Title: Immanuel (December 21)
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Immanuel
(Matthew 1:18-25)
Immanuel means God is with us. I believe that God lives. We claim the history of mankind, and we believe in the providence of remembering even the thoughts and plans of all people. So, I believe that there is no coincidence in the world, only inevitability according to the will of God. But sometimes that thought is shaken.(...) On the 19th, a young father threw his 6-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter into the Han River at Dongjak Bridge. I can't even pay off my credit card debt properly, so the kids asked me what's the use. How could such a thing be in a world that, after God created it, said it was good?
The psalmist was so frustrated with life that he said, “O Lord, how long will you forget me?” (Psalm 13:1). Psalm 22 says, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” The distance from God is the source of all groanings.(...) When prayers are blocked and everything becomes troublesome, there are times when we lament that God does not exist or that He is not with us. (Exodus 17:10) All these facts are It means that God is the foundation of our existence and the foundation of our lives.
No matter how difficult or difficult it is, if we believe that God is with us, our lives will not be difficult. Enoch went up to heaven without seeing death because God was with him. (Genesis 5:24) Noah was a perfect man, and God was with him and he was saved from the judgment of the flood. (Genesis 6:9) (...) Isaiah The prophet prophesied that the child born of a virgin would be God Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14). The hope and savior that will solidify the foundation of our lives will appear as Immanuel. Only Immanuel is the foundation and guarantee of our life.(...) The baby Jesus who comes as the Prince of Peace to that stable in Bethlehem, Judea becomes Immanuel. Then, how does Emmanuel become the foundation of our lives and the sign of salvation?
1. Immanuel He is the word and light that enlightens the world.
“There was the true light, which came into the world, and gave light to every man, and he was in the world, and the world was made through him...” (John 1:9) Only light can drive out darkness. The Lord is the light. Light is always with us. Light illuminates the darkness and makes people whole. (...) Turn on the light in your home, and then the whole family will be bright. Because of the Lord who came as the light 2000 years ago, the conflicts that filled the house and the chaos and emptiness in the heart disappear. “The people who walked in darkness see a great light, and on those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, a light shines” (Isaiah 9:22). A world without darkness, this is what Immanuel looks like. (...)
2. Christmas is the image of Immanuel.
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). He who became Immanuel humbled himself and became a man (Philippians 2:5-11). God took on human form and came into the world. In order to save sinners as righteous, in other words, man came to us to take on the image of God, forgave our sins and died on the cross for us. This is Immanuel.(...)
3. Immanuel is the joy of life.
“I am the true vine, and you are the branches… Abide in me, and I will come in you. Apart from me you can do nothing. If you remain in me and I in you, ask whatever you want. And it will be done... for your joy.” The essence of Christianity is, in a word, joy. The word gospel (euangelion) means good news. The Bible is full of the word joy. He created the heavens and the earth, and God was pleased (...) He made man out of dust and breathed out that energy to become a true man. (Genesis 2:7) Who is Jesus? It is the energy of God. Coming to this earth is as if the energy of God was radiating out toward the world.(...) What is the evidence that I am a Christian? You just have to rejoice.(...) Amen.
2003. 12. 21. During the sermon