Title: Follow Me / Matthew 4:18-22
Contents Today's verse is Jesus calling his disciples, calling them to be his disciples.
It is a record of the events that Jesus made. Peter and Andrew were fishing in the sea.
He went to Leh and to James and John, who were weaving their nets, and said,
"Follow me"
At that one word, “Follow me,” they left their nets and followed the Lord.
Our Christianity is a religion that follows Jesus Christ. Our Christianity is
It is true that there are moral ethics and values. However, our Christianity
We must have something morally good, but that is not our goal.
C. Jesus did not tell us to live a good life, but to follow me. Jesus Christ
The religion we follow is our Christianity.
The question that the priests and Pharisees who opposed Jesus are constantly asking is, “What are you doing?
Do you do this by authority?> What authority do you use to forgive sins that only God can do?
Are you preaching? They were asking by what authority do you ask me to follow you.
Lee can imagine Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist in Matthew 3.
C. When he was baptized and ascended, the heavens opened and the Spirit of God descended like a dove.
Coming, Jesus heard a voice from heaven, "This is my beloved Son, with my joy
Jesus was filled with the self-consciousness of being the Son of God.
He was human, but at the same time fully divine.
You are showing it directly.
John 6:35 says that I am the bread of life.
A large crowd of people who followed Jesus followed Him because they were satisfied after eating bread in the wilderness.
Jesus said to them in John 6:26.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, you have found me for a sign
Not because he saw it, but because he ate the bread and was full."
Then Jesus said something very precious: “Do not work for the food that perishes.
and do it for food that endures to eternal life." Then the crowds said, "Lord, let this bread always be ours."
Give it to me." The words Jesus spoke at this time are the words of verse 35.
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"Jesus said, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never go hungry.
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and he who believes in me will never thirst." Yes. Our Christian
Kyo is a religion that eats food that never goes hungry. A spirit that never thirsts.
The only way to gain life is through Jesus Christ.
In John 10:11, it says that I am the good shepherd, so follow me.
When we think of the Good Shepherd, we are reminded of the precious psalm of Psalm 23.
"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me in green pastures.
You lie down, you lead me beside still waters, you refresh my soul,
for his name's sake he leads in the path of righteousness."
The sheep must follow the shepherd. That way, aside from getting pasture, the sheep
We can live. Our lives are like sheep before Jesus, the shepherd.
Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way (Isaiah 53:6).
According to Isaiah, what is called sin is not following Jesus the Shepherd.
It means that each one goes his own way without saying anything. According to the original meaning of the word sin,
means to miss the target. It is a sin to miss the target.
As the noble people of the two Gods, we must follow Jesus, following the world and following the lusts.
Following the devil is a sin. We follow Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd.
that's just what it should be.
John 11:25 says that I am the resurrection and the life.
"Jesus said to me, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me will live, even if he dies, and everyone who believes in me will live.
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He who believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
To follow Jesus is to follow Jesus while believing that He is the resurrection and the life.
If we are strict, we will never be able to follow Jesus. Jesus Christ is our Resurrection.
When we clearly believe that He is life, we can only follow Jesus by that faith.
Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please
He is God, and he who comes to God (those who follow Jesus) must know that He exists and that He
They must believe that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.”
John 14:6 says that I am the way, the truth, and the life.
The saying that I am the way means that Jesus is the way to the truth.
There are a lot of times when I drive a car, and it is very pathetic.
There are times when taxis are tangled and blocked. The reality is that the road is jammed.
It seems that this is not the existence of us living today. Be honest because the road is blocked.
I have no intention of working hard and living conscientiously.
It has become a world where there is no way. To those of us who do not see the way, today the Lord is with us.
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“Jesus said to me, I am the way, the truth, and the life, except by me
No one comes to the Father."
In John 15:1 it says, I am the true vine.
I am the true vine, therefore you must say, “Abide in me, and I in you.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, so you also
Unless it is in the vineyard, I am the vine, and you are the branches; he is in me,
If inside, this man bears much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
There is none." Therefore, I am telling you to follow me.
He is the bread of life to us, the good shepherd, the resurrection and the life, the way and the life.
The life of following Jesus Christ, who is the truth and the life and the true vine, is
This is the Christian life. In Luke 9:57 and below, we are committed to following Jesus.
Three determined men are appearing. The first one asked Jesus.
"Wherever you go, I will follow" - great determination. Wherever you go, the Lord
Jesus spoke quietly to the young man who courageously set out to follow him.
In Gospel 9:58
“Jesus said, Foxes have dens, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nests.
There is no place to lay your head.” The way to follow Jesus is to enter through a narrow gate.
You are saying that it is going to go away. If we follow Jesus, we will see the story of Golgotha, which he carried.
We reach the hill. When we reach Golgotha, our Lord asks us.
“Can you drink the cup of my drink and be baptized with me?” (Mark)
10:38)
There is no record of what this young man did, so there is no way to know.
It doesn't matter to me either, because the young man is not the problem, I,
We are the problem. Perhaps because we ate the bread in the wilderness and were satisfied, we
If we say that we are wandering around, we are commanding the Lord to speak clearly to us at this time.
You will have to listen to the commands. The command is to follow me.
To the second man, Jesus commanded, "Follow me." Then the young man
He says, "Let me go first and bury my father." His request is
It was very reasonable and it was just. Not that I wouldn't follow it.
First, I had to do what I had to do, and then I would follow.
Man's request is right. But Jesus is saying something completely wrong.
“Let the dead bury their dead, and you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
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Jesus is not asking for common sense and ordinary people now. Jesus
is now calling for your disciples in need in the time of the imminent end times
And in the time of imminent wrath when the kingdom of God is near, we need a disciple with a desperate sense of the end.
We could never follow Jesus rightly without an urgent sense of the end.
No. Right now, even if Jesus comes today, we are looking for such a disciple who is ready to meet the Lord.
This is what you are demanding. Prepare for the kingdom of God, not the chaos of the military.
You are asking for an elite unit that does.
Finally, a third person appears. He says, "Lord, I
I will follow you, but first allow me to say goodbye to my family.” At this time, Jesus
the word
“He who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God.
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Those who put their hands to the plow and look back are those who have regrets about the past.
The appearance of the old man is what hinders us from living a life worthy of the kingdom of God.
With regrets for the old people, regrets about the past, and regrets about the world, we are completely
It is impossible to follow Jesus. Those who decide to follow Jesus must first sleep.
It is a matter of throwing away the qi. If you just have yourself, you can never fully follow Jesus.
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Simon and Andrew abandoned their nets. James and John abandoned the boat and their father.
and followed Jesus. A disciple who follows Jesus must forsake what is his and follow Jesus.
But we know how hard it is to throw away one's own.
In following Jesus, the more things we must throw away, the more we can’t throw away.
I don't know if there are many. Where can I throw these hard things? we are the world
If we look to the Lord, we can never forsake. But if we look to the Lord, our
When we turn to Jesus Christ, who is the way, we can easily let go. he us
He gave up his heavenly throne and even his own life to save him. A sin like me
To save the people, the Lord sheds water and blood, and even the last drop of blood is for us.
He has given up on him. He has completely forsaken himself. His complete denial of self
It culminated in the cross. And that cross accomplished the resurrection.
He lived by death. Is the Lord speaking to us now?
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“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
The demands of the Lord are determined to follow in the footsteps of the Lord and the death of Christ in these last days.
We are asking for disciples to join the struggle. Hear the voice of the Lord who is calling us now.
We must all become disciples of Jesus Christ who follow the Lord by answering Amen.
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“If any man would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily.
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