Title: Oneness with God
Contents
A. Introduction
1. ‘The God I Found at Harvard’ (Eric Goldman)
1) Happy childhood: The whole family sits around the dinner table, worshiping and eating
2) When I was 6 years old, my parents divorced me and I was 'happy'
4) A 35-year-old sabbatical to thank the blessing of unity
5) Eric Goldman's view on the problem of suffering: The cause of the failure of family, society, politics, and labor and management
2. The structure of Ephesians
1) Chapters 1-3: Doctrine 2) Chapters 4-6: Real life
(1) 4:1-16: Unity of the Church (2) 4:17-5:21: Purity of the Church
3. The reason why the church should be united: to live as God's people because they are called as God's people
1) God who called Abram from Ur of the Chaldeans
2) God who called Moses from the fire of the bush
3) Jesus called his disciples in the field of livelihood
4. The cause of pain: because of waking
5. In a world where there are many broken things, the cause of breaking is because of sin: 1) Garden of Eden 2) Cain and Abel
6. Jesus died on the cross to restore the brokenness between God and me
B. Body: 3 secrets to becoming one with God
1. You must have a right mind.
1) Humility is to humble oneself before God.
2) Adam and Eve failed to keep the position of creation
(1) pain (2) murder
3) The beginning of the breakup of human society: The Tower of Babel incident (Gen. 11) → Confusion of language → The pain of not being able to communicate
4) Cause of waking up: Because you did not humble your heart before God and tried to become like God.
5) Onew’s ‘Proupus’: It means to tame wild animals → When the owner’s brakes are applied, the wild horse becomes a famous horse.
6) The biblical meaning of meekness is to put our character under God's control.
7) David’s ‘meekness’ process
(1) Became King Saul's son-in-law (2) Father-in-law tries to kill his son-in-law David (3) Engendi Cave Incident: Saul going to have a toilet in the Cave of Engendi → After seeing a toilet in a small cave, Saul goes deep into the cave. Tired, he lay down in a nearby cave and fell asleep → David was right in front of him → David putting the power to kill under God’s control
8) Moses’ ‘meekness’ process: Moses who was trained and meek before God
(1) Received Prince's lessons (2) Murdered at the age of 40 with his power (3) 40 years of living in the wilderness at the in-laws (4) God who gives mana from the Horeb bush (5) Moses who is gentle despite the criticism of his sister and brother 'The most humble person above'
9) Meek Jesus: ‘I am meek and humble in heart’ (Matthew 11:28 P.18) (1) Calm even storms (2) Purification of the temple (3) Meekness that obeyed God through the cross
10) Let God control your emotions
(1) to your children (2) to your spouse
2. You must have the right relationship.
1) Treat your neighbors with patience and tolerance.
2) A proud person sees no more pride
3) Since God is patiently waiting for me, let me be patient with my neighbors.
4) The cause of the conflict lies with myself first
5) A right heart: (1) Humble yourself before God (2) be patient with people for a long time.
3. We need the right faith.
1) Just as even twins have different ideas and values, let's acknowledge that we are all different and become one with the bond of peace.
2) The saints have already become one body through love.
3) When we received Christ as our Savior, God the Holy Spirit came into my heart and made him my dwelling place.
4) Despite the many differences, the saints are one in the Holy Spirit.
5) Lessons from the Talmud: One? The distinction between two? → One if it hurts together. If one side does not feel the pain, each
C. Conclusion
1. If your brothers and sisters around you are suffering, you are saved.
2. Let's keep the unity that God has allowed.