Title: Examples of Faith commended by Jesus
Contents
word to start!
Everyone wants to be recognized and praised. Recognized and disliked for praise
No one is there. This is because a person can confirm the value of their existence through praise and have a sense of reward and pride in their life.
However, not all compliments are good. Praise can sometimes make the person being praised proud, and it can lead to wrong and perverse values and misconceptions.
Because it can give you life.
Then, saints!
Who do you really want to be recognized and praised for? That
The target may be family members, or if you are a boss or boss at work, or a civil servant or politician, you will want to hear praise from the president. It's nice to hear compliments from these people.
But there is a commendation more valuable and glorious than all these commendations combined. It is from God, the Creator and Ruler of all things.
It is to be recognized and praised for the faith you and I have.
Then, what kind of faith can be praised by God?
will be
Today's text provides the answer. Therefore, through the text, we can understand what kind of faith that is praised by God is, and if possible, we can all be praised by God.
I hope that you can become holders of faith.
The outline of today's text is as follows.
The Canaanite woman who came from the land of Sidon to ask Jesus Christ for help.
The story is written.
Although this woman was a Gentile woman, she was a Canaanite woman who was legally unable to obtain the mercy of Christ. Nevertheless, the opening said from Jesus Christ, “Great is your faith. ” could be praised.
What kind of faith could she have, so that she could receive such praise from God, Jesus Christ? By examining whether it was this woman's faith, we too have the same faith and receive praise from God.
I hope it will come true.
1. First: The woman had enduring faith.
In verses 22-23, Jesus was silent about the Canaanite woman's mournful and earnest appeal for help, saying that his daughter was viciously possessed by a demon. Most people get angry and turn around when the other person doesn't respond to what they're saying. (Where is it?) But she didn't. And I kept calling out to the Lord.
When is the door?
It was because she had faith. Also, her situation is her pride
I can't afford to think about it and it's so urgent. own beloved
Isn't it the feeling of a mother's love for her daughter when she is in a miserable situation because she is possessed by a demon?
In this situation, you can sleep peacefully, have no worries, or
not the situation. Even if I am broken, if only my daughter becomes whole
I can only imagine that it was just the thought that it was okay to be broken.
Saints!
We may have different contents or different degrees, but for some reason, we
Desperate and desperate, even if he breaks himself, if that happens, what kind of person he wishes for
There may be circumstances. This world is like the sea, one wave strikes
Just as another wave comes and hits as it passes, our lives are like that.
it can be said that Therefore, if we overcome with persevering
God will surely give us praise and blessings as well.
The Bible clearly promises this fact.
(James 5:11) "Behold, we say blessed are those who persevere. You have heard of Job's patience and have seen the end of the Lord, but the Lord is the most merciful and merciful." Only persevering faith can get you out of the field of suffering
There is.
What is your faith?
(Hebrews 11:1~2) “Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, by which the forefathers have obtained evidence.”
The woman in today's text believed that Jesus was the only one who could heal and save her daughter, so she was in the worst situation right now, but she must have endured while imagining in advance that the Lord would restore her through her plea. The Bible teaches us that this is what persevering faith is. With our persevering faith, tomorrow will be better than today
I hope you can imagine good results.
“Tomorrow, a new wind will blow again tomorrow”
2. Second: The woman had humble faith.
In verse 24, in response to the woman's persistent cry, Jesus said, "I am not sent anywhere but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
You did.
This clearly indicates your intention to refuse. Yet she never gives up
Didn't.
On the contrary (verse 25), he said, “I came to the Lord, fell on my face, and begged.
What could be the explanation for this behavior?
Maybe even if you step on me, until I heal my daughter
You have to look at it with an attitude that you can never back down.
Again the Lord humiliated her even more by treating her as a dog, saying, “It is not lawful to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs” (verse 26).
Even then, the woman replies that the word of the Lord is true, but don't the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table? Haoni rice cakes
It's okay if it's not, so please give my daughter some crumbs. said last
It went down to the level of humility. Then the Lord said, “Woman, great is your faith; it will be done as you wish.”
If I ask once or twice and there is no answer, what is it that I regret?
Should I lie down? A proud person who turns his back on the Lord while saying, We too, like this woman, have always longed for the fragility of grace. as you wish
I hope that you will receive the praise that it will be and the blessing that your wish will come true.
In what manner does God like those who ask?
(Psalm 51:17) “It is said that the sacrifices that God seek are a broken spirit, and that God does not despise the broken and contrite heart.
Among the old sayings, there is an inscription that reads “Jin greeting Daecheonmyeong”. the meaning of this article
This is it.
We do not know a moment's work, and I do not know whether we will succeed or fail. However, the only thing a person can do is to do their best, and the results are given by heaven. So, after making an effort, humbly entrust the results of that hard work to the will of heaven.
It means to wait.
It is foolish to give up without trying, or to wait for the will of heaven.
It's done.
And if he thinks he can decide the outcome of success and failure
He is a proud person. It is said that the humble will find favor with God, but pride is the spearhead of destruction and the precursor of falling. The woman in the text is her
Humility waited for the result of the act of faith, and the wish was fulfilled.
3. Third: The woman had the faith to trust in the power of the Lord.
The Canaanite woman in the text is desperately trying to heal her wicked demon-possessed daughter.
I cling to Jesus. If Jesus wanted her to do this,
He believed that he could drive out evil spirits from even his own daughter.
because of. Had she ever doubted the power of Jesus, she would not have been so patient, humble, and pleading to the end. like this woman
Only faith, trusting in the power of Jesus without doubt, will receive praise and
You can receive the blessings that come true.
Peter saw Jesus walking on the water and made him walk on the water like the Lord
I asked for permission to do it, and I actually walked on the water, but the big waves and
When he saw the wind and doubted the power of Jesus with fear, he fell into the water.
fell out. Then Jesus turned to him
“O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” and rebuked.
(Matthew 21:21-22) “Truly I say to you, if you believe
And if you do not doubt, you will not only do these things that were done to this fig tree, but also
You may say to the mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and when you pray,
Whatever you ask, believing and asking, you will receive.”
Everyone! Do you know why David succeeded and became a saint? Is it because there is no hardship?
no. He is betrayed by his son and is on the brink of death by his father-in-law, Saul. David's secret to success is clearly shown in the Psalms.
A few examples
(Psalm 91:2) “I said to the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, the God in which I trust” (*** )
(Psalm 73:26) “My body and my mind are withered, but God is the rock of my heart.
Your portion forever.” ( *** )
Also, the confession in (Psalm 23) represents David's faith in God.
Even the woman in today’s text was in a situation where her body and mind were collapsing together, but God
With faith in the power of Jesus, I was praised and my wish came true.
* Concluding remarks!
Among the old sayings, there is an article called (Musin Bullip). this is
It means that if people do not have faith, they cannot live. It means that trust is the most important and necessary thing for people to live. What would the world be like if we had no faith?
chamberlain! Trust the doctor and pharmacist, trust the bus driver, trust the bank, trust the razor, (*** )
(2 Corinthians 5:7) “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (***)
(Daniel 3:17) “O king, the God whom we serve is burning us in a raging furnace.
He will deliver you from the midst, and he will deliver you from your hand.”
(Acts 27:25) “Therefore, rest assured, spare, I believe in God that it will be just as he said to me” (***)
Among the old and new words, there is an article (indifference). This is the person's will or decision
It means a strong, strong-willed, strong-willed person. Another word for indomitable
There is.
The woman's faith in today's text possessed persevering faith, humble faith and trusting faith. But for him, his daughter's circumstances that could be frustrating and an environment that could put her faith to the test stood in the way. but he only
I received the blessing of fulfilling my wishes through faith that is praised by Jesus.
We too have the faith to receive praise from God, so that we can hear praise and desire.
May you receive the blessing of fulfillment, I bless you in the name of Jesus.