Title: Father in Love
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1. At that time, saith the LORD, I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2. Thus saith the LORD: The people that escaped the sword found favor in the wilderness, when I went to bring Israel to rest.
3. Once upon a time, the LORD appeared to me, saying, "I love you with everlasting love, and I have drawn you with kindness."
4. I will build you up again, virgin Israel, and you will be built, and you will again take up your trumpet and come out dancing with those who rejoice.
5. You will again plant vines in the mountains of Samaria, and the one who sows will begin to harvest their fruit.
6. On Mount Ephraim there will come a day when the watchman will cry out, saying, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God.
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22. The father said to his servants, Take out the best clothes and put them on, and put your ring finger on your hands, and put on sandals on your feet.
23. And bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let us eat and rejoice.
24. And they rejoiced, saying, This my son was dead and is alive again; I was lost and is found again.
25. When the eldest son returned from the field and came near the house, he heard wind music and dancing.
26. He called a servant and asked him what was going on.
27. They answered, "Your brother has returned, and your father has killed a fattened calf because he welcomes him back in good health."
28. He was angry and would not go in, but his father came out and persuaded him.
29. He answered and said to his father, "I have served my father for many years, and I have not disobeyed his orders, but he never gave me a young goat so that me and my friend might rejoice."
30. This son, who devoured your life with prostitutes, has returned, and for this you have killed a fattened calf.
31. The father said, "Son, you are always with me; all that is mine is yours."
32. We should rejoice and rejoice, because your brother was dead and is alive; I was lost and found.
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Subject: Father in love
Text: Jeremiah 31:1-6, Luke 15:22-32
“Father who grieves for love” is a priest who can only be found in the Christian faith. Family Month is also Teacher's Day. As I sang along to the ‘Grace of a Teacher’ that I heard on the air, I was reminded of the teachings of our Lord, who is one of the teachers. The most important of these teachings is the teaching that the Creator is the Creator and the Master of history is the “Father of Love.” It was the subject of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). It is a realization that ‘God is the Father of love’ and ‘we are the children whom the Father loves’. So, don't worry or worry (Matthew 6:25-34), cast away all your fears (Matthew 10:24-33), and enlightened him to 'Come and live a happy life' (Matthew 5:1-12). This is the teaching of our Lord, the Master among teachers, and the enlightenment of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, is the same (Romans 8:15-17). Check them out!
There was a misunderstanding about the teaching and life of the Lord, who came to this earth in the flesh according to Heavenly Father's will. This is the background of today's New Testament text (Luke 15:22-32) (Luke 15:1-2). To clear up their misunderstanding, our Lord uses parables to help us understand. Not one, but three parables. With the parables that show the characteristics of Heavenly Father's love, He reminded us of the great interest in 'one'. The third parable is a word that makes you think about the characteristics of Christianity that transcend time and religion. The name is a metaphor for ‘a father who is longing for love’. The truth in the parable shows us what a Creator Father is like. What we must learn from the father's longing for love is that he so wants our happiness.
Today's Old Testament text (Jeremiah 31:1-6) also expresses the same Father's love. The destruction and captivity suffered by the northern and southern kingdoms are due to their clear transgressions and sins. Although their appearance has not changed much from the past, God, the Lord of history, declares that he will change their destiny. It is because of the Father’s “An Everlasting Love” (verse 3). Verse 3, reminiscent of Hosea 11:1-12 (marriage), can be translated as follows: ‘Because I loved you with everlasting love, I drew you in with kindness.’ The parable of marriage (ho) and travel (rem) reminds us of two spiritual realities. 1) We often wander off the true path. 2) We are often unfaithful to true love. While traveling to a distant country and wandering (second), we forget the grace of all close relationships (first).
So there is only hope, not in us, but in the Father. There are research results that remind us of why the image of the Heavenly Father Jesus spoke of is so grieving for love. This is a resource called “Level of Human Consciousness” by David Hawkins. This is a distribution based on the number of intellectuals as 499 among the numbers from 1 to 1000. The lowest number is 20, which is shame (humiliation), 30-guilt (blame), 50- helplessness (desperation), 75-sad (remorse), 100-fear (worry), 125-desire (longing), 150-anger (hate) ), 175 - Pride (contempt), 200 - Courage (positive), 250 - Moderate (positive), 310 - Spontaneity (optimism), 350 - Embrace (forgiveness), 400 - Reason (understanding), 500 - Love (respect) , 540 - joy (quiet), 600 - peace (blessing). 700-1000 - Enlightenment (pre-language). It is a material that only goes through the stages of love to reach joy, gratitude, and peace, which are the elements of happiness.