Title: Gorban's Trap
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first week of february
Gorban's Trap
Mark 7:9-13
Sometimes we only want to work when we want to, and sometimes we want to live only doing what we want to do. But, perhaps, such a place is only heaven. Isn't the most difficult thing about working "relationships with people"? do. There are many times when we are subjected to impersonal insults. After a week of work in a difficult and difficult workplace, when I come to church on a Sunday, I only want to sing praises every day, and I want to pray every day. I am afraid of being torn apart by the world, so I want only the church. Stories containing such feelings are also found in the Bible. The Lord comes down to the world with the disciples who want to build a shelter on Mt. Transfiguration and live only there. This, after all, helps us know that the place we need to stay is the world, not the church. We must return to the field of intense labor, not staying in the church. That is the Christian's destiny.
Jesus considered “the way” to be important. Jesus did not stay all day in the house or in the temple. To meet Jesus, we had to meet on the street. There he met the sick and the frustrated people of life. It was also on empty streets where the miracle of Obyeong-ear was revealed. It is important to us that Jesus' miracles and public life did not begin in the temple, but on the streets.
Those who believe in God and are saved must not only stay in the church, but return to their homes and the world to make the place we stand in the position of the priesthood. And returning to church after a week to recharge spiritually is the Christian life. The church is a place where those who have been saved gather to worship and pray, and fellowship takes place.
In today's verse, 'gorban', which means 'everything offered to God', appears. This refers not only to material things, but to all things that are offered. However, because of this 'gorban', they do not fulfill their parents' service. Wouldn't it be great if you could do both serving God and serving your parents? In the end, it is because of the church's service among the reasons for not fulfilling the service of the parents. People use 'gorban' for their own benefit.
The Lord said in the Bible, “Do not show me empty hands. Where the material is, there is my heart.” The Lord is all-powerful. But what is the lack of material demanding? Also, the Lord wants us to have a 'mourning heart'. He wants 'mourning', not material or money. God is spirit and does not need material things. However, he wants the materials we donated to be used for the needy and needy. God created human beings equal from the beginning. However, as human ‘sin’ enters, the gap between class and richness begins to form. God wants the material to be used by widows and orphans. This is God's justice. In this way, God wants them to receive the same grace.
The Lord wants us to love our ‘neighbor’ as ‘my body’. The Bible stresses us about faith. But more important than faith and hope is ‘love’. May you have the faith to love God and love your neighbor. This is the first commandment.
We give to God the things we get from work that belong to God. Dedicated to God with a heart of love for God. How precious and beautiful is your heart? ‘Corban!!’ This is holy worship and devotion to God. This 'gorban' is the material that the saints sacrificed with pain and hardship in the world. This material will again be distributed to those in pain and suffering. Where do I need a 'gorban' around me? And I want 'gorban' to be used by more neighbors than now.