Title: Living with Christ/ (Colossians 2:6,7)
Contents Living with Christ
( Col 2:6,7 )
1. Get out of the state of disobedience quickly.
Let's read Psalm 32 together. Emphasize verse 10--Many sorrows are with the wicked,
Loving kindness surrounds those who trust in the LORD.
Here, the wicked are those who have not confessed their transgressions, according to the Word of God.
A disobedient man, like an ignorant horse or a mule, is bridled and taken by the reins
If you don't pull it off, you're so stubborn that you can't obey God's word.
or people who are firmly attached to their habits.
Christians believe that sinners who have been forgiven for their faith and acknowledged as righteous
All. If you are not forgiven, you are not considered righteous. David in the first half
Even though he was approved of God in his life, he transgressed Bathsheba and his servant
When he did not confess his sins after killing Leah, he went through the prophet Nathan.
A wicked man who is rebuked and deserves God's wrath and punishment.
had changed to
2. Don't feel guilty.
If you sincerely confessed and decided to live a new life, believe that you have already been forgiven.
Believe in God's mercy. Believe that we will work together for good.
There was a woman whose fianc e was killed by her own mistake. home after the engagement party
I was trying to avoid a car crossing the median line on my way back to the payphone box.
was hitting the The sorrow and tragedy of losing a loved one is that she
Mixed with the guilt of driving her, her heart ached like it was being ripped apart. she also
I couldn't sleep at all. For several months this woman was a psychiatrist, a psychologist,
I tried to get advice from many others, but to no avail.
So I came to the pastor and said, "You can't even help me anymore.
If I do, I might go insane."
Are you Christian? I asked. I did. Do you believe in God's love
asked. I did. Then the words of Romans 8:28, "To love God,
All things work together for good to them, to those who are the called according to his purpose.
He asked if he believed what he said. He said he did.
The pastor told me to open 1 Thessalonians 5:18 and read it. She read aloud.
"Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus
Shall I forgive you?" she asked. She was shocked. Can't believe what the pastor said.
He looked at the pastor with eyes of disbelief as if there was no such thing. "In such a sad thing
How can I thank you?" he said.
At that, the pastor asked, "You don't believe in God?"
claimed to believe "Then why don't you show what you believe?
If you truly trust and believe in God, pray to God that you will be thankful for everything.
It's poetry." And when the woman sheds tears, she bows her head and does as the pastor taught.
prayed "God, I don't understand, but I know that you are trustworthy.
is. Now I thank God."
Here, when this woman says, "Thank you," it means "I love you, God."
It is the same as saying, “I believe.” Without faith, it is impossible to please God.
You can't, and the best way to show your faith is to say, "Thank you."
will be You are not thankful for something, and you are dissatisfied and annoyed.
are there? No matter how much you deny it, dissatisfaction, irritability, resentment, and mingling
It is indirectly blaming God. God still gives us
“Give thanks in everything,” he says. According to Hebrews 3:17-4:2 and Romans 14:23
Otherwise, unbelief is a sin and cannot please God.
All. "Last night I slept without taking sleeping pills for the first time since the incident.
I slept. When I wake up in the morning, my heart is filled with joy and thanksgiving to God.
full of sounds. I really appreciate what you taught me to say 'thank God'.
I don't think about anything more than that it's important."
said. This story is not made up, it is true.
3. Quickly settle any disputes with neighbors or brothers.
Those whose sins are forgiven do not condemn others. David is blood
The appearance when I go out. He did not retaliate against the villagers who cursed him. ten thousand months
Rant was owed, but it was forgiven by the mercy of the master, but when he returned, he gave himself a hundred
When he did not forgive his friend who owed him denarii, he bought his master's wrath and put him in prison.
got locked up It is the teaching of Jesus Christ. Even today, such a person
many. Despite the great grace of being forgiven by Jesus Christ, people
By not forgiving God, he lost the mercy of God, and
There are many people who are caught in the middle.
If you really want God's mercy to continue to be with me,
Forgive your sins. Even if it hurts me, don't hate him.
to pray bless you To love your enemies is in God's mercy
there is a way Those who want to be treated by God must obey God's word.
love me
In particular, don't be in an emotional conflict that cannot be resolved between family members. it's gong
it's reverse It is said that they live while turning away from each other like cows and chickens and do not interfere with each other.
but that's not the case Unresolved feelings become a burden to my soul, and my heart and body
It is the reason that makes my mind and body sick just as blood does not circulate. stupid and stupid
One thing was that he could not obey the command to love his enemies. school
Even though the members of the congregation are in this kind of relationship, their worship is open to God.
It is also foolish to believe that it is lead well if this doesn't work
God's blessing by loving and blessing your enemies according to the Father's will
You have to pray that you can live inside.
Let us read Matthew 18:15 and below.
Do not harbor feelings for the pastor in particular. I'm sick like a dumb cold heart
don't How can I receive grace by attending the worship service led by the pastor?
go? If you have something to say to the pastor, come and speak quietly after praying. And
release it However, if it doesn't work out the way I want, God
hindering God from proclaiming His will in the church through preachers
to be.
4. As you have been taught, stand firm in the faith and walk in it.
"He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me..." "You
abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish
la. Remember what I said, “It will all be done.” All of my deeds
It must be grounded in the commandments of Jesus. everything not done by faith
this is sin “What would Jesus do?” Think about it.
Rooted in it and built up
It becomes a bone marrow molecule. This means that both words and deeds are the same as Jesus. zero
It must be done with more loyalty than a mountainist. "Even if I live, you
If we live for and die, we live for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, only through Jesus
“It is not I who live, but Christ, who gave himself for me.”
will live."
Then we are recognized as people of Christ. "Only according to the will of God
Only those who do will enter the kingdom of heaven. "
Stand firm in the faith as you have been taught
Let them not be taught in vain. If you don't know the Bible, you are teaching wrong.
Misunderstanding the gospel can lead to destruction. Pray to understand the Bible right away.
If you have received the right teaching, give your life in order to follow it.
5. Be sure that you are a child of God.
What should many Christians who do not live like this do? guilty
Should I live in the middle or give up the Christian life? as a child of God
Have you lost your qualifications? Can we not receive God's love and blessings again? Ah
is. Than the eldest son who always lived by his father's side and obeyed his father's words
The prodigal son who returned to Korea was loved even more by his father. God works seventy times
He said he would forgive me even a few times. Humbly like a prodigal son who confessed his sins and returned
If you just decide to obey, the relationship between the father and the child will be restored again.
The prodigal son also regained his qualifications as heirs of his father. God is also
I have something to give you. Everyone is the prodigal son who has returned. Don't worry, my father's silver
He has the right to inherit again by virtue. So as taught in Matthew 7:7ff.
Silver that you can ask from your father and find something, knock and open the door
get a gun Because he is the prodigal son who returned, when he asks for bread, he gives a stone or a fish.
They don't give snakes when asked. Even the parents of the world are the sons who returned from debauchery
Treat yourself with something good God prays for believers like the returning prodigal son
also listens well. God does not falter, but embrace God's mercy
He tells you to trust him and save him. When you do that, you know that you truly believe in God.
and rejoice
6. Let your gratitude overflow in all things, even in the midst of hardship.
Know that your children must suffer in order to be glorified. Romans 8:16-17
Be grateful if you believe you have just realized it. If you are persecuted for the sake of the Lord and the gospel
rejoice and rejoice Your reward is great in heaven. trust in the Lord
In the midst of suffering, all things are the providence of God's love,
It is believing and giving thanks that God wants to be glorified through you.
See John 13:31. Jesus said that when Judas Iscariot went out to sell him,
So you said “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God
You have been glorified."
Those who are cursed by God are not the only ones who suffer. to God
Those who have received it often just let it go. Let me live comfortably until the day I die
let it go will be caught in the flesh of the slaughter. Those whom God loves
all suffered Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph and David also suffered
If Jesus Christ suffered, all the disciples also suffered.
He said that people who never experienced hardship did not know that maybe they were illegitimate. yes
Therefore, believe in God's love and give thanks even in the midst of suffering.
7. Do not take precedence over prayer over the Holy Spirit in everything.
Therefore, since you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, Jesus is my Lord
All. A servant does not act as he pleases. Ask Him in prayer in everything. That
Ask the will of one and do only what is appropriate for his will. his intentions are clear
When you do not realize it, you entrust the result and choose the best and do it.
If we do not seek God's will in the Bible and do it without prayer, we will ask the Holy Spirit
Seo rests passionately. Just like the father gave when the prodigal son asked for his share
When we want to work alone, God lets us do it. all right
seems to be, but the results are not good.
Therefore, we do not pray properly and say that it is God's will and do not rush.
Pray for little things, and pray more diligently for more serious things.