Title (Ⅱ) Living with the Gospel (Acts 16:6~15)
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“The saints’ lives on earth testify that their main occupation is preaching the gospel”
① Not only the Apostle Paul made it his life’s main job to preach the gospel that testifies of Jesus. ② All the saints who believe in Jesus as their Savior are revealing that, like Paul, preaching the gospel should be their main job . ③ When Jesus ascended into heaven, the command to “become my witnesses to the ends of the earth” was given as a mission of our saints to testify of Jesus. ④ Therefore, not only Paul and the ministers live the life of evangelism, but everyone who believes must live the life of evangelism. ⑤ A minister is to trade, a housekeeper is to lead a family life, a farmer is to farm, a merchant is to trade, a teacher is to a teacher, and a student is to study. ⑥ The work that God has given to all the elect is for the work of preaching the gospel. ⑦ Therefore, no matter how successful you are, if you fail in your life of evidence, you are a permanent failure.
“You must not testify to the God of the Reconciliation”
① If the saints do not take the gospel witness as their main occupation and disobey God and do not live according to the commandments, in other words, if they do not live by faith, God will be angry and bring disasters. ② If this happens, God will be angry through us, He will be shown to everyone as the one who brings calamity and the one who punishes. ③ People around him say he is God, but he does not live according to God's commandments and does not treat God as a person who uses and survives God for his own sake. Ah! If you wait to see what will happen to that person's end, and watch and then perish due to God's wrath and discipline, ah, that person does not keep the faith, and in the end is destroyed and cut off like that. Looking at that person, indeed, God is alive. By saying that you are a God, you testify of the God of reconciliation. ④ Since the witness of the gospel is not only done with the mouth, but also with our lives, we must always be careful about our words and deeds.
“You must live a life that only testifies to God who blesses you”
① If the saints obey God's commandments, testify to the gospel as their main job, testify well and keep their faith, God will bless the saints and help them to do well, and save them even when they are in trouble. ② In other words, when believers keep their faith, whether or not they understand other people's understanding of keeping their faith, God blesses those who keep the faith so that they prosper, both physically and mentally, and protects and saves them. ③ In this way, we testify to others as the one who blesses God, the one who saves and helps. ④ Oh! Although this person lacks congenitally and acquired, he is completely dependent on God, looking at him, and obeying God. But right now, he doesn't see the result, but he says let's wait. All livelihoods that are passed down are prosperous. ⑤ So, the people around them see it and believe in Jesus even though it is difficult and difficult, and they are blessed and prosper like that, so they testify of God who blesses them.
“A person of faith who has succeeded in witnessing the gospel in general life”
① According to 2 Kings 5:1 and below, a little girl from the nation of Israel was taken captive in Syria and became a slave in the house of General Naaman. ② One word from this little girl moved the country of Syria. You can see how the little girl's words testified to God about what her actions were until the kingdom of Syria was moved. ③ I wish that this little girl was before our master Elisha the prophet in Samaria. General Naaman's wife applied for this one word saying, "He will cure leprosy," General Naaman applied, and then the king of Aram. You can know that you have testified of God. ④ Therefore, our members must testify to the end of the world, whether they are engineers, soldiers, housewives, or upper or lower level employees of any company.