Title: House of the Soul
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Main text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-15
The three basic elements that people need to live are the clothes they wear, the food they eat, and the house they live in. According to a newspaper report the other day, the housing penetration rate in Korea is 100%, but less than 60% of those who own their own house. There are many reasons, such as economic circumstances and work, but the first goal of most newlyweds is to own a house. To this end, the house occupies a very important position in living life to the extent that it is worthwhile to save and save.
When I started a new church, there were many difficulties, but among them, there are many memories related to the house. The difficulties of one room in a two-story commercial building, living in an apartment with distant relatives while constructing a church, living on the first floor of the church and struggling in the dust to extend the second and third floors… . But God is not traumatized. You will definitely pay it back. Looking at the current Shepherd Church, thank you once again for God's grace.
For those who have not yet bought a house, I pray that they will be able to buy a house with God's blessing as soon as possible. However, keep in mind that there is an eternal home for the soul that is more important than the house needed for the body while living on this earth for a while. A worldly house is bought by earning money, but an eternal house is bought by living a good life of faith.
This is the story of Kwon Sook-ja Song's testimony at the all-night prayer meeting in the first week of October.
First, the husband, Heonhwa Lim, who is called to the kingdom of the Lord, suddenly fell ill with a terrible disease and had a dream a few days before he passed away. "Honey! No home, no home.” After hearing about the dream, Im Kwonsa went to heaven in a dream. After passing the good house with the angel for some time, the angel said, “This is the house you will live in.” It was an empty land that had no house and had only been organized. When I asked the angel, “Why don’t I have a house?” the angel said, “You have not given much to God in the world, so you can’t build it.” Im Kwon-sa, who is telling this story, says to his wife, "I have been wrong in my religious life. In fact, until now, you asked me to go to church, and I gave because I wanted to tithe. it's more
Even after my husband passed away, I thought of the prophetess Anna in Luke 2 as I watched Song Gwonsa, who always prayed and depended only on the Lord in the midst of difficult life. If you send your husband early and don't leave the Lord's temple until you are over 100 years old, pray and fast day and night, enjoy the joy of meeting the baby Jesus, and pray day and night like Anna, who praised and praised the baby, you will surely go to the Lord's kingdom and wear a crown.
We are saved by God's free grace, a gift, and entirely by the Lord's grace. What will our saved saints eat in this world? If I pursue only what to wear, how to enjoy and live happily, and if I do not invest in my own soul and devote myself to the glory of God, my soul may not be treated with dignity in heaven and my home may not stand properly. have to leave
In today's text, it is said that each person builds a house of faith with six materials on the foundation of faith in Jesus. It is divided into gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, and straw. Robert Thorne referred to the first as permanent material and interpreted the second as temporary material that would easily disappear. On the last day, Jesus said that there would be a fire test to distinguish the believers' lives of faith. He said that incombustible gems remain as they are, but things made of wood, grass, and straw are burnt down, and we receive salvation from the fire, that is, shameful salvation.
If you are born into the world, you must believe in Jesus to be saved. Also, those who have been saved must enjoy the joy of wearing a crown as a reward by being faithful while living in this world. Not only that, but rather than a house that gives rest to the body, we must prepare an eternal home for the soul in that heaven where the soul will live forever.
This world is a temporary place to live. That eternal heaven is our home. The house of the soul, the eternal house, and the house of the glory of heaven, while we live in this world, when we dedicate ourselves, serve, and be faithful to the Lord, the Lord commands the angels to prepare them. In the name of Jesus, I pray that you will build a house of faith, a house of the soul, and an eternal house with gold, silver, and precious stones on the foundation of believing in Jesus Christ.