1st Baptist Church

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1st Baptist Church

• 5th July 2009

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• Be an externally focus church

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• THE CHURCHS FOCUS ON THE POOR

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Any gospel that does not deal with the need of
the community is in reality no gospel at all.
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• John Stotts
• Missions in
• Modern Times
• Social Service is a mean of Evangelism
• Social Service is a manifestation of Evangelism
• Social Service is a partner of Evangelism
• Social Service is the result of Evangelism

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• James 127
• Another facet of social service
• It is an act of worship!

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• Religion that God our Father accepts as pure
  and faultless is this
• to look after orphans and widows in their
  distress
• and to keep oneself from being polluted by the
  world.

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• Religion that God our Father accepts as pure
  and faultless is this
• to look after orphans and widows in their
  distress
• and to keep oneself from being polluted by the
  world.

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1. Religion that is pure and faultless

• Religion
• Worlds definition
• Christians limited definition
• NTs
• James outward expression
• inward expression

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• Proverbs 1431
• He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for
  their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy
  honours (literally worship) God.

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2. The poor

• 2 Hebrew concepts
• a. the destitute
• without money economically deprived
• in distress
• b. the oppressed
• without power (weak)
• no rights
• - being ignored

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• c. The Bible speaks of another group of
• the poor in very positive terms-
• - the spiritually poor!
• (those who are spiritually meek and
• dependent on God)

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• The prophet Zephaniah (312)
• the meek and humble who trusts in the Lord
• The prophet Isaiah (662)
• the humble and contrite in spirit, and
  trembles at the Word of God
• The Lord Jesus (Mt. 53,5)
• the poor in spirit and the meek

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3. Looking after..

• To look after
• very loaded statement in the NT
• 1. It is like Docas in Acts 935
• - always doing good and helping the poor
• and the needy

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• Pau Pi of
• Agape
• Childs
• Development
• Home of
• Myanmar

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• 2. Like the Lord to John on the Cross
• John 1925-27
• examples
• 1. working with the orphans in Cambodia
• 2. Dawn Win Win Aye

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• The call to the Church of Malaysia..
• from being middle class to a caring class

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• Both the OT and NT saw poverty as social evil
  that must be abolished not tolerated
• and social injustice must be challenged and
  Gods people must champion the destitute and the
  oppressed!

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• Illustration
• The Ministry of O2F

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Therefore Christians must .

• Be authentic
• Practice the Biblical values of giving and
  receiving
• Love the poor loving is hard work
• Set up a mission to the poor
• Work in partnership with Christian agencies and
  other churches who are in the frontlines of
  ministry among the poor.

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The promises as seen in Proverbs

• 1421
• 1917
• 2113
• 222,9

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• Closing Mother Teresa