Title: Life of Eating the Fruit of Life
Description During the reign of King Solomon, two women lived in the same house, and they gave birth to and raised a child at about the same time. Among them, one woman, whether she had a bad sleeping habit or was not able to paint well, spread her son to death while she was sleeping.
Then he secretly swapped it for a living baby of the same woman, and the next day claimed that the dead baby belonged to her and that the living baby was his. In the old days, people did not even know about blood type tests, so they even went up to King Solomon and asked for a judgment. At this time, King Solomon was a man of great wisdom, so he ordered his servants to bring a large sword and sharpen the sword by his side. And when he pretends to cut the baby, saying, “The two women say that the baby they live for is their baby, they have no choice but to split this baby in two and split it in half.” He said, “King, I am not going to have the child, so please do not kill the child, but give it to the woman.” Don't let it be mine or hers, but cut it in half.” King Solomon, who was wise enough, quickly made a judgment. dropped the
Here, the mother of the dead child asked for a fair separation because it was okay for the baby to die, but the mother of the living baby begged to keep the baby alive because it is okay to be unfair and it is okay to lose my rights. Those who judge only what is right and wrong are living the life of eating the fruit, and those who walk the thread of saving lives are living the life of eating the tree of life. God commanded us not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that is, even if we ate all the other fruits. The fruit of knowledge of and evil in English In other words, a life that judges only what is right and what is wrong is a life that kills others and kills myself. It is God's will that we go beyond the dimension of who is right and who is wrong and find out which is the way to live for both. However, today's people like to argue only who is right and who is wrong, claiming only their own rights and opinions. Love is about going beyond justice, and choosing to stand.
The words of the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus spoke of today are the words that the born-again Christians should apply to their family life, not the unsaved unbelievers.
So when Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, he said, “Do not throw pearls to pigs.” Just as pigs who do not know the value of pearls bite their teeth with their teeth or clack because their nostrils are blocked by pearls, unbelievers abuse the words, “Turn your left side to the one who strikes your right cheek,” and cut the Christian's cheek. As you hit it, you will run into an argument.
Also, I am not saying that we should not realize justice at the national level, nor are we saying, “Welcome” when the North Korean communist army invades the South, and give up Seoul and even Busan.
Our Christian life is about finding a way to live beyond the dimension of justice and who is right and who is wrong.
I. Turn your left side to the one who strikes your right cheek (Matthew 5:39).
This is not to say that if someone hits you in the cheek, you will get angry and jump in, saying, “Hit more, hit more.”
These words are not to rush into a fight with revenge, but to give yourself time to voluntarily welcome one more time, and be kind to those who harm you.
It happened in China many years ago. It is a time when farmers are fighting over water due to a severe drought. A believer stayed up all night to water his paddy field, and went into the house at dawn and opened his eyes for a while. He stole it and put it on his paddy field.
However, after saying, “I am a believer in Jesus, I have to endure it,” I stayed up all night again that night, watering the rice fields. When I came in at dawn and went out to sleep, the owner of the lower paddy field stole the water again.
By giving love beyond right and wrong, he was able to repent and even save his soul. 5:38-39 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,’ but I say to you, do not oppose the evil one. The word means just that.
II. If you want underwear, give them a coat.
In 5:40 it says, “And he who accuses you of the tunic, let him who wants the tunic also have the cloak.”
It is unwise for us Christians to fight, fight, and sue over trivial things like a single piece of clothing in our lives. It covers the glory of the Lord and blocks the way of evangelism. When you see Isaac, who lived the most prosperous life and enjoyed the most blessings, the Philistines were jealous of Isaac, so they buried a well and dug another place, and they took it again. every time. God gave me a better well and said, “I am with you, and I will bless you, and I will multiply your descendants.” Because of Jesus, if you are under 10,000 won, God will give you a million won. Isaac's father Abraham also said to his greedy nephew Lot, "If you are right, I will leave; if you left, I will right." I did. And the deck was ruined.
Ⅲ. If you let the duck go, go with him for ten miles.
In 5:41 it says, “And if anyone compels you to go the duck, walk with him two miles.”
When the Korean People's Army retreated during the 6.25 riot, they grabbed a butler, carried heavy military supplies, and told him to go 20 li in the scorching heat. At that time, this butler did not complain a word and went away with a smile. Even when they tell me to go all 20 miles and put it down, “It’s okay. “I can still go further” and went about 10 ri, and the People’s Army kindly said, “It is now, put it down.” In fact, I was going to shoot you from 20 ri. Yo" and sent it back.
The deacon saved his life for being kind beyond duty and responsibility.
Jesus is telling us not to try to fulfill our duties and responsibilities in certain things, but to do good to others beyond our obligations. It means that you should never question whether you are right or me, whether it is your fault or my fault, and act more than your duty.
IV. about divorce.
If you want your family to be harmonious and happy, you must not only question “Are you right or I am right?” and not only what is right and wrong.
In England, there is a family where a couple divorced because of one toothpaste. My husband is meticulous, so he squeezes out the toothpaste first, but his wife is not careful, and she is a woman who roughly gets things done, so she has a habit of squeezing and throwing toothpaste on her middle waist.
What is one toothpaste, arguing about “who is right and who is wrong”, destroying a family and ultimately driving a family to death? This is also because he lived a life of eating the fruit of the forbidden fruit.
The couple are so smart and arrogant that they only assert their rights. You have to give in to each other and give each other a bit of support in order to live without destroying your family.
If only the law was followed, the family would be destroyed, the ministry would fail, and the children would become bullies.
The words in Matthew 19, “You shall not divorce except because of fornication” does not mean that you should unconditionally divorce if you only break the seven commandments. Jesus said, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your stubbornness, but it was not so.” Originally, God's will was that a couple should not be divorced because they are not two but one.
Ⅴ Love that transcends calculations.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you have someone you love very much, you will express your love to the best of your ability, beyond understanding.
Mary in John 12 was so grateful that her sins were forgiven and she was saved, so she broke all the expensive nard oil, which was barely worth even working for a year, and poured it out on Jesus. It was not a problem because I loved the Lord too much. But Judas Iscariot, who sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, quickly started counting the money. “Do you sell it for 300 denarii and spend it without giving it to the poor?” he rebuked Mary.
There is nothing theoretically wrong with what Judas Iscariot said. Just one or two drops will cause the fragrance to vibrate throughout the room. Why is it that you break all the expensive incense and pour it on Jesus' feet? It would be nice to use 300 denarii for the relief project... … There is nothing wrong with it. But it came from the calculation of the soul, not the understanding of Mary's faith in the spirit.
Instead of praising Judas, Jesus rebuked Judas and said, “Not because he cares for the poor, but because he is a thief and has the money box and steals what he puts in it.” Mary blessed and praised Judas greatly.
These people are troublesome people. Even if these people believed in their lives, they could not tithe properly even once or donate once to please the Lord. Of course, faith does not grow.
In 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, “The weapon of our companions is not of the flesh, but a mighty force that destroys strongholds before God, destroying all arguments, destroying all exaltations against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to submit to Christ.”
A person who puts forth only theories while judging who is right and who is wrong is a life that eats the fruit of knowledge and leads to death.
We must go beyond the realm of justice and duty and follow that path by knowing what is the true way to live.
A person who advocates justice and always reveals only the sins of others and accuses others of others is not a person who follows God's will, nor is he a person who walks the path of life.
If God judges us according to justice and law, we are all destined to be judged and go to hell. So, by giving His only begotten Son Jesus the throne of glory and coming down to the world to be nailed to the cross and shed His blood, everyone who repents and believes may be saved. you did it