Title [2010] Let's Build a Family of Faith
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(2 Tim 1:1-5)
When I was young, I followed genealogy. What was the family like, what was the family like, especially influenced by the Ijo period, so the yangban and sangnom were sometimes used. Now, do you live well without taking such a thing seriously? can't you? Much of the quantitative factor has been turned into a topic of interest and a topic of discussion.
On Thursday (2010. 7.22), the story of the luxury used market was published in the Chosun Ilbo. It's the same bag, but if you take off the luxury logo and put a different logo on it, you don't look at it and you say, 'What's wrong with this bag?' If you put the luxury logo on the same bag, you say, 'Hey! This bag is very good.” This is what the Bible calls the lust of the eyes. Moreover, teenagers have excessive longing for celebrities, singers, and athletes. But seeing them divorce a lot, commit suicide a lot, take a lot of drugs, and drink a lot, they are living a life of death on the inside even though they look gorgeous on the outside. God does not look at the outward appearance or splendor, but the heart. 1 Samuel 17:7 I, the LORD, look at the heart. At the center of it is faith and faith. It is God's service.
In today's text, Paul refers to the faith of Timothy, his co-worker. Timothy, the unfeigned faith that is within you, which was in your maternal grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, I am sure that it is also in you. This religious element must be inherited from generation to generation. God also regards the family of faith as the highest. To some extent, for the sake of the family of faith, he even abandons his eldest son. The eldest son is, of course, the person who inherits the father's generation. But God's order is completely based on faith. Even the eldest son, if he is not religious, can see him throw him away and pass on to the next son. Genesis 21:12 To Abraham, the twentieth-generation descendant of Adam, God passed on Isaac instead of his eldest son Ishmael. ke says Among the 12 sons of Jacob, we can see that David was born through Judah instead of Reuben, the eldest son, and Jesus Christ was sent as the descendant of David.
He also consecrated Gentiles for the family of faith. Gentiles are not Israelis chosen by God. However, God boldly used a foreign woman if she had good faith for the sake of her family of faith. Matthew 1:5 Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab. Who is Rahab? In Joshua 6:25, Rahab was a Canaanite woman and a prostitute living in Jericho. However, Rahab believed in God and hid two Israeli spies and saved them, so she received God's favor. Matthew 1:5 Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Jesse fathered David. Who is Ruth? Ruth (Ruth 4:18-22, 1 Chronicles 2:1-15) was a Moabite woman. Ruth 1:16 Ruth confesses to her mother-in-law Naomi, “Your God will be my God.” Because she lived as a religious woman, God used it in the flow of redemptive history even though she was a foreign woman.
Dear saints, There will come a time when families are clearly separated. As we move towards the end, people become selfish, self-righteous, and self-centered. The gap between the rich and the learned, the uneducated and the poor, and the rich will deepen. So, what can we do to build our family? The Bible gives us the greatest and most complete answer. What God values most is not a wealthy family or a smart family. Not even a knowledgeable family. That's a good verse of faith.