Title: Do it only in deed and truth
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do it only in deed and truth
Bible:
1, Don't close your heart.
2, Do not love only with words and tongue.
3, Love in deed and truth.
It was said last time that he who hates his brother is a murderer.
He also said that everyone who loves a brother is born of God.
Sometimes we want to love our brother, but how do we love our brother?
There are times when I can't love because I don't know what to do.
Today's sermon is a concrete way of how we should show brotherly love.
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This is a way to love a brother, and it is a command from the Lord.
1, don't close your heart
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Verse 17 says, “If someone has the goods of this world and sees his brother in need,
If it is blocked, how can God's love dwell in it?"
Wealth here refers to our clothing, food, and state.
That is, clothes to wear, food to eat, and a house to live in.
When a man who has clothes and food and a house sees his brother in need
I know that having a heart to help is a mindset that everyone has.
To have this kind of compassion would be the difference from the beast.
The beast world never helps the weak.
God did not place man on the same level as animals.
In our hearts, we always want to help when we see someone who is poorer than me.
The mind will be born spontaneously.
How beautiful is this love for a precious brother?
Look again at verse 17.
“If anyone sees his brother in need with the world’s goods and stops his heart to help
How can God's love dwell in it?"
Verse 17 says that when such a beautiful heart is activated in us, the door of that heart is not closed.
It is the Lord's command not to.
Often, people think that they have to do something good, and even if they have a lot of thoughts in their minds,
It seems that there are many times when I close the door of my heart thinking that I must do this.
Today's message is not to do that.
Deuteronomy 15:17-18 says, “In any city in the land that your God is giving you,
If your brother dwells with you, do not harden your heart toward the poor brother
Do not clench your hand, but open your hand to him as if
Borrow it," he said.
In addition, the Lord said:
Luke 3:11 "Answering them, saying, "Whoever has two coats, let him who has no clothes share.
He who has food will do the same.”
Dear saints,
Who is not worthy of wealth?
How did those things come together...
Why not worth it?
Of course.
God knows that riches are so precious, perhaps better than you.
you know
That's why don't close your heart.
In verse 17, we read, “Who will have the goods of this world, and who will see his brother in need and help him?
If you block your heart, how can God's love dwell in it?"
What does verse 17 say?
Who is it that God's love dwells in?
It is impossible to dwell in the heart of one who closes his heart to his brother.
So we opened our hearts for our brothers with our means
However, it is easy to see that this is ultimately for me.
My brother is good to be helped, and in my heart the loving God dwells.
How happy is it that it has happened?
2, do not love only with words or with tongue
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Verse 18 says, “Children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and truth.
let's do it" he said.
First of all, what is the relationship between speech and tongue?
Words and tongue are, after all, the same thing.
It speaks because it has a tongue, and words are evidence that it has a tongue.
This is just like the life of our Jesus.
If we could summarize the life of Jesus in two, we can mention two elements: words and deeds.
Jesus is God, and when He came in the flesh, He came as the Word.
The word and the coming, that is, the unity of word and deed.
To believe in Jesus well means to live according to the Word and experience similar phenomena to Jesus.
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No one who has the Word, that is, who has breastfed Jesus, cannot love his brother.
Because there is the Word, and because Jesus exists, the words and actions must coincide.
But there are those who don't.
There are people around us who are good at talking but not consistent with what we do.
James 2:14-17, “My brethren, what if a person says he has faith and has no works?
is there any profit, and can his faith save him?"
15, If a brother or sister is naked and has no daily bread,
16 And any of you said to him, “Go in peace, keep warm, and be satisfied.
And what profit does it have if you do not give it to the body?
17 Thus, faith without works is dead in itself.”
He who is born of God loves his brother and lays down his life for the brother he loves.
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Romans 12:9 “Love is not a lie; hate evil and be of the good.”
Ephesians 4:15 “But be patient in love, and grow up into him in all things, who is the head.
Christ."
A Christian is not a double personality.
A Christian is not a different person on the outside.
A Christian is a person whose words and deeds are the same.
3, love in deed and truth
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Verse 18, “Children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and truth.
lets do it"
If you cannot help your brother with worldly riches and present things,
How can we give spiritual spirits?
That is why faith without works is dead.
What is the most serious problem in the reality we live in?
It's love!!!!
The more we talk about love, the more we thirst.
The more we talk about love, the more frustrated we become.
Why ?
Because love is love only in words.
Because love is the love of the tongue.
So the more beautiful the words, the more
The deeper the words, the more frustrated we become.
Think of a married couple with only confession and no practice.
Think of a romantic relationship.
love is not a word It is a concrete practice.
Love is possible when it involves hard work, effort, and sacrifice.
Why is the world turning its back on the church today?
Because there is no love in action.
It's a bit old, but Dr. Jin-oh Yoo, who was once the president of Korea University, was
There was an article posted.
It was my own description of the heavenly situation.
When I went to one place, I found that there was no body, only the mouth.
When I went to one place, there was no body, only ears.
It was an article criticizing Christianity without works.
Dear saints,
Let's start making love now. Let's start with the water.
Christians must wear Christian clothes,
Clothing of Righteousness You must wear the robe of truth, the robe of truth that accompanies action.
Let me experience that I can give.