Title: Meaning is Done
(Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven)
(Matthew 6:10)
It's already the last week of August.
It has been raining so much this summer that it will have a major impact on the ripening of the crops.
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Even if the sun shining down on a summer day makes the skins of the fruits red,
As sweet as it is, in our human life, the process of God's will being fulfilled
I think the pain you are experiencing is necessary.
Today's text is the prayer our Lord taught us.
He said, 'Pray like this,' and he gave us today's text.
He said, 'Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven'.
1. We need to think about whose will do we pursue?
A country has the will of the president, and a family has the will of a father.
In this way, spiritually, it means that Heavenly Father has a will for us.
However, modern people are not very interested in the will of the President.
Are our youth these days interested in the president's will?
Even in the home, there are many cases where the will of the father is not very important to the children.
I did. Rather, they are more interested in the private life of a popular actor or singer.
It's almost selfish to focus all your attention on one's own will.
It is always a characteristic.
This is also true in our religious life.
Even though we say we are children of God, do we not want to know the will of our Heavenly Father?
All. They are only trying to achieve their own will.
I just want God to do my will.
This can always be seen in our prayers. Always fulfill my will
In many cases, they did not even care about the will of Heavenly Father.
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We should pray for God's will to be done, but such a prayer
I don't know if I can't do it and I've believed in it all my life.
I hope this is the easiest way to think about it.
If we need to know the will of our Heavenly Father, can we not win as children of God?
Just like you can't be called a president without knowing the president's will.
We say we love God.
Hymns sing such hymns, and gospel hymns also sing many songs with that content.
If those who profess to love God do not know the will of God, that love is perfect.
Can you call it one love?
So the Lord taught you to pray like this.
He told them to pray, 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven'.
2. Then what does the will already accomplished in heaven mean?
What is the will of God?
Iran is God.
So, what do you think God wants?
It is evident in the Bible.
You cannot know God's will without reading the Bible.
One of the easiest things to do is to say God's will even when you say your own will.
There are many cases that do.
There are also believers who put aside the Bible and go to people to ask questions.
There are people who believe so, just like superstitious people.
This is what I heard and saw while preaching.
On the Lunar New Year, people who do not believe in the local secrets are seen on the streets, but we who believe
I saw it as the secret of soil purification in the Bible.
Some people see it that way with the book of Proverbs. This is against the word of God
It's a blasphemy.
In the Old Testament times, there were occasional questions about God's will through prophets.
However, after Jesus Christ, that was no longer necessary.
Because Jesus Christ said that He was identical with God.
'He who has seen me has seen my Father, so why ask to see the Father again?
I have to remember what you said.
Through the words of Jesus, I came to fully understand the will of God the Father.
The Bible clearly reveals God's will for us.
'All Scripture is God-breathed, for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for teaching in righteousness.
It is beneficial to the flesh” (2 Timothy 3:16).
Then, what is the will of God as revealed in the Bible?
① In John 6:40, “My Father’s will is that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life.
is this...” That is, the will of God is that people will believe in Jesus and have eternal life.
is that. In other words, it is God's will that you may be saved by believing in Jesus.
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② On the other hand, according to 1 Thessalonians 5:16, the children who have already been saved are on this earth.
It is said to live in holiness and abundance.
“This is the will of God, your holiness,” he said.
③ Also, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in everything.
This is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.”
In other words, it is God's will for the saved saints to live holy and abundantly.
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④ John 10:10 speaks of these two things in one verse.
“I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly,” he said.
It is clear from all of the above that God's will is that sinners want to be saved.
This is God's will, and it is to hope that those who are saved will live more abundantly.
It means my will.
It is for this purpose that the will has been accomplished in heaven.
So, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, because that
that everyone should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
Therefore, our lives that have been saved must be separated from those of the world, and the
The true life consists in obtaining life (saved) and enjoying an abundant life.
3. Then, why was it commanded to pray so that the will done in heaven may be done on earth?
A few questions arise here.
① If God's will has already been done in heaven, why has it not yet been done on earth?
didn't it? If a will is done in heaven, it will happen automatically on earth
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② If it is God's will, God alone should do it.
Did I tell you to pray? And so on, doubts arise.
But this can be easily understood.
Although God's will has already been done in heaven, it is not yet done on earth.
is not being fulfilled, so pray.
That is, because there is another will on this earth that goes against the will of God.
The other meaning is the free will of people.
It would be nice if all people's wills were good and seek the right will, but in reality
otherwise it can't.
This is because on this earth a corrupted will that goes against the will of God reigns.
Because there are evil spirits who deliberately disobey God's will.
Because of these people, the will of human beings who have fallen into politics, society and culture on this earth
Because it makes the paper even more baked.
That is why we pray for it to be done on earth as it has already been done in heaven.
is to do it.
How real is this demand?
God still wants His will to be done on this earth.
God wants to accomplish His will with believers with an obedient will.
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We are still looking for such people.
Therefore, the responsibility of our Christians is grave.
Christians want to enjoy a 'abundant life' as God's saved people.
are people who have to work hard to accomplish God's will on this earth
is the word. To live contentedly with only one thing that I was saved alone
This is not the life of believing in Jesus.
Among the Christians who took the lead for democratization in the past years, this consciousness was strong.
Because they were people, they struggled with their bodies. So imprisonment, so sacrifice
also suffered. This is still the case today. Politics, Economics, Culture and Society
It is our responsibility to strive and strive for God's will to be done throughout the class.
There is.
Individual salvation must come first, but we, the saved saints,
It means you have a responsibility to work hard for the circle.
Entering the monastery, completely separated from the affairs of the world, indifferent to the kingdom of heaven
It means that living while looking is not the life of believing well.
Therefore, believers must be sensitive to politics so that God's will is done,
We need to pay attention to the realization of God's justice in the economy, and in the welfare and cultural life
It also means that you shouldn't be bystanders.
Even more so, we need to get rid of the mindset that we need to eat well and live well on our own.
Pray that this is "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"
is the teaching of the Lord.
Dear saints!
How have you prayed and lived up to now?
How much effort have I made to accomplish my will on this earth?
From today, we ask that you pray according to the prayer the Lord has taught you. with me
so that God's will may be done on this earth.
Please pray.
As a housewife of a family, as the head of a family, as an employee at a workplace, as a company
As a manager who runs the company, I can't help but do God's will for me.
Please, please pray like that.
The more earnest our prayers, the more God's wonderful work can be accomplished through us.
You will make it hard for you. ♣