Title: Healing of Dry Hands
(Jesus entered the synagogue again, and there was a man with a withered hand.
To bring charges against this Jesus, he looked to see if he was healing the man on the Sabbath.
He said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up in the middle." And he said to them,
Doing good or doing evil on the eclipse, saving life or killing
Is this right?” They were silent, but they were grieved at the hardness of their hearts and became angry.
and looked around them, and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.'
His hand was restored) (Mark 3:1-5)
Looking at the background of today's text, as the rumors of Jesus spread throughout the region, many
People flocked to him.
The person who felt most displeased with the growing popularity of Jesus
These were the Pharisees and scribes who tried to keep the law. these are yes
We only pay attention to whether Sum's actions are radical by the standards of the time
I tried to accuse him of whether he was doing anything against the law.
I just said
That was the case in today's text.
The Sabbath is a day off for everyone, but there were rumors that they were healing the sick.
Does Sue heal on the Sabbath? no fix? I deliberately put my hand on it to see it.
We looked at how to heal a skinny person.
Our Lord already knows their hearts, rise up to those with dry hands
said. Then I asked everyone.
“On the Sabbath day to do good and to do evil, to save life and to kill,
Which one is right?" he asked.
No one answered and it was silent.
At this time, our Lord, knowing our stubbornness, was angry and looked around,
He said, "Stretch out your hand!"
So it was said that the dry hand was restored immediately.
Today, this is a very simple event in the Lord's work.
But what message is this event trying to give us today? dot
is.
It is not only seen as a mere miracle event, but today's coming
We must listen to God's voice.
1. Jesus healed a man with a withered hand.
When your hands are dry, it means you can't do anything with them.
My hands were dry and there was no activity.
The hands do a lot of work during the delay.
Some hold something with your hand, some hold it with your hand, some direct it with your hand.
Hands do so many different things.
Without hands, thoughts cease to exist.
You're always thinking, but you can't put it into action.
In that sense, there are still many people who have dry hands.
Maybe we ourselves are people with dry hands.
Many Christians don't even know that in a sense they are beings with dry hands.
Knowing right and wrong with your head, with knowledge, and theoretically,
It is true that we know well what we must do, but we do not actually act.
'Faith without works' and 'acts without faith' are both problematic.
We must make sure that our dry hands are healed.
2. A dry hand is a hand that cannot be extended to others.
As we say, 'hands bend inward, not outward', we are
It's not that hard to have open hands.
Extremely selfish, withered hands, without understanding or sympathy for others
Lean hands, hands that eventually withered away in love, see if those hands are mine
I'll go.
What does today's believers in Jesus look like in the eyes of the world?
There are many cases where it seems too stingy.
This means that the giving hand is dry.
Talking about the kingdom of heaven, talking about the afterlife, but rather clinging to things of the world
said about
I don't know why the more cults the more material greed.
In the name of God, if you look at what the churches are doing, how many skinny churches are there?
many?
If you look at the items given by the church, they are of better quality than those given by people in the world.
I can't.
I don't know why they are so stingy.
If you come empty-handed and go empty-handed, start today so that you don't go with dry hands.
It should be a hand that gives and lives.
☞ There was a very faithful soldier.
One cold winter day he met a beggar begging on the road.
But the soldiers had no money to help the beggars.
The soldier was very heartbroken.
So he took off the soldier's jacket he was wearing and put it on the beggar.
That night, in a dream, the soldier saw Jesus wearing the soldier's jacket and smiling.
All.
Our Lord said, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me” (Matthew 25:40).
All.
When we help those in need, we do it to the Lord.
There are so many people around us who need our help.
Nevertheless, many people turn away from helping hands for a variety of reasons.
Every May, on Family Month, people pay their respects to their parents, husbands and wives, and their children.
Prepare a special gift and set aside time.
But the boys and girls around us, the elderly, orphans and widows
Taking a picture of you holding a large ramen box when you are not free or when you are rescued
Are you not satisfied with
The Bible emphasizes the need to give in secret (Matthew 6:3).
And instead of giving away what is left behind, letting them share what they need
This is called true salvation. (2 Corinthians 9:3-5)
Proverbs 11:25 says, “He who loves alms will prosper, and he refreshes others.
those who do, will be refreshed."
If there is no relief in our life of faith, it can only be a crippled faith.
Who is the neighbor I need to help today?
And I need to learn to look back on my dry hands.
3. We must push out our hands that have become dry through sin to the Lord.
Having dry hands means shame.
To put it more deeply, that hand is a hand that has committed a crime.
So, when escorting criminals, their hands are tied.
Because they have sinned with their hands.
Hands can show infinite love, but they can commit all kinds of sins.
All.
That's why there is a hymn called hymn in the hymn.
If you look at our hands today, they are all dirty and dry hands.
In other words, the hand of the disabled.
A hand that has lived without knowing only me, and all kinds of lies to make other people's things mine.
We must bring these dry hands to the Lord and come to the Lord.
Raising your hand also means a sign of surrender.
Hands that acted out of harmony with God's Word, hands that knew but failed to act
Guys, we must raise our hands and come to the Lord.
When we raise our hands, the Lord takes our hands.
No matter what the hand of the crime, the Lord does not reject it.
He makes you take on new tasks through his hands.
☞ Someone became a doctor and opened a business in Seoul.
I worked hard and made a lot of money, but to this person
There was one weakness.
There was no way to treat patients for free because they loved money.
No matter who he treated, he was a person who had to be paid for his job.
One day past midnight, there was a knock on the hospital door.
It happened.
I was annoyed and couldn't turn away, so I opened the door and saw that there was an urgent need for surgery right away.
I was in a situation.
However, looking at his outfit, he looked very unconventional.
It seemed that I would not be able to even pay for the treatment, let alone the cost of surgery.
If you want to have surgery, you have to pay a deposit, and if that doesn't work, you're sent to another hospital.
I did it as a rule, but depending on the day, I felt a bit strange.
The patient's condition was also the same, but the patient's father's sorrow
It is said that he had a big heart for the first time when he saw one appearance.
For the first time in my life, I was treated with sincerity and sent back without receiving a single penny.
We promised to pay back later, but we haven't seen each other since.
is.
That's all over.
As the years passed, I forgot all about it.
A few years later, on the 25th of June, the Communist Party came down and took over downtown Seoul.
All.
A terrifying wind of public execution blew and captured everyone in the intellectual class.
Stabbing to death on the spot, beating to death, shooting to death, etc.
At the time of sunset, he was also caught because he could not evacuate.
He was dragged out to the scene of execution, waiting for his turn to die, and then suddenly raised his head.
For a moment, I made eye contact with the person in charge of the execution.
I've seen it one day, but the moment I remember where I saw it, that person
He came forward, stopped the people who were about to be executed, stopped them, and then pointed them out.
He said, "I know this person well.
A few years ago, when my youngest son was suffering from death, he fixed it for free.
Although he is a doctor, he has done many very good things for the people.
You should not kill such a person,” he defended vigorously.
It is said that he was immediately released from the chains and escaped death in his life.
Who knew that even just one stretch of hand would bring such a great blessing?
how? This is what it means to reap what you sow.
Now we are in the month of October.
It is the season when all Mother Nature bears fruit.
Even if your hands have dried up so far, if you still reach out to the Lord,
You will gain new powers.
Even though he had dry hands, he was able to do great things that he could never have imagined in the past.
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I hope that the withered hands will become hands that reap abundant fruit. ♣