Title: Invitation to Happiness
Content Invitation to happiness (John 3:16)
When a person is born, it begins with an encounter and continues until death. It is said that people are born and meet about 2000-2500 people in their lifetime. And it is said that they live with 50 to 200 people every day. However, through meeting with that person, we sow seeds of happiness and seeds of unhappiness. Who am I meeting today! That encounter can be the seed of happiness or the seed of unhappiness. Meetings like this are really important to us.
(1) You meet your parents first. It is a great blessing to meet your parents well. Be good parents.
(2) Meet the brothers. It is also a great blessing to meet our brothers and sisters in the flesh. When I was young, if I couldn't see my brothers well, I scratched my face and left scars even when I grew up. Is your face clean? Then you will meet your brother.
(3) You meet a friend. When I talk to people who are in prison, 99% of them say they met the wrong friend. There are people who succeeded because they met good friends, and there are people who failed because they met wrong friends. Be good friends.
(4) Meeting with the teacher. (Kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school...)
(5) There is an unavoidable encounter. It's just a couple meeting.
Looking back on my life so far, I can see that there are people who are not happy, parents, brothers, friends, teachers, husbands and wives.... Is there anyone who has never met a good person? However, there is one precious encounter that will blow away all those misfortunes and completely turn the rest of your life upside down. Today, I would like to introduce that meeting to you. I want you to meet Jesus. (John 3:16) Jesus If he is who he is, he is the Son of God who came to this earth. He is the One who turns all my unfortunate pasts into blessings. He is the one who will make me happy for the rest of my life. He is the one who will lead me not only on this earth but also into the eternal kingdom of heaven. If you meet that Jesus at this very hour today, your life will be completely turned upside down. Please receive Jesus into your heart at this time.
Since history, there have been so many people who have met Jesus and have received wonderful blessings. A man called Beethoven (destiny) as we know him well had a miserable life before he met Jesus. My father was an alcoholic and had syphilis, and my mother had severe pulmonary tuberculosis. So he was born with severe disabilities. He was born with a body that could neither see nor hear well. But when he met Jesus, his life changed. He overcame all his physical misfortunes and became a great composer Beethoven.
Jesus is not looking for a good person, a well-educated person, a wealthy person, or a morally flawless person. ‘I can’t! I'm a sinner.' He came to the trembling prostitute. He came to visit Zacchaeus, a tax collector who lives only after being reviled by people all over the world. If you think you are unhappy or in pain in your current life, please see Jesus!! Then you will see amazing changes in your life. No matter how well I met people in the world. Good parents, good brothers, good friends, good teachers, good masters... But those who have not met Jesus are unfortunate. Because the soul dies and goes to hell. Conversely, all previous encounters have failed. I was born as an orphan, and I have no siblings. I was only hurt because I couldn't meet my friends well. I couldn't even meet my teacher, and I got married, but divorced within a year. Every meeting was a failure. But meeting with Jesus! If this meeting takes place, that person is a blessed person. Because you will go to eternal heaven.
What blessings do you receive if you believe in Jesus? (1) There are blessings in this world. The God who created this universe can be called Abba Father. There are blessings of children, business, honor, and health. There is a blessing of true peace that the world cannot give. (2) We are blessed to go to heaven after we die. This world will end in 100 years. In order not to die, King Qin Shi of China went all over the world in search of a fire-nosed candle, but died. It's enough to die. Is there really a God? Will there be heaven or hell? (The story of a famous philosopher named Pascal who came to believe in Jesus) I pray that you believe in Jesus, live a blessed life on this earth, and enter eternal heaven.