Title: Let's keep our holy pride (2011.04.17)
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Acts 26:24 29
What should a saint look like?
What do you want Jesus to look like when he sees us?
How could the characters of the Bible resist so many temptations and live their lives looking forward? Because they kept their holy pride to the end. Joseph spent 10 years in prison with a single word to Potiphar's wife, "How can I sin before God?" How can you have such a mind? If you had the flexibility to get away with the moment, you wouldn't have spent 10 years in prison. But he kept the holy pride flowing through his heart. And with the belief that ‘God has called me’, I overcame temptation and difficult circumstances. On the contrary, the world fears such people. Even if you go to jail, that doesn't mean you won't.
Look at Samson. As a Nazarite, he received great powers, but he gave up his holy pride in the face of the temptation of a woman. As a result, he becomes a miserable figure with his eyeballs falling out. And even Israel will be in trouble. The world wants us to be believers in Jesus Christ. However, we often have to be patient and persevere because we believe in Jesus even though we have done nothing wrong. Even if it is unfair or sometimes we go hungry, we must keep our holy pride in Jesus. Keeping this up will be the true form of faith.
We must show holy pride to the world. The world will not be able to handle us like this. The day will soon come when we will look at Sasarang Church and say that we are a church like a church, a saint like a saint.
The world does not remember Festus or Agrippa. No matter how splendid and powerful they are, no one remembers them in the future. “I want to be like me other than these bounds.” I want this proclamation to be my proclamation and confession. The biggest reason we fall into temptation is because we look at the world. ‘Life that looks to God’ This is the ‘life of martyrdom’ that we who believe in Jesus live in the world. Do not kneel in front of money or people. I hope you will live a life of obedience where you kneel before God and entrust your life completely.