Title: Faithful Promise/Jeremiah 31:7-9
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faithful promise
Bible Text: Jeremiah 31:7-9
<Introduction>
The future promises of human leaders are largely cynical to many.
and is prone to skepticism. especially our political leaders
The promise they make in every election is a promise for the future, but this
It's really hard to expect this to happen. their future
The person who believes that the promise will come true has great faith
Either way, they're probably still unaware of their breach of promise.
Not only political leaders, but any human being can easily make that promise.
However, there are bound to be many setbacks in the fulfillment of the promise. it's human
Because everything is uncertain about the future to come. We are
There are times when I personally make a lot of uncertain promises and can't keep them.
I don't know how many. Sometimes we forget our promises, sometimes we forget those promises
There is too much pressure to protect
It may become non-existent. Unlike these human promises, God's promises
No matter how many days the promise is fulfilled, it is not fulfilled
None. Sometimes decades, sometimes hundreds of years
Even so, that promise has been kept. promised to give Abraham a son
The new thing was 25 years later. He promised to send the Messiah
Even counting only after prophesying through the mouth of the prophet Isaiah, 600 years have passed.
It was after flow.
<Body>
1. God, as a spiritual leader, has a plan for the future that will lead us to heaven.
He has and is fulfilling certain promises.
(1) The promise of the future, it is the promise of Almighty God that will surely be fulfilled.
Anyone who believes in will be blessed. The people of Israel Confessed God
When I was taken captive by Babylon for my sins, I did not become a captive forever.
God must bring them back to the land of Israel after 70 years have passed.
You promised to come. In the beginning, these too were God's infinite
I did not understand the meaning properly. So disappointed and frustrated and discouraged
When the days were missing, God gave a prophecy to the captives of Israel.
He sent them and gave them hope. A clear promise for the future must come true
You reminded me again of the guarantee that it will happen again. Today's text is
Now, through Jeremiah, he is speaking of the return of the people from captivity.
is a promise. This is the promise of Almighty God that will surely be fulfilled.
(2) We must accept God's promises with joy. just after years
I wondered what would happen, but I can't because God said so.
This accepting attitude is undesirable. sing joyfully and rejoice
We must believe and obey the faithful promises of God. Believing in God's promises
It means that there must be a clear sign of a bad heart. this will make us happy
It was not from man that was called to be, but from Almighty God.
because it wins.
2. God wants everyone to share in God’s promises equally.
I want you to
(1) The captives are very pitiful and troubled people. when when
The future is uncertain because no one knows whether there will be tyranny by those who took them captive.
I do it. Even when the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, Pharaoh was the king of God.
He bowed his knees in the tenth plague, but he regretted letting the Israelites go.
There is a history of harassing them by following them all the way to the front of the Red Sea. captive
They were not guaranteed the right to life or the freedom to move freely.
People. Many of them returned from captivity and set foot on the land of Canaan.
great difficulties will accompany them, but these problems will only lead to freedom from captivity.
If you do, you won't be a hindrance to them.
(2) Rather, in the crowd from which the captives return, there are the blind and the lame.
with a pregnant woman who is hardly fit for a long journey,
The woman who gives birth will also be there, and how hard and difficult it is for them.
It will be a trip, so even if they start with a firm resolve, they will face difficulties.
It won't be one or two things. But just because they are the weak and the sick
I didn't say I would stay. Mixing in the crowd just like normal people
They want to enjoy true freedom. The Olympic Games for the Disabled
It continues. Television shows the human triumph of the disabled.
Families with lean content or people with disabilities are all facing extreme difficulties together.
We are sending a touching drama of happiness and victory. normal people
Hey, as usual, these people with disabilities see themselves as normal people.
Seeing you wanting to give, but emphasizing that the delay is just a little inconvenient
We are planting moments of victory in our hearts that touch our hearts.
I think it's reminding me again. and dedicated to helping them
Be their legs and arms without any complaints.
The love of our neighbor, who is our eyes and our mouths, is in our hearts to tears.
will make a long-lasting impression on you. According to the story that is being told, at the last Olympics
Too many people volunteered for labor and suffered hardships, but these people with disabilities
At the Olympics, there were so many volunteers that there was a shortage of volunteers, so how could this big event be held?
I had a hard time deciding whether I could do it or not, but the members of each church in Seoul
When we hear that we are carrying this hardship ourselves, are we really one?
It is also moving to see the acts of love of those who believe in you.
It's new. Relatives and comrades help them to "become an eye to the blind"
It will be a "leg" to the feet. In this way, faithful Christians
We must be companions of each other on the ever-growing journey. We must go together. belief
Those who are weak, those whose spiritual eyes are still blind, and those who lack faith and are lame
You will have to go with people who have the same faith as Bali.
(3) But the most important thing is God's promise to help
is. For those who are led by God, there is no problem just because he is blind.
I did. The one whom God gives strength does not have to plead that he is lame.
It's possible. Because God will do it for everyone to be the same.
God will be an eye for the blind and will guide them in the right way.
All. God will be a bridge for those who are lame and give them strength.
is. The same goes for mothers. God can't come when He calls us
You must not appeal. For he who called us helps us,
Because it will give you strength. Strong and bold, God opened up
Do we just need the determination to walk the path of life, the path of freedom and joy?
All.
3. God always protects us with compassion and mercy.
(1) He leads you on the right path. The land they will pass through is the dry hostage's land,
The land they pass through is a desert without roads. But God called them "the sewage
He will guide you on the right path."
(2) He prevents you from falling. The land must be rough and of stone.
is. But they "will not fall." God must go
Wherever God has commanded, when God is also preparing a way for them,
Door. Lead me by brooks, so that I will not thirst in the wilderness;
The one who guides us so that we do not fall, he is with us.
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(3) Why does God care for His people so much? God
is the father of Israel, our father. for children
He will take care of us with your compassion and compassion as a Father.
4. What should we do in the face of God's promise?
(1) We must believe in this and come boldly to the Lord and receive it with joy.
(2) No matter how dire our current situation is, we are in a difficult environment.
too, so spiritually blind, the religious life is lame, the childbirth woman
We need to realize that we can receive as much help from God as we can even when we are in pain.
is.
(3) Because God is our Father, He always leads us in the right way,
You have to trust everything and trust that you won't fall.
is.
<Conclusion>
God's promises for the future have always been kept. That
The promise is alive and always urges us to make up our minds. clearly accomplished
For the saints who accept the promise of Almighty God, that promise will remain as it is.
I believe it will come true.