Title: Peter's Preparation
Contents
20010204 Peter's preparation <Luke 22:31-34>
Life is preparation. Young children are preparing to become adults, and older people are preparing to end their lives. Children are preparing to go to school, students are preparing to go to college, and young men and women are preparing to marry and marry. Even if you want to eat rice once, you must be prepared without preparation. When you come to church, you need to prepare several things. The choir members gathered yesterday as well and prepared diligently for praise. No, our life itself in this world is the preparation for heaven. Nothing really works without preparation. When you were a child, you may have memories of being scolded for not bringing school supplies to school, or going back and forth at home. Some people just use their bodies, and these days - there are payphones in elementary schools, so mothers call home and take them to school.
Have you ever seen someone prepare to die? In fact, since everyone dies once, I wonder if we should always prepare for death. Now, Jesus is in some way preparing for his own death, resurrection, and ascension. Now, the text is the place where you eat the last Passover supper with your disciples. After this meal, he went to pray with his disciples, and was caught there and eventually carried the cross. But Jesus, who prepares for his own death, is not the only one who prepares himself. No, rather, what is more important is to prepare the disciples. The level of the disciples now is the level of "Who's taller? - Fighting for height", and it's really sad that they are sitting squashed. What did Jesus prepare for such disciples? Yes. Get ready to take over heaven. how? He teaches us that those who serve are those who rule.
Then it goes on to the words of the text. The text is speaking to “Peter”, but when you look at the contents, the other disciples are not saying “not applicable”, but rather referring to the chief disciple Peter, so that the other disciples are also saying “of course. Look. "Simon, Simon, behold -" Jesus is also very attentive when calling Simon Peter. "Simon, Simon" Actually, we don't know how long it took. Perhaps "Simon"-Look, "Simon" and then "Look". How nervous must Simon Peter and the other disciples must have been? However, the content of the next verse is also really stressful. "Satan wants you very badly." Because, like sifting wheat, to torment you... Satan is the devil's boss. In the Korean language of the text, we used the expression “claim”, which means that we have a very strong desire. How did Peter and the other disciples feel? How would you feel if the great devil among the devils tried to grab you and devour you? fear? graveyard? boldness? Careful?...
Neither Peter nor us have a work to do about him, as long as he inherits the kingdom of heaven. That is to make heaven. But it's not all about resolution. A resolution is, in a way, nothing has been accomplished yet, nothing has been accomplished yet, it is just the beginning. The preparation for us is not to keep losing faith, to pray for this, to repent, and to strengthen our brethren. This is the preparation for heaven, and the life of those who are prepared. May this life be prosperous...