Title: Jesus / Matthew 1:21
What do you believe in?
Some people say they believe in fists. The fist eventually disappears. fall before the law. No matter how much you believe in your fist, you will eventually have to kneel before the death of God's corporation.
Some believe in knowledge. - Common sense, theory, rumor, science
Knowledge eventually leads us to death faster. It is said that advances in knowledge have made people live longer, but all kinds of danger of death surround us.
Some people believe in money. No matter how much money you have, there are many things you cannot do. Jung Ju-young tried to run as president with money, but he couldn't. In the United States, a rich man named Faroe tried to run the president with money, but it didn't work. No amount of money can save a dying life.
Some people trust doctors. No matter how much we trust the doctor, the last thing he or she will say to us is, "You're dead." "You're doomed."
There is nothing in the world to believe.
Example) What happened in the bathroom.
Even loved ones can't be trusted.
How do we answer this question of our beliefs?
Some believe in Jesus. believe in God believe in the church
believe in blessings believe in healing believe in ability believe in success
If you want to get material
President of Consul Chung Ju-Hyeon
Securities expert -
to financial experts
It is wrong to believe that by believing in Jesus you gain material wealth.
Because Jesus Himself was poor.
- from birth - manger
Until Death - Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea
Because if you believe in Jesus, you will become poor.
Jesus asked for all of you and told you to throw it away.
- After believing in Jesus, Zacchaeus returned his wealth to the poor and extortioners.
- A woman gave all the perfume she had accumulated throughout her life for Jesus.
- The disciples of the Lord abandoned their ships and followed Jesus. To have one's own stomach means that it is enough to live on to a certain extent.
Even a millionaire who believes in Jesus has no choice but to escape from wealth.
Because we must write for the Lord's kingdom
if you want to get healthy
Dr. Sanggoo Lee
Dr. Sugwan Hwang
to a famous doctor
Why are you looking for health? It is to live a long life.
So, is it healthy to believe in Jesus? do you live long?
Of course, you can receive healing and health by believing in Jesus.
But that healthy body must be used for Jesus.
To believe in Jesus and be healthy is a false belief.
Jesus died at the age of 33, and the Lord's disciples who believed well in Jesus also died early.
If you want success, if you want happiness
Professor Deok-Hee Jeong, famous these days
So, will you be successful if you believe in Jesus?
Zacchaeus, who used to be a publican, is no easy feat. But there is no trace of what he did after he believed in Jesus.
Are you happy to believe in Jesus?
I have to go to church for a full year, 12 months, 52 weeks, and take a break whenever I want, but why are there so many worship services that I'm happy that I can't even go to play properly?
You can enjoy yourself like everyone else, but can you control your temper? If my husband doesn't go to church together, should I match the analogy of my husband? There is absolutely nothing happy about it.
If you believe in good deeds
many different religions
It speaks of mercy, it speaks of human merit.
You have to go to a social service organization. YMCA, YWCA, volunteer group
Then, did people become good by believing in Jesus?
If that's the case, there should be more people on this earth who do good deeds, including 1/4 Christians, Buddhists, and other religious people. Nevertheless, the world is only getting worse and worse.
Dear brothers and sisters, I hope you realize clearly that because we believe in Jesus, many things we want to have come from our wrong beliefs.
1. Believe in Jesus.
Today's text is a prophecy of the birth of Jesus. You will be conceived by the Holy Spirit and give birth to a son, and you shall name him Jesus. It is believing in Jesus, the only begotten Son of God. It is believing in Jesus, the Son of God who came to this earth, leaving behind the glory of heaven. It is believing in God.
Jesus contains the will of God the Father. The will of God's love to love and save mankind is contained in it.
Jesus contains the deeds of God the Son.
Jesus contains the work of God the Holy Spirit.
That is believing in Jesus. It is believing in the Triune God.
Our faith is ?쏪esus Christ??
2. Believe in salvation.
Jesus is the Christ. ?쏧t is he who will save his people from their sins.??To believe in Jesus means to believe in Jesus' salvation.
It is believing in Jesus the Savior.
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Since Adam, humans have been slaves to sin. Man, who was created in the image of God and the breath of God, became the slave of sin.
And the wages of sin is death. In the end, human beings have no choice but to become slaves to death in the face of death.
But God loved man and opened the way for us to be saved from sin and death. That is believing in Jesus. There is no other way. There is no way of salvation except through Jesus. If you receive eternal life through faith in Jesus and go to heaven, you will overcome death.
example)
A boat capsized upstream from Niagara Falls. There were two people in the boat, and a rope was thrown from the river to save them. Then one man grabbed it and came out alive, but the other caught the big log that was just floating away without holding it. Then the tree fell into a waterfall carrying people and died without a trace.
Because the piece of wood was not connected to the man on the river bank.
The tree, though large, was good to hold on to, but to no avail.
In the same way, human merit, sacrifice, discipline, and knowledge all look good, but they do not lead to salvation. Believing in Jesus is the only way to be saved.
Our faith today is to receive eternal life and go to heaven because we believe in Jesus. This is the foundation of faith. It's key. That's all. I hope that you will become believers today and give thanks for the grace of being saved by believing in Jesus. Did you believe in Jesus and be saved? Then can you go to heaven?
3. Belief in the blood of Jesus on the cross.
To believe in Jesus and to be saved is to believe in the blood of Jesus on the cross. Jesus came to this earth to accomplish salvation and died on the cross to complete salvation. Therefore, when Jesus said ?쏧t is finished??at the last moment on the cross, He fulfilled God?셲 will of salvation. It means that He fulfilled the mission of the sin offering for salvation.
Therefore, to believe in Jesus is to believe in the atoning blood of Jesus. It is believing in the cross. I believe in the blood of Jesus shed for me.
example)
One day, while Jesus was walking around the kingdom of heaven, he came to Satan who had a cage full of sinners.
"Lucifer, what's in there?"
"It contains the world. It puts the whole of humanity in this cage."
"Okay, then what are you going to do with them?"
Satan replied:
"I will promise them everything. Then I will rip their hearts apart and destroy their souls and send them to hell without God."
"Satan, I want them."
?쏪esus, you won?셳 need them. They will steal your money, profane your holy days, and profane your name. They will break your promises, dance in your blood and tear your heart apart. You won't need them, but if you want to, you'll have to pay for them."
"I'll give you gold, all the gold in the universe." Jesus said:
"No. That's not enough."
?쏷hen I will give you unspeakable wealth.??"That's not enough."
"Then I will give you the land and the islands. I want to give you all these things and exchange them for my people."
"It's not even possible, it's not too early."
"Then what do you want?"
"I want the gold of your heart, I want the diamonds of your tears. I want the rubies of your blood. Jesus I want you. But you wouldn't want to pay that price?"
Then Jesus without a word began to take off his robe. He came to this earth, lived a perfect life, and laid the way to heaven through the rough cross.
"The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." (John 1:29)
"Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit" (1 Peter 3:18).
?쏦e who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how can he not also with him also gift us all things???(Romans 8:32)
Believe in the blood of Jesus on the cross. He paid the penalty for our sins and we are alive. That is the love of Jesus. To believe in this love is our faith.
Matter is not an object of belief. This will not save us.
Neither fame nor power are objects of belief. This will not save us.
Knowledge is not an object of faith. This will not save us.
Power is not an object of faith. This will not save us.
Doctors are not the object of faith. This will not save us.
Even the love of the world is not an object of faith. This will not save us.
Only Jesus Himself is all we have of our faith.
Jesus saves us. Believe in Jesus who shed the precious blood of the cross and loved and saved you even to death. He alone grants us heaven, He alone gives us eternal life, and He alone died on the cross for us.
The saints who believe in Jesus and are saved and enter the kingdom of heaven, those who overcome sin and live forever,
I hope you will become the saints who overcome the cross with blood.