Title: Let's live in peace (Proverbs 17:1)
Content 坪恙【?I am arguing. In the National Assembly building, in the president's office, in the playground, in the classroom, in the street, in the square ... Short life Even if we live harmoniously, it would be a very regrettable life. This is our problem, our sorrow, our suffering.
It's breakfast time at any home.
This is Jin-Sung Chan. It is full of greasy and luscious food. There are also many expensive fruits. There are also tropical fruits.
start eating. Words come and go. A dispute begins. voice rises. They hate each other and break up. I couldn't even eat properly.
I go to work and school. Mom is at home. Each other's hearts are heavy. Nothing is going to be right. I just get annoyed.
We meet again in the evening with a grimace.
Another home breakfast time.
The table is shabby. nothing insignificant. There are no balls. Miso soup, soybean paste, greens, a bowl of rice, a cup of cold water, a glass of milk, start eating.
Words come and go. A conversation of love, reconciliation. Laughter comes and goes. There is joy. break up with each other. It's fun all day when I think of my family. A quiet smile flows. Everything goes well.
This is the story of today's Bible text.
“It is better to have a piece of dry bread and be at peace than to have a house full of flesh and fight.”
Man is a being of soul and body. In the text, dry bread and meat are a matter of flesh. Reconciliation and contention are matters of the soul.
Is the matter of the flesh important? Does the matter of the soul matter? The Bible says that physical matters are important, but spiritual matters are more important than this. Hundreds of times more important. It is meaningful that a person has a peaceful soul, but it is not meaningful to eat and live well in the flesh.
So this morning the Bible is telling us about reconciliation.
The Bible gave these words.
“It is better to be alone in a hut than to live in a large house with a quarrelsome woman” (Proverbs 21:9).
“It is better to be alone in the wilderness than to be with a quarrelsome and angry woman.”
This is what this word means.
A husband must live with his wife, but here the husband is very kind. But the wife is a quarrelsome wife. At this time, rather than living in a house equipped with luxurious cultural facilities with his quarrelsome wife, it is better to go to a barn in a barn where there are no people in a barn, to eat dust, and to live with thirst and hunger, enduring the heat and cold. It is said to be peaceful and happy. Of course, the opposite will happen. Here we see how terrifying quarrels are.
There are people like this in the world.
“He who harbors rebellion in his heart and always plots evil to cause strife.”
It is a case in which quarrels arise if there is only that person in any place or gathering. -Family reunions, meetings
Not all people in the world are the same.
There are other people like this.
"Peacemaker". Talking to this person makes you feel at ease, solves difficult problems, makes work easier, brings joy, and brings laughter.
You need a peacemaker because you have a quarrelsome.
If only the latter were living in this world, God would not have needed to give us a word like this morning.
But there are not only such great people in this world.
I can be a tool to start arguing with myself.
Because the powers of evil spirits urge them to like it and provoke it.
You need a soul controller over yourself here.
It is the word of the Lord. We must control our selfish souls by the word of the Lord.
We must live in harmony. How can the country, the company, the family, and the church live happily ever after?
“A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord has abundance” (Proverbs 28:25).
“Where do strife among you, and where do strife come from? Is it not from the lust of fighting among your members? You lust, and you do not obtain it, you murder, you envy, and you cannot get it. You fight and fight, and you do not ask. not" (James 4:1-2)
2) If you don't get angry, you can live a peaceful life.- Temperance of anger, killing oneself
“An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man commits many crimes” (Proverbs 29:22).
“He who is easy to anger stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger makes him stop arguing (Proverbs 15:18).
3) If you avoid quarrels, you can live peacefully. - Avoid those who enjoy quarrels.
“Remember that you should not slander anyone, do not quarrel, be tolerant, and show gentleness to all people in all things” (Titus 3:2).
“But avoid foolish arguments, genealogy, strife, and strife over the law, for this is futile and vain” (Titus 3:9).
“It is an honor for a man to abstain from strife, but every fool stirs up strife” (Proverbs 20:3).
“I tell you, do not resist the evil one; if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other side also” (Matthew 5:39).
“I urge you, brethren, to watch out for those who stir up divisions and stumbling blocks against your teaching, and depart from them” (Romans 16:17).
4) If you cast away the heart of hatred, you can live in harmony.
“Hate stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions” (Proverbs 10:12).
5) If you are humble, you can live in harmony.
“In pride only strife arises, but he who listens to counsel is wise” (Proverbs 13:10).
“If you cast out the scorner, strife ceases, and strife and shame cease” (Proverbs 22:10)
6) If you forgive, you can live in harmony.
“Hate stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions” (Proverbs 10:12).
“If you forgive men, your heavenly Father will also forgive your sins; but if you do not forgive men, your Father will not forgive you” (Matthew 6:14).
7) If you avoid arguments, you can live peacefully.
(if you don't speak)
“Abandon foolish and ignorant arguments, for you know that quarrels arise out of them” (2 Timothy 2:23).
8) If I think about losing more, I can live in harmony.
“I tell you, do not oppose the evil one, and if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other side as well, and let him who accuses you take his tunic, even his cloak.” (Matthew 5:39-40)
<Conclusion>
Quarrels are of no use. Rather, it destroys those who hear it.
“Remember these things, and strictly command them before God not to quarrel, for this is of no benefit, but rather ruins the hearers” (2 Timothy 2:14).
A person who loves quarrels is a person who loves guilt.
“He who loves strife loves transgression, and he who exalts his door seeks destruction” (Proverbs 17:19).
If we fight, we perish; if we reconcile, we live.
“Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Every nation divided against itself shall be brought to ruin, and every town or house divided against itself shall not stand” (Matthew 12:25).
We must be reconcilers.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9).
We should be the ones who can put an end to strife and reconcile with whomever we are. Let's be at peace with each other and live happily in this short and short life. Let's live meaningfully.
Let there be reconciliation in our churches in our homes. Let's have reconciliation in our country. So let's live in harmony. Let us live in harmony and please the Father of our souls.