Title: Life of Giving / Luke 6:31-38
A life of giving (Luke 6:31-38 Kim Jeong-tae)
Everyone is different. There are people who are very affectionate and pleasant, and there are people who are really king.
But there is no one in the world who is not impressed. No matter how king* you are, you can rejoice through him and experience an amazing thrill through him.
It is not easy to identify types of people, but we can think of several types of people.
First of all, there is ‘Gangnam-hyung with friends’. If your friends do it, you'll want to try it. Most people can be seen as this type of person. I don't know if Gangnam-hyung is making up the world's fashions.
Second, there is ‘Bae Chae-ra’ hyung. Others scream out loud anyway. Without covering the front and back, without opening or planning, you say that you can just do it 'just like that', and shout it out loudly, right?
What other brother do you have? It is said that there is a ‘one-day life type’. It can be seen as ‘everything in the world is like that, let’s live roughly that way’.
‘Fluttering flag type’ - I live waving my own flag. He doesn't listen to other people, he just says he's right and tries to force his opinion.
Dear young people, then, what kind of brother are you?
What kind of brother should you, who believe in Jesus, be a Christian? that is.
Please follow along.
You have to be “the older brother who gives birth to others.”
It is a Christian who lives a life in which neighbors prosper and everyone is happy because of me. If you believe in Jesus, you will be blessed with prosperity. If you believe it right, you will definitely be blessed with great blessings. If you believe in Jesus, as in today's verse 38, it says, “It will be given to you, pressed down, shaken and overflowing, and given to you.”
Today we are encountering a very strange secret to being blessed. To be treated, you have to treat it. What kind of blessing do you get if you treat me? Blessing is what I enjoy, and what kind of blessing is it if I live for whom? I might not say.
But when you have children, even the most savvy will understand how much joy it is to give without limits to just one being.
But many live only for themselves. I can't afford to look at others.
They lead a completely self-centered, selfish life. All the principles of the world tell us that the more zealous we are for ourselves, the happier we will be, but unlike the foolish principles of the Bible, they keep whispering to us, but unfortunately, this life paradoxically becomes unhappy.
It must be clearly remembered that the way to be happy is to forget yourself.
Surprisingly, the richer the country gets, the more simply it is, the more you want to live, the more you want to die. It can't be surprising. No, how could that be? Not long ago, a pretty famous actress took her own life. The daughter of a top company in Korea has taken her life. Many people would think that they would like to live like that once in their lifetime, but they had no meaning in life.
As far as I know they may have done something to help. But helping is not something I do because I remain, but something I have to work hard to do. Then you become something to do for others.
We cannot find true happiness in life unless we live a life of giving. If you do not know the joy of giving to God, you cannot know the heart of God. If we don't do our best to help our neighbors, we cannot know the joy that comes from it.
Today's Word tells us to treat others as you would like to be treated.
These words are the pinnacle of social ethics. This principle can be applied to the world even if it is not stated in the Bible. God is speaking very specifically about this principle through today's Word.
1. We must live a life of serving our neighbors.
It clearly states that the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve.
If you are not serving, you are not a Christian. Believing in Jesus does not mean that you believe in Jesus and that strange demons help you, but that you become like Christ and the power that Christ enjoyed will be revealed to you, and so the work of amazing blessings begins.
If you are like Christ, you have service. What has the Lord been doing like a fool all his life? He healed the sick, preached for those who hated him, and died for them.
There is a book called "Stephen Covey's 7 Principles of Success", and the one thing that successful people have in common is,
1. A person who knows what is important. It's important to know what's important.
2. When you know something important, focus on it.
3. Finally, it is said that he is a person who does not force himself to follow his work but takes initiative and lives.
The Lord's life teaches us that we should live a life of service by sharing the grace we have received with our neighbors, and that is what is said to be very well applied to this concept. A precious thing, it is a valuable thing, not to be envied by others, but to be able to do something for a certain being for him. You must know the value of what is precious. And you have to work hard for it. If it is not difficult, it may not be meaningful to me. And when you take the initiative in this work, amazing things begin to happen.
Serving is the opposite of human instinct. But this is God's nature.
That is why, if you just receive it, it will happen according to God's principle, and your life will be miserable in the end.
The Sea of Galilee is the most important lake in Israel with its clear waters. 35% is supplied as drinking water and 8 species of fish live there.
But the Dead Sea beneath it does not drain water. So it has turned into a sea of death. They take in the same water, but if they don't share it, it becomes a dead sea.
We Christians are those who begin to serve.
Our lives will come to an end someday. The Bible says Romans 14:12 that each of us will be held accountable to God. What will we say to God then? God, I've lived a pretty crazy life though. would you say so?
I go to funerals often, and I'm surprised that there are a lot of people who really have nothing to say.
Remember everyone. what did you do When you ask a question, you have to remember what to say.
When you help others, you will live an abundant life. In fact, a rich person can be said to be someone who helps others a lot. If you make something or run something, you get rich because many people use it. However, this method alone cannot imitate the life of Jesus.
We must store up our material in heaven. There is a way to stack our material in heaven. That is what we give to God and what we give to our neighbors.
What is the concept of being poor? A person who has nothing to write about. Even if you have money, if you can't share it for the rest of your life, you are also poor.
It is said that Samsung Chairman Lee Byung-chul told the doctors who cared for him before he passed away. ‘There is something I want to do before I die. If I had one more year to live, I would like to use my fortune in a worthwhile way.’ But he did not achieve this dream.
Wesley said to live for others. He paid tithing against us. I used to tithe for myself, and the rest was for the Lord and giving to others. Still, he lived a very prosperous life.
says the bible. Treat others and become saints who live a life of service.
2. We must become channels of blessing.
I should be interested in becoming a channel of blessing. We need to think about how to share God's blessings. God bless this life through attitude. We need to think about how to give grace.
It's not worth living our one life just for me. Our lives are meaningless if they are not used in front of others.
Little children are just happy to receive. But as you grow up, you will be happy to give. In love, we open our eyes to it. It gets somewhat better. And I just want to give it to you.
We are doing worship. But it will be different for everyone who attends this worship service. Low-level worship is a worship service that only I can please. However, it is a fact that when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you will rejoice because these words are working wonderfully. It is the fact that people who receive grace from it make me happy too.
There is a famous saying by the poet No-Hae Park. It is defined as “the only bad person is me”.
I am the only person with a sense of victimization. I think life is mine. So there is fear. But if you want to be a channel of blessing, your fear will begin to disappear. If you dream of living as a channel of blessing, more amazing things happen. It is the fact that I am blessed and I am even happier.
Would I be happy if I had a lot? Take it once. Absolutely not.
I hope that you will now live a life of blessing that God allows.
We pray that we will rejoice in what we have gained and that we will share more.
3. You must be able to acknowledge and praise first.
An old man turned 100 years old. People asked him how he became 100 years old. ‘Do you know the secret to living 100 years? I made an appointment with my wife. When I got angry, I decided to go out and wait. When I got angry, my wife decided to go out and wait. But you don't know how happy such a simple method made our couple happy. That became the secret to longevity and I was able to live longer because I didn't breathe bad air and got a lot of fresh air.'
Brothers and sisters, we were sinners. You have accepted us unconditionally with love. He has confirmed his love for us. He covered our sins and transgressions. He sacrificed himself to the point of death. That is Jesus.
There was a man who was the daughter of a pastor and worked as a secretary. He had a hard time being a quick and meticulous boss. He read "Guide Post" one day. The article I read there was talking about working life as a secretary like her. She also struggled with her picky boss, but she persevered through the process.
He has now explained more to his boss. At first, they were just scary bosses, but their relationship developed in a really amazing way. This was not the case when he treated his boss with complaints and dissatisfaction, but when he started to be considerate and caring, amazing things began to happen.
She experienced amazing things because she began a life of acknowledgment and respect for others first. If you want to be recognized by others, you must acknowledge it.
A man was very upset that people did not recognize him. So he went to the mountain and said, “I hate you guys!” So? I mean, the whole world said that I hate you.
So discouraged, he went to see the pastor. The whole world hates me. What can I do? The pastor teaches us to go back to the mountain and shout out loud, “I love you!”
It's a story you know all too well. He could hear numerous confessions of love towards him.
The Lord says, “Treat others as you would like them to treat you, and you will be abundantly filled with abundance.” This is the principle of heaven. I bless you in the name of the Lord that you will be able to live a life of giving by remembering these words.