Title: God's Question (Gen. 03:9)
Content God gives us commands and warnings through His Word, gives us promises and lessons, and sometimes even asks questions. I hope that this time will be an opportunity to reflect on ourselves through the three questions God asks us.
1. In Genesis 3:9, he asks where you are.
Adam sinned before God and is hiding in the bushes. He thought that God would not know if he hid in the bushes. But that is an illusion. God transcends time and space, and knows the past, present, and future. We know the thoughts of our hearts that we did not act. God is not asking, 'Where are you,' because he does not know where Adam is hiding. He is asking where you are in your life. In other words, you are asking Jesus now. It is a question of where and how you live while you say you believe.
On the outside, as a believer, I go to church on Sundays and have an office, but my inner heart is always living with the Lord. Our standard of living, the Bible, tells us to do what the Bible says, 'do' and 'don't'. What matters is whether or not he is living a life of unity. Because of his sin, Adam was punished with a life that had no choice but to die from an eternal life.
To be a true believer, we must have the fruit of faith in our lives.
Jesus also said, “Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21) Teacher Agobos also says this. 2:26) Faith without works is dead. We must live the life of a believer who is recognized not only by name but by God.
2. In Genesis 4:9, we hear the second question. Where is your brother Abed? Cain was jealous of his brother Abed receiving a blessing from God. In the end, he even stoned his brother to death in an empty field. God, who knows the truth, asked Cain sternly. Where is your brother Abed? As an older brother, he is holding him accountable for not taking care of his younger brother. We have a responsibility to take care of our family and friends.
Because a person who does not take care of his family and friends cannot love his neighbor.
(1 Timothy 5:8) Anyone who does not take care of his relatives, especially his family, has betrayed the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Therefore, we must first pray for our family and friends. And we should pray that we will not suffer any more and live a blessed life while we live in this world. And our relatives should help each other when we are in trouble, and live a joyful life like today when we are happy.
(1 John 4:20) If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. He who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. I hope you will consider the question carefully.
3. In Luke 8:25, he asks where is your faith.
(Luke 8:25) And he said to his disciples, "Where is your faith?" They were afraid and marveled, and said to one another, "Who is this that he commands the wind and water, and they obey him?" They were in danger because they met Jesus. So the disciples woke Jesus from sleeping and cried out for his life.
What Jesus said at that time is, where is your faith?
This is not a question we asked because we did not have faith, but rather why we did not use the faith we had already given. The disciples were afraid of the high waves even though Jesus was in the same boat. It is not because we do not have it, but because we have little faith, and we do not see the Lord who is always with us, but we judge by what we see.
The life of faith is to solve all visible problems with invisible things. So, in Hebrews 11:3, it is said that things that are visible are not made by things that are visible. People in the world solve all problems with worldly things, with reasonable means and with visible plans. I try to solve it. But our Christian method must be different.
We do everything in an invisible and sometimes unreasonable way. This is God's method, and this is faith. Although it may seem impossible to the world, it is possible to us believers.
If we just believe, we will be saved, and even if we die, we will be resurrected again. Even though we have failed now, we believe that if we rely on God's power, we will rise again, and that the sick parts of the body will be healed. I am saying it this way.
I can do all things through him who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13) Do not become suspicious saints like Jesus' disciple Thomas.
(John 20:27) And he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not be a believer, but a believer. Now I am about to finish my message. ) Check if the position of my faith life is correct, fix what needs to be fixed, (2) look back more spiritually and visibly than now with family and friends, and (3) if something difficult happens, I will demonstrate 100% of the faith I have already given to destroy the phone. should be used as an opportunity for
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