Title: Only Jesus/Mark 9:1-13
Content Only Jesus
(Mark 9:1-13)
During the three days of the revival meeting, the overall word of what I saw, heard, and felt was ꡐOnly the Lordꡑ. All of us saw the beautiful image of Christians crucifying their passions and lusts along with their own flesh, denying themselves, carrying their cross, and walking alongside the lesser ones.
We have always boasted that our church is such a church, but it is an honest confession, but in the light of Myungsung Church in Seoul, I thought anew how lowly our church was to lead a life of faith. I am not talking about the size of the church, the number of members and the large or small budget.
changed life
This is verse 2.
ꡒSix days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and went up by themselves to a high mountain; and he was transfigured before them.ꡓ
Here, ꡐtransformation ꡑ(metemorfwvqh, metamorphode) means metav (meta) meaning ꡐchangeꡑ and morfh(meta) meaning quality and shape of things. It is a compound word of morphe) and means ꡐchange in essential form that changes from withinꡑ.
This word is used by Paul in Romans 12:2, which is used to refer to the spiritual transformation of the regenerated saints or the transformation of a natural person into a new nature.
Romans 12:2.
ꡒDo not be conformed to this generation, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, which is good and pleasing and perfect.ꡓ
This is the true life of a Christian who correctly understands the events of the Mt.
The life of a Christian who lives such a life of true spiritual change is accompanied by inevitable content.
First, there must be a confession of Galatians 2:20.
ꡒI have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. .ꡓ
Second, we must live a life according to the word of the Lord in Mark 8:34.
ꡒIf any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.ꡓ
Third, as the Lord always said, you must be a person who is qualified to receive the blessing of Matthew 25:40.
ꡒTruly, truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.ꡓ
This is the life of a truly transformed believer today.
If you do not understand this right away, the life of a truly changed believer cannot be achieved. Therefore, while experiencing the events of the Mount of Transfiguration, Peter makes a human confession that he would like to build three tents and live there while understanding Moses, Elijah, and Jesus on the same line. So verse 7 continues right away.
Word-centered life
This is verse 7.
ꡒAt the same time, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son; listen to him.ꡓ
That's right. The changed Christian life is a life centered on the word of Christ. When there is no word of Christ, humanism is insisted on, and it is reduced to a narcissistic believer that has nothing to do with God's will. Until he met the risen Lord, Peter's life was not truly changed. When Jesus foretold suffering and death, he exclaimed that such a thing could never happen, and shouted out that even if everyone else had abandoned the Lord, he would never do it. But Peter, who lived as a silent believer, was Satan to the Lord He had to be rebuked, and when the Lord was taken away, he had to portray the inevitable appearance of a believer who had no choice but to deny that he did not know Jesus. However, the fact that he was able to confess, “The Lord knows that I love you” at the beach of Tiberias where he met the resurrected Jesus, is the words and deeds that show his truly changed image.
ꡒListen to me.ꡓ
Deuteronomy 18:15 already prophesied about Jesus Christ.
ꡒThe LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers, and you must listen to him.ꡓ
The same meaning is recorded in Acts 3:22-23. These words are a message to obey the words of Jesus Christ completely. So Romans 10:17 is the truth. ꡒFaith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.ꡓ
A believer without the word of Christ is like an empty river. Just like the Pharisees and Sadducees, like a house built on sand because they desire signs and wonders and do not want to hear the word, they will collapse even in a small flood. Look at the life of a believer who has the Word. Even when problems like Mount Tai come, we can solve them in the Word. Even if we are faced with unspeakable suffering, we will overcome it in the Word. Even in the face of worldly temptations and human desires, we do not waver at all, we overcome them with the Word and become victors. The common denominator of true believers is to live the life of the Lord only by hearing and keeping the word of Christ.
only the life of the Lord
Verse 8 is an indirect record of the disciple who experienced true spiritual change on the Mount of Transfiguration. ꡒSuddenly, they looked around and saw no one, only Jesus and themselves.ꡓ
That's right. When the disciples saw Moses, Elijah, and Jesus, they were almost stunned by the vulgar expression. Where would you have been? So, wasn't that what Peter was saying? I want to build three huts and live here. Of course it was a taste of heaven. But God has clearly spoken. God's word was heard by Peter, who lost his discernment in a state of mind and couldn't distinguish between what was to say and what to say. ꡒListen to them.ꡓ And when he came to his senses, he looked up and saw ꡐonly Jesusꡑand themselves.
Here is the lesson of the Word. The saints who have experienced real change, that is, not a fake change in the form of a formal change, but a true inner and essential change, live only by the word of the Lord. And the center of that life is to be ꡐOnly the Lordꡑ.
What are the weaknesses of today's churches?
It is more traditional than the Lord.
It is a system rather than a Lord.
It is a relationship rather than a Lord.
Self rather than the Lord.
Far from thinking of the Lord who died on the cross for my sins, I do not hesitate to crucify Jesus again in today's life. Yet, as if he always lives the best life of faith, he asserts his own righteousness in arrogance and self-righteousness, and confesses his narcissistic and cheap feelings.
The Lord is still speaking. Keep the Sunday holy. Do not love anything in the world more than God. It is spiritual adultery. love your neighbor No, love even your enemies. Love, but do not hate, but rather bless. Weep with those who weep Suffer with those who suffer. Know that what you have is enough. Today's world is dark. be the light Today's society is so rotten. be salt
On Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and every morning, the Lord speaks unchangingly today through His servants. Believers who hear the Word and live according to it are truly transformed faith. The center of their lives is ꡐOnly the Lordꡑ.
So the Lord said in Matthew 6:33. ꡒSeek first his kingdom and his righteousness. And all these things will be added to you.ꡓ
Through Paul the Lord spoke in 1 Corinthians 10:31.
ꡒTherefore, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.ꡓ
And Paul himself confessed this life in Romans 14:7-8. ꡒNot one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself. If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore, whether we live or die, it is the Lord's.ꡓThis is the life of ꡐOnly the Lordꡑ.
Father warns mischievous son. You don't study and you get into all sorts of troubles, so you can't stand it, so you're getting the last promise. ꡒWill you listen to me when I say nice things? Do you want to be beaten? Or will you be kicked out by your dad?ꡓ Needless to say, any son who is not lacking will hear the first word.
It is the same spiritually. The same is true of God when we sin on Sundays, steal our tithes, harass the servants of the Lord, make noise in the church here and there, and do not obey God's Word. Blessed are those who understand and listen when they speak well. A person who repents after being beaten with material, health, and family is a fool. In the end, they are spiritually cast out and become worse than unbelievers, which is truly unfortunate.
The life of ꡐOnly the Lordꡑ is a series of emotions and joy without any inconvenience to those who live like that, but it is always a yoke to those who cannot live that way. You must have tried plowing the paddy fields. The strange thing is that a yoke is not uncomfortable at all if worn well, but it can't be that painful if worn incorrectly. It is the same in the Christian life of faith. So Jesus spoke a wonderful truth in Matthew 11:29-30. ꡒTake my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and your hearts will be at rest. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.ꡓ This is the word-centered life of the transformed Christian who lives the life of ꡐOnly the Lordꡑ. Amen.