Title: Pray for Blessings
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Chan 432 (don't worry about it)
The new year of 2011 was bright. Everyone who starts this year will have a wish to live a blessed life this year as well. I saw on TV that some people rushed to the beaches of Gangneung, Jeongdongjin, or Pohang in Gangwon Province and made a wish while watching the first rising sun. Blessings are not obtained by doing so. Blessings come from God who blesses them.
The Bible is the word of the covenant. The promise of Jesus to come is the old testament. The promise of Jesus who has come and Jesus who will come again is the new testament. The Bible is the promise of salvation. If you live according to the covenant, it promises to give you eternal life, earthly blessings, material blessings, health, and children's blessings. However, it is written that if you disobey, you will suffer and end your life, and there will be judgment after that.
Psalm 89:3 The Lord said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen ones, and I have sworn to David my servant...
God always makes a covenant with the elect. Do not make covenants with unbelievers. The people who made the covenant are urged to live by the covenant. This year too, the reference point for us to live should be the Word of the Lord. These words are a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Then, what is the difference between the blessed and the unhappy in today's text? Through today's Word, I also pray that you will have a year of great blessings and a lifetime of blessings.
1. a blessed person
1) Do not walk in the counsel of the wicked, do not stand in the way of sinners, do not sit in the seat of scorners
? The reference point of life: the one who delights in the law of the Lord alone, who meditates on it day and night
John 14:6 Jesus said to them, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.
A person cannot be a reference point.
(Romans 3:10) As it is written, there is none righteous, not even one...
Listen to ten or a hundred people. Everyone offers different opinions.
Political parties also say that if they listen to the GNP, they are right. If you listen to the Democrats, they say they are right. Hearing North Korea's Kim Jong-il, they claim that they are the only ones who are right.
Therefore, no one is righteous. A person cannot be the reference point. It's just for reference, it's not the absolute truth. Blessed people do not live by the voices of such people. And do not stand in the path of sinners. He does not sit in the seat of the proud and arrogant. The only reference point in life is those who enjoy God's law and meditate on it day and night. What kind of blessings will be enjoyed by those who live such a life?
? Blessings result:
Psalm 1:3 A tree planted by streams of water will bear fruit in its season.
As its leaves do not wither, so shall all its deeds prosper.
? Because God made a covenant with the Word, He is pleased when we do what pleases God. And make his whole life prosperous.
In the New Testament, Jesus also speaks of covenants as commandments.
John 15:10 Just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love, so if you keep my commandments you will abide in my love.
John 15:11 I name these things to you, that my joy may be in you and your joy may be full.
John 15:12 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Therefore, the covenant is said to be the law, the commandment, and the greatest commandment.
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to them, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind."
Matthew 22:38 This is the great and first commandment.
Matthew 22:39 The second is like that, saying, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:40 These two commandments are all the law and the prophets.
? Congratulations on becoming such a blessed person. When we live according to the Word and obey the Word, God promises to give us prosperity in all things.
2. The life of the wicked
The wicked are not The wicked follow counsel, deceit is scheming. It begins with human greed. The wicked stand in the way of sinners, sit in the seat of the scornful,
-Like chaff blown by the wind -Champagne and tares are life. The chaff will burn and disappear.
Matthew 3:12 And with his rudder in his hand he will clear his threshing floor, gather the wheat into the barn, and burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
? Those who do not believe in Jesus have already been judged (John 3:18). Those who go to church and yet disobey the wicked are even more wicked. The result of such a person's life is suffering and judgment. The life of those who betray the covenant is painful.
Judges 2:1 The angel of the LORD came from Gilgal to Bochim, saying, "I brought you out of Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break the covenant I made with you.
Judges 2:2 You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, saying, ?쁚ou must tear down their altars, but you have not heeded my voice.
Judges 2:3 Therefore I said again, I will not cast them out before you; they will become thorns in your sides, and their gods a snare to you.
Judges 2:4 When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted their voices and wept.
? We are the people of the covenant made in the blood of Jesus Christ. Don't let that blood be in vain.
If you live by making a covenant with people, that is not the truth. Such a person becomes a thorn in his side. Marriage should be between believers. If you marry someone with a different spirit, you will shed tears of suffering.
The life of faith is a spiritual warfare.
The wicked do not live by God's law, but by human standards. And he acts without hesitation in harming his neighbors for his own benefit. Such a person must be judged. will be judged by the eternal lake of fire.
3. Longing for blessings
Jacob sold red bean porridge to his brother Esau as he longed for the blessing of his firstborn son, and deceived his father to obtain the blessing of Rado. Such Jacob really blessed him according to his wish. Blessing is your choice.
Deuteronomy 11:26 I set before you today a blessing and a curse.
Deuteronomy 11:27 It will be a blessing if you hear the commands of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 11:28 Cursed are you if you turn from the way I am commanding you today and do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God and follow other gods of which you did not know them.
Deuteronomy 30:15 Behold, I have set before you this day life and good and death and evil.
Deuteronomy 30:16 This is what I command you today to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees, and decrees. Then you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are going to acquire.
Deuteronomy 30:17 But if you turn and do not listen, and are tempted to bow down to other gods and serve them,
Deuteronomy 30:18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. Your days will not be long in the land that you will cross over to the Jordan to acquire.
Deuteronomy 30:19 Today I call heaven and earth to testify against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; choose life, that you and your descendants may live.
? Jabez asked God for blessings. prayed He prayed that he would come out of tribulation and have no worries. What was the result? longing for blessings
Choose the blessing, choose life to live.
There are two paths in this world. The way of the righteous and the way of the wicked. This path is the path you choose.
This path is the path of blessing for those who obey the word of God. This year too, I pray that you will become all of you who long for blessings by obeying this word of life, so that many testimonies of blessings will pour out.