Title: Established by God/Joshua 1:5-6
Contents 3rd week of November, 1997 Yeonsin Church Middle School Sermon (97.11.16)
Text: Wed 1: 5 - 6
Subject: God established
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Today's sermon will be brief. 3 of them worked hard. It would be nice to say I will pray, but you must still receive the word.
These days, I am busy preparing for the presidential election. However, if you look at it quietly, it really makes you think that our students or we have nothing to learn. Even though someone has been removed from the candidacy, they move to another place and try to become president again, but our people's hearts are not so comfortable because of their not-so-good looks.
Today is the day our middle school elects new officers. Now is the time. A new person will have to work hard in front of the Lord for the year with a new vision and a new look.
Sometimes, even if you are tired and tired, you should be able to walk out shoulder to shoulder without getting annoyed. Because everyone is equal in the sight of the Lord, the executives have nothing other than to represent one group and work hard in front of them as hands and feet. I hope you understand the benefits and do your best in your future work. That is the only image God wants.
In today's text, after Moses died, God raised up Joshua. And then he tells him. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. He says I will not leave you nor forsake you. And He says to strengthen the heart. And that he will give us the land that God swore to our ancestors.
Who is Moses to us today? And who is Joshua? He is the leader. But that leader must also be established by God. As an executive, I ask for two things: responsibility and sincerity. Jeremiah 48:10 says that those who neglect the work of the Lord are cursed. He also said that what he should ask for is loyalty. That is why I want you to show loyalty. Everything else is said to be God's help. Newly elected officers would like to be like this. The Lord wants faithful people. The middle 3 executives worked hard. We will know in a little while what kind of people who will be newly elected as middle school officers again today, but if there is a wish, they want to be sincere people.
God says 'I won't leave you. Don't you say 'I won't throw it away'? I hope that we will become executives who work hard throughout the year with Yahweh God who is with us. Then God will give us the land promised to our ancestors.
I hope that the person who will become an executive in the middle school today believes that no one has established it, but that God has established it, and that he will do his work without shame in the sight of God.