Title: Peace, Peace (Christmas) / Luke 2:8-14
Contents Peace and peace (Christmas) / Luke 2:8-14
As Christmas coincides with the end of the year, it makes us think about many things. It's like carrying a heavy burden that weighs on us every year at the end of the year. As the year passes and a new day approaches, I have a desire to be refreshed. Even at the end of this year, when I look back on the past year, there were too many difficult things.
“Our society is now in a more serious crisis than ever before.
Recession is driving a whirlwind of job cuts, with many families facing the risk of dismantling or destroying them. Again in my homeland
The issue of North Korean defectors and foreign workers, including compatriots in Jaejoong who have gone through hardships, is twisted and twisted. That
Even today, the trend of overconsumption and luxury is not going to subside, and conflicts are deepening rather than harmony among all walks of life.
Goes. The North Korean threat is getting stronger... At this time, Christ is freed from the fall, greed, and suffering.
He told us to share suffering with our neighbors and share God's comfort."
It is our history and today's reality that there are no peaceful times at the end of any year. and repeat every year
This is the human world that cannot but be.
In Peru, hostage takers hold more than 100 people at the Japanese embassy. what happens
I don't know. Even though it is difficult to make a living in Africa, wars between tribes continue. DMZ
Even my compatriots in North Korea couldn’t stand the hunger to eat porridge, so I left my beloved hometown and crossed the Tuman River
Cross the Amnok River and run away.
It is the same with other people's stories, and the difficult reality is the same for us personally and at home. degree of
There is only a difference. In times like these, we desperately need the comfort of Jesus Christ. one life over the world
God's love that we value dearly is desperately needed. Jesus Christ, who shares my brother's pain with mine
Love is desperately needed. Not only in the land of Judea 2,000 years ago, but in our dark hearts today.
you have to The world must hear the good news of peace.
Jesus Christ, who came into the world, lit up the dark night and shone the light of glory. receive christ jesus
For those who do, darkness has receded. Despair and sighs receded. Hate and curse change
became love. A river of hope began to flow in the Valley of Despair.
1. The light of glory shone with the angel of the Lord.
Luke 2:8 says, “At that point shepherds were outside watching their flocks by night, and an angel of the Lord stood by.
and the glory of the Lord shone all around them, and they feared greatly.” It was a dark night.
All. The heavens were opened to the shepherds guarding the sheep in the fields. Angels appear and mystical light shines
It was.
It was a mysterious light that illuminates the dark night. A voice of consolation is heard from those who are surprised and afraid
came. “Do not be afraid, behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will come to all the people.
La" (Luke 2:10).
The news of the birth of Jesus Christ began with the light of glory. pitch black with the darkness of sin and death
It was a meaningful light proclaiming Jesus who came as the light of salvation to the same human world. new light
It was a wonderful light that proclaimed the opening. Salvation that awakens darkness must shine on us too.
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Even in the Old Testament times, when God's grace was proclaimed, He appeared in the light. Moses is the nation of Israel
He called them out of Egypt, where they had been slaves for 430 years, and led them to Canaan. Moses first saw God
When we met and received a mission from God, God appeared as a light. As a shepherd on Mount Horeb
In the midst of the thorns, the voice of God was heard from the mysterious flames. "this
I will send you to Pharaoh, and you will bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt to me.
d" (Exodus 3:10).
Moses, who grew old and weak, confessed that he was not capable of doing that. hear that
God said, "Surely I will be with you. After you brought the people out of Egypt, you
will serve God in Esau, and this is the proof that I sent you” (Exodus 3:12). Come to me in the light.
As God promised, He led us through the 40 years of our wilderness life with a pillar of fire and a pillar of cloud and walked with us.
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Jesus, who came into the world in the light, also accompanies us on the path of the wilderness of our lives. Jesus
“I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (Jn.
8:12) did. “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world” (John 9:5). Jesus
He opened the eyes of those who were blind from birth. The world was unchanged to others, but the blind
I saw a world like a miracle. The rising sun in the morning must have been mysterious. mountain stream
The vegetation and flowers must have been beautiful. How happy would you have been to see your parents' faces?
Jesus didn't just heal the blind. It opens the blind of the soul. God
It makes you see the blind you don't know. to see yourself. When a person is born again in the Holy Spirit, the world
It goes down. I see myself in the presence of God.
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When the path of life is rough and you lose the courage to live
Sit alone and do not lose heart, come to Jesus
Jesus is my life, faith, hope, love
The blood of the cross and the mercy of mercy will heal you wounded
In Matthew 4:24, where Jesus' ministry is introduced, it says, "Reports of him spread throughout Syria, and people
I bring all those who are sick, those who are afflicted with various diseases and pains, those who have demons, those who have epilepsy, those who are paralyzed
He healed them.” And “Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan River
A great crowd followed them” (Matthew 4:24-25).
The lepers, the blind, the paralytic and the deaf came to Jesus and were healed. I heard a ghost
Those who were worried and anxious even for their families were cleansed.
God's love continues today. Dark and hopeless like Zebulun, Naphtali, and Galilee
He has pity on the heavy laden who live in the environment. He loves each and every one of us. Therefore, we must live with the Lord. Otherwise, you cannot cast off the work of darkness.