Title: Grace of God/28:1-29
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The abundance we enjoy is not for our own comfort and pleasure, but for serving God. The region of Ephraim in the text was like a city built on the top of the valley like a glorious coffin. But because they abused their abundance, they were seen as ‘fading flowers’ in the eyes of God and in the eyes of the prophets.
1. I was proud. -Wealth and abundance make people proud. Pride is a reluctance to acknowledge God. He is an unbeliever who forgets God and does not acknowledge any existence other than himself.
2. I was drunk on the world. - Alcohol makes people foolish (Proverbs 20:1).
(Genesis 9:21, Hab 2:15) It causes them to speak evil and lose their reason. Alcohol makes sensuality covetous, which leads to moral and ethical depravity.
The same is true of drunkenness and pleasure and luxury. Now is the time for believers to wake up and pray.
3. The saint's choice - The saint always does what he does for himself.
Two paths to choose = (1) The path of suffering - There is a path of hardship that constantly demands awareness and the abandonment of compromising with reality for impartial that everyone hates to go.
(2) Path of Compromise - A path that leads to complacency and self-indulgence, moderately compromising with reality in the religious life.
4. The religious leaders of Judah mocked the prophet. (9-10)
They ridiculed the message for being childish and like nonsensical nagging. because their
It was because of pride and debauchery. content of ridicule
1) It was despised as repeated nagging.
2) I hated the lack of consistency.
3) I was ridiculed for lack of sophistication.
5. Learn the wisdom of farmers (23-25) = God's people must come with wisdom in their work.
1) Farmers work hard. - You must learn the heart of a farmer. 126:5-6) Weeping seed
The sower - devotes his whole life. There is no neglect. You must learn to be diligent.
I don't know the line. Trying to get more done in the given time.
2) The farmer works with a distant view. - I'm not in a hurry. You have to learn to be prepared.
It is said in Etmal that ‘one who prepares cannot overcome’.
3) The farmer works on the basis of knowing everything. -Because you know it broadly and deeply.
You have to learn to work in a balanced way. If there is no balance in your religious life, you cannot stand properly, let alone growth.
None.
6. Commitment and prayer
1) Help me to live a humble and upright life.
2) Wood: For the family and mission of church officers
For a family of perfect faith / To fulfill the mission