Our Call: Faithful then, Faithful now

Sermon on FCBC's 40th anniversary by Ps Daniel Khong.

Now that we have passed 40 years, how can FCBC remain faithful?

1. Hold on to our childlikeness

As Ps Daniel looked back, the conclusion is that a lot of things that were done in the last 40 years were done in naivety, with a childlike faith. There was no experience but they did it anyway.

In Exodus 14, Moses cried out to God after leaving Egypt. He saw the Red Sea in front. When he cried out to God, the answer from God is, "Why are you cryingnout to me? Raise your staff...." And God parted the sea. It happened again when Joshua crossed the river Jordan, and again where God caused the walls of Jericho came down...all by marching and blowing trumpets.

What do children do? They do first, ask later. They do without thinking about consequences. They believe everything the parents say. God wants us to be like a little child.

2. Keep on growing maturity

Growing old happen naturally, growing up is not. Childlikeness does not equal childishness. In the book of Hebrews chapter 5, the passage scolds that by this time, the people ought to be teachers and yet they are not - they still feed on milk rather than solid food.

God wanted the Israelites to be mature. After they celebrated the Passover after crossing the Jordan with food from the land of Canaan (after 40 years), the manna stopped appearing from heaven. It is time for the people to grow up and eat food from the earth, right before the start the military campaign to claim the land.

The people of the Joshua geneartion went ahead with childlikeness to claim the land of milk and honey, and yet mature to survive on their own without the manna from heaven.

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