Title: “Let’s Live Only Knowing This”
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The phrase "let's live knowing this only" is at least a basic requirement in life that we share our duties and responsibilities as human beings. It is a protest of the principle that Christians should at least know (realize) this and live with that grace in their hearts. Why? The lane must not obstruct priority (Matthew 6:31-33). It is because a person is a perfect person who knows what he needs to know first (Matthew 5:48). Today's text conveys a precious message to us.
first. The master of life is God (only grace/Sola Gratia).
There are two aspects to the day-to-day life given to man. It is the intersection of life and death. A day is both a day of life and a day of death. So, there are people who live life in vain, thinking only of dying every day, while there are people who look forward to a new day and live eternal life in hope. This person is a saint.
It is the grace of the Lord that I now have life. This is the believer's faith and resurrection faith.
Second, you must live a new life in the Lord (Faith alone/Sola Fide).
The apostle Paul saw something new in himself. Everyone should be able to see new things through their existence. Only then can you create a new life. All the outer people will pass. The outer man is physically weak and weak, but the inner man is a born again man created in the image of God. Therefore, “if ye have truly heard of him and been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, then put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the lusts of temptation, and be renewed in your spirits to know God. put on the new man, which was created in righteousness and holiness of truth" (Ephesians 4:21-24). You have to change your thinking (consciousness). You need to change the language. You have to change your behavior. We must cut off the old man who followed the old customs. Those who know grace cannot live in the world lightly. We do not compromise with reality with poor excuses.
Third, we must live with a new hope (only Jesus/Sola Christos).
A person of faith must have a new hope. It is the goal of a life born again in Christ. “We pay attention not to the visible, but to the unseen, for what is seen is temporary, but what is not seen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18). Paul saw the unseen in the visible. He did not see heaven after death, but lived and lived in heaven. So, even in prison, he preached the gospel of Jesus and lived a life in heaven. He was courageous even in tribulation (Romans 5:3-6). Because they met the risen Lord. “Have trouble, but take courage, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
The person of hope in Christ lives by the courage of faith. It's bold. Don't compromise with the world. What is right is what is right. The truth is one way. This is the martyr's faith. The path is led by the risen Lord. The power of the Holy Spirit, not my strength, guides and keeps you. Hallelujah!!