Wangsa Ukay Gospel Hall

THE LORD'S TIMING (ST JOHN 7: 1 - 17) Dear Fellow Christians, In every facet of life, timing is especially important to ensure that we make the right decisions at the right time: whether it involves enrolling our children at a particular school, catching a flight at the airport or making an investment decision— it is natural for us to make prudent decisions at the correct timing. However, life often takes an unexpected turn and we do not always do things at the perfect timing despite our best efforts and attempts. For example, we cannot predict a person’s death or determine exactly when we will get inflicted with a disease. No one can likewise predict when a person gets married. The same goes for our investment decisions in purchasing a new house or shares. I hope that the teaching from this week’s Bible passage will help us to live our lives in a more placid manner. The blessed passage reminds us that all events that happen are controlled by God and only He knows b

19 April 2020 A hard saying by the Lord Jesus (John 6: 51-71) We have considered the wonderful sixth chapter of John’s Gospel in the Church’s blog over several weeks. The chapter ended with a hard saying of the Lord, resulting in the departure of many disciples John 6: 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him . Humanly or naturally, we would not make difficult statements in a concluding section of a speech or message. In this present age of progression of everything in the world like sales targets, educational success statistics, etc., the world would love more and more progressions. Churches are not spared of this tendency. It is a common question for churchgoers to ask, “How many people are attending your church?” When the Lord Jesus was speaking to the crowd that gathered to hear Him, He declared that the ‘bread’ He gives is His flesh and blood. The Lord then continued to teach about the necessity of eating His flesh and blo

A Meditation on the Lord Jesus as Bread of Life Of the 7 Great "I Ams" depicting our Lord Jesus in John's Gospel, "I Am the Bread of Life" occupies first place. The day after the Lord Jesus had performed the miracle of the feeding of the 5000, the people crowded Him on the other side of the lake, and at one point requested of Him, "Lord, evermore give us this bread" (Jn 6: 34)   Now the Lord begins His discourse on Himself being the Bread of Life.  The Lord Jesus said:                     "My Father giveth you the True Bread from Heaven" (Jn 6: 32)      "For the Bread of God is He Who cometh down from Heaven and giveth life unto the world"(Jn 6:33)      "I am the Bread of life; he that cometh to Me shall never hunger..."(Jn 6:35)      "I am the Living Bread That came down from Heaven; if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live forever"(Jn 6:51) Why does He choose bread as the metaph

Online gathering for Sunday worship Dear Fellow Christians, It was nice to gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus online today. I have been debating with myself over the online meeting for some time since the beginning of the Movement Control Order (MCO) by the Government. But with the 2nd extension announcement, I’ve decided to conduct the online meeting although questions may be raised over such a meeting. I hope to address some of these questions below: 1. The Bible did not promote an online meeting. It is an extraordinary time and this is the first experience for most people, including myself who is 64 years old, that a sort of global lockdown took place. I would relate it to the time of Judges in Chapter 4:1-6, whereby Deborah was appointed a judge. This is abnormal as even in the Bible, out of the 13 judges, only one is a woman. Therefore during such extreme situations, we did not have our gatherings when the MCO was announced, up to the moment of the 1st

5 April 2020 St John 6:16-21 – The Lord calms the storm This week, we will study the 5 th sign. In the previous weeks, we have covered the following signs which prove the Lordship of our Lord Jesus: 1)       The turning of water into wine (John 2:1) 2)       The healing of the nobleman’s son (John 4:50) 3)       The healing of the paralysed man (John 5:8) 4)       The feeding of the 5000 (John 6:11) In the later chapters of John’s gospel, the apostle noted the remaining two signs, making up a total of seven: 1)       The healing of the man who was blind at birth (John 9: 1 – 7) 2)       The raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1) The 5 th sign further illustrates the divinity of the Lord Jesus who defied the law of gravity when he walked on the waters of the raging sea. This sign bears significant meanings to people from all walks of life. Scientists would be in awe by the Lord’s ability to defy gravity. Sailors should likewise be astonished by the abilit