Rapture or Rupture

Hello GoP, this week Aunty Aye Lan preached on the rapture! And we know the rapture IS happening from Hebrews 9:28, where it states “To bring salvation for those who have been waiting for Him” Indeed, Jesus is coming back!

Where does the word “rapture” be derived from? True enough, if you check the entire bible, the word “rapture” is not stated at all!
‘Rapture’: caught up [harpazo in greek]
snatch away [rapturo in latin]

In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, it tells us that the dead will rise first, and the living next! Furthermore, in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15, it tells us that we should ignorant to those who die (v13), and He will come down from Heaven (v16), in which the dead rise first (v16).

When will the rapture come? The truth is, no one knows for sure and only God knows, in 1 Thessalonians 4:13 it says that “He will come like a thief in the night”, so just when everyone is peaceful, He will come most unexpectantly. Furthermore, in Matthew 24:36 it says that “No one knows about the day or hour”, not even the angels, nor His son, but only the Father!

The bible also tells us that there have been people who did not die a physical death, instead they just disappeared! Two such people were Enoch (Genesis 5:24) and Elijah (2 Kings 2:11).

So what happens during the rapture?
1.In Corinthians 15:51, that “we shall not all sleep”, where sleep refers to a physical death, but rather we get caught up.
2. When we are raptured, we shall all be changed! In 1 Corinthians 15:53-54, it tells us that “we will take on an imperishable body” and the “mortal will be clothed with immortality”. During the rapture, it will happen in the twinkling of an eye (vs 52), and a trumpet will be sounded (vs 52). In the bible, trumpets are used to represent battles or worship.

So what signs are there to look out for that the rapture is nearing? The bible states that false Christs, wars and rumours of wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution, many will grow cold (But he who stands firm will be saved),the Gospel being preached to the entire world are all some examples.

So what does the rapture mean to us? In 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, it says that we must keep our spirit, soul and body blameless before Him. Therefore, we should commune with our spirit and build it up! What will us be tested on in front of the seat of God? In 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, it says that we will tested by what we produce during our lives. So let us live by Faith and not by sight!

If you have more questions you can always sms this number 83616402!

And the sermon is available for your download here!

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hzg2znwn3yr

You’re greatly encouraged to listen to it if you haven’t or listen to it again (:
SO GO FORTH THIS WEEK AND BE BLESSED (:
Much loves!

A Generation called to be deployed into ministry,
building the house of God.
Our Generation, Our Responsibility

**If you are interested in joining any ministries, please discuss it with your leaders first and the HODs too okay (: **

VAM’s purpose is to help broadcast GoP to the world, to help bring across GoP’s mission and purpose, using visual means. This is because curious people not only want to hear about God and His people; they really want to see for themselves what’s going on. So VAM is set up, because we want to let people know our passion for Christ, and deep love for God and what is happening in GoP.

If you are a visual person, with creativity that you don’t know how to use, we would gladly welcome you to join us as a VAMFIRE, to serve and show your burning FIRE and hunger for Christ! Come join us and let GoP burn even BRIGHTER for Him! :D

You might want to serve as:

• Designers: You’re the one that does the creating and editing of things like posters and cards!
• Blog technicians: Love fiddling around with blogskins? Yes! You’d be the one who would help beautify this very blog that you are reading right now.
• Publisher: You’re especially important in helping the Designers publish theirs works!
• Writers: While we believe looks are important, words are just as important too! You are the blogger and journalist for us!
• Projectionist: We won’t forget the lyrics with you around! You’re the one who also does the powerpoint, and sermon slides!
• Photographers: You’re the one that takes the photos for us, whether it’s events or services, for our use too!
• Videographers: If a picture speaks a thousand words, what about videos! With you around, we’re sure that our precious moments would be captured for a lifetime. Contact:
Joy Wong
joystonestar@gmail.com




Dedi-K-ted is the name we go by - Dancing Evangelists who are Disciplined, and have an Intimate relationship with the King, and we're living in the Truth EveryDay. That title alone will most probably speak for itself.

We cater to a wide range of dance styles from hip hop to b-boying to street jazz, and no formal dance background is required. All we need from you is the interest in dance, a heart for serving God and of course the ability to enjoy yourself at the same time. So if you want to impact a generation out there for God using dance as a form of language, this is the ministry for you! Or, just feel free to pop by during our practice sessions to learn and have fun.

We're interested in...

• Dancers! (Any genre, any experience level, the more the merrier)
• Choreographers
• Videographers/Music technicians

Contact:
Melissa Gan
melissa93-@hotmail.com




Have you heard of Hillsongs, Planetshakers, Audacious, CCC & Etc? Well, we’re proud to present to you GoP Music Ministry. Our aim is to raise Younger Generation Musicians to Serve God passionately and to go into a Deeper, Higher and Stronger relationship with God through worship.

We’re fun-loving people with different kind of musical talents. We not only serve God using our instruments or our voice but we sing worship to the Lord through our inner soul. If you are interested in joining us, what’s stopping?! Come! If you’re not technically equipped, we will help you with that. We JAM, CRASH, SHOUT & PRAY. Our prayer is always that God could use us to bring GoP to the next higher level.

We’re looking for……

• Vocalist
• Guitarist
• Bassist*
• Drummer
• Pianist*

Contact:
Nelson Tay
drazardz@hotmail.com




Ushers, like how the name suggest we usher people, welcoming them into the house of God. We tend to be the very first person you see before you enter the service hall.

Here in ushers ministry,we hope to bring joy to all who comes in, to give them a smile in the worst day and a warm hand shake with much love. To put it simply,we want carry God's joy and love and spread it to everyone else.

Other than that, we provide direction to all the people who are new and lost or ensure that they are going the right place for service. This helps to ensure that they feel a sense of belonging and not helpless, wanted and not ignored.

And of course,passing the offering bags and giving out materials for sermon or events are also part of our wonderful ushering job. :)

Contact:
Pamela Peh
ooooic_87@hotmail.com




The Logistics and Atmosphere Unit (L.A Unit) was started in 2003 to help connect all the other ministries of CFC together, acting as a “Middle Man” to them. Currently, the L.A Unit provides logistics and manpower services to both GOP and YA, especially during events and parties.

The L.A Unit is divided into 3 different departments, all of which are inter-dependant on one another, which are Admin and Accounts, Manpower and Security.

Departments

• Admin and Accounts
The Admin and Accounts department handles all paper work, catalogues and statistic(acting as the statistic supervisor and the researchers for the Youth Group they play a very important role in helping us understand where we are, have been and is going.)

• Manpower
The Manpower department does all the ground works, from setting up of decorations for an event to clearing up after the even and also for any form of physica labours that CFC or the Church requires help with.

• Security
The Security department provides the safety side of our Youth Group and Church, which handles the flow of crowds, the belongings in specific rooms and to guard money transactions, especially during registration of events and movement of money.

Contact:
Sunny Tupaz
sunnyissaved@hotmail.com

Sound

Having an almighty God gracing our service every week and the bonus of a wonderful music team on the frontline to usher us through the gates of praise, youth service is often the place anyone would want to be at on a Saturday evening.

While the music team's role is to usher the congregation through the gates of praise, the sound ministry is hidden behind the scenes and is responsible for delivering the message and the music with clarity to the congregation.

Your job is mainly to provide and help out in the technical areas throughout the service.

Contact:
Millicent Poh
millicentpoh@hotmail.com

Numb3rs

Our ministry specializes in the administrative side of Generation of Promise, which encompasses accounts, mailing lists, budgets, database and attendance. We possess the expertise for all things meticulous and mathematical.

• Accounts: For events, you're the one helping the committee member in charge of accounts to close it/check for accuracy.

• Database: You're the one updating the database whenever there are new additions to GoP.

• Attendance: TBC

Contact:
Lizzie Liew
my.fascination@gmail.com

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