Living Rock Youth

Ever felt like you're standing still, but you're meant for more? 🌳

This is it, Young People! 😍
Find your roots. Find your strength. Find your rise. 🔥🥰

Come and be part of 'ROOTED TO RISE' — a youth harvest event designed to help you build a solid foundation and to grow stronger.

This August 09, 2025, 4 PM Rock Church! Let's grow together and rise to our full potential.

Invite your friends, classmates, and barkadas. Promise masaya 'to, kaya see yaaaa! 💗😍

She's smilin' like she used to smile way back then
She's feelin' like she used to feel way back when
They tried, but somethin' kept them
Waiting for this magic moment 🎶

Oyy, napapasayaw na siya! 😂

"Maybe this time, love won't end" 🎶

Are you searching for a relationship, a friendship, or a love that won't end but ended up getting tired and weary for doing it in the wrong way?

Maybe this time is your wake-up call to make it right?
Maybe this time is your chance to do better?

MAYBE THIS TIME SI LORD NAMAN?

To all Young People out there, we are inviting you for our upcoming Youth Harvest Event entitled "Maybe This Time" this September 21, 2024, Saturday, 4:00 PM Rock Church.

Bring someone who needs a little "Maybe This Time" to his/her life. Kaya kung excited ka na, isang EYYY 🤙 naman dyan. 😉🤙

Huwag kang mawawala ha. See you and God bless! 🫶

OBEDIENCE,FAITHFULNESS & PROVISION

Genesis 22 is one of the most dramatic and significant chapters in the Bible.

It records the story of God testing Abraham’s faith and obedience by commanding him to sacrifice his son Isaac, the child of promise, on Mount Moriah. Abraham, without hesitation or complaint, sets out to obey God, trusting that God will somehow provide a way out or raise Isaac from the dead.

Along the way, Isaac asks his father where the lamb for the burnt offering is, and Abraham replies that God will provide it. When they reach the place, Abraham builds an altar, binds Isaac, and lifts his knife to slay him. At that moment, the angel of the Lord stops him and commends him for his willingness to offer his son.

Abraham then sees a ram caught in a thicket and sacrifices it instead of Isaac. The angel of the Lord then reaffirms God’s covenant with Abraham, promising to bless him and his descendants, and to make them a blessing to all nations through his offspring.

Abraham names the place “The Lord Will Provide” and returns to his servants.

Lesson:
It reveals the depth of Abraham’s faith, the extent of God’s grace, and the foreshadowing of God’s ultimate sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ.

Abraham’s faith is tested to the limit, as he is asked to give up the son he waited for so long, the son he loved so much, and the son through whom God’s promises would be fulfilled.

Abraham does not argue or question God, as he did before, but obeys God’s command without delay or doubt. He demonstrates that he loves God more than anything else, and that he trusts God to keep his word, even if it means giving up his son.

Abraham’s faith is not a blind or irrational faith, but a faith based on God’s character and covenant.

He believes that God is able to provide a substitute or to resurrect Isaac, as the author of Hebrews explains: “By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, ‘It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.’ Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.” (Heb 11:17–19)

God’s grace is shown in his provision of a ram to take Isaac’s place, and in his confirmation of his covenant with Abraham. God does not delight in human sacrifice, as the pagan gods did, but in obedience and faith. God spares Isaac’s life and provides a way out for Abraham, just as he promised.

God also rewards Abraham’s faithfulness by renewing his covenant and swearing by himself, the highest authority possible, that he will bless Abraham and his descendants, and that through his offspring all nations will be blessed.

God’s grace is not dependent on Abraham’s performance, but on his promise. God is faithful to keep his covenant, even when his people fail.

Ctto:
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Daniel Coulter

God is ALWAYS there during our best (and, certainly, worst) circumstances.

There will always be difficult periods in life, but these are usually the times when we learn the most valuable lessons and develop our reliance on Christ.

HERE'S HOW A HERESY CALLED MARCIONISM STARTED:

Marcion, even though he was the son of a bishop, believed in what a Gnostic teacher named Credo taught. Credo believed that the God of the Old Testament was different from the God of the New Testament. He also believed that the OT God was unknowable, but the NT God was revealed. Marcion developed Credo's teaching and said that the OT God was full of wrath, while the NT God was full of grace and love. Furthermore, here's what Marcion did: he rejected all of the OT Scriptures and some of the NT Scriptures that he believed favored the Jews. Also, he rejected other NT scriptures that compromised his own views. As a result, he was left with "a mutilated version of Luke's Gospel... and ten letters from Paul."

Aside from rejecting the OT Scriptures, he also held that the "only" revelation of the Supreme God was Jesus. (Take note of the word "only.")

But having said all of these, Marcion did not triumph. He was expelled from the church in Rome. Also, he was declared a heretic.

SO HOW DOES THE STORY OF MARCION RELATE TO US?
There are false teachers here in the Philippines who try to revive the teachings that were once historically considered heretical. Perhaps not precisely as Marcionism as describes it, but close to it. They taught that YHWH (or Yahweh, Jevohah, or LORD) is not the same as the Father of Jesus. The LORD's anger has been emphasized by these false teachers to the point where it is all that remains of Him—angry and devoid of love.
They associate darkness with the LORD and His law, particularly the one given to Moses. These false teachers misunderstood the perfect harmony that existed between grace and the law.

Also, I heard a few years ago from a false teacher from this camp that the Bible is errant and not the Word of God, for he believes that Jesus is the "only" Word from God.

KNOWING ALL THESE THINGS, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?

1. STUDY THEOLOGY. Theology is not boring stuff. It will greatly benefit you. As you study theology, knowing what is true and recognizing what is false will become increasingly apparent. Take note of this: Everyone is a theologian.

2. STUDY IN GROUPS. Preferably, study it with your church, your pastor, and other believers rather than doing it alone. Mature Christians provide you with greater guidance when you do it with them.

3. REMEMBER THAT CHRISTIANITY IS A HISTORIC FAITH. Over the course of 2000 years, there have been bright theologians who fought with heretical teachers, some in bloody battles. Do not ignore them; instead, take lessons from them.

Reference/s:
Church History in Plain Language: Fifth Edition by Bruce L. Shelley
What is Marcionism? by GotQuestions.org

“The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world and make him holy, then put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it.”
― Leonard Ravenhill

August is not just yet slipping!

Join us at Living Rock Hall for an eventful moment of understanding love, pressure, pain, forgiveness, and new tomorrows.

Invite a friend, everyting's free.

ME BEFORE YOU | August 27, 2022 | 3:30pm Open House
#865 Rizal Avenue, West Tapinac, Olongapo City

We’re unto new beginnings!

Starting August 07, we are opening up a New Youth Service schedule at 2PM.

And with this, we’re excited to worship with you. See you in the following schedule:

📌 SUNDAY CELEBRATION TIMESLOTS
Online Church | 9:30am

Physical Services | 4:00pm | 7:00pm
*Youth Service | 2:00pm (starting August 7, 2022)

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Huwag mong hayaang mawala ang iyong apoy, kapatid!

Gaano man kalakas ang ihip ng mundo, MAS tibayan mo ang pag-alab ng iyong puso.

Youth Camp hits! 🥳🥳
Getting Steady & Ready to REGENERATE!
6 days to Go! ‼️‼️💪🏼💪🏼

See ya there!
📍San Antonio, Zambales
📌June 3-4, 2022
❗️Reg Fee: Php100
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Lets Rock!