Title: Life's Most Valuable Encounter
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There is a deacon at Somang Church, who wrote an autobiographical book called Jeong Mun-sul's beautiful management. Former Chairman of Mirae Industries, this person donated 30 billion won of wealth to KAIST as a research fund. So it became a hot topic.
30 billion was donated to the Institute of Science and Technology. 'For what reason?' Having said that, the story is simple. When the business was sluggish and he was worried about the lack of research and development, when the company was very difficult, he didn't ask for it, and he didn't go and talk to him, but he personally came and passed on the cutting-edge technology, and the company came to life. “Thank you, I will never forget that for the rest of my life.”
Somehow, I wanted to repay this favor because he came and passed on the cutting-edge technology. That's why we're talking about 30 billion.
Who is that person? My name is Kwang-Hyung Lee, and I am currently a professor at KAIST. But I ask him again. “Why did you go to that company and pass on that good, wonderful technology?” He answers.
"The country made me study in a developed country, so I became a scientist and engineer, so I wanted to do some volunteer work and repay you."
Now, the meeting between Chairman Mun-Sul Lee and Professor Kwang-Hyeong Lee, is the most beautiful meeting, and the relationship between people who think of grace and know grace, changed their fate. Ladies and gentlemen, I call it an exploratory meeting, but when other people come and meet me, this is a graceful thing. It's not a relationship, it's a grace. Don't forget that.
The apostle Paul in today's Bible text confesses that it is the grace of God that he met Jesus and was saved, became a new person, became an apostle, and became a happy person.
Today, I am going to talk about the most precious encounters in my life, centering on these words.
A person goes through life meeting many people.
Among the people I meet there are some really valuable people.
There are also encounters that change a person's destiny.
So, there are people we need to meet well in our lifetime.
1. Get to know your parents
Of course, meeting my parents well is not my choice.
When I was born, I became a member of the Park Seo-bang family.
It is a blessing to have good parents.
Mencius met his mother well. Mencius's mother was very interested in Mencius education.
So I moved three times and created an educational environment for Mencius. I see these three directors from an educational perspective.
The first place we moved was near the cemetery - of course, there must have been a reason Mencius' mother moved near the cemetery. There you would have experienced the depth and solemnity of life.
And the second place I moved was near the market. There, Mencius' mother helped me learn about the life of people in this world and the principles of survival economy.
Finally, I am moving to a nearby school. If you let them know and realize the depth of study there, you will be able to devote yourself to your studies with an environment where you can study there.
Mencius became a successful person because he met his mother well.
There is a man named Moses in the Bible. Moses was born in a time when there was no kingdom and he was a slave in Egypt. At that time, there was a law that every child had to be thrown into the Nile River after giving birth, so Moses, 100 days after he was born, could no longer hide and raise them, so he threw them into the Nile River.
He was discovered by the princess of Pharaoh, who had come to the river to take a bath, and was brought up in the royal palace.
And Moses' real mother is hired as a nanny and takes care of Moses. At that time, Moses' mother, while raising young Moses, always held her in her arms and talked like this.
“You must become a leader who can lead this nation that has lost its nation when you grow up.” He grew up and became a great leader who led the people of Israel to the land of Canaan.
Because I met a good mother.
2. You should get along well with your spouse.
If you don't like other people, you can't look at them, but you can't live without seeing your spouse.
Therefore, it is a blessing to meet and live as a couple with a good intention.
There is a woman named Ayako Miura, a Japanese female writer.
Ayako Miura was a woman who got along well with her husband.
My husband had a low income, so he opened a shop. But this store is so good.
So, all the shops around were difficult. Seeing this, my husband said, "It's good that my store is doing well, but I'm worried that the stores next door are closing." When the wife heard this, the wife reduced the number of items from the next month. And the missing items sent customers to the neighboring store. So, when the time fox appeared, I started writing from time to time.
The book that was born in that way is the freezing point. Through that book, he became a star.
God had rewarded Ayako Miura in that way.
In the Bible, Aquila and Persilla are mentioned.
They were a very well-meaning couple.
The couple always go together to do evangelism work. The couple became Apostle Paul's best co-workers. So, whenever a name appears, not only one person's name appears, but the name of a couple. how happy are you
It is beautiful to see the two couples having the same heart, serving and devoting together in each institution, district, teacher, praise, and place of service.
It is a blessing for couples who agree with each other in faith.
3. You have to get along well with your teacher.
There are people who change their life with a single word from a teacher.
Once upon a time, a master had a disciple. However, the disciple avoided his master's eyes and went out every night in the moonlight, leading a life of indulgence.
Since the master knew this from an early age, his heart ached and he was troubled.
One day, when I went under the fence, there were several stepping boxes piled up. He put it away and lay himself on the floor. The disciple who had gone out came in over the wall at dawn, and felt a person's back under his feet.
It was his master's back.
The disciple prostrated on the spot, wept and apologized, and never went out again.
The meeting between Paul and Timothy in the Bible is a meeting between a good teacher and a disciple.
It is a blessing to meet a good teacher in life.
4. You should get along well with your friends.
David had a friend named Jonathan son of Saul.
He is a friend who protected Saul until the end when he tried to kill David.
David later becomes king and protects Jonathan's son to the end.
Well-known American preacher Dr. Webb said that there are several conditions for a friendship to last.
First, I should try to be friends with others.
Second, it's true. That's very important. Everyone can have secrets. There are secrets between the couple. But friends have no secrets.
A friend is only if there is no secret. Only between these are there complete truths.
Truth is an important condition for lasting friendship.
Third, there is a sense of equality. you and i are the same You must have this notion.
Only people with a sense of equality that you and I are the same can continue to be friends, regardless of whether you have a high or low status, no matter what your educational background is, whether you are young or old.
It is a blessing to have good friends.
5. Every human being must meet Jesus.
Of course, there must be a good meeting between parents, spouses, and teachers.
But the most important meeting with those people is the meeting with Jesus.
Parents, spouses, friends, and teachers are of course helpful when we are faced with our destiny in life, but they are not of much help.
A person does not always live healthy and young.
A person is not always successful and happy.
As a person goes through life, there are times when we encounter things or events that we cannot handle on our own.
In such a case, what strength can you overcome that barrier?
It's not a good example, but if you go to the hospital and you get a serious cold,
Suppose your doctor told you that you only live three months.
It's 3 months in the future.
Who will you turn to?
Who can be my strength then?
Are you a parent? Are you a child? Or is it a friend, teacher, or spouse?
Of course, it will be a little comforting, but what kind of strength will it be for me?
There comes a time when people live.
Normally, it doesn't matter if you do all the stars.
It's usually not a problem without Jesus
However, if you encounter this kind of thing in your life, you must have Jesus.
Only those who know and believe in Jesus at that time can solve their problems and receive great help from Jesus.
This is the story of Sir James Simpson, who worked at Edinburgh Medical School in England. He is the one who discovered the anesthetic chloroform more than 150 years ago.
Since it was 150 years ago, most people did not use anesthesia when undergoing surgery.
Therefore, the fear of surgery was unimaginable. However, thanks to this discovery of chloroform by Sir Simpson, many people have lessened the fear of surgery, and now they feel the freedom that anyone can have surgery. So what an amazing discovery.
This eventually made him a nobleman in England.
If he said, “I am the doctor who discovered chloroform,” he is a person who has left behind an achievement worthy of recognition wherever he goes in his lifetime.
However, shortly before he passed away, his disciples came to him and said, “Teacher, if you had to make the greatest discovery of your life, what would it be?” The disciples already had the answer in their hearts.
They knew how to say, "The discovery of the anesthetic chloroform was the greatest discovery of my life." But a very unexpected answer came out of his mouth.
“The greatest discovery of my life was to discover that Jesus Christ died for me, a poor sinner, and saved me.”
I hope you will savor the answer that comes out of the mouth of the great scientist.
Jesus is not a boring object to believe in
Jesus is not a cheap being that you can believe or not believe in.
Jesus is absolute.
Only Jesus can forgive and save man's sins.
Only Jesus can reveal the true purpose of human life.
Only Jesus can give true peace and joy to the broken heart of man.
If you ask me what is the happiest thing in my life, I will answer without delay saying that I met Jesus.
If you ask me what is the secret to living happily, meeting my parents, meeting my spouse, meeting friends and teachers, and meeting the saints, I can say that it is a blessing from Jesus.
I bless everyone who enjoys this blessing just like me.
September 16, 2007 (Ochang Daegwang Church daytime)