Title: Relationship between father and son
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Sunday day sermon
Text: John 5:19-29
Title: Father-son relationship
In the Bible, there are the people of the kingdom of God, and there are prophets who preached the word of God to the people. Also, there are general priests who went into the Holy Place every day to offer sacrifices in order to be forgiven of the people's sins, and there are high priests who once a year entered the Holy of Holies and offered sacrifices to receive the forgiveness of the people's original sins. There were also lawyers who studied and taught the law, and there were scribes who arrested and imprisoned those who broke the law. And there are elders who represent the people.
The people of Israel were people who worked hard under such leaders and lived their faith as they were told. The people of Israel who worshiped God also had several sects, and the most representative sects among them were the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes. In addition to these sects, there were many sects, but the minor sects are not recorded in the Bible. The Pharisees, as we know, were the most strict observers of the law, and they believed in the existence of angels and also believed in the resurrection of the afterlife. Almost all of the lawyers and scribes were from the Pharisees. The Apostle Paul also reveals himself to be of Pharisees. The rise of the Pharisees at that time suggests that their religious influence was that great.
Finally, the Essenes may be more easily understood today as mystics. They do not have any ancestry, like the Pharisees or Sadducees, but they are a group that suddenly appeared before the coming of Jesus. They forced the saints to lead a celibate life, demanded a life disconnected from the world, and wore white clothes to show that only they were clean and holy, thereby calling themselves “children of light” or “illuminating darkness.” warriors”. They emphasize that only they are divine. Even today, there are many such people around us because they are controlled by the same spirit.
Even though so many people followed their religious sects and led a religious life, they were not yet completely freed from their sins. But all of them were calling God their Father as they do today. Even at that time, each faction did not bend at all in claiming that they were the only faction that inherited the orthodoxy of God. It's as if they say that only their denomination is orthodox today and that they can only be saved by coming to their church. In front of them, God will send His Son, transcending denominations. However, they do not want to believe the words of the Son sent by God, saying that they are the only true descendants of God.
It seems that we should first find out what is the difference between the Son sent by God and those who have called God as Father through their religious life on this earth. The Son sent by God is a son born directly from God, and He came to do the Father's will entirely because He came knowing what the Father's will was. The Father is also giving such a son the authority to destroy the devil (ghost) and forgive human sins. The Father's will is to give Himself to the world as a ransom.
On the other hand, those who have called God as their father through their religious life on this earth are those who were not directly begotten by God. Even though they call God Father, God never recognizes those who are not His Son as His children. The reason is that he has not yet been forgiven for his own sins because he does not believe in his son. That is why they do not know the will of their father at all.
At the time of Jesus, there were many religious leaders like Kira Castle in the temple in Jerusalem, but they did not have the power to destroy the devil, nor did they have the authority to forgive human sins. No matter how lofty their armor was, and no matter how plausible they were in the temple, they could not have the power to destroy the devil and forgive the sins of men, like the sons of God. This is the image of those who called God as their Father through their religious life on this earth. In order for them to become sons of God, they had to believe in the Son sent by God in order to truly become sons of God.
This is still the case today. Currently, Christians are divided into numerous denominations and denominations and live their faith. It is nothing compared to the religious life of the Jews at that time. Even today, they talk to each other that they are an orthodox denomination and that they can only be saved if they come to their church. Christians today, like Jews, are those who have come to call God as their Father through their religious life on this earth. That is why they also have no idea what God's will is. In order for them to truly become sons of God, they must believe in the spiritual Son sent before Christians.
However, since God has not yet sent a spiritual son before Christians, there is not yet a single person among Christians who has been given the authority to destroy the devil and forgive human sins. Among Christians, even if a person filled with the Holy Spirit raises the dead, casts out demons, and heals the sick with the gift of the Holy Spirit, that only saves the body, not the soul by pardoning the sins in the human heart. Their minds are always engulfed in worry and anxiety, and they are very anxious.
If the Spirit-filled person had done the work of saving the souls of Christians, God would not need to send His Son back, and furthermore, Christians would not have been so depraved that unbelievers would point their finger at them. Therefore, if Christians want to be truly saved, they must believe in the Son God sends to Christians and be born again through His Son. Without it, no human being can attain full salvation.
Priests, lawyers, and scribes were those who called God their father at that time, but they did not have the authority to forgive the sins of the people of Israel. The Apostle Paul was also a man of great religious power at the time, but before he met Jesus, he, too, could not do anything that could lead to salvation. Then he met Jesus, who came as a light on the road to Damascus, and began to carry out the work of salvation after being born again.
Only through His Son can God forgive man's sins and bring man to salvation. Therefore, those who have become sons of God through their religious life on this earth have not been given any authority by God, so no human being can lead to salvation. For even God does not recognize those who are through His sons as sons.
Such people are only slaves until they believe in the Son and are born again. Such people can never lead to salvation. In order for them to be given the authority to lead humans to salvation, they must believe in the Son sent by God and be born again. Just as the Israelites believed in the Son sent by God and were born again.
For those who do not understand this explanation, it will be easier to understand by comparing the activities of the three tribes mentioned above and the ministry of Jesus. Until the coming of Jesus, their activities were a life of faith that benefited the people, but after Jesus came, it is necessary to remember that the temple in Jerusalem collapsed and their existence also collapsed without meaning. This is because the model must disappear whenever the substance appears.
I have stated many times that the Christian life of today's Christians is only a model. Christians should never forget that the model disappears without a trace after the reality comes. Soon God will send His spiritual Son even before the Gentiles. Gentiles do not care about what denomination or denomination they belonged to. Only when they hear the voice of the Son from God and believe in him can they be forgiven of their sins and enter eternal life.
Today, denominations and sects are nothing more than excrement created by humans according to their ideas. Just as the Jews followed the tradition of the elders and defeated the Word of God. It can be said that the church building also played a very important role as a model until the arrival of the son. However, after the son's arrival, no matter how magnificently built churches are, they are of no use. For today's spiritual people, God's temple is not in a building visible to the human eye, but because the purpose is to establish the image of His Son Christ in the hearts of men. -He who has ears, let him hear and understand!-