Title: Let's Be Blessed (Text: Psalm 1:1~6)
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Let's be blessed people.
Psalm 1 1 - 6 2012. 2. 05
Everyone wants to be blessed and wants to live a blessed life.
However, the reality we are facing is that many people want to be blessed but do not know how to receive it.
In the month of February, I want to talk about blessings so that everyone can enjoy a full life of happiness.
If we want to receive blessings, we need to know where the blessings come from and the way they come. Only then will we be able to receive blessings and live a happy life.
1. Where does blessing come from and who gives it? / The living God gives.
Blessings come from the living God. (Genesis 1:27-28) God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female, 28. And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. Do, subdue the earth, have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Genesis 2:3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he rested from all the work he had created and made.
Deuteronomy 30:15 Behold, I have set before you today life and good and death and evil.
19 I call heaven and earth to testify against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse, choose life so that you and your descendants may live.
The Bible not only says that blessings come to us from God, but it is also written.
However, people run to the idols knowing that the blessings come from idols.
They run to the Buddha to pray, run to the sea or river to pray to the dragon king, some run to the mountain to pray to the spirit of the mountain, and some go to the pavilion trees or large stones at the entrance of the town to pray for blessings. It is not to bless the dead idols who have neither life nor breath, but I see a lot of foolish people who go to temples, gods and fortune-tellers with huge amounts of money to pray for blessings.
That is, living an unhappy life.
To whom do we go to be blessed? Yes, you must come to God to receive blessings.
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2. We need to know right away what blessing is.
There are two major blessings. One is spiritual and the other is physical.
They say that spiritual blessings are heavenly blessings, that is, spiritual blessings.
It is said that bodily blessings are earthly blessings.
Many people live in pursuit of earthly blessings. Earthly blessings are material and temporal. It means to live in good health, to be successful and earn a living, and to enjoy and live with success.
But all of this is necessary only for the days of this earth.
When our lives are over, they are of no use.
However, spiritual blessings, that is, spiritual blessings that belong to heaven, are a little different.
It brings about a change of status as a child of God.
We, who were children of the devil, change into the status of children of God.
Our names are written in the book of life in the kingdom of God.
Our homeland will change from those who will go to hell to citizens of heaven.
Our citizenship is in heaven. So, while we live on this earth, we live as children of heaven, and when our lives end, we will be taken up to heaven.
If you possess the spiritual blessings that belong to heaven, your values will change.
Those of us who lived in pursuit of things in the land
It is to become people who live in pursuit of the kingdom of God.
People who used to live only for me change to live for you and us.
And the people who struggled so much because they could not own the things of this land
If we live after seeking the kingdom of God and its righteousness, God will provide us with everything we need in life as a bonus.
Therefore, I pray that you will enjoy the spiritual blessings that belong to heaven.
3. Who receives God's blessings?
To receive blessings, you must prepare a vessel to receive blessings.
To receive God's blessing
First, you must be saved and be born again as a person of God. To be born again is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who forgave us all on the cross to save us from our sins. Therefore, a relationship with God must be established first.
Second, we must love God.
How can we love God? When we know how God loved us, we too can love God.
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
17. God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.”
To love God means to love God by believing in Jesus, whom God loved and sent into this world to save us.
Third, we must enjoy the word of God.
If you love God, can you live in disobedience to God's Word?
I have a woman I love, but won't you listen to her?
If we love God, we too cannot disobey or disobey God's Word, and we meditate on God's Word day and night and live obedience to it.
God bless such a person. Simply put, it is to bless those who listen well.
Psalm 1:2 Delight in the law of the LORD;
One who meditates on the law of the Lord day and night.
20 Love the LORD your God, obey his words, and trust in him; he is your life and your longevity; and you will dwell in the land the LORD swore to give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
4. Results of those who are blessed (results of obedience to God's Word)
1) Live a prosperous life. / You will survive and prosper.
A tree planted by streams of water will bear fruit in its season.
As his leaf never withers, everything he does will prosper.
2) Receive approval from God. / Your life and your longevity.
The way of the righteous is approved by the Lord. All those who were recognized prospered.
The life of Abraham, the life of Moses, the life of David, and the lives of Jesus' disciples all prospered.
5. The consequences of unhappy people (the consequences of disobeying God's Word) / God's judgment awaits.
The wicked are only like chaff that the wind blows.
The wicked cannot stand judgment.
Sinners cannot join the assembly of the righteous. The wicked perish.
The life of a blessed person leads to a prosperous life, but the life of the wicked is ruined.
Therefore, for a prosperous life, I pray that you will become people who love God, read the word of God day and night, chew the cud and act according to the word, and live a life blessed by Hananmi.