Title: Of Jesus Christ / (Romans 1:1-7)
Content Among children's favorite fairy tales, there is a fairy tale called < The Ugly Duckling >.
The gray ducklings, which look particularly disgusting among newborn ducks, are harassed by other ducks.
One day, the ugly duckling, who had been teased and bullied, was envying a beautiful swan that was going to the southern sky while lying in a barren reed forest.
Ah, if only I could fly along with those beautiful white birds to the sky...
But I look so hateful!! Even among other ducks, I don't get much recognition...
The ugly duckling sighs deeply.
However, after some time passed, he soon found out that he had been born to those three beautiful swans.
It is said that your self-portrait changes depending on how people treat you. That's why we feel bad about ourselves, we feel sad, and we lose our confidence.
However, if the Creator God, who made me a child of God, says that I am beautiful,
we are beautiful In Jesus, we are all like a beautiful swan. I hope you will have a beautiful self-portrait of yourself that you enjoy in the Lord.
The book of Romans contains the essence of the gospel, allowing us to discover ourselves anew in the Lord.
There are many great men in history who have been transformed spiritually through the book of Romans.
From today, I hope that you will discover amazing spiritual self-portraits by reading and meditating on the words of Romans, which contain the essence of the gospel.
I pray that all of you will be victorious and discovering yourself as a wonderful new being in the Lord. The Reformer Martin Luther was transformed by reading Romans 1:17. Through those words, I was deeply inspired and ignited the fire of the Reformation that changed the fate of world history.
Augustine, who drove a nail into her mother's heart and prodigald like a prodigal son, read <Romans 13:12-14> and became a new person and became a famous saint. I too read <Romans 6-8> when I was lost in the swamp of troubles and frustrations when I was a student, and I gained the assurance of salvation with the joy and excitement of life and received a calling in the Lord.
Dear brothers and sisters, I pray that your life will be wonderfully changed through the words of Romans.
< rom 1 ; We will read 1 > together.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, Paul calls himself a servant of the Lord. At that time, slaves were called slaves. A slave is the property of the master who is completely subordinate to the master.
< rom 1 ; Let's read 6 > together.
It is said that not only Paul, but all Christians who read this letter together belong to Jesus Christ and are called to belong to Christ.
That's right.
You and I are servants of Jesus. It is of Jesus.
Jesus owns it. The person's affiliation must be clear. Then you feel secure.
It doesn't shake. The world we live in is very shaky. So do the human mind.
However, if we live as servants of the Lord, if we acknowledge the ownership of the Lord and live our lives, we entrust everything to the Lord's providence and will and live. Whether it goes well or not, is it that you trust everything in the presence of the Lord and live your life? That's right.
If a person has made up his or her judgment whether it is good or bad, it is based on human standards and God's standards.
These days, we meditate on the words of the book of Job every morning at dawn.
Job's suffering and trials are so severe that three friends come to help, comfort, and pity him.
Elihu, a wise sage, comes to visit and gives warm and kind counsel. However, when you realize that Job's sufferings are unfortunate, dishonorable, and pitiful to people, but in reality they are a training ground that receives better blessings than all others, you will realize that the evaluations and judgments of all these people are nothing in the face of God's providence. .
Paul calls himself a servant of God. First, introduce yourself as God's.
When you introduce yourself, people usually try to introduce themselves as more beautiful and cool, but I am someone's servant. species. is a slave. Do you understand how to introduce yourself?
However, if you become a Christian, and if you know the taste of the true life of faith, you will be able to redeem yourself like that. I am a man of the Lord. I am a person who lives in debt to the abundant grace and love of the Lord. We are living by the grace of the Lord who raised sinners from eternal death. This confession will come out of nowhere.
Why? It is said that God created me, rescued me from my sins, and was always with me with amazing grace and blessings, so I will live by that love and grace.
A servant has three freedoms.
1> Freedom of time 2> Freedom of property and possession 3> Freedom of life and death
That's right. Our time is God's time, our property is God's, and we are stewards. Whether we live or die is in the hands of the Lord.
Servants of the Lord, we belong to the Lord, and we live in full trust in the Lord's hands
Second, Paul says that he is called to be an apostle.
Apostle means one who is called. It has the meaning of ambassador. We are the called of the world. They are people who have been taken away from sin.
They are people who have been picked up by God, the King of kings.
I am so grateful and grateful that someone called me. If the president calls me, I have to go. When God calls me, I go. No matter what kind of rough and difficult road you have to go on? No matter what you are asked to do or do, you go with the sense of calling and mission of the one who is called. I go even if I die. Go even if it's hard. If you say come, I will go.
Oh, God who made the whole world! God who made me! How can I resist the calling of God who redeemed me from my sins? Christians are people who always hear the voice of God and live. Those who are ready for God's calling. Apostolic rites refer to those who are fully prepared to answer the call.
Let's read <verse 7> together.
Paul is looking for all who are called by Hananim in Rome.
Then, what made us become servants and apostles to whom we were called?
What has God called us to do so? Read <Verse 1> again. What did you say? Yes, for the sake of the gospel, it is said that you are called for the gospel.
Read <verse 16>.
Those who are called for the gospel do not envy it.
You should be very, very proud. The gospel is good news.
This is the good news of the salvation of Jesus. It is the good news that anyone who believes in him will be saved.
It is the gospel that any sinner can be forgiven and become a new person. Always in front of the Gospel, you can always make a fresh start in the way you were.
We live by the Gospel and have gathered because of the Gospel.
Without the gospel we are nothing. People who have nothing to do with it.
Aren't we a spiritual family united by the Gospel?
We are set apart for the gospel.
When were you chosen? Let's look at <Ephesians 1:3>. From before the creation of the world.............. It's amazing.
What does the gospel say?
The gospel speaks of Jesus Christ. The gospel is the word about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Jesus Christ He came to this earth as a piece of the gospel.
Jesus came to this earth as the sinless Son of God.
He bore the sins of each of us and was nailed to the cross.
He alone bore all our sins, past, present, and future, and was nailed to the cross.
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
He was resurrected.
He overcame all sins, the powers of Satan, and the powers of death and rose to life, and now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.
We have received unspeakable grace from him,
Grace is a free blessing. (Ephesians 2:8) He also received the office of an apostle. it has been called.
** Between A.D. 54 and 59, Paul wrote the gospel in Corinth to the Romans, making it clear
To prepare for evangelism ...............
** Servant (Dulos) Slave; victims of horrendous slavery. Being a prisoner of war, being born as a child of a slave due to debt
Once enslaved, there was no way for them to be freed on their own. There was no other way except for the owner to set it free or someone else bought it to set it free. (John 8:44) The fate of mankind enslaved to sin.
** Apostle (Apostolos) "Sent" "Representative" "Plenipotentiary" (Ambassador)
** Gospel (Euangelion) Good News, Gospel, Good News, Gospel ; good (good) + spell (word)
** Outside of taekjeong (aphorijo) + limit line, set a certain limit line to distinguish it from others.
** Possession of Christ; Identity self-awareness, complete obedience.
favor ; The free gift, peace (Shalom) ; Peace Satisfaction, Blessing