Title: Let's Live by Resurrection Faith
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I pray that the blessing of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, who broke the authority of death and was raised again, the grace of God, and the coming of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, be with us all today.
Let us all live by faith in the resurrection.
What is Resurrection Faith?
First, it is life faith.
Buddhism boasts a stupa containing the remains of Shakyamuni. The mosque boasts the tomb of Muhammad. Egypt boasts pyramids. Built around 3,000 B.C., some of these pyramids are as tall as 63 buildings and are so massive that they fill an area of 53,000 square meters of desert.
But Jesus did not have a tomb. Because he has risen again. You are alive. In the study of an archaeologist, it is said that two thousand-year-old flower seeds were found in a grave and planted, and then sprouted and leaves bloomed. In 1884, 3,000-year-old peas were discovered in Egypt.
I planted peas on June 4th of that year, and a few days later, they broke through the ground and sprouted. It is the greatness of life.
A butterfly's life begins with a disgusting and ugly caterpillar. And when the time comes, the caterpillars seem to roll up and die. However, the life seems to have completely disappeared, but it is alive. There the miracle of life takes place. One day, a yellow butterfly emerges from the dark, dead skin. It spreads its wonderful wings and soars through the sky. This is truly a miracle. A butterfly's life takes a completely different dimension.
The same goes for maggots. Maggots in conventional toilets climb up and down the walls. It rises to the top and spends several days as a hard pupae. Then one day, as a fly, he enters the kitchen and sits in front of the food table. What a miracle and a change for a maggot to turn into a flying one!
Jesus, who became the firstfruits of those who slept, showed the miracle that the dead live again.
On January 15, 1982, at a hospital in San Francisco, USA, a mother named Alisa, who was five months pregnant, had brain failure. Brain death in medical terms. But the child in the womb was still alive. The fetus of a brain-dead mother dies within two weeks. But the husband wanted to save even the baby. In the end, the doctor mobilized all the cutting-edge medical technology to keep the brain-dead mother's body temperature, hormones, and respiratory functions normal, and two months later, after the catastrophic incision, the pretty jadeite was taken out, and it is said that the child is growing well. It is a miracle that a child is born to a mother who has been dead for two months. Resurrection faith is such a life faith.
Second, the faith in the resurrection is the faith of atonement.
A young prisoner was put to death by the guillotine. Three or four officers hung their knives and waited for the bell to ring announcing the time of execution. The weather was very cold. So the guards wanted to quickly execute the prisoner and return home.
Execution time is over. He knew the time the church bell was ringing as a signal and had to be executed, but even after the execution time had passed, the bell did not ring. I thought it was strange, and when I looked it up, it was said that the old priest who played the bell rang the bell. The bell rang, but apparently the priest rang the bell. So I went up to the bell tower, and there was a young woman holding the bell and bleeding and dying.
The young man who will disappear with the dew of the guillotine and this virgin are between brother and sister My sister, who visited my brother who had committed many sins and was finally ordered to death, exhorted him, "Brother, believe in Jesus, repent and become a new person." But the brother did not listen.
Western species are large. Hold the bell and move. Old brides' eardrums burst. However, this bell seems to have been a bell that was struck by pulling it from the bottom. It's meant to be beaten for life with a bat.
The sister went up to the bell tower, grabbed the bell, and prayed earnestly, 'God, if I do not repent with my brother even until the moment when it disappears as the final guillotine dew, please do not let this bell ring.'
With tears in my eyes, I prayed that the bell would not ring. Then he caught the bell in the cold all night and just froze to death. When the time came, the old and deaf bride rang the bell as scheduled, and as the bell moved, the bat struck the already dead lady.
The meeting was held again. My sister died in place of my brother. It is said that my brother, who knew this, repented in tears of canine asthma and was released on Easter Day.
Resurrection faith is this kind of atonement faith. Are the friendships and love between brothers, friends, and church members cracking up? Are you in an awkward relationship? May you realize the grace of resurrection from this atoning faith.
Saint Benedict was born around 480 AD in a rural Italian village. At the age of 17, he came to Rome to study law, but he became disillusioned with Rome, which was littered with corruption and corruption, and began a religious life in pursuit of a godly life. He hid in the mountain to pray, and the only person who knew where he lived was an old monk who lived in seclusion in the mountain. When the monk hung the bread he was eating on a string, lowered it down to the front of the den where he prayed, and rang the bell to give a signal, Benedict in the den took it and ate it, immersing himself in prayer and meditation.
Benedict was subjected to various trials and temptations as a servant who continued a life of silence, solitude, and celibacy for three years. One day, a beautiful woman appeared outside the cave and tempted her to marry him and go to Rome and have fun. Benedict was seduced by the girl and went out of the den, but when he went out, he was nowhere to be found.
Realizing that it was Satan's temptation, he was so bitter that he took off all the clothes he was wearing on the spot, ran into a brier field beside him, rolled his body, and repented.
It is said that he had wounds all over his body and blood flowed, and he repented that there was still lust in the middle, but such lust did not arise again.
Among the black evangelists, there is a person named Steiner. This man comes from a gang boss in Harlem, New York. After he became a Christian, he got a lot of ridicule from his gangster friends. But Skinner continued to pray for one of those friends, a white friend.
One day, Skinner went to the gym with the white friend. Then, suddenly, the friend intentionally fouled and poured out unspeakable swear words. It was intolerable. But Skinner, who had fallen due to a friend's foul, got up after a quiet prayer and said the famous words, "Brother, through the love of Christ I forgive you." The white dude blushed.
Faith in the Resurrection is a grace of redemption. Forgive love. change others. May this love, this grace, this faith be with us all.
Third, faith in the resurrection is faith in the Second Coming.
A person who has been hospitalized can be re-admitted, and an ex-convict who has been in prison can commit a crime again and go to jail. However, the true faith in the resurrection is the faith that thoroughly guarantees the happiness of eternal life.
Our sins were taken away because God sent Jesus to this earth to atone for our sins and enter us. Also, because he rose again, he became the firstfruits of those who slept, and the saints who have gone before have the hope of resurrection in the Lord.
We clearly believe that the promise of the Second Coming will be realized and that the judgment will be divided into eternal life and eternal punishment after the Second Coming.
Even if you twist the chicken's hair so it doesn't cry, the dawn will come. Even if you take out the coat you put in and put it on again because of the cold weather, spring will come. No matter how much they sealed the tombs and the soldiers kept the tombs firmly, the Lord was resurrected. No matter how much the devil roars and threatens the saints in search of someone to devour, he cannot steal our souls with hope in the Lord of resurrection faith.
The resurrection of Jesus showed that truth is stronger than falsehood, justice is stronger than injustice, love is stronger than hate, life is stronger than death, truth is stronger than falsity, and truth is stronger than lies. So the Lord's resurrection was the challenge of life against death, the challenge of justice against injustice, and the challenge of hope against despair.
A pastor wrote this.
If only powerful people could do the Lord's work, Moses' staff could not part the Red Sea. In a world where only those who have a lot give strength to the neck, Lazarus would not be able to go to heaven. In a world where only strong men could play the tables, a single millstone in David's hand could not have defeated Goliath.
As a dull pupa turns into a butterfly
Like a dirty slug turns into a cicada
Like a lily blooming from a dried root
As a baby is born in a dark womb
May I and I be resurrected
Don't be afraid of the ferocious sound
Do not let us become too discouraged by rebuke
Don't let the wind blow you anywhere
Please don't just look for shade just because the sun is hot
Don't let me sit down because I have a long way to go
Let me look back on the way I have gone and do not regret it.
The Lord who prayed even when the soldiers approached
The Lord who comforted the disciple's betrayal
The Lord forgave even those who spit
The Lord who thought of his mother even on the cross
Oh Lord make me resurrect
make my heart blue sky
Let my thoughts become a wide sea
Let my soul be a spring garden
I hope that this confession of faith will arise in our hearts today.
Let's live by the resurrection faith. I pray in the name of the Lord that you have a life of courageous gratitude, forgiveness, and living together, and the rest of your life. Amen.