew up attending church every Sunday, then youth group, then college, and then young adults, and serving every year. 00:20:13.220 |
I had a group of friends who were like-minded, and even if we went on vacation together over their weekend, we would find a church to worship at on Sunday. 00:20:23.020 |
We didn't even spend money on Sundays in case it caused someone to work on the Sabbath, but the enemy had a very strong foothold in my life. 00:20:32.060 |
I have a younger sister who is the opposite of me, much prettier, more athletic, more popular, and has a big gift with children. 00:20:42.380 |
And the jealousy in my heart played out in only seeking my dad's approval and in craving male attention. 00:20:51.600 |
And although you couldn't tell from my public life, eventually that sin in my heart came pouring out. 00:20:59.580 |
I saw that my life wasn't going to be what I wanted it to be, and that I wasn't going to get what I wanted. 00:21:05.380 |
And so, I was tired of feeling like the older brother in the parable of the prodigal son. 00:21:12.860 |
It wasn't a conscious decision to turn my back on God, but I went out looking to fulfill the sinful desires of my heart. 00:21:21.380 |
I dated whoever I wanted and did whatever I wanted. 00:21:25.060 |
I begged for validation and approval from people who did not even treat me with dignity. 00:21:30.800 |
And for the first time, I truly experienced what it means to say that every sin leads to death, even in this life. 00:21:38.600 |
I was finally getting what I wanted, and it made me want to die. 00:21:43.720 |
But through my friends at church and through church discipline, God brought me to repentance. 00:21:50.760 |
It was a stark picture of the depth of my sin and my need for God in order to live. 00:21:56.340 |
And it was so painful, but it was from God, and it was the kind of pain that brought me to life. 00:22:05.720 |
God continues to show me a new depth to my sin and the never-ending depth of his love. 00:22:11.800 |
He shows me over and over how he has redeemed me. 00:22:15.060 |
The Bible verse that helps me navigate this most is Proverbs 3, 5 to 6. 00:22:21.800 |
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 00:22:25.680 |
In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. 00:22:29.900 |
I grew up in a Presbyterian church and was baptized as an infant. 00:22:34.200 |
It's been odd to think about getting baptized so many years after my conversion, but wonderfully so. 00:22:42.200 |
It is another sign of God's intention in my life, and I am excited to be baptized today. 00:23:34.760 |
If you can turn your Bibles with me to Luke chapter 11, we're going to be reading from verse 45. 00:23:53.640 |
Teacher, when you say this, you insult us too. 00:23:57.040 |
Woe to you, lawyers, as well, for you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, 00:24:01.380 |
while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 00:24:04.720 |
Woe to you, for you build the tombs of the prophets, 00:24:10.000 |
So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers, 00:24:12.680 |
because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. 00:24:23.580 |
So that the blood of all prophets shed since the foundation of the world 00:24:28.980 |
From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, 00:24:32.320 |
who was killed between the altar and the house of God, 00:24:34.580 |
yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation. 00:24:37.620 |
Woe to you, lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge. 00:24:41.060 |
You yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering. 00:24:44.860 |
When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile, 00:24:49.940 |
and to question him closely on many subjects, 00:24:52.220 |
plotting against him to catch him in something he might say. 00:25:00.840 |
We thank you, Father God, for the power of your word, 00:25:03.500 |
and as you promised that your word will go forth 00:25:06.900 |
and will not return until it has accomplished its purpose. 00:25:09.440 |
So for that end, we pray that you would anoint this time, 00:25:12.540 |
that you would protect this pulpit, Father God, 00:25:14.680 |
that only your words and your thoughts will go forth. 00:25:23.080 |
I think for most Christians, there's a broad category of people 00:25:34.300 |
And so if I was to ask you, which category would you fall into? 00:25:37.060 |
If you are a doer type, everything that you hear, 00:25:41.260 |
you're going to be asking, so what practical ramification does this have? 00:25:48.820 |
And so you tend to kind of gravitate more toward what we're doing, 00:25:55.440 |
Thinkers are, well, we're going to do all this stuff, 00:25:58.840 |
And so you love to read books and talk about theology, 00:26:01.260 |
and so you gravitate toward things where you feel like there's depth. 00:26:06.840 |
And so either category, whichever category you may be in, 00:26:11.340 |
you may have a tendency to judge the other side, right? 00:26:17.740 |
and it's like, wow, you're talking about all the theology, 00:26:19.380 |
and it'll just make you proud, and, you know, 00:26:24.080 |
And then you have the other side where they're going out and doing all this. 00:26:32.820 |
And so either side has a tendency to see their strength 00:26:37.420 |
and then highlight the weakness of the other, 00:26:41.960 |
Again, the reason why I say this this morning 00:27:10.860 |
they couldn't agree on who they should follow. 00:27:25.080 |
So he was known as the scholar among the teachers. 00:27:40.240 |
You know, and he just jumped out of the boat. 00:27:42.420 |
He's the kind of guy who measures once and cuts twice. 00:27:52.380 |
How can that guy was persecuting and killing people 00:27:55.500 |
all of a sudden saying that he's representing Christ? 00:28:00.020 |
because they were embracing any particular sin. 00:28:22.620 |
And even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one, 00:28:29.300 |
In other words, you are missing the whole point, right? 00:28:32.480 |
You're trying to figure out who should we listen to? 00:28:44.100 |
and Baptists have a reputation of being doers, right? 00:28:47.620 |
And the largest mission organization are the Baptists. 00:29:00.700 |
We're going to evangelize and we're going to do this. 00:29:03.920 |
And then the Reformed camp is known for the thinking. 00:29:11.100 |
And making sure that we have the correct theology. 00:29:25.360 |
Because theology basically means a study of God. 00:29:29.360 |
We are to know the depth of what the Bible teaches 00:29:42.060 |
is when we tend to emphasize one over the other. 00:29:49.860 |
I say all of this because even in the early church, 00:30:03.200 |
They didn't even believe in the resurrection. 00:30:05.700 |
So they weren't even waiting for the Messiah. 00:30:10.680 |
but they weren't the ones that people were deceiving. 01:12:01.020 |
Man of Sorrows, what a name for the Son of God who came. 01:12:33.320 |
Now the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, eternal love of God the Father, rest, restore, strengthen, encourage, and challenge us that we may be the light and the aroma of Christ wherever you send us. 01:13:01.560 |
He came to love, heal and forgive, heal and forgive, heal and forgive, heal and forgive. 01:13:25.760 |
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives. 01:14:11.200 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:22.360 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:33.700 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:35.740 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:36.700 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:38.120 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:40.080 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:42.080 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:44.120 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:45.120 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:46.040 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:47.120 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:48.080 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:49.080 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:50.080 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:51.080 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:52.080 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:57.880 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:58.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:14:59.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:01.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:02.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:03.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:04.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:05.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:06.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:07.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:08.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:10.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:11.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:12.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:13.760 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:14.760 |
life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:21.440 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:27.440 |
life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:41.120 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives. 01:15:47.120 |
And life is worth the living just because he lives.