Title: Perishable and Incorruptible!
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Sunday day sermon
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Title: Perishable and Incorruptible! Everything that exists in this world is subject to change. And one day, it will surely disappear. Trees and plants are the same, animals and people must die at least once. And this world, which seems to never disappear, is bound to disappear once in a while. The false prophets who are absurd about this are stating that the time is the mother year and month and month, but neither the angel nor the son knows the time and time. Therefore, it is not even known to humans. Nevertheless, the false prophets are nailing the timing. Only the God who created this world knows the time and the time.
Because unbelievers do not know God and do not know that the afterlife exists, it is perhaps natural that they try to believe in such a fact and struggle to grasp the things of this world. But the problem is Christians who know that God lives. Today's Christians are those who believe in the name of Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit, who clearly realize that God lives. Also, through the Holy Spirit, they know that Heaven and Hell clearly exist. Nevertheless, they are not struggling to hold onto the eternal, but, just like the unbelievers, they are struggling to hold onto the perishable (worldly things) that will appear before their eyes for a while.
The Bible also says, “What is seen with the eye is temporary, but what is not seen with the eye is eternal.” But who in this world would struggle to grasp what is in front of them and not what is invisible? Even if we try to buy a house on this land, we look forward to 10 or 20 years and attach a mortgage. But the realists hate even this. It is about knowing how human affairs will be in 10 or 20 years and investing in it. Rather, it would be enough to buy delicious food with that money and die after playing hard. Such a person will end his life after spending his entire life in a house without having to buy a house. How much less is it to live on this earth like this, the invisible kingdom of heaven?
At least, believers should not try to hold onto things of this world, but try to hold onto things that are immortal and eternal. As the Lord said, 'No one can serve two masters', you cannot hold on to both the earthly and the heavenly things at the same time. In order to hold onto the earthly things, we must release the heavenly things, and to grasp the heavenly things, we must let go of everything on the earth. But the believers are not doing that. It means taking things on the ground and trying to grab hold of the sky at the same time.
This is like a greedy dog. It is the story of a dog biting a piece of meat and crossing a wooden bridge, seeing its reflection in the river, and becoming greedy and wanting to eat more of it. It would have been good if the puppy was satisfied with the piece of meat in his mouth, but he was greedy and lost even the piece of meat he had in his mouth. The kingdom of heaven is much stricter than this. The kingdom of heaven cannot be attained unless one abandons the one thing called the kingdom of heaven. That is why it is said that it is more difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
Then, why do people who believe know all these things, yet can't abandon me in the end? It is because they live consciously of the people of the world. In other words, it means that you don't want to leave me in the end. This also stems from greed for me. It's very easy because if you let go of yourself (if you die), you don't have to be conscious of the people of the world, your desire for the world disappears, and you don't need to try to hold onto the world. It continues to wander in the dark.
The people of Israel, who followed Moses from Egypt, died in the wilderness because they could not abandon their lifestyle and their thoughts in Egypt. If they had completely believed and followed Moses' words, they would all have arrived safely in the land of Canaan without dying. However, they did not listen to Moses and wandered for 40 years as they thought. The first generation all died in the wilderness, and the second generation set foot on Canaan. The lesson the Exodus teaches us today is that when we follow the one whom God has sent, we must unconditionally put down our thoughts and self and follow Him to the end wherever He leads us. Because the human thought is death.
Today we will at least have to reconsider ourselves soberly whether I am running to grab hold of what is now perishable or what is incorruptible. So, if I am currently running to grab something that will rot, I must throw it away without any regrets. And if anyone is running to grab something incorruptible, he will never look back when someone calls from behind. Anyone who looks back because someone is calling from behind has already fallen 80% of the time with Satan's entreaty. This is because Satan is also a spirit creature, so he is using all sorts of tricks to avoid handing over us to God.
Knowing this fact all too well, God Himself sent His Son (sent down as a human being, just like the Gentiles) to this earth to rescue all Gentiles, including Christians, who are groaning from the feet of Satan today. He will make his appearance before the Gentiles. The Son of God does not discriminate between believers and unbelievers. Also, it does not discriminate whether it is an Orthodox denomination or a heresy. Orthodoxy or heresy is a group created by humans because they do not conform to the doctrine they have created, and God has not determined that you are an orthodox and you are a heretic.
Therefore, the Son of God will set free from all sins whoever comes out who considers himself a sinner. Therefore, we now need to prepare to meet the spiritual Christ who will come like a thief before Gentiles and Christians. In the last days, those who are preparing to meet the spiritual Lord step by step can be said to be the wisest people in the life of faith. Who will recognize and believe in the spiritual Christ who will come in the same form as we are? This could be said to be the most important thing in the last days. The fact that the people of Israel were the people who sought Jehovah God so much, but no one recognized Jesus who came to the land of Israel in the flesh at that time only scares us today. This is because the doctrines and words taught according to man-made traditions in the church today can never find the Son of God.