Title: Live Again
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Bible Text: Philippians 3:10-14
come back to life
The human eye is compared to a spear. The eyes are made of white and black, and the place to see things is not the white window, but the black window. Why did the Creator see things through a black spear? Because you have to look at the bright place through the dark place. Jesus said that the eyes are the lamp of the body; if your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Since the financial crisis in 1989, household income has decreased, so the order of saving living expenses is first, stop buying bottled water, second, stop eating milk delivered, and third, stop tutoring children. However, it is said that milk sales, which have been falling continuously since April of last year, are gradually increasing. There are cautious predictions about whether the economy has bottomed out and spring is coming. Just as the grass grows back from the cut after cutting the grass, we can see that our economy is also reviving.
“I seek to be raised from the dead by any means…” (verse 11) Resurrection is the resurrection from the dead. It is the resurrection of the dead. Everyone who keeps Easter Sunday! Hope you come back to life. How can the resurrection be achieved?
You have to die to survive.
In the dire situation of whether you die or I live, whether I live or you die, the way I live is to kill the other person to live. But I need to know that the person I have to kill in order to live is not outside, but inside. As Seneca said, "The greatest enemy of all is the enemy within one's heart." If cancer cells are trying to kill them, they need to kill the cancer cells to survive.
In order to somehow reach the resurrection, Paul said, “I was conformed to his death, that I might know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and my share in the sufferings” (verse 10). In order for him to reach the resurrection, he is going to kill the enemy within me who sighs, “Oh, oh, oh!”
I got a call in the middle of the night. After delaying to receive each other, my wife did. “My body is burning in the crematorium here.” I put down the handset, how terrifying it was. The next day I got another call, but she didn't answer, so Mother-in-law picked it up. I got the same sound. “My mother-in-law says something even if he dies~ The snout doesn’t appear! A bastard to eat!”
You have to kill laziness to survive diligently. Boldness comes alive only by strangling the neck of fear.
“We know that the old man was crucified with Jesus so that the body of sin might be put to death and that we would no longer be slaves to sin” (Romans 6:6). must be beaten to death. Whatever you do, you must nail the sin to death. If we die to sin and live to righteousness, we will rise again.
You have to let go of it to survive.
“I seek to reach the resurrection from the dead by any means” (verse 11). A ship facing a storm has to throw away its heavy load generously. If the bullion is not wasteful, it will sink along with the bullion.
The way to catch monkeys in Malaysia is to put the monkey's favorite snack in a bottle. When the monkey grips the cookie in the bottle with his hand, his hand does not fall out. When someone comes, you can throw away the cookies and remove your hand, but you do not want to let go of the cookies you are holding. They cannot throw away the sweets and are caught by people.
Professional golf player Kyung-Ju Choi’s motto is “Empty Glass”. It means emptying yourself. You have to empty your greed and make it an empty cup in order for the ball to hit well. Pour all greed and fear into yourself. You have to empty your mind to get good grades.
The year ends by throwing away all trees in December. When a new spring arrives, new buds will sprout. Eagles have large wings compared to their body. They reduced their body size and increased their wings. The company also needs restructuring. The bird empties to the depths of its bones, making it lighter and flying through the sky.
Jesus' disciples left all of them and started. The fisherman left his boat and net and followed the Lord. I gave up my thoughts and filled them with the thoughts of the Lord.
“Let the wicked turn away from his thoughts and turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him. Return to our God, and he will forgive you generously, for my thoughts are not your thoughts, and my ways are not your ways. saith the LORD” (Isaiah 55:7-8).
You have to forget to live again. To forget is to let go. If you don't forget your sadness, your life will be shorter. Lost wealth and lost children should be forgotten. I live only when someone forgives me for what I have done wrong. Forgiveness is forgetting.
Forgiveness is forgetting. It is a ignorant person who thinks that forgiveness is a loss. Forgiveness is for yourself. “...you have burdened me with many sins, and you have made me weary with every transgression. I am the God who forgives all your sins. It is for my sake that I forgive your sins, so I will not remember your sins....” Then, he said, let's see who is right (Isaiah 43:24-26, Easy Bible).
“...only one thing, that is, forgetting what is behind, and running toward the goal to catch what is ahead” (verses 13-14), we must break free from the past. Please keep your eyes on the target and run.
must be buried. You have to take it off. We must put off all the burdens and the sins that easily entangle us, and with patience we must run the race set before us.
“Looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of all things, for the joy set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:1-2). Forget it, throw it away, brush it off, and create a life that is resurrected.
You have to listen to live.
A man who was not rich, but had a stable business and lived an enviable life, was scammed and his business collapsed. The wife ran away. Disappointed, he spends every day drinking. There were many days when I couldn't even eat rice while going back and forth. I'm hungry and I have no money. Dressed in a scruffy outfit, I went into a shabby restaurant near Yongsan Station and ordered a bowl of noodles. After eating it with one chopstick and drinking the broth, Grandma brings a bowl of noodles and gives her another bowl with plenty of noodles. I ate it up like a crab, but there was no money. The only way to escape was to get up and run. The grandmother said to the eater who ran away from the door, “Don’t run, go slow! If you fall, you will get hurt!” The man who was running away heard the old woman's voice from behind and burst into tears. 'Hey! There are people like this!’ That one word changed my life. I felt the mother's voice full of affection. He got a job as an overseas worker and saved a lot of money to start the business again. He got up again. He was a huge success, and he informed the PD of the broadcasting station, and the grandmother of the noodle restaurant appeared on the air.
“Faith comes from hearing, and hearing comes through the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17). It feels like anything is going to happen.
“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me will live even if they die, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this too?” “O Lord, it is so” (John 11:25-27).
When you have this kind of faith, it is the resurrection faith. Resurrection faith is believing in the resurrection. Resurrection faith brings life back to life. Make it a resurrection life.
There was a friend of Jesus named Lazarus. he got sick and died. It had been four days since the body had been in the burial tomb. Jesus went to the tomb, looked up to heaven, and said, “Father, thank you for listening to me. I knew that you always listen to me...” And after praying in a loud voice, he called Lazarus to come out. He came out with his limbs stoned (John 11:41-44).
When the prophet Ezekiel heard the prophecy, “Hear the word of the Lord, you dry bones!” (Ezekiel 37:4), the bones came back to life and became the great army of God.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live” (John 5:25). I hope you will hear the word of life and come back to life.
“Again” I like this phrase. “For though the righteous shall fall seven times, he will rise again, but the wicked fall by calamity” (Proverbs 24:16). It is to live again. “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain, and you will still be in your sins” (1 Corinthians 15:7).
Jesus died and rose again. I must kill my enemies. And you have to come back to life. Otherwise, your faith will be in vain.
You have to throw it away to live again. You have to forget it, you have to bury it. You have to throw it out, you have to take it off, you have to spit it out, you have to spit it out. Let go and live again.
You have to listen to be alive again. Listen to the life that brings me back to life. Among the 21 most intelligent people who led the 20th century, 15 were Israelis. Half of the 40 richest people in America are Israelis. The secret is “Hear, O Israel” (Deuteronomy 6:4). “Sema Israel” When you hear the word of God, your spirituality comes to life, your intellect and your emotions come alive.