We, at BTPC, are committed to love God and to glorify our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit by building one another up in God’s word, serving one another in love and, being united in praying and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ; working together for the salvation of souls and the edification of Christians through the teaching of God’s word and the preaching of the gospel.

Saved Together In Christ

⁹ Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." - Luke 19:9-10

Opening Prayer (Eugene Leong)

Song: To God be the Glory

Welcoming Time

Song (2nd svc): Salvation Song

Confession & Corporate Prayer

Song: Every Promise

Scripture Reading: Romans 1:18-32 (1st svc: Mei Sin / 2nd svc: Daniel Ng)

Sermon: The good news is very good because the bad news is very bad (Pastor Andrew Ong)

Discussion/Reflection Time

Song: Nothing can I boast in

Financial Giving & Offering

Announcements

Closing Prayer & Benediction

Romans 1:18-32 (NIV - New International Version)

1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 1:18-32

The good news is very good because the bad news is very bad

Introduction

Wrath of God against unrighteousness

Suppress the truth

Exchange Worship

God gave them up to due penalty

Conclusion

1. How are we tempted to take the gospel of Jesus Christ for granted? How does today's passage help us to value and persevere in the gospel of Jesus Christ?

• Please join us for some light refreshments at the canteen (basement level, GBHQ).
• Morning tea is from 11 am to 11.30 am.
• Do avoid the archery area at the field for safety.