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Life B-P Church 73^rd Anniversary:

Declaring God’s Faithfulness from Generation to Generation

Text: Psalm 78:4-7

Milestones of Life B-P Church:

• Oct 1950 –    Inauguration of Life Church English Service
• Jan 1955 –    Constitution of Life Bible-Presbyterian Church
• Jan 1963 –   Relocation to Gilstead Road
• Oct 1988 –   Dissolution of the B-P Synod
• Aug 2003 –   Church split
• Apr 2009 –   Dedication of the new Beulah House
• Oct 2022 –   Formation of the new Presbytery

We thank God for His faithfulness in seeing us through each milestone.

God’s faithfulness is seen in all His works:

1. The Works of God reveal His faithfulness to His Word.

• He has kept all the promises He made to His people. (Cf. Joshua 21:45; 1 Kings 8:56)
• The works of God mentioned in Psalm 78:

⃝ He gave the Law to Israel at Mount Sinai. (v.5)

⃝ He did great miracles to rescue them from slavery. (vv.12,13,43-51)

⃝ He sustained them during their journey. (vv.15,16,23-25)

⃝ He gave them the Promised Land. (vv.54,55)

⃝ He chastised them for their own good. (vv.38,39)

• The works of God in the Church: (cf. Matthew 16:18)

⃝ It has survived Satan’s onslaughts from without.

⃝ It has withstood Satan’s devices working from within.

⃝ It was rescued from man-made traditions and idolatrous practices.

⃝ It has faced great challenges but a godly remnant was always raised up.

• God alone must receive all the glory for what we are today. 

2. The Works of God must be faithfully declared to every generation.

• We must keep passing on our knowledge of God’s works to the next generation. (vv.4,6,10,11)

• This will then bring praise and glory to God from each successive generation. (cf. 2 Timothy 2:2)

• Israel became unfaithful to God because of their sinful heart. (vv.8,37)

• If we do not watch our hearts carefully, we too may become unfaithful.

3. The Works of God should lead us to hope and faithfulness.

Verse 7 – “…That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments.”

We should endeavour to be:

• Faithful to God (cf. John 3:30)
• Faithful to fulfill our God-given roles
• Faithful to the whole counsel of God (cf. 2 Timothy 3:16)

However, our hope for success must ultimately be found in God:

• Psalm 78 paints a very bleak picture:
  Every generation’s faithfulness did not last very long.
• But it ends with a wonderful picture of hope:
  God’s provision of a King who will feed and guide them like a good shepherd. (vv.70-72)
• Through Jesus Christ we have the best hope that the work of God’s kingdom will succeed.

Conclusion

• The Lord has been faithful to Life B-P Church for the past 73 years.
• Although we need to declare His faithfulness from generation to generation, we do not know for sure whether we will do it well.
• But this one thing we know: God is faithful! (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)

Questions for Reflection:

1. What can we do to remain faithful to God?
2. How can we fulfill our God-given roles well?
3. What should we do to be faithful in declaring the whole counsel of God?