Title: Grace! God's Gift/Ephesians 2:1-10
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There is a Korean proverb that says, “Grace is engraved in water, and enemies are engraved in stone.”
There is. This is not to say that people easily forget that they have received grace.
It's like. A Roman philosopher named Seneca said, "Those who receive grace through thanksgiving
Ram pays the first installment of that debt.”
speak. “I will never forget that grace for the rest of my life.” but that means the years
As it flows, it becomes fuzzy and transforms into enemies without knowing when it is ours.
These are things you can easily find around you.
There is this story in Aesop's fables. One day a deer hunted
I was rushing to the thief. When he was endangered while escaping, the leaves grew thick
He found a vineyard and hid there. "I'm just noticing it, but don't do it." and
The deer held its breath and hid quietly, but the hunter pursued it too hastily.
I just passed by there. The deer seemed to be alive now. please chase again
You won't come.' Then I put my heart down and was hungry, so I picked up grape leaves.
I started to eat the oysters by cutting them. Soon the sound reached the hunter's ears.
I heard it. I looked back and saw the deer after eating the grape leaves.
It was easy to hear. "Come. Your bastard was there. Get out now.
I can't do it." The hunter pulled the string of the bow and fired an arrow on the spot.
He forgot his grace and was punished for eating the leaves." the deer sighed.
It's a story about falling down.
1. Originally, we humans were children of wrath, who died in our trespasses and sins.
(1) They followed the customs of this world. - The world was created by God
It was a good world in God's sight. but one human
After disobeying your words, the world ran down the road of depravity, and God
Seo came to lament that man was created in the world (Genesis 6:6). now three
The customs and customs were swept away by the customs of alienation from God, and people gradually began to believe that God
and acted away from it. Korean customs handed down from ancient times
They were also customs that distanced themselves from God. bowing towards a large rock
I made a curtain on a large tree, called Seonangdang, prayed there, and went to the waterside.
He said that there was a dragon king, so he bowed there, and the Seongju Danji was enshrined in his family.
If something happened, a shaman was called to perform a rite, and when a person dies, the grave is decided.
At that time, there were customs such as the theory of feng shui judging the left blue dragon and the right white tiger. Us
Before he believed in God, he followed these customs. therefore God
They were children of wrath who deserved to die for their trespasses and sins.
(2) They followed those who held power in the air. - Those who hold power in the air are impure
These are the spirits that work among the sons of the servant. In other words, the hordes of demons
is pointing. We don't follow the devil because we want to.
D, as in today's text, live according to the desires of the flesh
And because you do what your heart desires, you naturally have no choice but to serve as a servant of the devil.
there is no Because the devil follows my own desires and wants
Because when you want to do something, you tempt people to do it even more.
All. There is no one who does not fall into the temptations of the devil. Therefore, before
Whether you like it or not, when you do not believe in God,
He had no choice but to follow them.
(3) We were by nature children of wrath. Sinners worthy of death, one
We are the sinners who cannot dare stand before you. who don't die of us
Do you have the power to forgive the greatest sins? to repent of sins
Rather than committing more sins, the image of us living in God's judgment
They have no choice but to be children who deserve the wrath of God.
2. Nevertheless, God has given us great grace.
Verse 4 says, “The great love that God, who is rich in mercy, loved us,
We, who were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.”
We were saved by the sheer grace of God. God does not tolerate us
It is because we sin against the will of God. but God
He has forgiven us in spite of our sins. This is grace.
Grace means above all a free gift. this we never
It is not due, nor is it given as a reward.
All. Romans 4:4-8 says, “To those who work, their wages
I do not count it as a grace, but as a debt, but without work I am ungodly
Happy are those who believe in him who justifies him.”
All. This is expressed as a 'gift' in Ephesians 2:8, and more accurately
Hage describes it as 'a gift from grace'. God is Ito
We haven't done anything to God, but we can't help ourselves.
His Son, Jesus, as a special purpose to accomplish what could not be accomplished with
Did you send Christ to this earth and allow us to be saved if we just believe?
All. This is grace. It is not given for doing a lot of good deeds.
is. Just because someone can live without the law doesn't mean it will be. oh
The person who thinks to himself, 'I am a righteous man,' is Jesus Christ.
No Sudo required. Therefore, in the depths of his despair, the dozer
Rescue when someone who gives up on himself that he can't get out of is asking for help
Those who have been given will remember the grace. the person who received this grace
this is us
God's grace is available to everyone. in the despair of sin
The only person who can deliver you is Jesus Christ, the Savior.
Those who know and believe can receive grace through the hand of God.
All. When someone fell into the water, a passerby stretched out his hand
The man who wants to lose but is drowning will not be able to save his life.
If you don't reach out your hand, judging that you can't become a person like you
will be When a drowning person reaches out to someone who is trying to rescue him,
That is faith.
Those who are still unsure of their salvation are drowning and waiting for someone to rescue them.
It's like a person. God stretches out the hand of salvation
He wants to catch people and give them new life. save lives for everyone
The great hand of our God who wants to give is beyond our imagination.
It is so great that the Bible describes it as 'abundant grace'.
In other words, it means ‘to overflow with addition’. ‘Silver exceedingly abundant
Hye' belongs to God.
3. Therefore, this 'exceedingly exceedingly abundant grace' is the gift of those who receive it.
In life, too, it overflows into others.
This abundant grace first overflows from God to man, and
In addition, God's abundant grace, which overflows, flows from man to man,
It's possible. This is the working of the living God. God's living
History moves people's hearts, changes them, and changes people's faith lives.
He works through others.
We are those who have received 'the exceedingly abundant grace, which overflowed in addition'.
We also want to tell others that the living work of God is overflowing.
have to do so. Some people say that they have the 'additional excess'
A person who fails to open a channel for the abundant grace to flow to others
there are You can brag about receiving grace, but give it to others.
Because people who cannot testify of wisdom cannot live a life that has changed in their way of life.
There are people who block the flow of this grace. some people are
But people say it's enough if you receive grace, and you live your life ignoring other people.
There are people. Some people feel the most when they have meetings in the church.
Even though he seems like a very favored person, he goes home and treats his neighbors.
If you look at your attitude, you do not see any behavior like someone who has received God's grace
There are people who don't. Still haven't received grace? `plus more
To God, who wants us today to give us the most abundant grace
Please open your hands. I hope you raise your hands high. by one's own strength
Confess honestly that you are a person who cannot get out of the despair of sin.
wish. When you have a difficult situation, when you have a problem with prayer
Knowing that there is only one God who can solve it,
Please make up your mind that you will never let go of the helping hand of grace.
Have you been blessed? 'In addition, the exceedingly abundant grace that abounds'
Please let it flow to your neighbors. share the blessings you have received
I'll give it to you. It must flow through our words. Us
It should flow through our actions. Words and deeds are a blessing
It is the passage from Lee to the neighbor. Our religious life 'adds
You must be able to appear as a person who has received the overflowing and exceedingly abundant grace.
Everyone from my closest family should be able to acknowledge this.
do. Because ‘excessively abundant grace’ is not my own.
The history overflowing with our neighbors must be made through me.
All. For the saints who live such a life of faith, 'In addition, the exceedingly abundant
I believe that God will bless you so that 'grace' can flow more and more like a spring.