Title: Life and Death/Acts 25:1-12
Many people are tired of living in the world. These days, when the difficulties caused by the IMF increase, such feelings seem to be expressed more severely. Now most people are interested in how they live.
You just meet people and they talk about your job loss issues. in difficulties at work
It's about a story. The concern is that prices should stabilize. let alone the bonus
It asks you if your salary is correct or not. that's the reality
yes because it is. Maybe you're so confused that you can't even see a day ahead.
It's dizzy.
In these difficult times, what many wonder about is the future.
What I want to know more about is not the future of the country, not the future of the family.
The future for myself. Of course, I have no interest in the country, work, or family at all.
It's not that there isn't. It is only of interest to me in that it relates to myself.
is. In other words, because it's my country, it's my job, it's my home.
That's why I'm interested.
In this respect, what my future will be is not really a big concern.
Neil can't. That is why the business of seeing four or four people or foretelling the fate of human beings has flourished.
are doing There is also a current affairs program on TV that deals with the problem of feng shui
you can see
It is said that the number of members of the Korean church is increasing now. It revives the church
It's never a matter of liking it. Why do people go to church?
We are looking for a church in the same context as I said. about your future
Vague anxiety, uncertainty about fate, these things make people find the church.
Or it will be a factor in finding internodes.
Man is a species that always seeks God only when it is related to his own personal crisis.
It's about being courteous. Life insurance for my future with Jesus insurance
This is a sign to let go. Heaven is what the Bible is talking about, but life makes you comfortable.
It is heaven as a thing that creates and guarantees the future, and it has meaning when it is life.
is that Only then are you interested.
So even if I believe in Jesus, I never try to entrust my whole life to Jesus.
is that In other words, it's not about accepting Jesus as your whole life.
Think of it as a part of your own life.
Following Jesus, crucifying all my fleshly desires, and walking with him
I don't believe in dying. How can we pray for the strength of Jesus in this difficult time?
The only reason to visit the chapel is whether you can overcome it even when you are young. this
The Bible severely rebukes our sinful nature.
In today's text, Judaism is trying to kill Paul because of things related to Paul.
tell us about Jesus Christ, and also about the conduct of Festus
are giving
Felix, who was the governor of Judah
Paul could not be dealt with immediately, but for the purpose of political use, he was sentenced to 2 years.
imprisoned. Then Festus takes over as Felix's successor.
When he came as governor of Judea, the Jews felt that Paul, which the Jews could not solve at the time of Felix,
In various ways, he begged and pressured Festus to solve the problem
Anyway, I'm trying to kill Paul.
With Festus only three days into office, the Jewish religious leaders
The question of Wool's trial has been re-raised. And Paul at Caesarea
He begged to be moved to Jerusalem. "Paul to Jerusalem by Festus' favor
I begged him to be taken away, so that he ambushed him on the road and wanted to kill him” (verse 3).
But the Jews had other plans in mind. it's different
No, he wants to kill Paul. Move Paul from Caesarea to Jerusalem
This is why I had to make this plea to Festus to kill him on the way.
Festus, who went down to Caesarea a few days later, asks Paul at the trial.
“If you go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me on this matter,
Is it?” (verse 9). Then Paul answered, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar.
There must be trial” (verse 10).
When Paul said this, he did not mean that he had Roman citizenship.
It is not meant to be a privilege. According to Acts 26:32, Agrippa
You can see him saying to Festus: "If this man (Paul)
If I hadn't appealed to him, I could have let him go."
If Paul was savvy and quickly saw the political problem, he would tell Caesar
He would not have appealed, and if he did, he could have been released by King Agrippa.
there would also have been But because of his appeal to Caesar, he was taken to Rome.
oh i had to go
Here we can think of why Paul's life had to be like this
must go In other words, consider from the Lord's side why Paul had to go to Rome.
is what you should see. It is because of what the Lord wants to do. i.e. in Rome
This is because the gospel must be witnessed until
The apostle Paul said that he had to go to Rome because of his own personal affairs.
It wasn't. Because of personal injustice, he used his Roman citizenship to appear before Caesar.
I don't want to stand trial. I went to Rome because of the mission the Lord gave me.
It was fate to be dragged away.
According to Acts 23:11, “That night the Lord stood by Paul and said,
Just as you testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify in Rome as well.
It is said that the Lord said, "He said. Preach the gospel to Rome as well.
Paul was to go to Rome because of the great mission he had to go to.
The outcome of Paul's personal life is not the Bible's concern.
No. Whether the end of his life will be miserable or glorious, we don't know.
It is not an issue to be looked at. That is why the Bible tells us about the end of the life of the apostles.
You may not be documenting an issue in so much detail.
The apostle Paul also says: "If I have done iniquity, what apology have I committed?
If I did, I would not refuse to die, but if these men are accusing me,
No one can give me up to them unless it is true” (verse 11).
The Tao was not afraid of dying. So Paul preached the gospel
Many of the believers in the church who had been there or who knew Paul
He was able to come to Jerusalem without any hesitation.
is.
"My course and the mission I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify of the gospel of God's grace,
I do not count my life of any value to the end of the work” (Acts).
It was. But all those external things could be a problem that troubled Paul.
There wasn't.
In 2 Corinthians 1:8ff, the apostle Paul confesses: "Brothers, Asia
I do not want you to be unaware of the tribulation that Esau suffered,
We thought that our hopes of suffering had ceased to exist and that we were sentenced to death in our hearts.
For we do not trust in ourselves, but only in God who raises the dead.
trust” (2 Corinthians 1:8, 9).
If there was no Paul in the Lord's work, it would have been a disaster, or there would be no Paul.
It is not that the gospel of the Lord could not be preached even to Rome. Romans
If you read , the gospel of the Lord was already witnessed in Rome before Paul went.
Nevertheless, the one who had to suffer Paul like this and send him to Rome
You are only for the Lord Himself. In this way, we testify of the cross of
because it will work. Anyone caught by the Lord is used in this way for the Lord's work
that there is no choice but to receive Paul was used as an instrument to reveal the will of the Lord.
It was only.
Because of that, no matter how much the Jews sent Festus to take Paul to Jerusalem,
begging for a trial in Jerusalem, trying to kill Paul when taken into custody
Even if there was a plan, it could not be accomplished. Jews kill Paul
The plan he was trying to come up with was nothing more than a human plan. of the Jews
The effort has become irrelevant to what the Lord wants to work through Paul.
is.
Ultimately, what the Bible testifies to us is who gave authority over Paul's death.
whether you have it. that only the Lord has the unique authority
is. No one can infringe on the Lord's plan or authority over the matter of killing Paul.
There is not. No one can reject or hinder what the Lord wants to witness to the gospel.
It was an impossible problem.
So, who is sending Paul to Rome in the end? King Festona Agrippa
is it? Or was there Paul's claim that he would be tried before Caasha?
Is it because no. In reality, political issues and Jewish religious
It may seem that Paul is going to Rome because he is entangled in trouble. But
In reality, the Lord is sending Paul to Rome.
It is this that we should always keep in mind. Is my future
What will happen? Or how will my home or work problems benefit me in the future?
It's not about how things will develop, but who will be in charge of my affairs
poetry? Who is really going to lead all the events in history? should be
do.
“A man plans his way in his heart, but he who directs his steps
The Lord is the Lord” (Proverbs 16:9). God has given us the right way in view of our plans.
rather than leading us to our own path, ignoring our plans and following our own will
It is to guide your steps. In the way that pleases him, he sent his Son to the cross
led you on the way. If so, we have nothing to say about it today. That
The way that God claims by the Holy Spirit is not the way I live or the easy way, but the Lord
This is what drives you to the death of the cross.
Therefore, let us not worry with anxiety about the future, but our whole destiny,
Please live acknowledging that my life and death are all in the hands of the Lord.
is. Those who live like this are called those who believe in Jesus.